Open Virginia Advisory Committee (OVAC)

OVAC Contact List

• Member Contact Information

  OVAC Member Information

  Name	Institution	Contact
  Matthew Shelley Assistant Instruction Librarian	Christopher Newport University 1 Avenue of the Arts Newport News, VA 23606	matt.shelley@cnu.edu
  Liz Thompson Open Education Librarian	James Madison University Harrisonburg, VA 22807	thomp3ea@jmu.edu
  Julie Mersiowsky Director, Digital Education Collaborative and Distance Learning	Longwood University 201 High Street Farmville, Virginia	mersiowskyjc@longwood.edu (434) 395-2012
  Dorothy Jones Dean of the School of Extended Learning	Norfolk State University	dljones@nsu.edu
  W. Preston Davis Director of Instructional Services	Northern Virginia Community College 4001 Wakefield Chapel Road Annandale, Virginia 22003-3796	wdavis@nvcc.edu
  M'Hammed Abdous Assistant Vice President for Teaching & Learning	Old Dominion University 336 Gornto Center Norfolk, VA 23529	mabdous@odu.edu
  Charlie Cosmato Director, Center for Innovative Teaching and Learning	Radford University 801 East Main Street Radford, VA 24142	Ccosmato@radford.edu (540) 831-6415
  Kyle Binaxes Student Success Librarian	Richard Bland College	kbinaxas@rbc.edu
  Steve Greenlaw Professor of Economics	University of Mary Washington 1301 College Avenue Fredericksburg, VA 22401	sgreenla@umw.edu
  Brandon Butler Director of Information Policy	University of Virginia Charlottesville, VA 22904-4308	bcb4y@virginia.edu
  Sheri Prupis	Virginia Community College System 300 Arboretum Place, Suite 200 Richmond, VA 23236	slp24546@vccs.edu
  Jimmy Ghaphery Associate University Librarian for Scholarly Communications and Publishing	Virginia Commonwealth University 901 W. Franklin Street P.O. Box 842527 Richmond, VA 23284-2527	jghapher@vcu.edu
  Anita Walz Assistant Director for Open Education and Scholarly Communications Librarian	Virginia Tech Blacksburg, VA	arwalz@vt.edu (540) 231-2204

  
  
  
  

• LAC Representatives

  Name	Institution	Contact
  Steve Litherland Associate Vice President for Libraries	Tidewater Community College 1700 College Crescent Virginia Beach, VA 23453	Ph: (757) 822-1944 slitherland@tcc.edu

  
  
  

• SCHEV Staff

  Name	Institution	Contact
  Joseph DeFilippo Director of Academic Affairs & Planning	State Council of Higher Education for Virginia (SCHEV) Richmond, Virginia	Ph: (804) 225-2629 joedefilippo@schev.edu
  Beverly Rebar Senior Associate for Academic and Legislative Affairs	State Council of Higher Education for Virginia (SCHEV) Richmond, VA 23219	Ph: (804) 371-0571 beverlyrebar@schev.edu
  Wendy Kang Higher Education Innovation Director	State Council of Higher Education for Virginia (SCHEV) Richmond, VA 23219	Ph: (804) 225-4416 WendyKang@schev.edu