EVMS - Key Persons
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- Associate Director, Special Events
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- Student Loan Officer / Financial Services
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- Director, Annual Giving / Development
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- Development Giving Officer / Development
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- Senior Associate
- Vice President
- Professor
In addition to her role as Senior Associate Vice President, Dr. Dobrian is also a Professor in the Biomedical & Translational Sciences program and serves as Director & Master Educator for the Fine Family Academy of Educators.
She joined the school's faculty in 2002. Her research on obesity and co-morbidities has been funded by the National Institutes of Health, American Heart Association, Department of Defense and pharma industry.
She teaches and has developed curricula across graduate and medical education and has extensive mentoring experience with medical students, graduate students and fellows.
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- President, Runnymede Corporation
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- Supervisor, Accounts Payable / Financial Services
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- Faculty Affairs Coordinator
Apple is primarily responsible for Community Faculty appointments, website faculty listing maintenance, reporting and database management, and various Faculty Affairs administrative duties. She supports Christine Boswick, Director of Faculty Affairs, and Maura Murphy, Faculty Affairs Manager with faculty reappointments, Institutional Standing Committees, and faculty performance appraisals.
Prior to joining EVMS, Apple worked in Student Services for Tidewater Community College. She has 20 years of higher education experience including administrative, database, and testing service management. Apple holds a Master's degree in Business Administration from Frostburg State University and a Bachelor's degree in Liberal Arts Management from Virginia Wesleyan College.
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- Assistant Director, Donor Relations / Development
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- Assistant Director, Special Events
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- Executive Vice President & Chief Administrative Officer, Sentara Health
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- Accounting Manager / Financial Services
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- Retired Attorney, Russin & Vecchi, LLP
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- Chairman of the EVMS Foundation Board of Trustees
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- Major Gifts Officer Development
C.J. joined the office of Faculty Affairs and Professional Development in 2021 as the Growth and Retention Coordinator before assuming the role of Executive Assistant where she provides comprehensive support to the Dr. Anca Dobrian and the FAPD team.
Prior to joining EVMS, C.J. worked at the Washington County-Jonesborough Public Library in East Tennessee, bringing experience in administrative support, community engagement, and program development. She holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from East Tennessee State University and is currently pursuing a Master's in Humanities at Old Dominion University. Additionally, she is PACE certified through the American Society of Administrative Professionals.
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- Director
- Director of Faculty Affairs
Christine serves as the Director of Faculty Affairs. She has spent most of her career serving the EVMS legacy schools and has a wealth of experience in areas related to faculty and students. In her current role, she administers processes and committees covering faculty appointments, employment agreements, reappointment letters, annual letters of compensation, and promotion and tenure.
Christine also manages the new faculty hiring offer process and oversees the annual faculty appraisals.
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- Secretary of the EVMS Foundation Board of Trustees
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- Retired Executive, Landmark Communications
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- Assistant Director, Special Events
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- Technical Support Analyst II
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- Manager I, Gift Compliance
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- Dean
- Ex - Officio Member
- Executive Vice President
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- Ex - Officio Member
- Chairman, EVMS Alumni Advisory Board
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- Assistant Director, Development Operations / Development
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- Corporate and Foundation Relations
- Director, Corporate and Foundation Relations / Development
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- Manager II / Financial Services
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- Supervisor, Accounts Receivable / Financial Services
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- Assistant Director, Donor Relations / Development
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- Shuttle Services Coordinator
- Shuttle Services Coordinator / Parking and Transporation Services
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- Senior Accountant, Procurement / Financial Services
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- Executive Assistant, Foundation Boards and Committees / Development
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- Director, Community Engagement / Development
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- Senior Vice President, Market Executive, Bank of America
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- Retired Executive Vice President, Landmark Communications
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- Assistant Director, Giving / Development
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- President & CEO, ECPI College of Technology
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- Retired Executive, Norfolk Southern Corporation
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- Associate Vice President for Human Resources for the Health Sciences Center
Mr. Schenk has responsibility for recruitment and onboarding, employee relations, employee health and safety, training and development, strategic planning, human resources information systems, data, and analytics.
He oversees the following departments: Human Resources and Occupational Health.
Mr. Schenk earned his bachelor's degree in psychology and his master's degree in industrial/organizational psychology from Radford University. He joined EVMS in 2005, serving many roles within Human Resources before being becoming department head in 2009.
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- Associate DIrector
- Associate Director for Faculty Affairs
As Associate Director for Faculty Affairs, Maura is responsible for overseeing the faculty database, managing the Institutional Standing Committees, coordinating faculty events, handling faculty reappointments, and providing support to the Director of Faculty Affairs with reporting and various other projects.
With over twenty years of experience in higher education, Maura began her career as a graduate assistant at the University of Alabama, where she gained expertise in facilities management and special events. Her subsequent role as the Pipeline Program Coordinator at VCU, focused on supporting underrepresented students, was instrumental in shaping her passion for working with clinician educators and aspiring healthcare professionals.
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- Assistant Director, Alumni Relations
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- Assistant Director, Special Events
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- Member of the EVMS Foundation Board of Trustees
- Executive Vice President, TowneBank
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- Technical Support Analyst II / Financial Services
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- Director, Alumni Relations
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- Manager I, Parking Services
- Manager I, Parking Services / Parking and Transporation Services
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- Owner, King - Jones & Associates
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- Development Specialist / Development
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- CEO and President, Century Concrete, Inc
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- Professional Development Specialist
Rebecca Brocus, MS, Professional Development Specialist As the Professional Development Specialist, Becca primarily focuses on supporting the activities of the Fine Family Academy of Educators. Her graduate studies in Marketing/Communications and Instructional Design, in addition to more than fifteen years of experience working with faculty and students in Medical Education, has developed an appreciaton for the challenges and achievements of faculty and learners.
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- Director, Student Mental Health, Institutional Wellness Officer
Richard Handel, Ph.D., has spent his entire professional career on the faculty at EVMS, teaching and mentoring extensively, including in the Doctor of Medicine, Psychiatry Residency and Psychology Internship programs, as well as through the Virginia Consortium Program in Clinical Psychology.
Dr. Handel's research has been focused in the area of self-report assessment of personality and psychopathology. He is a co-author of the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory-Adolescent-Restructured Form (MMPI-A-RF).
Dr. Handel was the recipient of the 2006 Samuel J. and Anne G. Beck Award for Outstanding Early Career Research in the Field of Personality Assessment from the Society for Personality Assessment and the 2015 Bud Orgel Award for Distinguished Achievement in Research from the Association of Psychologists in Academic Health Centers.
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- Office Coordinator / Financial Services
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- Director, Donor Relations / Development
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- Office Coordinator Special Events
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- Executive Director, Major Gifts and Annual Giving / Development
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- Staff Accountant / Financial Services
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- Administrative Assistant / Financial Services
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- Member of the EVMS Foundation Board of Trustees
- Senior Managing Director, Clearstead Advisory Solutions
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- Payroll Coordinator / Financial Services
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- Administrative Secretary
- Administrative Secretary / Parking and Transporation Services
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- Ex - Officio Member
- Senior Associate Vice President, Development and Alumni Affairs / Development
- Senior Associate Vice President, Development and Alumni Relations, and Executive Director for EVMS Foundation
- Vice President of Development and Alumni Relations
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- Associate Vice President for Finance
- Associate Vice President, Finance / Financial Services
Tammy A. Chrisman, MBA, serves as the Associate Vice President for Finance at EVMS and Assistant Treasurer for the EVMS Foundation. Ms. Chrisman has responsibility for financial reporting, audit, cash management, investments and post-award grant administration. She oversees the following departments:
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- Financial Systems Manager / Financial Services
As the newest member of FAPD, I bring over 20 years of experience in customer service, with a passion for people and a strong focus on budget and finance. Outside of work, I enjoy spending quality time with my daughter and our dog, Onyx. We're often outdoors, trying new food spots, but our go-to favorites are Marvel movies and mozzarella sticks!
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- Senior Accounts Payable Clerk / Financial Services
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- Executive Director, Finance / Financial Services