Program Leadership | Modernization Program

Program Team

This team includes several key leaders spanning multiple functions across WVU who will apply their knowledge and familiarity with their area’s stakeholders, systems and practices to ensure the program’s success.

James Gorman
Modernization Program Director and Workday Business Modernization Project Director
Kristin Floyd
Portfolio Management Lead
Todd Witter
Technical Lead
Neeley Clelland
Talent and Culture Lead
Lisa Sharpe
Finance Lead
TBD
Organizational Change Management Lead
Vicki Smith
Communications Lead
Karen Brock
Project Specialist
Rosemary Casteel
Research Connect Lead
Sandra Oerly-Bennett
Student Experience Lead
Lisa Castellino-Gergich
Data Strategy Lead

Governance/Engagement

The Modernation Program interacts and engages with various groups in the university. Refer to more details below. — The WVU Modernization Program Governance and Engagement Structure aims to foster timely, consistent, inclusive and transparent information sharing amongst all levels of leadership, stakeholders and the WVU community. The structure will allow for two-way dialogue and feedback among the program and our constituents, increase awareness about the program, and enable accountability and decision-making at the workstream and steering committee levels.

Executive Sponsors

Paula Congelio, Chief Financial Officer
Mark Gavin, Vice Provost
Brice Knotts, Associate Vice President and Chief Information Officer

Program Steering Committee

Fred King, Vice President for Research
Mario Barge, Associate Vice President of Talent and Culture
Lisa Castellino-Gergich, Associate Vice President of Institutional Data and Analytics
Steve Hahn, Interim Vice President for Enrollment Management
Katie Stores, Associate Vice President for Finance, Operations and Research Administration
Barbara Weiss, Senior Associate Vice President for Division of Finance
Heather Richardson, Interim Vice President for Strategic Communications and Marketing
James Gorman, Modernization Program Director