President’s Leadership Team

CHRIS GILMER
President
2025 – Present
joined 2025

MERCEDES GARCIA
President of Student Government Association
2025 – Present
joined 2025

AARON KRANTZ
Associate Vice President of Technology & Operations
2024 – Present
joined 2004

JULIA POLK
President’s Liaison of Native American Affairs
2024 – Present
joined 2024

VACANT
Vice President of Academic Affairs

IVAN BANKS
Interim Provost/Vice President of Academic Affairs
2025 – Present
joined 2025

REBECCA GARZA
Executive Director of Admissions
2025-Present
joined 2023

SARABECCA MARTIN
Associate Vice President of Academic Affairs
2025 – Present
joined 2004

BETTY SAMPSON
Executive Assistant to the President
2025 – Present
joined 1982

ADRIANA VILLAFAN
Associate Vice President of Student Affairs
2025 – Present
joined 2021

SAGRARIO ARMENTA-JIMENEZ
Vice President of Administration/CFO
2025 – Present
joined 2025

COREY HODGE
Vice President of Student Affairs
2022 – Present
joined 2006

AMY NUSBAUM
Chair, Department of Psychology
2021 – Present
joined 2021

CRYSTAL SAMPSON
Vice President of Operations/Chief of Staff
2025 – Present
joined 2022

DAVID WISE
Senior Vice President of Advancement, Marketing & Communications, and Admissions
2025 – Present
joined 2013