2025 Momentum Planning Team
*Momentum Council Member
Dr. Jon Preston, Provost and Senior Vice President (jpreston@westga.edu)
Dr. Jennifer Jordan, Associate Vice President for Student Affairs (jjordan@westga.edu)*
Dr. Monica Smith, Associate Vice President for Student Success, Student Enrollment Management (monicas@westga.edu)*
Dr. Brian Mosier, Associate Vice President for Innovation and Research (bmosier@westga.edu)
Dr. Sharmistha Basu-Dutt, Professor & Associate Dean, Perry College of Mathematics, Computing and Sciences (sbdutt@westga.edu) *
Ashley Leggett, Associate Dean, University College (alewis@westga.edu)*
Melanie Conrad, Associate Dean, School of Communication, Film, and Media (mconrad@westga.edu)
Dr. Tim Schroer, Chair, Department of General Education, University College (tschroer@westga.edu)*
Dr. Duane Yoder, Professor and Director, School of Computing, Analytics, and Modeling, (dyoder@westga.edu)
Dr. Morris Council, Associate Professor & Assistant Department Chair, College of Education, AAMI Program Coordinator (mcouncil@westga.edu)
Mandi Campbell, Director, Institute for Faculty Excellence (acampbel@westga.edu)*
Dr. Ashlee Pollard, Director, Student Solutions & the Momentum Center (apollard@westga.edu)*
Rebecca L. Smith, Director, UWG Newnan (rsmith@westga.edu)
Amanda Wright, Executive Director, Business & Partnership Development (awright@westga.edu)*
Dr. Hilde Patron, Professor and Associate Dean, Richards College of Business, (hpatron@westga.edu)
Bonnie Jett, Director, Academic Transitions Program & Coordinator, First-Year Writing Program, University College (bjett@westga.edu)
Dr. Kim Green, Professor of Management, Richards College of Business (kgreen@westga.edu)
Dr. Jason Swift, Associate Professor of Art, College of Humanities, Arts, & Social Sciences; Chair of Teaching, Learning, and Assessment Faculty Senate Committee (jswift@westga.edu)*
Dr. Rob Kilpatrick, Director of the School of Humanities & Professor of French, College of Humanities, Arts, & Social Sciences (rkilpatr@westga.edu)
Dr. Susie Jonassen, Director, BSN Program, Tanner Health School of Nursing (sjonasse@westga.edu)
Dr. Jenna Harte, Assistant Professor, University College (jharte@westga.edu)
Joy Ginther, Director of University Advising, University College (jginther@westga.edu)
Shelby Scott, Director of Academic Support and Assessment, University College (shelbys@westga.edu)
Dr. Scott Sykes, Professor of Mathematics, University College (ssykes@westga.edu)
Anne Barnhart, Professor & Head of Outreach & Assessment, Ingram Library (barnhart@westga.edu)
Dr. Crystal Shelnutt, Senior Lecturer & QEP Faculty Fellow, University College (cshelnut@westga.edu)*
Suzy McCorkel, Director, Career Services (smccorkel@westga.edu)*
Rebekah Teal, JD, Lecturer in Management, Richards College of Business (arteal@westga.edu)
Rebecca de Mayo, Assessment Manager, Institutional Effectiveness and Assessment (rdemayo@westga.edu)
Mary Parsons, Business Operations Specialist, Townsend Center (mparsons@westga.edu)
Hope Ridley, Career Coach, Career Services (rridley@westga.edu)
Clayton Hamre, Data Analyst for Student Success, Student Enrollment Management (chamre@westga.edu)
Dr. Julia Farmer, Director of Ombuds Services & Professor of Spanish (jfarmer@westga.edu)
Hrisheekesh Talari, Data Analyst, Strategic Enrollment Management (htalari@westga.edu)
Dr. Andy Walter, Professor & Associate Dean, University College (awalter@westga.edu)
Dr. David Newton, Momentum Council Chair, Professor & Interim AVP for Academic Affairs, (dnewton@westga.edu)*