CSFORCLE - Key Persons


Abbas Hill

Job Titles:
  • Central Office Professional Staff
The Executive Director of Residence Life and Housing is ultimately responsible for all policies, procedures, and activities in the residential communities as well as the supervision of the entire staff. They serve as the liaison between the Department of Residence Life and Housing and the larger campus community.

Alan G. Starkoff

Job Titles:
  • Trustee

Amanda Apathy

Job Titles:
  • Executive Assistant

Anup Kumar

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Board
  • President, Faculty Senate

Brittany N. Sommers

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Board

Cecile Foshee

Job Titles:
  • Associate Professor of Medicine

David M. Reynolds - Chairman

Job Titles:
  • Chairman
  • Trustee

David N. Jewell

Job Titles:
  • Senior Vice President, Business Affairs and Chief Financial Officer

Dr. Laura Bloomberg - President

Job Titles:
  • President
  • CSU President
Dr. Laura Bloomberg was appointed president of Cleveland State University (CSU) on April 26, 2022. She previously served as provost and senior vice president for academic affairs at CSU since September 2021. Before Cleveland State, Bloomberg served eight years as dean and prior associate dean of the Humphrey School of Public Affairs at the University of Minnesota. In that capacity, Bloomberg led the global expansion of the school, established a national pathway program for college students underrepresented in public policymaking, launched an internationally focused Human Rights degree, and developed the Mandela Washington Fellowship program to support young leaders from countries across Africa. She successfully led the Humphrey School's $20M Leading Together fundraising campaign. Bloomberg is a three-time recipient of awards for graduate-level teaching and advising. Her academic research focuses on community-based leadership, program evaluation, creation of public value and P-20 educational policy. She is co-editor of the award-winning books "Public Value and Public Administration" and "Creating Public Value in Practice: Advancing the Common Good in a Multi-Sector, Shared-Power, No-One-Wholly-in-Charge World." Bloomberg has published dozens of peer-reviewed papers and made over 150 keynote and conference presentations about her work. Bloomberg was the 2020-21 President of the International Network of Schools of Public Policy, Affairs and Administration (NASPAA), considered the global standard in public service education. In 2019 she was inducted as a lifetime fellow into the National Academy of Public Administration (NAPA). Bloomberg holds a bachelor's degree in special education from St. Cloud State University, and master's degrees in psychometrics and educational psychology from Cornell University. She received her Ph.D. in educational policy and administration from the University of Minnesota. CSU President Laura Bloomberg, who took office on April 26, 2022, is the eighth president in the history of the University. A nationally recognized leader in public and global policy education, President Bloomberg came to CSU to assume the role of provost from the Humphrey School of Public Affairs at the University of Minnesota.

Erik Rowan

Job Titles:
  • Director for Residential Facilities
The Director for Residential Facilities provides leadership and supervision for the department's maintenance and custodial services, computer-based programs associated with residential facilities, and furniture, fixture, and equipment inventory management. They are also responsible for ensuring the residential communities (internally and externally) meet standards for cleanliness, appearance, safety, and overall functionality for the health, well-being, and success of CSU residential students.

Jake S. Wrege

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Board

John-Paul Richard

Job Titles:
  • Assistant Community Director for Fenn Tower
The Assistant Community Directors are part-time staff members who live on campus and are responsible for assisting in the overall administration of a residential community. They have many of the same responsibilities as Community Directors, including supervising RAs and supporting residents.

Jonathan Wehner

Job Titles:
  • Vice President and Dean of Admissions

Judith A. Ausherman

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Board

Julie Rehm

Job Titles:
  • Vice President, Advancement and Executive Director, the CSU Foundation

Kyle Wolfe

Job Titles:
  • Director for Residential Education
The Director for Residential Facilities is responsible for oversight of the day-to-day operations of the residential communities. They serve as the departmental point of contact in the Executive Director's absence. Contact the Director with any resident concerns.

Lisa K. Kunkle - Treasurer

Job Titles:
  • Treasurer
  • Trustee

Meredith Bond

Job Titles:
  • Interim Vice President for Research and Innovation / Interim Dean, College of Graduate Studies

Patricia L. Franklin

Job Titles:
  • Chief of Staff

Patricia M. DePompei

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Executive Committee
  • Trustee

Paul J. Dolan

Job Titles:
  • Trustee

Phil Eaves - CCO

Job Titles:
  • Director of Communications

Phillip "Flapp" Cockrell

Job Titles:
  • Vice President, Campus Engagement, Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

Rodney Johnson

Job Titles:
  • Maintenance Service Supervisor
The Maintenance Service Supervisor oversees and performs technical and mechanical work that ensures all physical aspects of the buildings (internally and externally), individual residential units, grounds, amenities, and common areas of the residential communities meet standards for cleanliness, appearance, safety, and overall functionality for the health, well-being, and success of CSU residential students.

Roy Gifford - VP

Job Titles:
  • Chief Marketing and Communications Officer
  • Vice President

Scott Garrett

Job Titles:
  • Vice President and Director, Athletics

Sonali B. Wilson

Job Titles:
  • Vice President of Legal Affairs and Compliance, General Counsel and Board Secretary

Stacey Renner

Job Titles:
  • Director for Housing Operations
The Director for Housing Operations provides leadership and supervision of the department's day-to-day housing assignments processes, financial administration, and computer-based programs associated with housing assignments to contribute to the overall health, well-being, and success of CSU residential students. They are also responsible for managing the department's financial, billing, reporting, and accounting processes.

Stephen F. Kirk

Job Titles:
  • Trustee

Thomas E. Hopkins

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Board
  • Chairman, CSU Foundation and Ex Officio Member

Timothy J. Cosgrove

Job Titles:
  • Trustee
  • Vice Chair

Ulia Spiridonova

Job Titles:
  • Residential Community Professional Staff
The Community Directors are full-time staff members who live in the residence hall as well as maintain office hours to meet with students. They are responsible for the management of their residential community through the supervision of the Assistant Community Directors and Resident Assistants. Contact your Community Director for information about room changes, roommate conflicts, how to be an RA, and more.

Vanessa L. Whiting

Job Titles:
  • Trustee

Wendy Green

Job Titles:
  • Professional and Higher Education