Dec 05, 2025  
JFK Law School at National University - Spring 2026 
    
JFK Law School at National University - Spring 2026

Senior Administration and Faculty


Senior Administration  

National University Administration

Dr. Mark Milliron
President and CEO, National University

Mr. Christopher Russo 
EVP, Chief of Staff

Dr. Chris Graham
EVP, Workforce and Community Education (WCE)

Dr. Nancy Rohland-Heinrich
EVP, Community Engagement & Executive Director, National University Foundation 

Mrs. Karen Whitney
EVP, Student Success Services & Administration, and CFO

Ms. Sandra Best
SVP, Chief Human Resources Officer

Mr. Pablo Fabian

SVP & Associate General Counsel

Ms. Carey Hilderbrand

EVP & Chief Marketing Officer

Dr. Tom Stewart

EVP & Executive Director, Cause Research Institute

Dr. John Cicero

Provost, Chief Academic Officer and Interim Dean of the College of Business, Engineering  and Technology 

Dr. James Billings

Vice Provost, Academic Affairs

 Dr. Lisa Hutton

Dean, College of Law and Public Service

Dr. Alvin McLean

Dean, JFK School of Psychology and Social Sciences 

Dr. Robert Lee

Dean, Sanford College of Education 

Dr. Nicole Polen-Petit

Dean, School of Arts, Letters and Sciences 

Dr. Wittney Jones

Dean, School of Health Professions

Meg O’Grady

Senior Vice President, Military Affairs


Board of Trustees

Dr. Ruthann Heinrich, Chair    
Executive, Retired

Dr. E. Lee Rice, Vice Chair
CEO and Medical Director, Lifewellness Institute

Richard Chisholm, Treasurer
Executive, Retired 

Lee Wills-Irvine, Secretary 
US Chief Diversity Officer, ASML Group

Dr. Mark Milliron, Ex Officio 
President, National University 

Stacy Allison, Member 
Professional Speaker, Author 

Thomas Clevinger, Member 
Managing Partner, Cornerstone Growth Advisors 

Jeanne Connelly, Member
President, Connelly Consulting 

Dr. Virginia Fraire, Member
Higher Education President, Retired

Harold Greenberg, Member
Executive, Retired 

Dr. Erlinda Martinez, Member     
Higher Education President, Retired  

Michael McGill, Member     
President, MMS Design Associates 

Joanne Pastula, Member
Executive, Retired 

Dan Pittard, Member   
Chairman and CEO, Pittard Partners LLC 

Hiep Quach, Member 
Executive, Retired 

Dr. Richard Rhodes, Member
President, Texas A&M University-Central Texas

Carlos Rodriguez, Member
CEO, Rodriguez & Company 

Thomas Topuzes, Member 
President and CEO, Thomas Topuzes & Associates. LLC 


JFK School of Law Academic Administration & Full-Time Faculty

Judith Mathers Maloney

Associate Dean of Law

JD, St. John’s University School of Law

Ryan Johnson

Faculty

JD, Arizona State University College of Law

LLM, Loyola University Chicago School of Law

Nicole Mills

Faculty

JD, cum laude, Cornell Law School

Pamela Zimba

Faculty

JD, Ventura College of Law

LLM, Golden Gate University

Stephanie Johnson

Assistant Dean of Students

MA, Psychology, Northcentral University

MBA, National University

Jennifer Carr

Director of Student and Bar Success

JD, William S. Boyd School of Law at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas

Theresa Ennis

Director of Assessment and Curriculum

Ph.D., Tennessee Tech University

Jamie Diermier

Reference & Instruction Librarian

MLIS, San Jose State University

Britt Jeppsen

Internship Clinical Coordinator (part time)