About Us
Office of the Vice Chancellor for Government and Community Relations
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J. Nathan Green | Sally Parker | Alex Shea | Carole Mackey | |||
Vice Chancellor | Chief of Staff | Director of | Financial Unit Manager | |||
for Government and | Business Operations | HCM Specialist | ||||
Community Relations | 615-322-6560 | |||||
202-216-4373 | 615-343-0552 | |||||
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Schyler Turrin | Collier Robers | Madeline Langub | Jessica Steen | |||
Associate Director, | Project Manager, | Executive Assistant | Communications Strategist | |||
Executive Projects | Executive Projects | |||||
615-343-2238 | 615-343-2238 | |||||
615-875-1027 | 615-875-1027 | |||||
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Jenny Freundt | ||||||
Office Manager | ||||||
615-343-0614 | ||||||
Federal Relations (Washington, DC)
The Office of Federal Relations advocates on behalf of federal legislation, regulations, and policy that could affect Vanderbilt University. The primary focuses of the Office of Federal Relations are federal support of university-based research in science, engineering, social science, and the humanities; policies related to higher education; and other federal policies that impact the university, such as student aid, tax, high-skilled immigration, and intellectual property issues.
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Christina West | Heather Bloemhard | Julie Harding | Holly Alexander | ||||||
Associate Vice Chancellor | Associate Director | Government Relations | Office Administrator | ||||||
for Federal Relations | of Federal Relations | Program Coordinator | |||||||
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202-216-4370 | 202-216-4368 | 615-343-2238 |
State Government Relations
The State Government Relations Office seeks to expand and strengthen partnerships with state leaders to positively impact state policy and represents Vanderbilt University before the Tennessee General Assembly and state government.
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Daniel Culbreath | Julie Harding | |||||
Assistant Vice Chancellor | Government Relations | |||||
for State Government Relations | Program Coordinator | |||||
615-343-6749 | 615-343-2238 |
Local Government Relations and Community Partnerships
The Local Government Relations team works to foster relationships with local policymakers on important issues affecting higher education and local governance while serving as Vanderbilt’s voice on legislative and regulatory matters.
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Eben Cathey | Lynn Maddox | |||||||
Senior Director | Special Projects Director | |||||||
Local Government Relations | and County Liaison | |||||||
615-343-8364 | 615-322-6384 | |||||||
Community Engagement
The Community Engagement team fosters the fulfillment of human potential by supporting organizations, convening stakeholders, and working to bring Vanderbilt’s people and resources into the community in service of others.
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Kathleen Fuchs Hritz | Midori Lockett | Elizabeth Garza Bumpas | ||||||
Senior Director, | Chief Community Impact | Community Impact | ||||||
Community Relations | Officer | Officer | ||||||
615-343-3094 | 615-322-4493 | 615-322-2484 | ||||||
Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at Vanderbilt
OLLI at Vanderbilt helps adults over 50 rediscover the joy of learning and build community through diverse social interaction.
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Norma Clippard | Chandra Allison | ||||
Director | Senior Program | ||||
Coordinator | |||||
615-343-0700 | |||||
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Dyer Observatory
Dyer Observatory connects with the greater Nashville community by inspiring student and public interest in science, technology, engineering, math, astronomy, and the arts.
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Billy Teets | Alexandra Rockafellar | Helen Morisette | Nathan Griffin | ||||||
Director | Outreach and Communications | Events and Operations | Facilities Manager | ||||||
Coordinator | Coordinator | ||||||||
615-875-3617 | 615-875-3616 | ||||||||
615-875-3613 | 615-875-3614 |