BELMONT - Key Persons

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• Secretary / Nashville, TN

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• Vice President for Hope, Unity & Belonging

Biography Dr. D'Angelo Taylor draws from his upbringing, education, and professional experience to fulfill his commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion. With bachelor's and master's degrees in political science from Western Illinois University, he understands how government functions. In addition, he holds a doctoral degree from the University of New England in Educational Leadership with an emphasis on Higher Education. He has worked with the community and religious and educational organizations in Evansville, Chicago, St. Louis, East St. Louis, and Rock Island to help improve the lives of others. Dr. Taylor currently serves as the inaugural Vice President for Hope, Unity & Belonging at Belmont University. In this role, he serves as the architect of the newly created HUB-Belmont's Office of Hope, Unity and Belonging. As part of this work, Dr. Taylor leads the university's diversity, equity, inclusion and belonging initiatives in support of its strategic emphasis to embrace hope and inclusive excellence to reweave the social fabric.

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• Coaches

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• Executive Vice President for Advancement
• Executive Vice President for University Advancement

David Rosselli was hired as Belmont's Executive Vice President of University Advancement effect August 1, 2023. Mr. Rosselli will oversee all aspects of development and alumni relations including the oversight of Belmont's $600 million Hope Abounds Campaign. David served as Vice President for University Advancement and Alumni Relations at Baylor University from October-2015 to June-2023 overseeing all aspects of Baylor's successful $1.5 billion Give Light Campaign. Previously, he served as senior executive director of institutional advancement at the University of Southern California where he managed the development operations and staff for the advancement team in San Francisco as well as the oversight of USC's fundraising and campaign operations in Northern California. Before his time at USC, David served as assistant dean for institutional advancement at the Arthur A. Dugoni School of Dentistry at the University of the Pacific, where he was responsible for all areas of campaign development and fundraising for the school's $150 million relocation to downtown San Francisco. Earlier in his career, he spent six years as associate athletic director at the University of California, Berkeley, overseeing a $500 million athletics campaign. Prior to his work at Cal, he was associate athletic director and executive director of the Bronco Bench Foundation for Santa Clara University (2002-2004) and assistant athletic director for broadcasting at University of the Pacific (1995-2002). Dave also spent more than six years as the director of development for the schools of business and engineering at Pacific. He is a former television and radio broadcaster, including regular work calling basketball play-by-play for Baylor University as well as assignments covering other collegiate and professional teams from 1985-2004 including the SF 49ers; Golden State Warriors and University of California athletic programs. Dave is a graduate of the University of the Pacific, with a bachelor's degree in broadcast journalism and a master's degree in educational psychology. Dave and his wife Christine are honored to be a part of the Belmont Family.

Dean Eaves brings to his position more than 25 years of Arts leadership, teaching and performing experience. As a leader in the arts he has worked to cultivate partnerships in the community, develop advocacy for the arts, develop engaging arts education curriculum, and cultivating relevant, entrepreneurial career paths for student artists and performers. Dr. Eaves is actively engaged in the arts community as an advocate and board member. Eaves has been recognized for outstanding teaching in higher education settings and as a successful choral conductor and music educator. He speaks regularly about arts advocacy and the economic impact of the arts.

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• Assistant Professor of Law

Prior to joining Belmont University College of Law, Professor Farringer's practice focused primarily on transactional matters for Vanderbilt University Medical Center, including analysis of contracts for compliance with applicable healthcare laws such as the Stark law, Antikickback statute, civil monetary penalties law, and the false claims act, physician practice acquisitions, joint ventures, general corporate governance and corporate maintenance issues, hospital operations, and real estate leasing and purchasing issues. Prior to joining Vanderbilt University, Professor Farringer was an associate at Bass, Berry& Sims PLC where she practiced in the firm's Healthcare Industry group. At Belmont, Professor Farringer teaches Health Law, Business Associations, Health Care Fraud and Abuse, Health Care Business and Finance, and Biomedical Ethics. Professor Farringer graduated summa cum laude from the University of San Diego with a B.A. in History and received her Juris Doctorate from Vanderbilt University School of Law where she was a member of the Order of the Coif. While in law school, Professor Farringer served as the Senior Notes Editor for the Vanderbilt Law Review. Immediately following law school, Professor Farringer completed a judicial clerkship for Judge H. Emory Widener, Jr. of the United States Court of Appeals for the 4th Circuit in Abingdon, Virginia.

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• Executive Director
• Director, Be Well BU
• Executive Director of Health and Wellness

Biography Dr. Adam Pace currently serves as Executive Director of Health and Wellness. He also serves as Pathway Catalyst for Integrative Health and Well-Being in the Office of the President. In these roles, he coordinates health and wellness promotion for all students, faculty, and staff. He serves as Director of Be Well BU, the Quality Enhancement Project for the university's SACSCOC accreditation. This program includes WELL Core, a co-curricular holistic wellness program completed by all undergraduate students. He also works with the Department of Human Resources to promote health and wellness efforts for our faculty and staff. Prior to serving in these roles, Dr. Pace served as a faculty member in the Belmont University College of Pharmacy for ten years. He taught various topics related to community pharmacy. During that time, he also served as a pharmacy manager. In this role, he hosted pharmacy students as an Advanced Pharmacy Practice Experience site. He also served as a mentor to numerous work study and job shadow students. In his faculty work, Dr. Pace was extensively involved in the College of Pharmacy, serving in leadership roles in multiple faculty committees over the years. His scholarly work in the area of self-stigma of depression has yielded insights that serve well in fostering a culture of mental health on campus.

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• Professor of Sociology

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• Associate Dean, Curb College of Entertainment and Music Business
• Intellectual Property ( IP ) Attorney and Associate Professor

Cheryl Slay Carr is an Entertainment and Intellectual Property (IP) Attorney and Associate Professor of Music Business at Belmont University, where she teaches copyright law, entertainment contracts, and the Business of Jazz. Prior to transitioning to academia, Ms. Carr launched an entertainment and IP law firm with a particular focus on developing creative business and legal solutions for arts and entertainment professionals. She has over 12 years of experience in representing independent & emerging filmmakers, novelists, record companies, musicians, technology companies, visual artists, and other arts, technology and business professionals. A frequent presenter, writer and researcher, Ms. Carr is author of Music Copyright Law, a book written to provide in-depth coverage of copyright fundamentals as they apply to the music industry. She is a contributing author of Trademark Infringement Remedies, a practitioner-based book on the fundamentals of trademark law, and has authored numerous articles on matters ranging from strategies for success in the music industry, to funding film projects.

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• Executive Vice President for Academic Excellence
• Provost & Executive Vice President for Academic Excellence

Dr. David Gregory was named Provost and Executive Vice President for Academic Excellence in September of 2022. Dr. Gregory joined Belmont in 2018 as Dean of the College of Pharmacy. Prior to his time at Belmont, he served as an associate dean at the University of Mississippi's School of Pharmacy. At Ole Miss, Dr. Gregory's responsibilities included leadership of approximately 800 students in both the pre-professional and professional degree programs along with strategic and visionary planning in the ongoing development of policies, programs, curriculum and clinical practice that align with the educational mission of the School. Dr. Gregory earned a bachelor's of science and a Doctor of Pharmacy degree from the University of Mississippi. Prior to joining Ole Miss in 2013, he spent a significant portion of his career in Nashville with positions of increasing responsibility with Vanderbilt University Medical Center. From 2008-2013, he served as VUMC's director of pharmacy for education, drug policy, research and clinical pharmacy services within the Department of Pharmaceutical Services. During his time in Nashville, Dr. Gregory also contributed time to the Belmont College of Pharmacy External Advisory Committee. In addition to his professional duties, Dr. Gregory also currently serves as an accreditation surveyor for the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE) and is a member of the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists (ASHP) Workforce and Education Council. He received the 2009 University of Mississippi School of Pharmacy's Distinguished Alumnus Award, the 2011 Belmont University College of Pharmacy Professional Stewardship Award and the 1997 Vanderbilt Hospital Pharmacist of the Year Award, among other accolades.

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• Professor of Music Industry History and Professor of Music Business

Don Cusic is one of the premier historians for country music in the nation. His books related to music/music history include Discovering Country Music; biographies of Roger Miller, Gene Autry, Eddy Arnold, Riders in the Sky and Hank Williams; the lyrics books of Merle Haggard, Johnny Cash and Willie Nelson; The Beatles and Country Music; The Cowboy in Country Music; Elvis and Nashville;Baseball and Country Music, Saved by Sound: A History of Gospel and Christian Music and The Encyclopedia of Contemporary Christian Music.

Dr. Froeschle Hicks has researched and written extensively on child and adolescent counseling including such topics as cyber-bullying, social aggression, self-injury, substance use and abuse, and academic achievement in the school setting. Dr. Froeschle Hicks's previous experience working in the school system inspires her to conduct research that makes a positive impact on the mental health and academic success of youth while also offering practical programs for school and community counselors. She has published over 55 articles and book chapters in journals such as Professional School Counseling, Journal of Creativity in Mental Health, Middle School Journal, Journal of School Counseling, International Journal of Play Therapy, The Family Journal, and VISTAS, among others. In addition, her work has been found published on the American School Counselors Association website as Best Practices, has been demonstrated in invited presentations at the American Counseling Association Conference & Expo as well as in Counseling Today articles. Her work has been republished into book format numerous times and has helped various institutions all over the world after they adopted her programs for practical use. She serves as an expert media spokesperson for the American Counseling Association on issues related to bullying and aggression.

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• Social Media Management Program Director

After practicing strategic communication for a myriad of organizations for nearly a decade, Trowbridge returned to higher education to help prepare the next generation of professional communicators. He remains involved in community and professional organizations and facilitates learning through real-world, problem-based experiences.

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• Professor of Physical Therapy

Dr. Michael Voight has had a distinguished career as both an educator and clinical physical therapist for over 25 years. Throughout his career he has not only become one of the leading authorities in the rehabilitation of orthopedic and sports injuries, he has worked tirelessly to advance the knowledge of others as a clinician and educator by making significant contributions to the literature.

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• Executive Director of Formation & Leadership Development

Biography As Executive Director of Formation and Leadership Development, Dr. Nathan G. Webb works in the Office of the President and serves as the Catalyst for Pathway 1, Whole Person Formation. In this role, he leads curricular and co-curricular efforts aimed at helping members of the Belmont community further develop their sense of purpose and being. He oversees BELL Core, the Teaching Center, the Office of Service-Learning, Whole-Person Formation initiatives, and Leadership Development efforts at Belmont. Dr. Webb also holds a faculty appointment as a tenured Associate Professor of Communication Studies. Prior to his current appointment, Dr. Webb served in a number of academic leadership positions at Belmont. He served as Interim Dean of the College of Theology and Christian Ministry, Associate Dean of the College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences, Department Chair of Communication Studies, and Assistant Director of the Teaching Center. He also served on Belmont's Faculty Senate. Throughout his 10+ years as a faculty member, Dr. Webb has primarily taught courses related to corporate communications, intercultural communication, and public speaking. He has also regularly taught in Belmont's study abroad program and utilized service-learning in his courses. Dr. Webb's research predominantly focuses on teaching and learning. He has presented his research at regional, national, and international conferences, and he has been published in venues such as Business and Professional Communication Quarterly, Teaching and Learning Inquiry, and the Journal of Scholarship of Teaching and Learning. He also serves on the editorial boards of College Teaching and the Journal of Family Communication. Dr. Webb is an active member of the National Communication Association. In addition to his higher education experience, Dr. Webb worked for five years in the non-profit sector. During that period, he worked for the United Methodist Church of the Resurrection, one of the largest United Methodist congregations in the world. He also has three years of experience as a legal research analyst. In this role, he worked with the firm's attorneys to construct legal arguments in suits against proprietary higher education institutions. In his free time, Dr. Webb spends a lot of time traveling. He has visited all seven continents, 30+ countries, and all 50 states. He is also a die-hard St. Louis Cardinals fan and enjoys spending time in the outdoors.

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• Associate Professor of Political Science

A 1995 Belmont alumnus who majored in international relations, Dr. Nathan Griffith holds graduate degrees from Indiana University (Ph.D.) and the University of Virginia (M.A.). He joined Belmont's political science department in 2003 and currently serves as chair.

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• Assistant Professor, Entertainment Industry Studies

Dr. Stewart learned the business from the ground up, working with such top musical artists as Tim McGraw, LeAnn Rimes, Wynonna Judd, JoDee Messina and many other artists over the course of her 14-year employ at Curb Records. Now an entertainment researcher, Dr. Stewart has varied research interests, including music consumption, video games, artist fandom and mood management. Her teaching expertise is in the areas of public relations, music marketing and consumer research. She has several published book chapters, including an essay on LeAnn Rimes' album Blue in Please Allow Me To Introduce Myself: Essays on Debut Albums(Ashgate). Her most recent book chapter, "TV, Radio, and Music Research," written in collaboration with Dr. Louisa Ha of Bowling Green University and Jeff Green of Stone Door Media Lab, was published in Research Methods in Communication (Third Edition) (Vision Press).

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• Dean of the College of Visual and Performing Arts and Professor of Music

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• Professor of Biology

Dr. Steve Murphree is an entomologist who can comment on insect and spider inquiries, including mosquito-borne and tick-borne diseases. He also serves each summer as an instructor at camps for children entitled "Beetles, Bugs and Butterflies" and serves as director of the Middle Tennessee Science and Engineering Fair.

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• Chief of Staff
• Vice President
• Chief of Staff & Executive Vice President for Administration

Dr. Susan H. West currently serves as Chief of Staff and Vice President in the Office of the President at Belmont University. During her 29 years at Belmont, she has worked in Admissions, Special Academic Programs, and the University College. Dr. West is a member of the Peer Learning Network of Belmont University, Nashville Chamber of Commerce Education Committee, and Women in Higher Education of Tennessee (WHET). She was a member of the 2006 class of Leadership Middle Tennessee and the 2014-15 Leadership Nashville class. Currently she serves on the boards of Habitat for Humanity, St. Thomas Health and the Middle Tennessee State University Friends of the College of Liberal Arts. In 2006, she was awarded the Outstanding African American Alumni Award at Middle Tennessee State University, in 2007 was an Athena Award nominee and in 2017 was awarded the Minority Access, Inc. Administrator Award for Exemplary Achievements in Expanding Opportunities for Others. Dr. West received her Doctor of Education degree from the George Peabody College of Vanderbilt University and is a graduate the Harvard Institute for Educational Management.

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• Professor of Media Studies

Dr. Sybril Brown, affectionately known as "Dr. Syb," is a Vanderbilt-educated, Harvard-trained, two-time Emmy award-winning multimedia journalist, author, international speaker and lecturer. She has created numerous courses including: Digital Citizenship, Entrepreneurial Media, Social Media Reporting and Covering Diverse Populations. A respected journalist, Dr. Syb began her career working behind the scenes at ABC in Milwaukee, CBS in Chicago, and was a former general assignment reporter, fill-in anchor and fill-in talk show host at the CBS affiliate in Nashville. The National Association of Black Journalists (NABJ) named Dr. Syb the 2015 Journalism Educator of the Year and she was a recipient of the NABJ Region 3 Achiever Award in 2014. Most recently she was recognized as: the 2015 Educator of the Year by The Tennessee Tribune, the 2015 Diversity Leader of the Year by the Nashville Chapter of the National Association of Women Business Owners and she received the 2015 Trailblazer Award for Excellence in Journalism Education from community organization Everything Underground. With extensive experience in traditional and social media fields spanning more than 15 years, Dr. Syb is the author of two books: Innovate: Lessons from the Underground Railroad, an examination of the UGRR and the Internet as among America's most effective, innovative and disruptive networks, and The Color-Full Alphabet Book, a Dr. Seuss-like book pairing positive images of children of color with encouraging words.

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• Vice President for Spiritual Development

Dr. Todd L. Lake has helped Belmont create mission service opportunities in Asia, Africa and Latin America; worked to deepen and broaden our engagement with the Christian intellectual tradition and worship opportunities; and helped Belmont partner with national and international Christian organizations to expand our engagement with faith-informed initiatives in the arts, music, sciences, community development and scholarship. He has served as a Peace Corps Volunteer in Paraguay, pastor of a multi-racial church in Cambridge, MA, and Dean of University Life at Baylor. Dr. Lake has a B.A. in German Studies from Harvard, an M.Div. from Southern Seminary, and a Ph.D. in Systematic Theology from Boston College.

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• Law and Director of Field Placements

Prior to joining the Belmont faculty, Black was an associate at Chadbourne & Parke LLP in New York City where she practiced in the areas of products liability and commercial litigation. At Belmont College of Law, Professor Black teaches Products Liability, Medical Malpractice and Family Law, and has written several articles in the area of food and drug law. In her role as Director of Field Placements, Professor Black assists law students in locating legal opportunities outside the law school where students have the opportunity to apply legal concepts learned in the classroom to a law practice setting.

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• Vice Chair / Brentwood, TN

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• Chairman and Professor of Entrepreneurship

In 2013, Dr. Cornwall was named the Entrepreneurship Educator of the Year by United States Association for Small Business and Entrepreneurship (USASBE), an organization that also named Belmont as the National Model Undergraduate Entrepreneurship Program of the Year in 2008. Dr. Cornwall's blog, The Entrepreneurial Mind, is one of the most popular small business blogs on the web and was named by Forbes as a "Best of the Web" and is part of the Forbes blog network. It is also linked to by Entrepreneur, Inc., The Wall Street Journal and U.S. News and World Report.

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• Executive Vice President for External Engagement and University
• University Counsel & Executive Vice President for External Engagement

Jason B. Rogers serves as Executive Vice President for External Engagement and University Counsel at Belmont University in Nashville, Tennessee. In this capacity, he is responsible for Belmont's legal affairs as well as its government and community relations, risk management, insurance, campus security and Title IX compliance functions. Jason joined Belmont University in 1998 after 10 years of practicing law in Nashville. While in private practice, he advised and represented nonprofit corporations including numerous colleges and universities. Jason has earned academic degrees from Baylor University (B.A., with honors), Vanderbilt University (J.D.) and the University of Pennsylvania (Ed.D. with distinction). While at Vanderbilt, Jason was a member of the National Moot Court team and earned the American Jurisprudence Award for Excellence in First Amendment Law. At the University of Pennsylvania, his research focused on the impact of religious mission on the civic engagement initiatives of urban universities in the northeastern United States. Dr. Rogers is admitted to practice law in Tennessee (active) and Texas (inactive) as well as before the United States District Courts for the Middle District of Tennessee, Northern District of Georgia and the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit. He is a fellow in the Nashville Bar Foundation, active in service to the National Association of College and University Attorneys, and a former member of the Legal Advisory Committee of United Educators' Risk Retention Group. A decades long resident of Nashville, Jason is committed to the local community and charitable activities including current and past service on the board of directors of The Sycamore Institute, The Next Door, The Healing Trust, and Nashville Family Shelter as well as service to Leadership Nashville, the Parent Advisory Council of Metro Nashville Public Schools and Nashville's First Baptist Church.

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• Co - Founder and Executive Director of Conexion Americas
• Instructor of Management and Entrepreneurship

As co-founder and executive director of Conexion Americas, Gonzalez has long been dedicated to promoting the economic and social integration of Latino and other immigrant families into the local community. He was recognized as one of a total of 50 most influential individuals leading and shaping Nashville's future. Nashville's Forward Fifty, in 2007. In addition to teaching courses in international business, financial management and entrepreneurship, he greatly enjoy leading Study Abroad programs with his students and in recent years has led programs in Chile, Guatemala, Spain and Argentina.

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• Executive Director of the Belmont Innovation Labs at Belmont University
• Executive Director, Belmont Innovation Labs

Biography Josh Yates is Executive Director of the Belmont Innovation Labs at Belmont University and Founder and CEO of the national nonprofit, Thriving Cities Group. Trained as a cultural and community sociologist, Dr. Yates weaves together two decades of academic research and socially-based practice in an on-going investigation of what it means and takes to thrive in contemporary community contexts. As a scholar, he has pursued both the moral and cultural evolution of the ideal of human thriving and the changing social and institutional realities that make thriving more or less possible in the contemporary world. He has sought out its origins in the great moral and theological traditions from which we have inherited our modern preoccupations with human happiness, dignity, and rights. He has pursued it in the context of American history by charting how our cultural understandings of thriving have been evolving from the Puritans down to the present. He has studied how Western ideals of human thriving have been brought to every corner of the earth through the missions of international humanitarian and human rights organizations, and how a technocratic vision of human thriving is today being propagated through the rise of "smart," technologically-enhanced cities globally. As a social practitioner, he has endeavored to translate the insights of this research into practical frameworks and tools that equip leaders and organizations to understand their contexts and cultivate thriving civic ecosystems. This includes the development of the Human Ecology Framework, a holistic lens for identifying the critical community endowments upon which thriving depends; Community Craft, a curriculum series designed to train community leaders in the art of building thriving communities; and a series of civic software tools, including The Indicator Explorer, a web-based tool for discerning how to measure community thriving, and RoundTable, a data platform that builds intelligence for community building and problem solving. Most recently, he is the co-author of the Field Guide for Urban University-Community Partnerships, the first ever national survey of how American universities and colleges are engaging their local communities and trying to reestablish their social value to a questioning public.

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• Judge
• Dean and Doyle Rogers Distinguished Professor of Law

After attending the United States Air Force Academy, Alberto Gonzales graduated from Rice University (B.A.) and Harvard Law School. He was nominated by President George W. Bush and confirmed by the United States Senate as the 80th Attorney General of the United States on February 3, 2005 and served in that capacity until September 2007. He has worked as a partner at a major Houston law firm (Vinson & Elkins) and held positions as Justice on the Texas Supreme Court, Texas Secretary of State, General Counsel to the Governor of Texas and Counsel to the President of the United States. Among his many professional associations, Judge Gonzales is a member of the American Law Institute, the leading independent organization in the United States producing scholarly work to clarify, modernize and otherwise improve the law. For his many accomplishments and years of public service, Judge Gonzales has been recognized as a Distinguished Alumnus of Rice University and received the Harvard Law School Association Award, as well as the Central Intelligence Agency's Director's Award and the Office of the Secretary of Defense Medal for Exceptional Public Service. His work in the Hispanic community and his achievements as a role model have also earned him recognition as Hispanic American of the Year by HISPANIC Magazine and one of The 25 Most Influential Hispanics in America by TIME Magazine.

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• President of Belmont University
• University President

L. Gregory Jones is President of Belmont University. Prior to his appointment at Belmont in June of 2021, he was Dean of Duke Divinity School, a position he held for an earlier term from 1997-2010. Between 2010 and 2018, he served in a variety of roles, including vice president and vice provost for global strategy at Duke University and as provost and executive vice president of Baylor University. In addition, he has served in advisory and strategic roles with several foundations and educational institutions in the United States as well as in Armenia. Greg is a dynamic administrative leader, a gifted speaker, a noted writer, and a trusted advisor who helps leaders imagine new possibilities and shape cultures for organizational success and productivity. Greg currently serves on the boards of the John Templeton Foundation, the McDonald Agape Foundation, the Lilly Family Board of Philanthropy at Indiana University, and the India Collective. Greg is a leader and strategist whose creative engagement has helped institutions across the world create transformational resource models. Greg's global imagination has guided business, education and religious leaders in Africa, Asia, Eurasia, Europe, and the United States. Greg has a particular gift for incubating talent, ideas, and networks. He is passionate about re-shaping cultures within and across organizations and has coined the term "traditioned innovation" to capture how he re-frames complex challenges to seize significant opportunities. Known for his entrepreneurial leadership and fund-raising ability, Greg's first tenure as dean was marked by significant growth in Duke Divinity School. More than $102 million was raised under Greg's leadership in The Campaign for Duke (1998-2003). Major new initiatives during his tenure included Leadership Education at Duke Divinity, the Center for Reconciliation, the Thriving Rural Communities Program, the Duke Youth Academy for Christian Formation, the Clergy Health Initiative, the Reynolds Program in Church Leadership and international partnerships, especially with the Methodist Church of Southern Africa, the United Methodist Church in Cote d'Ivoire and the Center for Reconciliation's Great Lakes Initiative which embraces the central-east African region. As Duke's Global Strategist, he led initiatives in China and India as well as helped to engage work in Singapore. In Greg's tenure as Dean of Duke Divinity School, he strengthened the financial trajectoryl, diversified the faculty and staff and led a strategic planning process that has garnered great enthusiasm for the future of the school. Greg is the author or editor of 19 books, including the recently released co-authored Navigating the Future: Traditioned Innovation for Wilder Seas (with Andrew P. Hogue), Christian Social Innovation, the co-authored Forgiving As We've Been Forgiven: Community Practices for Making Peace (with Celestin Musekura), the co-authored Resurrecting Excellence (with Kevin R. Armstrong), and the widely acclaimed Embodying Forgiveness. Jones, an ordained United Methodist minister, has published more than 200 articles in a variety of publications. Greg is married to the Rev. Dr. Susan Pendleton Jones, who has served as a campus minister, a local church pastor, and as a senior administrator at Duke Divinity School and as a consultant to the bishop's office of the United Methodist Church in NC. Greg and Susan are the parents of three children: Nathan, Ben, and Sarah, and are grateful for their two daughters-in-law, Amy Little Jones and Allison Jones, their son-in-law Joey Fala, and their granddaughters: Clara, Audrey, and Sophie. Known for his entrepreneurial leadership, Dr. Greg Jones became president of Belmont University in Nashville, Tennessee on June 1, 2021. Prior to his appointment at Belmont, he served as the longtime dean of Duke Divinity School (from 1997-2010 and again from 2018-mid 2021). Between 2010 and 2018, he served in a variety of roles, including vice president and vice provost for global strategy at Duke University and provost and executive vice president of Baylor University. During his time at Belmont, Greg has established a new vision for the institution "to be the leading Christ-centered university in the world, radically championing the pursuit of life abundant for all people." Achievements during his first year include securing more than $35 million in grants and gifts, launching the Belmont Data Collaborative, expanding the Bridges to Belmont program to support Metro Nashville Public School students and establishing a program that more deeply connects Belmont students, faculty and staff to the regional community to create programs that foster social good. A gifted speaker, Jones is the author or editor of 19 books, including the recently released Navigating the Future: Traditioned Innovation for Wilder Seas (with Andrew P. Hogue) which outlines his perspective on traditioned innovation as "a habit of being and living that cultivates a certain kind of moral imagination shaped by storytelling and expressed in creative, transformational action." Other works include Christian Social Innovation, the co-authored Forgiving as We've Been Forgiven: Community Practices for Making Peace (with Celestin Musekura), the co-authored Resurrecting Excellence (with Kevin R. Armstrong), and the widely acclaimed Embodying Forgiveness. An ordained United Methodist minister, he has published more than 200 articles in a variety of publications. Dr. Jones is also a gifted speaker, media contributor and thought leader in higher education, social innovation and theology. He recently joined the National Leadership Council for the Partnership for American Democracy and currently serves as a senior fellow at Leadership Education, which he founded, and senior fellow at the Fuqua-Coach K Center on Leadership and Ethics. Greg is passionate about re-shaping cultures within and across organizations and has coined the term "traditioned innovation" to capture how he re-frames complex challenges to seize significant opportunities. He received his bachelor's in speech communication and a masters of public administration from the University of Denver, and his masters of divinity and Ph.D. in theology from Duke University. He currently serves on the boards of the John Templeton Foundation, the McDonald Agape Foundation and the India Collective. Dr. Jones is married to the Rev. Susan Pendleton Jones, and they are the parents of three children: Nathan, Ben and Sarah, and are grateful for their two daughters-in-law, Amy Little Jones and Allison Jones, their son-in-law Joey Fala and their granddaughters Clara, Audrey, Sophie and Hannah.

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• Library

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• Associate Professor of Law

Loren Mulraine began his legal career as a government contracts attorney with the Federal Aviation Administration in Washington, D.C. before relocating to Nashville to practice entertainment law. His legal clients have included Grammy, Dove and Stellar award winners, gold, platinum and multi-platinum selling artists, producers and songwriters, as well as filmmakers, independent labels and management companies. Before joining the law faculty at Belmont, Professor Mulraine taught for 14 years at Middle Tennessee State University, most recently serving as the Chair of the Department of Recording Industry. He served two non-consecutive terms as interim Associate Dean of the College of Mass Communication at MTSU and has also taught at Oakwood University in Huntsville, Alabama. Professor Mulraine has significant experience as a songwriter and independent gospel artist with four solo recordings, several group projects, and session work which includes the Grammy award-winning Andrae' Crouch project, Tribute: The Songs of Andrae' Crouch. Loren Mulraine received his B.A. from the University of Maryland, College Park and his J.D. from Howard University School of Law.

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• Executive Vice President for Aspirational Excellence
• Fellow of the American Academy of Forensic Sciences

Lori Baker serves as Belmont's Executive Vice President for Aspirational Excellence. In this role, she leads in connecting daily operational efforts of the University to the strategic visioning work of the Office of the President. Prior to joining Belmont in January of 2023, Dr. Baker was a professor of anthropology in Baylor's College of Arts and Sciences with a specialization in molecular and forensic analysis of skeletal remains. She also served in several leadership capacities at Baylor, including Vice Provost, VP for Strategic Initiatives, Collaborations, and Leadership Development, VP for Faculty Development and Diversity, Chair of Faculty Senate, and Faculty Regent. She holds a B.A. and an M.A. from Baylor and a Ph.D. from the University of Tennessee, Knoxville. Dr. Baker is a fellow of the American Academy of Forensic Sciences and is the founder and executive director of Reuniting Families, a program that aids in the recovery, identification and repatriation of deceased migrants who perish in the United States border region. She was a finalist for "Texan of the Year" in 2014 in recognition of her leadership in this humanitarian effort. Lori has also acted as an advisor to numerous government officials and agencies both for the U.S. and abroad as well as contributed work and education for several Latin American Truth Commissions. She has been an invited speaker in many national and international venues such as the Peace Palace in the The Hague, as part of the International Commission on Missing Persons Conference and Amnesty International. Published in national and international journals, her work has been featured by such media as National Geographic, Scientific American, Discover Magazine, the Washington Post, USA Today, the Wall Street Journal, NPR, BBC and MSNBC, among others.

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• Chairman / Nashville, TN

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• Coach

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• Vice President for Imagination, Strategic Initiatives & Partnerships
• Vice President for Special Projects and Strategic Partnerships

Biography As Vice President for Special Projects and Strategic Partnerships, Sarah Cates works closely with the President and Senior Leadership team to identify high-impact opportunities that set the university apart and serve students in unique ways while bringing the institution local, national and global brand attention. In this role she articulates Belmont's vision, mission and values with internal and external stakeholders; proactively identifies growth areas and partnerships; and serves as an external representative of the President as needed locally and beyond, among other responsibilities. Cates draws on her extensive relationships in the music industry and the arts to cultivate relationships that can help highlight Belmont's commitment to beauty as well as goodness and truth. In her previous roles at Belmont, Cates' impact was felt in a number of areas as highlighted accomplishments included playing a key role in the We Believe campaign raising philanthropic support for the University and delivering high impact events that connected Belmont more deeply to the community, particularly the music industry. Prior to her work in Development, Cates worked within the Curb College of Entertainment and Music Business since its inception in 2003, most recently as senior director overseeing all elements of external relationships, student enrichment, extension programs and partnerships. Beyond her work on campus, Cates is an active volunteer in Nashville, giving her time to numerous nonprofit organizations. She currently serves as chair of the Songwriter's Hall of Fame Board and is a Board member of The Store. A Leadership Music graduate, she was recognized three-times in the Nashville Business Journal's Women in Music City coverage and is a winner of Belmont's Herbert C. Gabhart Award, the highest campus recognition of staff excellence. Cates received a B.B.A in Music Business and a Master's in Organizational Leadership and Communication, both from Belmont.

Job Titles:

• Director
• Vice President & Athletics Director
• Vice President, Director of Athletics

Scott Corley serves as Belmont's Vice President, Director of Athletics. Corley joined Belmont as the Director of Athletics in 2016 after a stint as a senior vice president of corporate banking at FirstBank. A 1990 Belmont graduate and one of the most decorated student-athletes in program history, Corley has helped the Bruin athletic program enjoy overwhelming success.

The Rev. Susan Pendleton Jones serves as Senior Fellow of Christ-Centered Visioning and First Lady of Belmont University, where her husband Greg Jones began serving as President on June 1, 2021. Prior to moving to Nashville, she served for several years as associate dean of ministerial formation at Duke Divinity School. She also has served as director of field education. Her teaching responsibilities at Duke have included courses on leadership, forgiveness and reconciliation, and the pastor's vocation, team-taught with her husband. She and Greg have co-authored essays and articles as well as two books in the "Living the Good Life Together" series. Additionally, she was the project coordinator for Duke Divinity School's award-winning 2005 building addition, which includes Goodson Chapel and the Westbrook Building. Susan has been involved in leadership and board roles with a variety of community organizations and foundations, and cares deeply about children and families as well as the importance of innovative approaches to challenging problems. A retired elder in the Western North Carolina (WNC) Annual Conference of the United Methodist Church, Susan has served pastorates in North Carolina and Maryland and as the former United Methodist campus minister at Duke. Since moving to Nashville, Susan has recently joined the boards of local nonprofits Siloam Health and The Store. Susan and Greg are the parents of Nate (and Amy), Ben (and Allison) and Sarah (and Joey Fala), and the grandparents of Clara Susan Jones, Audrey Catherine Jones, Sophie Elizabeth Jones and Hannah Marilyn Jones.

Job Titles:

• Associate Dean and Professor of Law

Timothy P. Chinaris teaches courses in legal ethics and other subjects and previously served as the Ethics Director of the Florida Bar from 1989-1997, where he ran the popular "ethics hotline" service that answered more than 20,000 calls annually from bar members. A "lawyer's lawyer," Tim Chinaris has advised and represented some of America's most distinguished lawyers in matters relating to professional ethics. He also serves as an expert witness in cases involving legal malpractice, breach of fiduciary duty, conflicts of interest, confidentiality, trust accounting, and unauthorized practice of law. He was an expert witness in the first case decided under the Sarbanes-Oxley Act. Dean Chinaris also authors the popular legal ethics website is "sunEthics.com" and co-authors the authoritative treatise Florida Legal Malpractice and Attorney Ethics.

Job Titles:

• Assistant Professor of Law

Prior to joining the Belmont faculty, Travis Brandon was an associate in the Energy & Environment group at Morrison & Foerster LLP in San Francisco, where he focused on complex regulatory litigation under major federal and state environmental laws including the Endangered Species Act, Clean Air Act, and NEPA. At Morrison & Foerster, Professor Brandon also maintained an active pro bono practice, where he advised clients such as the Nature Conservancy and the Environmental Defense Fund on issues ranging from conservation easements to marine spatial planning. Brandon graduated from Stanford Law School, where he also obtained an M.S. in the Emmett Interdisciplinary Program in Environment and Resources. Professor Brandon received his B.A. from Stanford University, where he was elected to Phi Beta Kappa. He earned his M.A. and M.Phil. in English literature at Yale University.