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Meet Our Staff

Marty Wilder

Martin A. Wilder, Jr.
Ed.D., Dean of Enrollment and Student Services
(540) 654-2000
mwilder@umw.edu

Recruitment travel in Richmond and Tidewater, Virginia including Newport News, Norfolk, and Virginia Beach.

Ali Gauch, M.Ed.
Associate Dean of Admissions
(540) 654-2000
agauch@umw.edu

Recruitment travel in Atlanta, GA, and Central Virginia including:
Albemarle CO, Caroline CO., Charlottesville, Culpeper CO, Fauquier CO, Fredericksburg, Hanover CO, King George CO, Madison CO, Orange CO, Spotsylvania CO, Stafford CO, and Warrenton.

Melissa Yakabouski
Senior Assistant Dean of Admissions
(540) 654-2000
myak@umw.edu

B.A. in Criminology from UMW, '94

Recruitment travel in Maryland including Anne Arundel CO, Baltimore CO, Carroll CO, Harford CO, Howard CO and Richmond, Virginia College Night Programs.

Rita Thompson
Assistant Dean of Admissions
(540) 654-2000
thompson@umw.edu

BA in Political Science
MA International Studies
JD

Recruitment travel in Maryland: Baltimore County and Prince Georges County and Virginia: Arlington County, Alexandria City, Fairfax County, Prince William and Warrenton.

Cris Hairston

Cris M. Hairston
Assistant Dean of Admissions
(540) 654-2000
chairsto@umw.edu

B.A. English from UMW, '04

Recruitment travel in New Jersey, and Tidewater, Virginia to include: Chesapeake, Suffolk, Norfolk, Virginia Beach, Hampton, and Williamsburg. Primary contact for prospective student athletes.

Lawrence Webb
Assistant Dean of Admissions
(540) 654-2000
lwebb@umw.edu

Recruitment travel in North Carolina including Chapel Hill, Durham, and Raleigh also in Virginia including Richmond, Southside, Western Loudoun County, and parts of Montgomery and Prince Georges Counties in Maryland.

Rachel Pennington

Rachel Pennington
Assistant Dean of Admissions
(540) 654-2000
rpenning@umw.edu

B.A. Biology from UMW, '05

Recruitment travel in New Jersey and New York. Primary contact for High School guidance counselors and group visits.

Matt Kaberline

Matt Kaberline
Assistant Dean of Admission
(540) 654-2000
mkaberli@umw.edu

B.A. Political Science and English from Virginia Tech
M.F.A. Creative Writing from Emerson College.

Recruitment travel in Virginia, Maryland, and Pennsylvania.

 

Sarah Lindberg

Sarah E. Lindberg
Admissions Counselor
(540) 654-2000
slindber@umw.edu

B.A. in Historic Preservation '08

Recruitment Travel in Pennsylvania, Maryland, New Jersey, Delaware, and Connecticut.

JOn Sims

Jon Sims
Admissions Counselor
(540) 654-2000
jsims@umw.edu

B.A. Economics from UMW '08

Recruitment travel in Virginia and the east coast.

 

 

 

 

Matt Mejia

Matt Mejia, M.Ed.
Associate Dean of Admissions for Adult Degree and Graduate Programs
UMW College of Graduate and Professional Studies
(540) 286-8088
mmejia@umw.edu

B. A. in Geography from UMW, '93.
M.Ed. Counseling and Higher Education Administration, U.Va. '97

Charles Tate

Charles Tate, M.T.S.
Assistant Dean of Admissions for Adult Degree and Graduate Programs
UMW College of Graduate and Professional Studies
(540) 286-8087
ctate@umw.edu

B.A. in Political Science, Lynchburg College 1996
M.T.S. in Church History/Historical Theology, Vanderbilt University 1998

 

Dre Anthes

Andrea "Dre" Anthes, M.Ed.
Assistant Dean of Admissions for Adult Degree and Graduate Programs
UMW College of Graduate and Professional Studies
(540) 286-8088
aanthes@umw.edu

B.A. in Speech Communication, JMU 2002
M.Ed. in College Student Personnel Administration, JMU 2005