Tim Doyle, Dean of Students and Vice President for Student Affairs
Timothy M. Doyle has served as the Dean of Students and Vice President for Student Affairs at Oglethorpe University since May 15, 2003. Previously he served as the Retention Specialist/Lecturer in History at Oglethorpe for three years, and he continues to teach Greek and Roman History annually.  Dean Doyle taught History and Core beginning in 1994 at Oglethorpe.  He has also taught History as an adjunct professor at Georgia Perimeter College and Emory University.  Mr. Doyle worked for seven years in the Campus Life offices in the Emory system (1987-94), with three years as a Resident Director for freshman residence halls on the main campus and a year and a half each as an Area Coordinator and Assistant Director for Residence Life at Emory’s Oxford College.  He worked for a year as a Special Assistant in Emory’s Graduate and Married Student Housing Office prior to teaching at Oglethorpe.  He received his Master’s Degree in History in 1994.  He holds a Bachelor of Arts degree summa cum laude from Wabash College majoring in History and minoring in Classical Civilization.

Jay Gardiner, Athletics Director and Assistant Dean
Jay Gardiner came to Oglethorpe in 2003 as the Director of Athletics from Miami University (Ohio), where he served as the Associate AD for Development.  Jay worked as an Associate at Tulane before that and as an AD at Bellarmine University (Kentucky) and St. Mary’s College (Maryland).  Jay received his BA from Western Maryland College (Now called McDaniel College) in 1979 and his Masters in Education from Bowie State University (Maryland) in 1988.

Lisa Littlefield, Assistant Dean, Director of Career Services
Lisa Littlefield has been the director of career services at Oglethorpe University since 2004 where she was previously a professor of communications and counseled students on careers in journalism, broadcasting, and public relations. Prior to her present position she completed graduate work in the Career Center of Emory University and has also been a communications instructor at the State University of West Georgia and North Georgia College and State University. Previously, Littlefield directed the public relations efforts of two of Atlanta’s largest nonprofit public attractions, Zoo Atlanta and the Atlanta History Center and worked as a broadcast journalist for ABC and NBC affiliates in Louisiana. She holds a M.S. in professional counseling and a M.A. in communications from Georgia State University and a B.A. in mass communications from Southern Illinois University. 

Joe Locascio, Assistant Dean for Student Life and Director of Residence Life
Joe LoCascio is the Assistant Dean for Student Life and the Director of Residence Life at Oglethorpe University. Joe completed his bachelor’s degree in Economics and his master’s degree in Higher Education at Syracuse University.  He began his professional career in 1998 at The University of Akron as the Coordinator of Greek Affairs. He came to Oglethorpe University in January 2000 as the Greek Advisor and has held his current position since 2002.   Joe maintains professional membership in the Association of Fraternity Advisors (AFA) and the American College Personnel Association (ACPA).

Gigi Burke, Assistant Director for Career Services
Gigi Burke has been a career counselor at Oglethorpe University since 2004.  Prior to her work at Oglethorpe she was employed as a financial aid counselor at Georgia State University, career counselor at University of Iowa, HIV/AIDS Counselor Intern at Pennsylvania State University Department of Health, and was a counselor for the Ronald E. McNair scholars program.  She holds a M.Ed. in Counselor Education from Pennsylvania State University and a bachelor’s in Psychology from University of North Carolina at Charlotte.  She is currently enrolled in the doctoral program in adult education at University of Georgia, is a member National Association for Student Affairs Administrators, National Career Development Association, and the Academy of Human Resource Development. 

Ashley Shippey, Career Counselor
Ashley Shippey has been a career counselor, public service coordinator for Oglethorpe University since 2005.  Prior to her employment with the University she was a Mental Health Counseling Intern for the Georgia Institute of Technology and a recruiter for Management Recruiters International.  She holds a master’s of science in Professional Counseling from Georgia State University and a bachelor’s of science in Human and Organizational Development from Vanderbilt University. She is certified by the National Board of Certified Counselors and is an Associate Licensed Professional Counselor in Georgia.  She is a member of the American Counseling Association, the Licensed Association of Professional Counselors Georgia, and the National Career Development Association.

Cathy Grote, Director of Health Services
Cathy Grote, R.N., has been the Director of Health Services at Oglethorpe University since November of 1999. She is a graduate of Raymond Walters College in Blue Ash, Ohio with a degree in Applied Science. Ms. Grote hasover30 years of nursing experience ranging from staff nurse, operating room nurse and surgical supervisor for a private surgical practice. She has been an American Heart Association CPR/AED instructor and Basic First Aid instructor for over 10 years. Mrs. Grote has served on the Advisory Board for North DeKalb County Health Services for the past 6 years. The Director of Health Services provides overall direction, management, and strategic visionto the Student Health Services program, to include the delivery and assurance of the quality of care, program planning and development, and the promotion of health education to the student population.

Hoyt Young, Executive Assistant to the Dean and Assistant Athletics Director for Media Relations
Hoyt Young serves as the Executive Assistant for the Dean of Students and Assistant Athletics Director for Media Relations in the Division of Student Affairs at Oglethorpe University. He received his Bachelor of Science in Communications from the University of North Carolina in 1997 and spent six years working as a copywriter in the advertising business before joining the staff at Oglethorpe. Mr. Young specializes in writing content for Oglethorpe's athletics web and other publications as well as distributing press releases to place Oglethorpe University in the national news. An Atlanta native, Mr. Young is recently married to his high school sweetheart, Margaret.

Josh Durbin, Residence Life Coordinator for Student Activities
Josh M. Durbin serves as the Residence Life Coordinator for Student Activities in the Division of Student Affairs at Oglethorpe University.  Mr. Durbin received his Bachelor of Science in Psychology and Criminal Justice in April 2001 from Grand Valley State University and his Master of Arts in Student Affairs Administration in May 2004 from Michigan State University.  His career in student activities and event planning began at the Pennsylvania State University-University Park where he co-coordinated the weekend alcohol alternative program, LateNight-PennState.   Other than student events, his interests are outdoor experiential education and law in higher education.   Mr. Durbin in a member of the Association of Experiential Educators (AEE) and American College Personnel Association (ACPA). 

Adrina Richard, Student Center Director
Adrina Richard is the Student Center Director.  She has her bachelor’s degree from Georgia State University in Spanish.  She began her Oglethorpe career in September 1974 as the bookstore manager after a number of years in the book business in Ottawa, Ontario, Montreal, Quebec and a number of different positions in trade and textbook sales in Atlanta.  After creating a well run, customer service oriented bookstore operation at Oglethorpe; she created a purchasing and auxiliary services department, which served the university until 2007.  Oglethorpe University is a member of National Association of College Stores (NACS), National Association of College Auxiliary Services (NACAS) and National Association of Educational Procurement (NAEP) through her association.  She also serves on the purchasing council of ARCHE. She is retiring at the end of November 2008. 

Janelle Smith, Administrative Coordinator for Residence Life and Administrative Assistant to Athletics
Janelle is Administrative Coordinator for Residence Life and Asst. to the Director for Athletics at Oglethorpe University.  Previously, Janelle has been Freshman Advocate and currently serves as secretary for Oglethorpe Circle of The Omicron Delta Kappa Honor Society (initiated as a staff member in December 1999). She completed her AS Degree from Jacksonville State College in Jacksonville, AL.  Prior to coming to Oglethorpe University 13 years ago, Janelle has lived and worked in Miami, FL as a pre-school teacher and in Pensacola, Florida where she worked at the University of West Florida as the Facilities Use Coordinator

Pete Cutter, Manager and Technical Director of Conant Performing Arts Center and Lupton Auditorium
Pete Cutter is the Manager and Technical Director of The Conant Performing Arts Center and Lupton Auditorium. Pete holds a bachelor’s degree in Cognitive Psychology from New College.  Pete’s lighting, sound and stage designs have been seen all over the world. He came to Oglethorpe University in October 2007.  In addition to his design and technical work often seen in productions by OU’s theatre department, Pete also serves as the Director of Design for Capitol City Opera here in Atlanta and as Production Stage Manager for Theatre Mogul in New York City.

Leanne Henry-Miller, Staff Therapist
Ms. Henry-Miller has an Master of Arts degree in Psychology with a Clinical Specialty from the Georgia School of Psychology.  She is licensed as a Professional Counselor and as a Marriage and Family Therapist in the state of Georgia.  She has worked in both mental health and addiction settings providing individual, couple, family and group counseling.  She also has several years experience providing outreach, consultation, crisis intervention and mentoring for interns.  Special interests include: program development, wellness programming, and counseling college age students from diverse socio-economic backgrounds.