Organization
The Administrators
See University Leadership for current administrator listings.
Oklahoma Regents for Higher Education
Sean Burrage, Chancellor
Courtney Warmington, Chair
Dustin J. Hilliary, Vice Chair
Steven W. Taylor, Secretary
P. Mitchell "Mitch" Adwon, Assistant Secretary
Dennis Casey
Jeffrey W. Hickman
Ken Levit
Jack Sherry
Michael C. Turpen
University of Oklahoma Board of Regents
Rick Nagel, Chair
Robert J. Ross, Vice Chair
Anita L. Holloway
John R. Braught
Kenneth S. Waits
G. Rainey Williams Jr.
Eric Stevenson
University of Oklahoma Executive Officers
Joseph Harroz Jr., J.D., President, Office of the President
André-Denis Wright, Ph.D., Senior Vice President and Provost,
Norman campus, Office of the Provost Norman
Gary Raskob, Ph.D., Senior Vice President and Provost, Health
Campus, Office of the Provost Health Campus
Stewart Berkinshaw, M.Acc., C.P.A., Senior Vice President for
Strategy and Finance, Administration and Finance
Armand Paliotta, J.D., Vice President and General Counsel, Office of
Legal Counsel
Mackenzie Wilfong, J.D., Executive Director and Secretary of the
Board of Regents
Hollye Hunt, J.D., Vice President of Executive Affairs and Chief of Staff
Guy L. Patton, M.A., President and CEO, OU Foundation
Dorothy Anderson, M.Ed., Vice President for Human Resources and
Chief Human Resources Officer
Jeff Blahnik, J.D., Vice President for Division of Enrollment Management;
Executive Director of the Office of Admissions & Recruitment
Susan Bynum, J.D., Vice President, OU-Tulsa
Joe Castiglione, M.Ed., Vice President for Intercollegiate Athletic
Programs and Director of Athletics, University Athletics
Ian Dunn, M.D., Executive Dean, College of Medicine; Chief Physician
Executive, OU Health
Marci Gracey, J.D., Associate Vice President and Institutional Equity
Officer, Office of Institutional Equity
Brian Holderread, MSCM, Vice President for Campus Operations
Jennifer Hollingshead, MBA, Vice President for Marketing and
Communications
Matthew Hulver, Ph.D., Vice President for Research and Partnerships,
Research Norman, Research Health Campus
Belinda Higgs Hyppolite, Ed.D., Vice President for Access and
Opportunity, Division of Access and Opportunity
Jim W. Morrison, Ed.D., Chief Strategy Officer, Office of the President
Amy Noah, MBA, Vice President and Chief Advancement Officer, OU
Foundation
Sanam Raza, MBA, Chief Executive Officer, OU Education Services
David Surratt, Ed.D., Vice President for Student Affairs and Dean of
Students
Brad Avery, C.P.A., Interim Chief Audit Executive, Internal Audit
Norman Campus Deans
Hans E. Butzer, MArch, Christopher C. Gibbs College of Architecture
Michael Markham, Dodge Family College of Arts and Sciences
Bob Palmer, Ph.D., College of Atmospheric and Geographic Sciences
Laku Chidambaram, Ph.D., Michael F. Price College of
Business
John Antonio, Ph.D., Mewbourne College of Earth and Energy
Stacy Reeder, Ph.D, Jeannine Rainbolt College of Education
John Klier, Ph.D, Gallogly College of Engineering
Mary Margaret Holt, MFA, Weitzenhoffer Family College of Fine Arts
Randall S. Hewes, Ph.D, Graduate College
Paul Gilmore, Ph.D., Honors College
Jonathan Stalling, Ph.D, Interim Dean, David L. Boren College of
International Studies
Andrea Miller, Ph.D., Gaylord College of Journalism and
Mass Communication
Anna Carpenter J.D., LL.M., College of Law
Miloš Savić, Ph.D., College of Professional and Continuing Studies
Denise Stephens, MLS, University Libraries
Health Campus Deans
Jane Wilson, Ph.D., College of Allied Health
Paul M. Mullasseril, D.D.S., M.S., College of Dentistry
Ian Dunn, M.D., Executive Dean, College of Medicine,
Chief Physician Executive, OU Health
Melissa Craft, Ph.D., APRN-CNS, AOCN, FCNS, FAAN,
Fran and Earl Ziegler College of Nursing
Melissa S. Medina, Ed.D., College of Pharmacy
Dale Bratzler, DO, MPH, Hudson College of Public Health
H. Anne Pereira, Ph.D., Graduate College
Boyd D. Burns, D.O., Interim Dean, School of Community Medicine
Tulsa Deans
Boyd D. Burns, D.O., Interim Dean, School of Community Medicine, Tulsa
University Governance
The University is a part of the Oklahoma State System of Higher Education, which is composed of all higher education institutions supported wholly or in part by state appropriations. The Oklahoma Regents for Higher Education is the coordinating board for the system.
The University — as part of the public educational system of the state, established by legislative action and supported by annual legislative appropriations — places emphasis on sound scholarship, good citizenship, and the duties of the individual to the community and the commonwealth.
By constitutional enactment, the governance of the University is vested in the OU Board of Regents, a board consisting of seven members appointed by the governor with the advice and consent of the state Senate. Each member is appointed to serve for seven years, except when appointed to fill an unexpired term, and is subject to removal from office only as provided by law for the removal of officers not liable to impeachment.
The Oklahoma Regents and the University regents approve the requirements for admission and graduation, the degrees offered, and the fees and expenses. The boards reserve the right to change these requirements.
The president is charged with the educational and business management of the entire University. Upon recommendation of the faculties and by authority vested in them by the regents, the president confers all degrees.
The senior vice president and provost, Norman campus, and the senior vice president and provost, OU Health Campus, are the chief administrative officers for the two campuses and provide academic and administrative leadership.
The registrar and senior associate vice president for the Division of Enrollment Management supervises admission and registration to the University and keeps the academic records of students enrolled on the Norman campus.
The vice president for student affairs and staff are the officials responsible for the nonacademic activities, programs and services of student life.
Each college has its own faculty, consisting of the dean and the members of the faculty who teach courses in the college. The faculties set the requirements for graduation for the schools and colleges and make recommendations to the president to confer degrees upon those students who have completed these requirements. The dean of each college is its executive officer.
The general faculty of the University of Oklahoma Norman campus is composed of all faculty members with regular appointments. The Norman campus general faculty does not include faculty members with temporary appointments. The Norman campus Faculty Senate is the legislative group of the general faculty. It is composed of 50 members elected by the general faculty with senatorial seats apportioned according to the number of full-time faculty in the college. Faculty who are not members of a degree- recommending college are treated as a separate college for election. The Senate exercises the legislative powers of the faculty and has the power to initiate any legislation requiring approval by the OU Board of Regents. Subjects for review or legislation can be brought to the attention of the Senate by written communication from any member of the University community or any officially constituted agency.