CITADEL - Key Persons


Abigail Hatch

Job Titles:
  • Senior Accountant
  • MAcc Adjunct Professor

Adele Hunt

Job Titles:
  • Administrative Coordinator

Amanda M. Rudnik

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Young Graduates Committee

Ann Hewitt

Job Titles:
  • Staff Member

Austin Gray

Austin Gray has always been inquisitive. As the youngest of five boys, Gray was always asking - or pestering - his older brothers with questions. Now as an adult, that same curiosity has led him to pursue a PhD in environmental health science at UNCG.

Blakely Adair

Job Titles:
  • Associate Professor of Analytical and Environmental Chemistry

Brent Daniels

Brent Daniels was a freshman playing intramural football on Summerall Field when the football team, returning from practice, stopped to watch. Later that night, the Atlanta native got a visit from two seniors. The next day he found himself talking to the coaching staff and joining the varsity team. He played his sophomore and junior years. As a senior, he gave up football to serve as the vice chairman of the honor court.

Brian Tucker

Job Titles:
  • Undergraduate Completion Advisor

Brittany Guthrie

Job Titles:
  • Undergraduate Program Advisor

Casey Stabile

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Young Graduates Committee

Chelsea Harper

Job Titles:
  • Communications Specialist

Chris Lanning

Job Titles:
  • Adjunct Professor of Management

Cynthia E. Bolt

Job Titles:
  • M. Tax Professor of Accounting

D. Sykes Wilford

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Ex Officio Board

Dr. Arpit Sharma

Job Titles:
  • Assistant Professor of Management

Dr. Benjamin Dean

Job Titles:
  • Department Head and Professor of Management

Dr. Bruce T. "Woody" Caine

Job Titles:
  • Adjunct Professor of Management

Dr. Clemson Turregano

Job Titles:
  • Professor of Practice for the Citadel 's Department of Leadership Studies
Dr. Clemson Turregano is the Professor of Practice for The Citadel's Department of Leadership Studies, where he teaches in the Department of Leadership Studies Graduate Program and The Citadel's Executive Leadership Academy. Recently retired from the Center for Creative Leadership (CCL), Dr. Turregano leads international teams responsible for the development, design, integration, management, and distribution of Leadership Programs around the world.

Dr. David Desplaces

Job Titles:
  • Professor of Management and Entrepreneurship

Dr. Gayla Todd

Job Titles:
  • Visiting Professor

Dr. Gregory W. Caskey

Job Titles:
  • Assistant Professor of Economics

Dr. Hee Yoon Kwon

Job Titles:
  • Assistant Professor of Supply Chain Management

Dr. Hussein Abdoh

Job Titles:
  • Assistant Professor of Finance

Dr. Iordanis Karagiannidis

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Ex Officio Board
  • Associate Dean for Curriculum, Finance and Outreach

Dr. James Bezjian

Job Titles:
  • Assistant Professor of Management and Entrepreneurship

Dr. Jeffrey Rogg

Job Titles:
  • Professor

Dr. Kirsten Passyn

Job Titles:
  • Associate Professor of Marketing

Dr. Kwangsoo Kevin Lim

Job Titles:
  • Associate Professor of Accounting

Dr. Mary K. Watson

Job Titles:
  • Civil Engineer Educator of the Year and Clemson Outstanding Young Alumni
"Dr. Watson is performing at the very highest level of scholarly achievement and contributing immensely to the

Dr. Michael Chitavi

Job Titles:
  • Assistant Professor of Finance

Dr. Michael R. Weeks

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Ex Officio Board
  • Dean and Robert a. Jolley Chair

Dr. Richard M. Ebeling

Job Titles:
  • Professor of Economics

Dr. Robert Granger

Job Titles:
  • Department Head and Professor of Analytical and Inorganic Chemistry

Dr. Robert J. Riggle

Job Titles:
  • Department Head

Dr. Russell S. Sobel

Job Titles:
  • Professor of Economics and Entrepreneurship

Dr. Sergey Y. Ponomarov

Job Titles:
  • Associate Professor of Supply Chain Management

Dr. Soomin Park

Job Titles:
  • Assistant Professor of Supply Chain Management

Dr. Stacey R. Nutt

Job Titles:
  • Professor & Hipp Chair

Dr. Susan L Wright

Job Titles:
  • Accounting and Assistant Dean of Assessment
  • Associate Professor of Accounting and Assistant Dean of Assessment

Dr. Todd Drew

Job Titles:
  • Director, Graduate and College Transfer Programs

Dr. Wesley M. Jones

Job Titles:
  • Interim Department Head & Associate Professor of Finance

Dr. William H. Money

Job Titles:
  • Professor of Management

Dr. William N. Trumbull

Job Titles:
  • Professor of Economics

Dung Do

Job Titles:
  • Assistant Professor of Organic Chemistry

Eartha Brown

Job Titles:
  • Seamstress Supervisor

Eddie Colter

Eddie Colter, '90, did not plan to go to college. "I had already gone to a recruiter, and I signed up for Security Police in the Air Force." But after an "adult conversation" with his mother, Colter agreed to apply to one college, which happened to be The Citadel.

Edward Snyder

Job Titles:
  • 169th Fighter Wing Public Affairs Superintendent

Evan Ortlieb

Job Titles:
  • Dean of the ZFSOE, Has Been Named the First - Ever Zucker Chair in Entrepreneurial Education Leadership
Evan Ortlieb, Ph.D., dean of the ZFSOE, has been named the first-ever Zucker Chair in Entrepreneurial Education Leadership.

Holly Bevsek

Job Titles:
  • Associate Professor of Physical Chemistry

Jason Dunne

Job Titles:
  • Administrative Assistant

Jennifer Santoro

Job Titles:
  • Director of the Citadel Career Center
The Citadel community is welcoming Jennifer Santoro, the Career Center's new director.

John Stabinger

Job Titles:
  • Webmaster

Karen Stevens Boykin

Job Titles:
  • Staff Member

Karina Schneider

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Young Graduates Committee

Kellie Drayton

Job Titles:
  • Staff Member

Kristi Cowart

Job Titles:
  • Director of Accounting Operations

Lisa Zuraw

Job Titles:
  • Professor of Biochemistry & Forensic Chemistry

Lt. Gen. Donald "Rosie" Rosenblum

Job Titles:
  • Retired

Maj Gen John S.

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Executive Committee

Maria A. Aselage

Job Titles:
  • Visiting Professor of Marketing

Mark C. Gray

Job Titles:
  • Adjunct Professor of Entrepreneurship

Maurice Drayton

Job Titles:
  • Coordinator
Former Bulldog player and defensive coordinator Maurice Drayton has been named the next head football coach at The Citadel.

Megan Moyer

Job Titles:
  • Assistant Professor of Inorganic Chemistry

Melissa M. Griffin

Job Titles:
  • Assistant to the Dean

Michael Livingston

Job Titles:
  • English Professor
  • Professor
Citadel professor Michael Livingston, Ph.D., is set to release a companion book on the best-selling "Wheel of Time" series. His book, titled "Origins of The Wheel of Time: The Legends and Mythologies that Inspired Robert Jordan" will debut on Nov. 8.

Mr. Stephen Jones

Job Titles:
  • Adjunct Professor

Mrs. Melissa Simon


Paul Meeks

Job Titles:
  • Adjunct Professor of Practice

Penny Mayton

Job Titles:
  • Program Director

Preethi Saint

Job Titles:
  • Associate Vice President for Finance and Business

Rashid Ellis

Rashid Ellis found himself matriculating in August 2000. The Citadel was challenging, but Ellis found allies in his F-Troop roommate and Commandant's Office staff members. He also embraced the Cadet Honor Code: "A cadet does not lie, cheat, or steal, nor tolerate those who do."

Remembering Robert Anthony Daniel

The Citadel is mourning the loss of Robert Anthony Daniel, '49, former Board of Visitors member and President of The Citadel Alumni Association.

Rick Gutierrez

Job Titles:
  • Director, Tailor Shop

Robert Brown

Job Titles:
  • Named Executive Assistant Director of the Science and Technology Branch
Brown graduated from The Citadel, the Military College of South Carolina. Prior to joining the FBI, he was a deputy sheriff for nine years.

Robert Pickering

Job Titles:
  • Chief Inclusive Excellence Officer
  • Member of the Citadel Class of 1994, Has Been Promoted to Chief Inclusive Excellence Officer
Robert Pickering, a member of The Citadel Class of 1994, has been promoted to Chief Inclusive Excellence Officer.

Ryan Kendall

Job Titles:
  • Instructor of Biochemistry & Lab Coordinator

Stanley Myers

Job Titles:
  • Fellow
  • Member of the Citadel Board
Stanley Myers, '98, a member of The Citadel Board of Visitors, is now a fellow in a preeminent, nationally recognized organization for lawyers.

Suzanne Mabrouk

Job Titles:
  • Adjunct Professor
  • Professor of Organic Chemistry

Thaddeus Le-Vasicek

Job Titles:
  • Assistant Professor of Analytical Chemistry

Theresa M. Strong

Job Titles:
  • Adjunct Professor of Management

Thomas B. "Trey" Hamilton, III

Job Titles:
  • Immediate past Chair

Tommy Baker

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Ex Officio Board

Tonie Velie

Job Titles:
  • Administrative Assistant

Tracey Hampton

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Ex Officio Board

Ty Yount

Ty Yount was a middle school student in Morganton, North Carolina, when the Gulf War played out on the evening news and inspired in him a need to serve. He was a well-rounded student-an athlete, a member of the band and an Eagle Scout. In 1993, in the days before the internet explosion, it was from a bookshelf in his guidance counselor's office that he discovered The Citadel.

Vanya Perez

Job Titles:
  • Administrative Assistant

Zach Watson - CCO

Job Titles:
  • Director of Communications