Lawrence M. Schall, J.D., Ed.D.
President
Dr. Schall assumed office on June 23, 2005 and is the 16th president of Oglethorpe University and the longest-serving sitting college or university president in Georgia. Learn more on the Office of the President website.
President Schall has announced that he will step down, effective June 30, 2020. Oglethorpe University has retained Diversified Search to assist in the recruitment of the 17th president. Visit the Presidential Search website for more information.
President’s Cabinet
J. Todd Bennett
Vice President for Marketing and Communications
Robyn Furness-Fallin
Vice President for Development and Alumni Relations
Michelle Hall
Vice President for Campus Life
Dennis W. Kelly
Dean of the Hammack School of Business
Lucy Leusch
Vice President for Enrollment and Financial Aid
Dr. Carolyn Sloane Mata
Special Assistant to the President and VP for Research and Planning
Pete Stobie
CFO & Vice President for Business and Finance
Dr. Glenn Sharfman
Provost & Vice President for Academic Affairs
Officers:
Mr. Timothy P. Tassopoulos ’81, Chair
President and Chief Operating Officer, Chick-fil-A Inc.
Mr. Cameron M. Bready ’94, Vice Chair
President and Chief Operating Officer, Global Payments, Inc.
Mr. Robert E. Reiser, Jr., Treasurer
Senior Investment Advisor, Balentine
Ms. S. Tammy Pearson ’86, Secretary
Vice President and Assistant General Counsel, Chick-fil-A Inc.
Trustees:
Mr. Richard Bakare ’03
Solutions Architect, Zuora
Mrs. Joselyn Butler Baker ’91
Founder, Butler Baker Communications
Mr. Cameron M. Bready ’94
Senior Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, Global Payments, Inc.
Mr. Ricardo C. Carvalho ’85
President, Latin American Company
Mr. L. Thomas Clements ’86
Attorney at Law, Clements & Sweet LLP
Ms. Mariya Nikolaeva Davis
Attorney at law, Metro Atlanta Business Cour
Mr. Kevin D. Fitzpatrick, Jr. ’78
Partner, Delong, Caldwell, Bridgers, Fitzpatrick & Benjamin LLC
Mr. D. Austin Gillis ’01
Attorney at Law, Moore Ingram Johnson & Steele LLP
Ms. Dianne Glennie ‘83
Mr. Jack Guynn H’05
President (retired), Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta
Mr. James (Jim) V. Hartlage, Jr. ’65
Chairman and CEO, Hartlage Management Company
Mr. H. Theodore (Ted) Heintz, Jr.
Indicator Coordinator (Retired), White House Council on Environmental Quality
Mr. J. Cleveland (Cleve) Hill ’01
Managing Partner, Hill & Watchko LLC
Ms. Meredith Lackey
Senior Vice President & General Counsel, Georgia Power Company
Mr. Joseph (Joe) Lawrence
Executive Vice President and COO, Porsche Cars North America, Inc.
Mr. David (Dave) M. Leonard
Atlanta Office Managing Shareholder, Carlton Fields Jorden Burt
Mr. James W. Lewis
President, The National Society of High School Scholars
Mr. Jason Lewis ’09
Owner, Lightnin’ Production Rentals
Mr. Joseph Luke ’04
Vice President, Mergers and Acquisitions, Graphic Packaging International
Mrs. Belle Turner Lynch ’61 H’10
Mr. J. Russell Magbee, Jr.
Managing Partner, Champion & Magbee Financial Services
Mr. Milford McGuirt
Office Managing Partner, KPMG LLP
Mr. Cemal Özgörkey ’84
Chairman, Özgörkey Holding
Mr. Cody L. Partin ’02
SVP, Total Rewards and People Operations, Cox Enterprises
Mr. David R. Pass ’98
Partner, Sealy Real Estate
Ms. Anita Patterson ’97
Director of Treasury Services (Retired), Cox Enterprises
Ms. S. Tammy Pearson ’86
Vice President and Assistant General Counsel, Chick-fil-A, Inc.
Mr. Mohit (Mo) Ramani
EVP and Chief Risk Officer, Wholesale Banking, SunTrust Banks, Inc.
Mr. Robert (Bob) Reiser
Senior Investment Advisor, Balentine
Mr. Timothy (Randy) Randall Roberson ’97
VP, Leadership Development, NACUBO
Mr. Clifford (Cliff) Robinson ’89
Senior Vice President, Operations, Chick-fil-A, Inc.
Mr. Brian C. Sass ’84
CEO and President, BSC Ventures
Dr. Lawrence (Larry) Schall (ex-officio)
President, Oglethorpe University
Mr. Joseph P. Shelton ’91
Partner, Fisher & Phillips LLP
Dr. William (Bill) O. Shropshire H ’14
Callaway Professor of Economics, Professor Emeritus of Economics (Retired), Oglethorpe University
Mr. Mike Suco
VP East Region, Coca-Cola Bottling, Co.
Mr. Timothy (Tim) P. Tassopoulos ’81, Vice Chair
President and Chief Operating Officer, Chick-fil-A Inc.
Mr. Neil Tofsky ’74
President and Chief Executive Office, Senterra Real Estate Group
Mrs. Trishanda (Trish) Treadwell ’96
Partner, Parker, Hudson, Ranier & Dobbs LLC
Mr. Charles T. (Terry) White
President (Retired), Rayloc Division of Genuine Parts Company
Mr. James (Jay) Williams ’99
Chief Financial Officer, Commodity Marketing Company
Mr. James (Jim) Winestock ’14
Senior Vice President, US Operations (Retired), United Parcel Service
Trustees Emeriti
Mrs. Yetty L. Arp ’68
Real Estate Broker, Atlanta Fine Homes
Mr. Robert E. Bowden ’66
CEO (Retired), Robert Bowden Inc.
Mr. Franklin (Frank L. Burkey ’66
Executive Vice President (Retired), BankSouth
Mr. Kenneth (Ken) S. Chestnut, Sr.
President and CEO (Retired), IBG Construction Services LLC
Mr. William (Bill) R. Goodell
Chief Operation Officer, Partner Fund Management
Mr. Bob T. Nance ’63
President, Nance Carpet & Rug Company
Mr. Thomas (Tom) P. O’Connor ’67
President, Springs Global US, Inc.
Mr. R.D. (Rod) Odom
President and CEO (Retired), AT&T Southeast
Mr. John (Jack) J. Scalley
Executive Vice President (Retired), Genuine Parts Company
Mr. Arnold (Arnie) B. Sidman
Of Counsel (Retired), Chamberlain, Hrdlicka, White, Williams & Martin
Rev. Dr. G. Gilman (Gil) Watson ’68
Senior Pastor (Retired), Northside United Methodist Church
Advisory Trustees
Mr. Pierre Ferrari
President and Chief Executive Officer, Heifer International
Mr. Norman (Norm) P. Findley, III
Executive Vice President (Retired), Coca-Cola Enterprises, Inc.
Mr. Clifford L. Foster ’11
Analytical Lead, Pharmaceutical & OTC, Google
Mr. Stuart Hain
Vice President, Facilities and Capital Projects (Retired), Swarthmore College
Ms. Carol Lanier Larner ’87
Vice President of Investments
Cox Enterprises
Ms. Kimberly O’Dell ’10
Owner, THE STUDIO Atlanta
Mr. John Shelnutt ’84
Vice President, Blue Danube Systems, Inc.
Mrs. Dean DuBose Smith ’70
Event Coordinator, Atlanta Botanical Garden & Alliance Theatre
Mr. Mark W. DeLong ’03, President
Mr. Richard Bakare ’03
Mr. James H. Battle ’11
Ms. Ayana Bryan ’03
Ms. Charlotte J. Christian ’85
Mr. Thomas J. Cioffi ’71
Mr. Michael Deckert ’99
Mrs. Courtney R. DiSalvo ’06
Mr. Brian E. Findley ’99
Mr. John Fittipaldi ’71
Mrs. Christina V. Heda ’04
Ms. Emily T. Heend ’07
Ms. Kathleen J. Kraynick ’88
Mr. Lou Lombardy ’69
Mr. Michael J. Lyons ’05
Ms. Jillian A. Martin ’05
Mr. Kevin L. Mende ’73
Ms. Katherine Peavy ’92
Ms. Sarah M. Phaff ’10
Ms. Stephanie Powell ’96
Mr. Derek M. Rasmussen ’02
Ms. Chelcie J. Rowell ’09
Mr. Harry L. Schroeder ’01
Mrs. Kirsten H. Schutt ’95
Mr. W. Scott Soloway ’87
Mr. G. Hoyt Wagner ’64
Mr. Joseph Luke ’04, Chair
Ms. Leslie White Allen ’97
Ms. A. Diane Baker ’77
Ms. Donna Barwick
Mr. Blair N. Belton
Mr. Bruce K. Benton ’86
Mrs. Paula Lawton Bevington
Mr. Robert Bowen
Mr. Nathan E. Briesemeister ’94
Ms. Kathryn S. Brooks ’98
Mr. Bill Brunstad
Mr. James H. Burk ’83
Mr. William M. Clifton ’88
Mr. James Comerford
Dr. James L. Cox ’53
Mr. Dabney M. Daniel
Col. Kenneth P. Davis ’64
Dr. Daniel M. Duncanson ’85
Mr. Barry Flink
Ms. Donna J. Gainer ’93
Ms. Anne Hammond ’87
Mr. James Hill ’06
Ms. Brenda Kinser Johnson, CPM ’75
Mr. Robert M. Kane ’81
Mr. Cary R. Kleinfield ’81
Mrs. Carol Lanier Larner ’87
Mr. Jason M. Lewis ’09
Mr. William E. Lukow ’95
Ms. Gail Lynn ’77
Mr. J. Kevin Meaders ’93
Mr. Paul B. Miller ’85
Mr. Sam Moss
Mr. W. Donald Myers
Mr. Kevin L. Palmer
Mrs. Donna Cron Rasile ’82
Mr. Robert L. Rasile ’82
Ms. Patti A. Ross
Mr. R. Alan Royalty ’88
Dr. Surishtha G. Sehgal
Mr. Scott M. Sloan ’76
Mr. Stephen J. Walden
Ms. Elizabeth D. Watts ’93
Mr. Tolliver Williams ’99
Ms. Karen Jenkins Young ’81
Mr. Robert Abood and Mrs. Catherine Castagna Abood ’86
Clearwater, FL
Mr. and Mrs. Allen Burns
Saint Simons Island, GA
Mr. Jeffrey A. Evans and Ms. Christine E. Belleris
Boca Raton, FL
Mr. and Mrs. Paul J. Findling, Chairs
Tampa, FL
Mr. and Mrs. Michael J. Fish
Marietta, GA
Mr. and Mrs. C. Todd Gandy
Huntsville, AL
Mr. and Mrs. Greg Hammonds
McDonough, GA
Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin Kaiser
Kennesaw, GA
Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Klasing
Birmingham, AL
Mr. and Mrs. Kevin Merritt
Columbia, SC
Dr. and Mrs. Scott A. Quatro
Lookout Mountain, GA
Mr. and Mrs. Howard Spry, III
Greenville, SC
Dr. D. Peter Drotman
Ms. Anna Gandy ’18
Dr. Robert Gaynes
Dr. Karen Head ’98
Mr. Morris Herzberg, Jr.
Mr. Larry Johnson
Ms. Andjela Kessler
Dr. Jay Lutz
Ms. Larissa Randall ’18
Dr. Karen L. Schmeichel
Dr. Salaam Semaan
Dr. William O. Shropshire
Ms. Sheila Tschinkel
Doug Ammar
Executive Director
Georgia Justice Project
Bill Bolling
Founder (ret.)
Atlanta Community Food Bank
Whitney Deal
Director of Corporate Citizenship
Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP
Tina Fernandez
Executive Director
Achieve Atlanta
Rhonda Fischer
Chief Operating Officer
East Lake Foundation
Kweku Forstall
Director of Atlanta Civic Site
Annie E. Casey Foundation
Sharmen Gowens
Chief Executive Officer
YWCA of Greater Atlanta
Cynthia Kuhlman
Director of Educational Achievement
CF Foundation, Inc
Steve Linowes
Executive Vice President
LogistiCare
Tamara Nash
Mission Director
Susan G. Komen Greater Atlanta
Catherine Trapani
Head of School
The Piedmont School of Atlanta
Andrea Shelton ‘91
President
HeartBound Ministries