Staff Directory

Conference Administration

Name Title Phone E-Mail
Michael J. Schell
Commissioner
River States Conference
541-331-0522 Commissioner@riverstatesconference.com
Ryan Murphy
Assistant Commissioner
River States Conference
ryan@riverstatesconference.com
Joe Glover
RSC Eligibility Chair
River States Conference
ec@riverstatesconference.com
Chris Cox
RSC Faculty Athletics Representative
FAR, Indiana University Southeast
812-941-2334 kccox@ius.edu
James "Jay" McTyier
RSC Registrar
Registrar, Indiana University Southeast
812-941-2454 jmctyier@ius.edu

Council of Presidents Executive Committee

Name Title Phone E-Mail
Mr. Ryan Smith
COP Chair
President, University of Rio Grande
740-245-7204 rsmith@rio.edu
Dr. Dennis Rome
COP At-Large
Chancellor, Indiana University East
765-973-8201 drome@iu.edu
Dr. Ron Dempsey
COP Vice Chair
President, Oakland City University
812-749-1213 rdempsey@oak.edu
Dr. T. Ramon Stuart
COP At-Large
President, West Virginia University Institute of Technology
304-442-1025 ramon.stuart@mail.wvu.edu

Administrative Council Executive Committee

Name Title Phone E-Mail
Kenneth Howell
Administrative Council Chair
Athletic Director, West Virginia University Institute of Technology
304-929-1230 Kenneth.Howell@mail.wvu.edu
T-Ray Fletcher
Administrative Council Vice Chair / ADA Rep
Athletic Director, Oakland City University
812-749-1576 tfletcher@oak.edu
Jeff Lanham
Administrative Council Past Chair
Athletic Director, University of Rio Grande
740-245-7485 jlanham@rio.edu

Council of Presidents

Name Title Phone E-Mail
Mr. Ryan Smith
COP Chair
President, University of Rio Grande
740-245-7204 rsmith@rio.edu
Dr. Ron Dempsey
COP Vice Chair
President, Oakland City University
812-749-1213 rdempsey@oak.edu
Dr. T. Ramon Stuart
COP At-Large
President, West Virginia University Institute of Technology
304-442-1025 ramon.stuart@mail.wvu.edu
Mr. Jim Stepp
President, Alice Lloyd College
606-791-8828 jimstepp@alc.edu
Fr. Larry Hostetter
President, Brescia University
270-686-4236 larry.hostetter@brescia.edu
Dr. Dennis Rome
COP At-Large
Chancellor, Indiana University East
765-973-8201 drome@iu.edu
Dr. Mark Canada
Chancellor, Indiana University Kokomo
765-455-9221 canadam@iuk.edu
Dr. Reinhold Hill
Chancellor, Indiana University Purdue University Columbus
812-348-7226 reihill@iupuc.edu
Dr. Debbie Ford
Chancellor, Indiana University Southeast
812-941-2200 debford@iu.edu
Dr. John Marsden
President, Midway University
859-846-5310 jmarsden@midway.edu
Dr. Ron Smith
President, Ohio Christian University
740-497-7873 rsmith18@ohiochristian.edu
Dr. Chris Brussalis
President, Point Park University
412-392-3909 presidentsoffice@pointpark.edu
Eric Braun
Interim President, Shawnee State University
740-351-3257 ebraun@shawnee.edu
Brennan Randolph
Interim President, Saint Mary of the Woods College
812-535-5296 Brennan.Randolph@smwc.edu

Administrative Council

Name Title Phone E-Mail
Kenneth Howell
Administrative Council Chair
Athletic Director, West Virginia University Institute of Technology
304-929-1230 Kenneth.Howell@mail.wvu.edu
T-Ray Fletcher
Administrative Council Vice Chair / ADA Rep
Athletic Director, Oakland City University
812-749-1576 tfletcher@oak.edu
Jeff Lanham
Administrative Council Past Chair
Athletic Director, University of Rio Grande
740-245-7485 jlanham@rio.edu
David Hatfield
Athletic Director, Alice Lloyd College
606-368-6012 davidhatfield@alc.edu
Mark Perdue
Athletic Director, Brescia University
270-686-4240 mark.perdue@brescia.edu
Joe Griffin
Athletic Director, Indiana University East
765-973-8316 joegrif@iue.edu
Tom Norris
Athletic Director, Indiana University Kokomo
765-455-9268 tomnorr@iuk.edu
Zachary McClellan
Interim Athletic Director, Indiana University Purdue University Columbus
812-320-5768 zmcclell@iu.edu
Amanda Dailey-Weaver
Interim Athletic Director, Indiana University Southeast
812.941.2482 ammdaile@ius.edu
Jake Brumbelow
Interim Athletics Director, Midway University
859-846-3346 jbrumbelow@midway.edu
George Arroyo Jr.
Athletic Director, Ohio Christian University
740-477-4504 garroyojr@ohiochristian.edu
Scott Swain
VP for Athletics, Point Park University
412-392-3911 scott.swain@pointpark.edu
Gerald Cadogan
Athletic Director, Shawnee State University
gcadogan@shawnee.edu
Kevin Lanke
Assoc. VP Athletics, Saint Mary of the Woods College
812-535-5288 Kevin.Lanke@smwc.edu

Sports Information Directors

Name Title Phone E-Mail
Ryan Murphy
Assistant Commissioner
River States Conference
ryan@riverstatesconference.com
Gary Stepp
SID, Alice Lloyd College
606-368-6105 garystepp@alc.edu
Jaylin Tidwell
SID, Brescia University
270-686-2119 jaylin.tidwell@brescia.edu
Nick Fortini
SID, Indiana University East
765-973-8567 nfortini@iu.edu
Brent Martin
Assistant AD - Communications / SID, Indiana University Kokomo
937-657-1015 bm89@iu.edu
Harvey Scruggs
SID, Indiana University Purdue University Columbus
hscruggs@iu.edu
Stephen Utz
SID, Indiana University Southeast
812-941-2001 sutz@ius.edu
Dylan Brown
SID, Midway University
859-846-5327 dpbrown@midway.edu
David Hose
Assistant AD/SID, Oakland City University
812-749-1299 dhose@oak.edu
Abigail Hintz
SID, Ohio Christian University
740-420-5948 ahintz@ohiochristian.edu
Randy Payton
SID, University of Rio Grande
740-245-7213 rpayton@rio.edu
Seth Pluta
SID, Shawnee State University
740-351-3313 spluta@shawnee.edu
Craig Pearson
Athletics Communications Coordinator, Saint Mary of the Woods College
812-535-5009 Craig.Pearson@smwc.edu
Becky Brouse
SID, West Virginia University Institute of Technology
304-929-1401 rsbrouse@mail.wvu.edu