About Us

Office of the Vice Chancellor for Government and Community Relations

Federal Relations (Washington, DC)

State Government Relations

Local Government Relations and Community Partnerships

Community Engagement

Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at Vanderbilt

Dyer Observatory


J. Nathan Green	Sally Parker	Alex Shea	Carole Mackey
Vice Chancellor	Chief of Staff	Director of	Financial Unit Manager
for Government and	email	Business Operations	HCM Specialist
Community Relations	615-322-6560	email	email
email		202-216-4373	615-343-0552



Schyler Turrin	Collier Robers	Madeline Langub	Jessica Steen
Associate Director,	Project Manager,	Executive Assistant	Communications Strategist
Executive Projects	Executive Projects	email	email
email	email	615-343-2238	615-343-2238
615-875-1027	615-875-1027



Jenny Freundt
Office Manager
email
615-343-0614

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.


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	email
email	email	email	202-216-4361
202-216-4370	202-216-4368	615-343-2238

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.

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.


	Eben Cathey		Lynn Maddox
	Senior Director		Special Projects Director
	Local Government Relations		and County Liaison
	email		email
	615-343-8364		615-322-6384

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.


Kathleen Fuchs Hritz	Midori Lockett	Elizabeth Garza Bumpas
Senior Director,	Chief Community Impact	Community Impact
Community Relations	Officer	Officer
email	email	email
615-343-3094	615-322-4493	615-322-2484

OLLI at Vanderbilt helps adults over 50 rediscover the joy of learning and build community through diverse social interaction.


Norma Clippard		Chandra Allison
Director		Senior Program
email		Coordinator
615-343-0700		email
		615-343-0700

Daniel Culbreath

Julie Harding

Assistant Vice Chancellor

Government Relations

for State Government Relations

Program Coordinator

Dyer Observatory connects with the greater Nashville community by inspiring student and public interest in science, technology, engineering, math, astronomy, and the arts.


Billy Teets	Alexandra Rockafellar	Helen Morisette	Nathan Griffin
Director	Outreach and Communications	Events and Operations	Facilities Manager
email	Coordinator	Coordinator	email
615-875-3617	email	email	615-875-3616
	615-875-3613	615-875-3614