Administration

John E. Dooley

The Vice President for Outreach and International Affairs is responsible for:

• Taking the lead in carrying out the university’s efforts to be fully engaged with society, here and around the world;
• Facilitating the exchange of knowledge that benefits both the university and society;
• Helping faculty disseminate research results and assisting communities, business, non-profit and non-governmental organizations, and governments in working with faculty to solve real-world societal, natural resource, and other problems through research;
• Working with communities to address local—and global—economic development needs;
• Tailoring regional and online graduate and lifelong learning educational opportunities to the people served;
• Arranging opportunities for students to serve community organizations—and communities—while learning;
• Exploring new ways the university can leverage its resources to create a more effective international agenda;
• Managing U.S. government-funded projects around the world that aim to improve food security and natural resources management;
• Tracking Virginia Tech’s international agreements with institutions abroad;
• Providing assistance with visas for visitors to the university from overseas;
• Overseeing the university’s centers abroad; and
• Spearheading implementation of the university’s International Strategic Plan.

Offices:

Finance and Administration

• Jane Swan | Director
  (540) 231-2021

Outreach Communications

• Susan Felker | Communications Manager
  (540) 231-4691

International Affairs / OIRED

• S. K. De Datta | Associate Provost / Director
  (540) 231-6452
• Paul Knox | International Fellow, Center for European Studies & Architecture
  011-41-91-6483651

Commonwealth Campus Centers

• Virginia Tech Southwest Va. Center
  • Penny McCallum | Director
    (276) 619-4311
• Virginia Tech Roanoke Center
  • Susan Short | Director
    (540) 231-3855
• Virginia Tech Richmond Center
  • Melissa Lubin | Director
    (804) 662-7288.
• Virginia Tech Hampton Roads Center
  • Charlotte Anders | Director
    (757) 363-3930

Economic Development

• Ted Settle | Director
  (540) 231-5278

Outreach Program Development / Center for Organizational & Technological Advancement (COTA)

• Jeri Childers | Director
  (540) 231-9982
  • Continuing and Professional Education
    Mark Bernhardt | Director
    (540) 231-9447
  • English Language Institute
    Don Back | Director
    (540) 231-6963
  • Service-Learning Center
    Michele James Deramo | Director
    (540) 231-6947
  • Upward Bound/Talent Search
    Tom Wilson | Director
    (540) 231-6911

Southside Outreach Programs / Institute for Advanced Learning and Research

• Jerry Niles | Interim Director
  (434) 766-6700

Reynolds Homestead

• Kay Dunkley | Director
  (276) 694-7181

VT-STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math) K-12 Outreach

• Llyn Sharp and Michael Rosenzweig | Co-Chairs
  (540) 231-4080, or (540) 231-5360

Outreach Fellows

• Transportation
  • Ray Pethtel | University Transportation Fellow, VTTI
    (540) 231-1546
• Fine Arts
  • David Ehrlich | Outreach Fellow, Fine Arts, (540)
    (540) 357-0774

Administrative Staff

• Linda Price | Administrative Assistant
  (540) 231-3205
• Holly Carroll | Administrative Assistant
  (540) 231-9868