TROY - Key Persons


Betsy Bennett

Job Titles:
  • Student Member - SGA President

Brent Jones

Job Titles:
  • Senior Vice Chancellor, Athletics

C. Charles Nailen

Job Titles:
  • Chairman of the Finance Committee
  • Member of the Academic Affairs Committee
  • Member of the External Affairs Committee
  • Vice Chair of the Institutional Advancement Committee

C. Gibson Vance

Job Titles:
  • Chairman of the Executive Committee
  • President Pro Tempore

Cam Ward

Job Titles:
  • Chairman of the Institutional Advancement Committee
  • Member of the Athletic Policy Committee
  • Vice Chair of the External Affairs Committee

Earl V. Johnson

Job Titles:
  • Chairman of the External Affairs Committee
  • Member of the Executive Committee
  • Member of the Finance Committee
  • Member of the Institutional Advancement Committee

Edward F. Crowell

Job Titles:
  • Chairman of the Athletic Policy Committee
  • Member of the Academic Affairs Committee
  • Member of the Institutional Advancement Committee
  • Vice Chair of the Executive Committee
  • Vice President Pro Tempore

Forrest S. Latta

Job Titles:
  • Chairman of the Institutional Advancement Committee
  • Vice Chair of the Academic Affairs Committee

Freddie Thomas

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Athletic Policy Committee
  • Member of the Institutional Advancement Committee
  • SGA President
  • Student Affairs Committee

Gerald O. Dial

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Executive Committee
  • Member of the Finance Committee
  • Vice Chair of the Athletic Policy Committee

Jack Hawkins

Job Titles:
  • Chancellor
  • Secretary

James M. Bookout

Job Titles:
  • Ed.D., CPA, CITP

John D. Harrison

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Athletic Policy Committee
  • Member of the Executive Committee
  • Member of the Finance Committee

Karen E. Carter

Job Titles:
  • Chairman of the Academic Affairs Committee
  • Member of the Institutional Advancement Committee
  • Vice Chair of the Institutional Advancement Committee

Kerry J. Palmer

Job Titles:
  • Senior Vice Chancellor of Academic Affairs

Roy H. Drinkard

Job Titles:
  • Member of the External Affairs Committee
  • Member of the Institutional Advancement Committee
  • Vice Chair of the Finance Committee

Shelley Reed

Job Titles:
  • Associate Chair for the Counseling
Dr. Reed is the Associate Chair for the Counseling, Rehabilitation, and Interpreter Training Program (CRIT) at Troy University. She has also served as the Faculty Advisor and currently serves as the Co-Faculty Advisor for Chi Sigma Iota. She serves on numerous University, College, and Department committees. She and her colleagues received a state-funded grant in Suicide Prevention in Higher Education for four consecutive years. Recently, this team received the SAMHSA Garrett Lee Smith Suicide Prevention Grant. The grant allows her, and her two colleagues, to provide education and increase awareness of suicide prevention among university faculty, staff, and students. Screening and Prevention activities including webinars and an Annual Suicide Prevention Conference are held yearly. She has presented this work and her other research interests, including Counselor Preparation, at numerous national, regional, and state conferences as well as published in Peer-reviewed Journals.

Sohail Agboatwala

Job Titles:
  • Senior Vice Chancellor for Student Services and Administration

William Filmore

Job Titles:
  • Vice Chancellor for Government and External Relations