Wake Forest University
Winston-Salem, NC
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President
Susan R. Wente
- President
Updated on 07/19/2025
Administration
Susan R. Wente
- President
Ashleigh M. Brock
- Chief of Staff
Ebony Boulware
- Dean of Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Chief Science Officer and vice chief academic officer of Advocate Health
Shea Kidd Brown
- Vice President for Campus Life
Andy Chan
- Vice President, Personal and Career Development
John Currie
- Vice President & Director of Athletics
James J. Dunn
- Special Assistant to the President & CEO, Verger Capital Management
Brett Eaton
- Vice President, Communications, and Chief Communications Officer
Julie Ann Freischlag
- Chief Executive Officer of Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist, Chief Academic Officer and Executive Vice President of Advocate Health, and Executive Vice President for Health Affairs at Wake Forest University
Paula Gentius
- Secretary of the Board of Trustees and Director of the Board Office
Michele Gillespie
- Provost
Andrew Klein
- Dean, Wake Forest University School of Law
Jackie Krasas
- Dean, College and Graduate School of Arts & Sciences
Charles L. Iacovou
- Dean, School of Professional Studies, and Vice Provost, Charlotte Programs
Eric Maguire
- Vice President, Enrollment
Mark A. Petersen
- Senior Vice President, University Advancement
Lauren Pressley
- Dean, Z. Smith Reynolds Library
Annette L. Ranft
- Dean, School of Business
Jacqueline A. Travisano
- Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
José Villalba
- Vice President, Diversity and Inclusion; Chief Diversity Officer
Corey D. B. Walker
- Dean, School of Divinity; Wake Forest Professor of the Humanities; Director, Program in African American Studies
Brian White
- Vice President and General Counsel
Updated on 07/19/2025
Board
Alexander Acquavella
- Trustee
Jermyn M. Davis
- Trustee
James E. Dixon
- Trustee
Donna F. Edwards
- Trustee
Lisbeth Clark Evans
- Trustee
Julie Ann Mullen Hartman
- Trustee
Frank B. Holding, Jr.
- Trustee
A. Dale Jenkins
- Trustee
Jorge Rodriguez
- Trustee
Mit B. Shah
- Trustee
Shannan Spence Townsend
- Trustee
Eric C. Wiseman
- Trustee
Lynn C. Baranski
- Trustee
Jeanne Whitman Bobbitt
- Trustee
Thomas W. Bunn
- Trustee
Jocelyn Burton
- Trustee
David F. Couch
- Trustee
Matthew Starbuck Crawford
- Trustee
Frederick W. Eubank, II
- Trustee
Curtis C. Farmer
- Trustee
Prince R. Rivers
- Trustee
Gerald F. Roach
- Trustee
John M. Vann
- Trustee
Diana M. Adams
- Trustee
Darlene Boytell-Pérez
- Trustee
Rich Brock
- Trustee
Peter M. Carlson
- Trustee
Cantey M. Ergen
- Trustee
Deborah D. Lambert
- Trustee
Gary S. Pinkus
- Trustee
Patricia L. Turner
- Trustee
Laura Horton Virkler
- Trustee
Katherine B. Wright
- Trustee
H. Lawrence Culp, Jr.
- Trustee
Serena Fisher Dugan
- Trustee
Mary R. Farrell
- Trustee
Donald E. Flow
- Trustee
John M. McAvoy
- Trustee
Robert J. McCreary
- Trustee
James M. O’Connell
- Trustee
Ogden Phipps II
- Trustee
Cathy Wall Thomas
- Trustee
David I. Wahrhaftig
- Trustee
Susan R. Wente
- President, ex officio Trustee
Matthew B. Teller
- Young Alumni Trustee
Hannah Shue
- Young Alumni Trustee
Alexandria Lexi Smith
- Student Trustee
Jerry H. Baker
- Life Trustee
Ranlet S. Bell
- Life Trustee
W. Louis Bissette, Jr.
- Life Trustee
Donna A. Boswell
- Life Trustee
Louise Broyhill
- Life Trustee
Bobby R. Burchfield
- Life Trustee
Janice W. Calloway
- Life Trustee
Ronald E. Deal
- Life Trustee
Thomas A. Dingledine
- Life Trustee
David W. Dupree
- Life Trustee
A. Doyle Early, Jr.
- Life Trustee
Herman E. Eure
- Life Trustee
Victor I. Flow, Jr.
- Life Trustee
Murray C. Greason, Jr.
- Life Trustee
William B. Greene, Jr.
- Life Trustee
Harvey R. Holding
- Life Trustee
Beth Norbrey Hopkins
- Life Trustee
Alice Kirby Horton
- Life Trustee
Albert R. Hunt
- Life Trustee
James W. Johnston
- Life Trustee
Donald D. Leonard
- Life Trustee
Dee Hughes LeRoy
- Life Trustee
James J. Marino
- Life Trustee
William L. Marks
- Life Trustee
Theodore R. Meredith
- Life Trustee
Russell W. Meyer, Jr.
- Life Trustee
L. Glenn Orr, Jr.
- Life Trustee
Frances P. Pugh
- Life Trustee
Michael G. Queen
- Life Trustee
Harold O. Rosser
- Life Trustee
Deborah K. Rubin
- Life Trustee
Andrew J. Schindler
- Life Trustee
Adelaide A. Sink
- Life Trustee
Lloyd P. Tate, Jr.
- Life Trustee
Kyle A. Young
- Life Trustee
Jeanne Whitman Bobbitt
- Chair
Curtis C. Farmer
- Vice Chair
Candy Ergen
- Vice Chair
Jacqueline A. Travisano
- Treasurer
Paula Gentius
- Secretary
Molly Field
- Assistant Secretary
Updated on 07/19/2025
Rankings
- National Universities: #46
- Best Value Schools: #35
- Best Undergraduate Engineering Programs: #18
- Economics: #83
- Best Undergraduate Teaching: #31
- Top Performers on Social Mobility: #252 Source
Mission And History
Accreditations
- University: Wake Forest University
- Accrediting Organization: Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges (SACSCOC)
- Accreditation Granted Date: (No data available)
- Most Recent Reaffirmation Date: (No data available)
- Next Reaffirmation Due: 2026-12-01
Strategic Goals
- Wake Forest will be a lifelong learning community that calls all to develop their full potential to contribute in a diverse and complex world.
- Wake Forest will foster a community of inquiry through research, scholarship and creative work that transcends boundaries to address the challenges facing humanity and our world.
- Wake Forest will build meaningful, mutual partnerships to honor our commitment to the well-being of our local, regional and global communities.
- Full Plan
Resources And Documents
- Strategic Plan Goals
- Campus Plan
- Campus Map
- Virtual Tour: (No data available)
- Annual Security And Safety
- Peer Institution
Updated on 07/19/2025
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