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ECE Administration & Staff

Administration

Name Title Phone Email Office
Harpreet Dhillon Interim Department Head (540) 231-2129 hdhillon@vt.edu 445 Whittemore
Jaime De La Ree Assistant Department Head, Undergraduate Education (540) 231-6625
 jreelope@vt.edu 302-A Whittemore
Virgilio Centeno Assistant Department Head, Undergraduate Education (540) 231-2045 virgilio@vt.edu 427 Whittemore
Paul Plassmann Graduate Program Director  (540) 231-2160 plassmann@vt.edu 302-C Whittemore
Creed F. Jones Assistant Director for Graduate Programs (540) 231-9850
 crjones4@vt.edu 462 Whittemore
Scott Dunning Associate Department Head and Chief of Operations (540) 231-2133 scottd65@vt.edu 464 Whittemore
Tim Talty Assistant Director for Graduate Programs (540) 231-7778 ttalty@vt.edu 460 Whittemore
Minerva Sanabria-Padilla Undergraduate/Graduate Enrollment Manager (540) 231-3305
 minervas@vt.edu 302-B Whittemore 

Business Operations

Name Title Phone Email Office
Kathy Atkins Business Manager (540) 231-4136
 atkins@vt.edu 444 Whittemore
Kim Medley Accountant (540) 231-6054
 kkmedley@vt.edu 347 Whittemore
Rebecca T. Semones
 Payroll Accountant (540) 231-3401 bsemones@vt.edu 443 Whittemore
Melanie Gilmore
 Travel Accountant (540) 231-7008
 mgilmore1@vt.edu 443 Whittemore
Rick Johnston
 Facilities Coordinator (540) 231-1623
 rickj@vt.edu  463 Whittemore 
Sharon Lawson Sponsored Programs Administrator (540) 231-3313
 sharonl@vt.edu  
Rowan Al-ghafafi Administrative Assistant (571) 858-3129 rowana@vt.edu Virginia Tech Research Center (Arlington)

Student Services

Name Title Phone Email  Office
Alicia Sutherland ECE Student Services Coordinator (540) 231-2163 alicias@vt.edu 302-E Whittemore 
Lisa Burns  ECE Graduate Student Services Specialist (540) 231-7133 lkburns@vt.edu 302-E Whittemore 
Mary Brewer Undergraduate Academic & Career Advisor (A – D) (540) 231-4539
 taylorm@vt.edu  
Nicole Gholston Undergraduate Academic & Career Advisor (E – K, R) (540) 231-3106
 nicole7@vt.edu  
Kimberly Johnston Undergraduate Academic & Career Advisor (L – Q) (540) 231-8393
 kim4vt@vt.edu  
Susan Broniak Undergraduate Academic & Career Advisor (S – Z) (540) 231-8219
 sbroniak@vt.edu  
Laura Villada Direct-Ph.D.,Ph.D. ECE Graduate Admissions Coordinator and Program Advisor (Blacksburg & D.C. Area) (540) 231-7494
 vlaura@vt.edu 302-B Whittemore
Nicole Sutphin M.S. Graduate Student Services Academic & Career Advisor (Blacksburg & D.C. Area) (540) 231-7539 nsutphin@vt.edu 302 Whittemore
Rebecca Stevenson M.Eng. Graduate Academic Advisor (Blacksburg & D.C. Area)   rss03@vt.edu 484 Northern Virginia Center 

Communications

Name Title Phone Email  Office
Kathleen Enos Alumni Relations Manager  571-858-3114  kenos@vt.edu  4-042 Virginia Tech Research Center  (Arlington)
Niki Hazuda Communications Manager   nhazuda@vt.edu  322 Whittemore
Ben Murphy Digital Content Projects Coordinator   benm45@vt.edu 324 Whittemore

Instructional Laboratories

Name Title Phone Email  Office
William T. Baumann Director of Instructional Laboratories (540) 231-4446
 baumann@vt.edu  
Peter Han Assistant Professor of Practice (540) 231-4871
 peterh17@vt.edu  

Information Technology & Computing

Name Title Phone Email  Office
Bruce Buskill Director of Information Technology (540) 232-2050 bbuskill@vt.edu 346 Whittemore
Brandon Russell
 Computer Systems Administrator (540) 231-3233
 rbrand7@vt.edu 350 Whittemore

For IT and Computing requests, contact support@ece.vt.edu

For research staff members, please see the appropriate research groups.