VCU Massey Cancer Center

Research administration

VCU Massey Cancer Center strives to provide outstanding administrative management, fiscal oversight and business services that support the center’s director, associate directors, research program leaders, shared resource directors, and research members to achieve our overall research mission.

The administrative team is led by:

• Michelle Lin, M.B.A.
  Associate director for administration
  Chief administrative officer
  (804) 628-2685
  mklin@vcu.edu
• Kevin Hogan, Ph.D.
  Senior director of research administration 
  (804) 628-4915
  kthogan@vcu.edu
• Kristen Lynch
  Senior director of finance and administration
  (804) 828-5104
  kmlynch@vcu.edu
• Jenny Owen
  Director of public relations and marketing communications
  (804) 628-2111
  jrowen2@vcu.edu

Alphabetical listing of staff

• Jeanette Acree
  Assistant director of financial management
  (804) 628-0614
  jsacree@vcu.edu
• Megan Adams
  Senior financial analyst
  (804) 628-3946
  mladams2@vcu.edu
• Blake Belden
  Communications coordinator
  (804) 628-4578
  beldenba@vcu.edu
• Donnell Brown
  Operations specialist
  (804) 517-3755
  dbrown55@vcu.edu
• Peter Calvert
  IT desktop specialist
  (804) 628-3979
  pcalvert@vcu.edu
• Patricia Cash
  Senior financial analyst
  (804) 628-2114
  ppcash@vcu.edu
• Michael Clapp
  User interface developer/webmaster
  mlclapp@vcu.edu
• Tonie M. Ellerson
  Director of information technology services, interim director of operations
  (804) 628-2347
  tmellers@vcu.edu
• Lauren Frick
  Grants specialist
  (804) 628-1827
  lsfrick@vcu.edu
• Morgan Hembarsky
  Program coordinator
  (804) 828-3114
  mhembarsky@vcu.edu
• Cristy Hendren
  Clinical research billing specialist
  (804) 828-9635
  clhendren@vcu.edu
• Juliette Highland, M.A., M.M.C.
  Clinical research budget & contract negotiator
  (804) 628-3047
  s2shigh@vcu.edu
• L. Alexis Hoeferlin, Ph.D.
  Scientific writer
  (804) 628-5175
  alhoeferlin@vcu.edu
• Jessi Kidd
  Operations specialist
  (804) 298-6604
  jckidd@vcu.edu
• Michelle Lin, M.B.A.
  Associate director for administration
  Chief administrative officer
  (804) 628-2685
  mklin@vcu.edu
• Kristen Lynch
  Senior director of finance and administration
  (804) 828-5104
  kmlynch@vcu.edu
• Lisa Mallory
  Center Research Program Administrator
  (804) 628-1750
  malloryld@vcu.edu
• Amanda Martens
  Director of human resources
  (804) 628-2492
  martensar@vcu.edu
• Shirley Marter
  Senior financial analyst
  (804) 628-2113
  sfmarter@vcu.edu
• Bill McCormick
  IT desktop specialist
  (804) 338-7180
  mccormickww@vcu.edu
• Matt McNeil
  Assistant director, budget & finance administrator
  (804) 628-2996
  mkmcneil@vcu.edu
• Melissa Mitchell
  Communications specialist
  (804) 628-1829
  mmitchell9@vcu.edu
• Jenny Owen
  Director of public relations and marketing communications
  (804) 628-2111
  jrowen2@vcu.edu
• Lindsey Paisley
  Executive assistant to the director
  (804) 628-1897
  lmpaisley@vcu.edu
• Olivia Patterson, MAOL
  Research programs coordinator
  (804) 628-1931
  opatterson@vcu.edu
• Justin Pierce
  Clinical trials billing and compliance specialist
  (804) 628-5953
  piercejs5@vcu.edu
• Karen Reiter
  Senior project administrator
  (804) 628-1910
  kmreiter@vcu.edu
• Heidi Sankala-Bauer, Ph.D.
  Scientific writing manager
  (804) 628-3028
  hsankala@vcu.edu
• Juellisa Secosky, C.C.R.C., C.R.A
  Assistant director of clinical research administration
  (804) 628-6812
  jasecosky@vcu.edu
• Christine Tanner-Walker
  Senior financial analyst
  (804) 628-2962
  ctannerwalke@vcu.edu
• Alfreida Taylor
  Receptionist
  (804) 628-0450
  amtaylor3@vcu.edu
• Andrea Wade, M.B.A.
  Human Resources Business Partner
  (804) 628-1644
  afwade@vcu.edu
• Everett Wade
  IT analyst
  (804) 499-0059
  jwade7@vcu.edu
• John Wallace
  Assistant director of communications
  (804) 628-1550
  wallacej@vcu.edu