Upon granting unified accreditation to the University of Maine System in July 2020, our regional accreditor, the New England Commission of Higher Education (NECHE), asked us to prepare a self-study in advance of a Fall 2022 visit by a NECHE-appointed evaluation team. Information about the University of Maine (UMaine) Organizational chart can be found below.

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  • University of Maine System (UMS) Board of Trustees
    • Dannel Malloy, UMS Chancellor
      • Joan Ferrini-Mundy, President
        • Kayla Flewelling, Executive Assistant to the President
        • Meredith Whitfield, Chief of Staff
        • Emily Baer, Director of Presidential Communications
        • Ken Ralph, Director, Dept. of Athletics
        • Vacant, Sr. Executive Director for Marketing & Communications
        • Jason Charland, Senior Advisor to the President and Director of Research Development
        • Kimberly Dodge, Director, Children’s Center
        • George Kinghorn, Executive Director, Zillman Art Museum
        • Gretchen Faulkner, Director, Hudson Museum
        • Danny Williams, Executive Director, Collins Center for the Arts
        • Robert Dana, Vice President for Student Life & Inclusive Excellence, and Dean of Students
          • Kenda Scheele, Associate Vice President & Senior Associate Dean
            • Campus Recreation
            • Residence Life
            • Title IX – Student Services / Deputy Title IX Coordinator
            • Community Standards, Rights & Responsibilities
            • Student Accessibility Services
          • Lauri Sidelko, Assistant Dean & Director for Community
            • Student Wellness, Resource Center & Alcohol, Tobacco & Drugs Services
            • Center for Student Involvement
          • Andrea Gifford, Associate Dean & Director of Administration & Division of Student Life
            • Commuter & Non-Traditional Student Services
            • Veterans Education & Transition Services
            • First Year & Transfer Center
            • Bodwell Center for Service & Volunteerism
          • Office for Diversity & Inclusion
            • Multicultural Student Center
            • Rainbow Resource Center
            • Intersectional Feminist Resource Center
          • Career Center
            • Health & Legal Professions
          • UMaine at Machias Student Life
          • Police Department
          • Counseling Center
        • Kody Varahramyan, Vice President for Research & Dean of Graduate School
          • Ali Abedi, Associate Vice President for Research
            • Sandra De Urioste Stone, Assistant Vice President for Research
          • Scott Delcourt, Associate Vice President for Graduate Studies & Senior Associate Dean
            • Graduate School
            • Graduate School of Biomedical Science & Engineering (GSBSE)
          • Office of Research Compliance
          • Office of Research Administration
          • Office of Research Development
          • Center for Undergraduate Research
          • Experiential Programs Innovation Center
          • Portland Gateway
          • Advanced Research Computing, Security and Information Management (ARCSIM)
          • Maine Sea Grant
          • Established Program to Stimulate Competitive Research (EPSCoR) Program
          • Maine Coordinated Operating Research Entities (CORE)
          • Research Centers & Institutes
            • Advanced Structures & Composites Center
            • Advanced Manufacturing Center
            • Aquaculture Research Institute
            • Center for Community Inclusion and Disability Studies
            • Center for Research on Sustainable Forests
            • Center on Aging
            • Climate Change Institute
            • Forest Bioproducts Research Institute
            • Innovative Media Research and Commercialization Center
            • Frontier Institute for Research in Sensor Technologies
            • Maine Center for Research in STEM Education
            • Margaret Chase Smith Policy Center
            • Senator George J. MItchell Center for Sustainability Solutions
            • Institute of Medicine
            • Maine Center for Genetics in the Environment
            • Research Initatives
              • UMaine Artificial Intelligence (AI)
              • UMaine Arctic
              • UMaine Arts
              • UMaine Forest Economy, Sustainability and Technology (FOREST)
              • UMaine Marine Aligned Research, Innovation, and Nationally-recognized Education (MARINE)
        • John Volin, Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs & Provost
          • Chris Richards, Vice President for Enrollment Management
            • Undergraduate Admissions, UMaine and UMaine Machias
            • Recruitment
            • Student Financial Aid
            • Intensive English Institute
          • Brian Olsen, Associate Provost for Student Success & Strategic Initiatives
            • International Programs
            • Office of Sustainability
            • Navigate
          • Jessica Miller, Associate Provost for Academic Affairs & Faculty Development
            • Office of Student Records
            • Diversity Leadership Institute
            • Academic Support Services for Student Athletes
            • Office of Major Scholarships
          • Debra Allen, Assistant Provost for Institutional Research and Assessment
          • Jake Ward, IV, Vice President for Innovation and Economic Development
            • Renee Kelly, Assistant Vice President for Innovation and Economic Development
              • Department of Industrial Cooperation
              • Foster Innovation Center & Economic Development Programs
              • Technology Commercialization
              • Center for Cooperative Aquaculture Research
              • UpStart Center for Entrepreneurship
          • Monique LaRocque, Associate Provost for Division of Lifelong Learning
            • Early College
            • College Success Programs
            • Bureau of Labor Education
            • Center for Innovation in Teaching & Learning
            • UMaine Online
            • Hutchinson Center
          • College of Education & Human Development
          • College of Engineering
          • College of Liberal Arts & Sciences
          • College of Natural Sciences, Forestry & Agriculture
            • Maine Agriculture & Forest Experiment Station
          • Cooperative Extension
          • Fogler Library
          • Cohen Institute for Leadership & Public Service
          • Honors College
          • The Maine Business School
            • Innovation Engineering
          • Graduate School of Business
        • Daniel Qualls, University of Maine, Machias, Vice President of Academic Affairs / Head of Campus
          • Heather Ball, Assistant Vice President for Academic Affairs
            • Distance Education
            • Career Services
            • Accessibility Services
            • Study Center Coordinator & Adult Learner Advisor
            • Student Success
          • Lateef O’Connor, Admissions
          • Director of Student Life
            • Student Engagement
            • Dining Services
            • Recreation Center
          • Lois-Ann Kuntz, Chair, Arts and Letters Division
          • Karen Beeftink, Chair, Professional Studies Division
          • Tora Johnson, Chair, Environmental & Biological Sciences Division
          • Assistant Director of Marketing and Communications
          • Marianne Thibodeau, Librarian
          • Christy Alley, Early College
          • Director of Facilities (also reports to Executive Director of Facilities and Capital Management Services)
          • Barbie Holmes, Assistant Bursar
        • Joanne Yestramski, Vice President Finance and Administration and Chief Business Officer
          • Dick Young, Executive Director of Auxiliary Enterprises
            • Housing Services
            • Black Bear Dining
            • University Bookstore
            • Printing and Mailing Services
            • Student Services
            • Parking and Transportation Services
          • Security Services
          • Alicia Wyman, Executive Director of Budget & Business Services
          • Bill Elsemore, Bursar
            • Indirect report: Barbie Holmes, Assistant Bursar
          • Stewart Harvey, Executive Director of Facilities and Capital Management Services
            • Maintenance & Operations
            • Infrastructure, Energy & Utilities
            • Business Services & Work Management
              • Planning, Design & Construction
            • Director of Facilities
        • Partnership: John Diamond, President/Executive Director Alumni Association
        • Partnership: Jeffery Mills, President/CEO University of Maine Foundation
        • Partnership: 4-H Foundation
        • Partnership: Pulp & Paper Foundation
        • Indirect report: UMaine & UMM Board of Visitors
        • Indirect report: Chris Lindstrom, Vice President Human Resources