About Academic Affairs and Innovation
Meet our team
Academic Affairs and Innovation provides leadership and guidance across the academic enterprise, overseeing matters involving policy, the university's academic program portfolio, faculty affairs, academic program development and revitalization and more.
Inaugural Vice Provost for Academic Affairs and Innovation
Margaret Mohr-Schroeder was appointed Kansas State University's inaugural vice provost for academic affairs and innovation in 2024.
She started in her new role as head of K-State's newly created Office of Academic Affairs and Innovation on Oct. 1.
Office of Academic Affairs and Innovation
- Vacant, Assistant Vice Provost for Academic Affairs
- Vacant, Assistant Vice Provost for Faculty Affairs
- Candace LaBerge, Executive Assistant
Teaching and Learning Center
- Tanya Gonzalez, Acting Director
- Don Saucier, Faculty Associate Director, Teaching and Learning Center
- Andie Faber, New Faculty Institute Coordinator
- Janvi Aggarwal, Graduate Teaching Assistant
- Ashley Schiffer, Graduate Research Assistant
Center for Academic Innovation
- Vacant, Associate Vice Provost
Strategic Program Development and Management
- Jo Maseberg-Tomlinson, Executive Director of Strategic Program Development
- Cindy Debes, Instructional Designer
- David DeHass, Instructional Designer
- Dana Flynn, Noncredit Program Specialist
- Rebecca Frakes, Noncredit Program Specialist
- Jinny Hwang, Instructional Designer
- Janel Koons, Academic Program Administrator
- Ron Jackson, Academic Program Administrator
- Trina McCarty, Instructional Designer
- Janice Nikkel, Academic Program Administrator
- Nichole Scwartz, Program Assistant
- Christina van Ittersum, Instructional Designer
Market Intelligence and Analysis
- George Widenor, Executive Director, Strategic Growth and Analysis
- Jonathan Barber, Market Intelligence Analyst
- Reed Bellamy, Market Intelligence Analyst
- Anna Salas, Market Intelligence Analyst
UFM Community Learning Center
- Aliah Mestrovich-Seay, Executive Director
- Samantha Lovitt, Program Administrator
- Erin Ford, UFM Coordinator