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ECE Administration & Staff

Administration

Name Title Phone Email Office
Luke Lester Department Head (540) 231-7494
ecedepthead@vt.edu 445 Whittemore
Jaime De La Ree Assistant Department Head, Undergraduate Education (540) 231-6625
jreelope@vt.edu 302-A Whittemore
Paul Plassmann Graduate Program Director  (540) 231-2160 plassmann@vt.edu 302-C Whittemore
Creed F. Jones Master's of Engineering Program Director (Blacksburg) (540) 231-9850
crjones4@vt.edu 462 Whittemore
Vassilios Kovanis Master's of Engineering Program Director (D.C., Metro Area) (571) 858-3261 vassilios.kovanis@vt.edu 4-042 VT Research Center (Arlington)
Scott Dunning Associate Department Head and Chief of Operations (540) 231-2133 scottd65@vt.edu 464 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  

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 M.S., Direct-Ph.D., Ph.D. Academic Advisor (Blacksburg & D.C.) (540) 231-7494
vlaura@vt.edu 302-B Whittemore
Nicole Sutphin M.S. Non-thesis Graduate Student Services Academic & Career Advisor (Blacksburg & D.C.) (540) 231-7539 nsutphin@vt.edu 302 Whittemore

Communications

Name Title Phone Email  Office
Kathleen Enos Alumni Relations Manager  571-858-3114  kenos@vt.edu  4-042 VT Research Center  (Arlington)
Chelsea Betts Seeber Communications Manager (540) 231-5929 chelseab29@vt.edu  322 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  
Rick Cooper
Tech Support/Lab Engineer (540) 231-8390
rfcooper@vt.edu  

Information Technology & Computing

Name Title Phone Email  Office
Roderick DeHart Computer Systems Administrator (540) 231-4792
rdehart@vt.edu 348 Whittemore
John Ghra Computer Systems Administrator (540) 231-7046
john.ghra@vt.edu  
Brandon Russell
Computer Systems Administrator (540) 231-3233
rbrand7@vt.edu  

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

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