Leadership and Administration

Board of Governors

Chair: Robert A. Wislow
Vice Chair: Barbara Jil Wu, PhD

  • Matthew F. Bergmann
  • Alyson Coates
  • Ann Watson Cohn, EdD
  • Lewis M. Collens
  • Larry J. Goodman, MD
  • Bradley J. Henderson
  • Kenneth H. M. Leet
  • Richard E. Melcher, MD
  • Karl A. Palasz
  • John J. Sabl, JD
  • Juan Salgado
  • Carole B. Segal
  • Carl W. Stern
  • Michael W. Urbut

Honorary Governors

  • William G. Brown
  • Cyrus F. Freidheim, Jr.
  • Marvin J. Herb
  • Abby McCormick O’Neil

Administration

Larry J. Goodman, MD
Interim President

Christine M. Kennedy, PhD, RN, FAAN
Interim Provost
Dean, College of Nursing

Vince Gattuso, MBA
Chief Financial Business Officer

Cynthia Brincat, MD, PhD
Interim Dean, RUSH Medical College

Charlotte B. Royeen, PhD
Dean, College of Health Sciences

Andrew Bean, PhD
Dean, Graduate College
Interim Vice Provost, Research

Susanna G. Chubinskaya, PhD
Vice Provost, Faculty Affairs

David Katz, PhD, ABPP
Vice Provost, Academic Affairs

Gayle B. Ward, JD
Vice Provost, Student Affairs

Stephanie C. Guzik
University Compliance Officer
Associate Vice President, Research Compliance and Conflict of Interest

Ryan Nagdeman
Associate Vice President, Marketing and Communications

Sharon D. Gates
Senior Director, Student Diversity and Community Engagement

John McClatchy
Senior Director, University Finance

Brenda L. Weddington, MEd
Chief Enrollment Management Officer and University Registrar

Sargon Yacoub, MS
Senior Director, Academic and Research Information Services

Christopher Ferrigno, PhD
Director, Human Anatomy Laboratory

Marie S. Ferro-Lusk, MSW
Director, Student Accessibility Services

Jill Gable, MBA
Director, Office of Financial Aid

David J. Nelson, MBA
Director, University Systems and Operations

 

Kapula Patalinghug, MM
Director, Student Affairs

Michelle Sergel, MD
Interim Director, RUSH Center for Clinical Skills and Simulation

Scott Thomson, MLIS
Director, Library of RUSH University Medical Center

Angela Velez-Solic, PhD
Director, Instructional Design and Learning Innovation