Organization
The Administrators
See University Leadership for current administrator listings.
Oklahoma Regents for Higher Education
Allison D. Garrett, Chancellor
Jack Sherry, Chair
Dennis Casey, Vice Chair
Steven W. Taylor, Secretary
Courtney Warmington, Assistant Secretary
P. Mitchell Adwon
Jeffrey W. Hickman
Dustin J. Hilliary
Ann Holloway
Michael C. Turpen
University of Oklahoma Board of Regents
Natalie Shirley, Chair
Eric Stevenson, Vice Chair
Frank Keating
Anita L. Holloway
Rick Nagel
Robert J. Ross
John R. Braught
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
Sciences Center, Office of the Provost Health Sciences Center
Matthew Brockwell, M.B.A., Senior Vice President and Chief Financial
Officer, Administration and Finance
Armand Paliotta, J.D., Vice President and General Counsel, Office of
Legal Counsel
Guy L. Patton, M.A., President, OU Foundation
Darrin Akins, Ph.D., Vice President for Research, Research, Health Sciences
Center
Dorothy Anderson, M.Ed., Vice President for Human Resources and
Chief Human Resources Officer
Stewart Berkinshaw, M.Acc., C.P.A., Associate Vice President and
Chief Budget Officer, Norman Campus Budget Office
Jeff Blahnik, J.D., Vice President for Enrollment Management
Sean Burrage, J.D., Vice President for Executive Affairs and Chief of Staff
Susan Bynum, J.D., Vice President, OU-Tulsa
Joe Castiglione, M.Ed., Vice President for Intercollegiate Athletic
Programs and Director of Athletics, University Athletics
Tomás Díaz de la Rubia, Ph.D., Vice President for Research and
Partnerships, Norman Campus, Research, Norman
Gregg Garn, Ph.D., Vice President for Online Learning, OU Online
Brian Holderread, M.S.C.M., Vice President for Campus Operations
Jennifer Hollingshead, M.B.A., Vice President for Marketing and
Communications
Hollye Hunt, J.D., Chief Government Affairs Officer
Belinda Higgs Hyppolite, Ed.D., Vice President for Diversity, Equity, and
Inclusion and Chief Diversity Officer
Jim W. Morrison, Ed.D., Chief Strategy Officer, Office of the President
Amy Noah, M.B.A., Vice President and Chief Advancement Officer, OU
Foundation
Kenneth Rowe, C.P.A., Vice President for Administration and Finance,
Health Sciences Center
David Surratt, Ed.D., Vice President for Student Affairs and Dean of
Students
Christine Taylor, J.D., Institutional Equity Officer, Office of Institutional
Equity
Charles Wright, C.P.A., Chief Audit Executive, Internal Audit
Norman Campus Deans
Hans E. Butzer, MArch, Christopher C. Gibbs College of Architecture
David Wrobel, Ph.D., Dodge Family College of Arts and Sciences
Berrien Moore III, Ph.D., College of Atmospheric and Geographic
Sciences
Corey Phelps, Ph.D., Michael F. Price College of Business
John Antonio, Ph.D., Interim Dean, 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
Kelvin White, Ph.D., Interim Dean, Honors College
Jonathan Stalling, Ph.D, Interim Dean, David L. Boren College of International Studies
David Craig, Ph.D., Interim Dean, Gaylord College of Journalism and Mass Communication
Katheleen Guzman, J.D., LL.M., College of Law
Gregg Garn, Ph.D, Interim Dean, College of Professional and
Continuing Studies
Ken Petersen, Ph.D, Interim Dean, University College
Denise Stephens, MLS, University Libraries
Health Sciences Center 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
Julie Anne Hoff, Ph.D., MPH, RN, Fran and Earl Ziegler College of Nursing
Melissa S. Medina, Ed.D., Interim Dean, College of Pharmacy
Dale Bratzler, DO, MPH, Interim Dean, Hudson College of Public Health
H. Anne Pereira, Ph.D., Graduate College
James Herman, M.D., M.S.P., School of Community Medicine
Tulsa Deans
James Herman, M.D. M.S.P., 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 Sciences Center, 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.
University College provides an advisory system for freshmen and assists students in choosing a field of study. The administrative functions are exercised by the dean of University College.
Each college, except University 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.