Leadership
DEAN
Benjamin C. Withers has been dean of the College of Liberal Arts at Colorado State University since 2016. In this role, Withers is responsible for $43M in annual expenditures, 13 academic departments/schools and six interdisciplinary programs, 539 faculty, 107 staff, and 6780 undergraduate and graduate students.
In 2020 and 2021, President Joyce McConnell appointed Withers as a member of the President’s Pandemic Planning Team and as co-chair of the Teaching Continuity and Recovery task force, a group that met consistently throughout the pandemic to ensure the excellence of CSU’s academic mission and the safety of CSU’s people. He has served as a member of then President Tony Frank’s President’s Commission on Culture, the College Board’s AP Higher Education Advisory Committee, and FoCO Creates which created the strategic plan for the City of Fort Collins.
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ASSOCIATE & ASSISTANT DEANS

Michael Carolan
- Professor of Sociology
- Associate Dean for Research & Faculty Development
- Co-Director, Food Systems Institute for Research, Engagement and Learning
- Ph.D. in Sociology, Iowa State University

Roze Hentschell
- Professor, Associate Dean for Academic Programs
(970) 491-6158
- Ph.D. in English, University of California, Santa Barbara

Elinor Light
- Senior Instructor
- Assistant Dean for Student Success, College of Liberal Arts
- Ph.D., Communication, University of Utah M.A., Colorado State University
Advising

Office Located at C207 Clark
Over 15 liberal arts academic success coordinators will help you decide which major and courses fit into your path.
Contact the office by email, phone or in person.
CLAadvising@colostate.edu
(970) 491-3117
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Communications & Recruitment

Nicolle McMurray
- Digital Media Specialist
(970) 491-5502
nicolle.mcmurray@colostate.edu
- B.S. in Business Administration and B.A. in Journalism & Media Communication, Colorado State University

Ray Hecht
- Recruitment and Enrollment Coordinator
(970) 821-5276
- B.S. Occupational Safety and Health, Murray State University
Development

Lara Meyer
- Associate Director of Development
(970) 491-7866
- Grinnell College, BA
- Colorado School of Public Health, MPH
Finance & Human Resources

Sarah Schwister
- Human Resources Junior Partner
970-491-2231
- Human Resources Management BS
- Creative Writing BA

Jenna Milliman
- Human Resources Junior Partner
- B.S. in Human Resources and Anthropology, Marquette University
IT
Bryan Gillispie
- Director, I.T.
(970) 491-2223
- Master of Business Administration
- B.S. Computer Information Systems
- B.S. Business Admnistration - Management Information Systems
Operations

Colleen Weitzel
- Assistant to the Dean
(970) 491-7191
- B.A. in Journalism and Technical Communication, Colorado State University

Sadie Kinney-McGrath
- Project Coordinator
(970) 491-6494
Sadie.Kinney-McGrath@colostate.edu
- B.S. in Psychology, Colorado State University

Betty Sims
- Scholarship and Student Program Coordinator
- M.A. in Social Justice and Human Rights, Arizona State University

Stephanie Wagner
- Administrative Coordinator
Stephanie.A.Wagner@colostate.edu
- Bachelor of Social Work at University of Kansas
- Master of Social Work at Loyola University Chicago
Research
Catherine Coleman Kane
- Director of Research Support
(970) 491-5394
- B.S. in Public Relations, University of Florida
Student Employees

Grace Weintrob
- Dean's Office Assistant
cla_deanstudents@Mail.colostate.edu
- Communication Studies Student

Gemma Buhaenko
- Dean's Office Assistant
- School of Social Work, Colorado State University
- American Sign Language (ASL), Colorado State University