Montana State University

Office of Planning and Analysis

Organization charts are available for the President's and Vice Presidents' offices.


Central Administration

  • President: Waded Cruzado
  • Provost & Vice President for Academic Affairs: Martha Potvin
  • Vice President for Research, Creativity and Technology Transfer: Thomas McCoy
  • Vice President for Administration & Finance: Terry Leist
  • Vice President for Student Success: Allen Yarnell
  • Vice President for Planning and Chief Information Officer: Jim Rimpau
  • Vice President for External Relations & Director, Extension: Douglas Steele
  • Executive Director of University Communications: Tom Calcagni
  • Associate Provost: David Singel
  • Associate Provost/Accreditation Liaison Officer: Ronald Larsen
  • Special Assistant to the President: Henrietta Mann
  • President and Chief Executive Officer, MSU Foundation: Michael Stevenson
  • Associate Vice President for Research, Creativity and Technology Transfer: Lee H. Spangler
  • Associate Vice President for University Services: Robert Lashaway
  • Chief Human Resources Officer: Dennis Defa
  • Assistant Vice President for Research, Creativity and Technology Transfer: Leslie L. Schmidt
  • Assistant Vice President for Financial Services: Laura Humberger

Deans

  • Agriculture: Jeff Jacobsen
  • Arts & Architecture: Joseph Fedock, Interim
  • Business: Susan Dana, Interim
  • Education, Health & Human Development: Larry Baker
  • Engineering: Robert Marley
  • Gallatin College Programs: Robert Hietala
  • Graduate School: Carl Fox
  • Letters & Science: Paula Lutz
  • Libraries: Tamara Miller
  • Nursing: Helen Melland
  • Students: Matthew Caires

Assistant and Associate Deans

  • Agriculture, Assistant Dean: Nora Smith
  • Arts & Architecture, Assistant Dean: Bill Rea
  • Business, Associate Dean of Business and Finance: Bruce Raymond
  • Business, Associate Dean of Academic Affairs: Harry Benham, Interim
  • Business, Assistant Dean: Christine Lamb
  • Education, Health & Human Development, Associate Dean: Vacant
  • Engineering, Assistant Dean: Heidi Sherick
  • Engineering, Associate Dean for Faculty and Administration: Anne Camper
  • Letters & Science, Associate Dean: Suzanne Monahan
  • Letters & Science, Associate Dean: Melody Zajdel
  • Nursing, Associate Dean, Undergraduate Education: Gretchen McNeely
  • Nursing, Associate Dean, Research and Graduate Education: Donna Williams
  • Libraries, Associate Dean: Brian Rossmann
  • Students, Associate Dean: Glenn Puffer
  • Students, Assistant Dean and Interim Director of Retention: Erika Swanson
  • Students/Greek Life, Assistant Dean: Erin Macdonald Peck

Department Heads

College of Agriculture

  • Agricultural Economics & Economics: Wendy Stock
  • Animal & Range Sciences: Glenn Duff
  • Plant Sciences & Plant Pathology: John Sherwood
  • Land Resources & Environmental Sciences: Tracy Sterling
  • Immunology and Infectious Diseases: Mark Quinn
  • Agricultural Experiment Station Research Centers: Kenneth Kephart

College of Arts & Architecture

  • Architecture: Steven Juroszek
  • Art:: Vaughan Judge
  • Music: Gregory Young, Interim
  • School of Film and Photography: Robert Arnold

College of Education, Health & Human Development

  • Education: Jayne Downey
  • Health & Human Development: Mark Nelson

College of Engineering

  • Chemical and Biological Engineering: Brent Peyton, Interim
  • Civil Engineering: Brett Gunnink
  • Computer Science: John Paxton
  • Electrical & Computer Engineering: Robert Maher
  • Mechanical & Industrial Engineering: Chris Jenkins
  • Military Aerospace Studies: Lt. Col. Brian Holbein
  • Military Science, Army: Lt. Col. James West

College of Letters and Science

  • Agricultural Economics & Economics: Wendy Stock
  • Ecology: David Roberts
  • Cell Biology and Neuroscience: Thomas Hughes
  • Chemistry & Biochemistry: Bern Kohler, Interim
  • Earth Sciences: David Mogk
  • English: Linda Karell
  • History & Philosophy: David Cherry
  • Mathematical Sciences: Kenneth Bowers
  • Microbiology: Mark Jutila, Interim
  • Modern Languages and Literatures: Bridget Kevane
  • Native American Studies: Walter Fleming
  • Physics: Richard Smith
  • Political Science: Linda Young
  • Psychology: Colleen Moore
  • Sociology & Anthropology: Scott Myers

College of Nursing

  • Billings Campus: Jane Scharff
  • Bozeman Campus: Elizabeth Kinion
  • Great Falls Campus: Susan Raph
  • Missoula Campus: Jean Shreffler-Grant

Directors

  • Admissions: Ronda Russell
  • Affirmative Action/Human Resources: Diane Letendre, Interim
  • Agricultural Experiment Station: Jeff Jacobsen
  • American Indian Research Opportunities (AIRO): Sheree Watson, Interim
  • Animal Resource Center: Christine O'Rourke
  • Area Health Education Center and Office of Rural Health: Kristin Juliar
  • Athletics: Peter Fields
  • Auxiliaries: Thomas Stump
  • Bio-Inspired Nanomaterials: Trevor Douglas, Director
  • Career Services: Carina Beck
  • Center for Biofilm Engineering: Phil Stewart
  • Conference Services and Sports Facilities: Melanie Stocks
  • Conference Services: Toni Lee, Manager
  • Counseling & Psychological Services: Patrick Donahoe
  • Disability, Re-entry, and Veteran Services: Brenda York
  • Employee and Labor Relations: Susan Alt
  • Extended University: Kimberly Obbink
  • Facilities Services:
    • Facilities Operations and Maintenance: Jeff Butler
    • Facilities Planning, Design and Construction: Walt Banziger
  • Family Housing: Tammie Brown, Director
  • Finance Systems: Kevin Ward
  • Financial Accounting and Reporting:
  • Financial Aid Services: Brandi Payne
  • Four-H: Jill Martz
  • Honors Program: Ilse-Mari Lee
  • Information Technology Center:
    • Academic Computing: Gwen Jacobs
    • Administrative Systems: Roger Van Andel, Interim
    • Network Systems: Tom Morrison
    • Sales and Support Services: Brad Garnick
    • IT Security: Adam Edelman
  • Institutional Audit & Advisory Services: Daniel Adams
  • International Programs: Norman Peterson, Executive Director
  • Legal Counsel: Leslie Taylor
  • Liberal Studies: David Cherry
  • Local Government Center: Dan Clark
  • Mail Services: Wanda DeMay
  • Montana Manufacturing Extension Center, Steve Holland
  • MSU News Service: Tracy Ellig
  • MSU Web Communications: Jake Dolan
  • MSU-TechLink: Will Swearingen
  • Museum of the Rockies: Sheldon McKamey, Executive Director
  • New Student Services: Ronda Russell
  • Office for Community Involvement: Kathryn Tanner
  • Planning and Analysis: Chris Fastnow, Associate Director
  • Purchasing:
  • Recreational Sports and Fitness: Steve Erickson
  • Registrar: Bonnie Ashley
  • Residence Life: Tammie Brown
  • Safety & Risk Management: Jeffrey Shada
  • Sponsored Programs: Sandy Sward
  • Strand Union: Butch Damberger
  • Student Accounts: Bonnie Holden
  • Student Activities: Cheryl Polacek, Interim
  • Student Health Service & Dental Clinic: James Mitchell
  • Technology Transfer Office: Rebecca Mahurin
  • Thermal Biology Institute: John Peters
  • TRIO (previously Advance By Choice): Shelly Hogan
  • University Budget Office: Kathy Attebury
  • University Food Service: Todd Jutila
  • University Marketing: Julie Kipfer
  • University Police: Robert Putzke
  • University Studies: Diane Donnelly, Interim
  • Water Resources Center: Duncan Patten, Interim
  • Western Transportation Institute: Steve Albert
  • Wheeler Center: Ralph Johnson
  • Women's Center: Betsy Danforth
  • WWAMI/Medical Education Program: Martin Teintze, Interim