College Leadership

Ralph Aldredge provides leadership and oversight for undergraduate enrollment management, orientation and yield efforts, transfer student admissions, academic advising and intervention, retention programs, the Student Startup Center, ABET degree-program accreditation, assessment training for faculty and strategic efforts to improve the academic experience.

Raissa D'Souza stimulates the development, coordination and overall advancement of research programs in the College of Engineering.

Jeannie Darby is responsible for the overall area of academic personnel and planning. In this role, she oversees academic merits and promotions for the College of Engineering. She is also responsible for new appointments and reappointments of academic personnel. Finally, she oversees planning and search processes for faculty hiring.

Roland Faller shares management responsibilities for college wide facilities as well as space planning, assignment and maintenance; liaison to central campus for facilities and space needs. Faller also oversees the graduate programs in the College of Engineering.

Leigh Ann Hartman is responsible for building and fostering relationships with alumni and donors in an effort to strengthen the College’s network, increase public awareness of its programs, and secure private financial support in order to meet its goals.

Steve Pigg provides leadership and oversight for information technology and cybersecurity services and serves as liaison to central campus and the university system for IT needs.

Elissa Roeser leads staff for financial and administration; oversees financial operations, IT, HR and decision support. Leads policy, budget models, resource allocation, capital budgets, organizational structure and liaison for campuswide administrative units (accounting, HR, budget, IT, sponsored programs and contracts and grants).

Sanjeevi Sivasankar leads efforts to attract, retain, serve and recognize diversity in students and faculty populations in the College of Engineering.