Faculty and Staff Contact Information

All employees can be reached by contacting Ameritas College at 304.697.7550 

Administration

 
Fred Fransen
President
Ph.D. - University of Chicago
ffransen@ameritas.edu
James Bennett
Chief Academic Officer
M.F.A. - University of South Florida
jbennett@ameritas.edu
Lake Tackett
Executive Director
M.A. - Marshall University
ltackett@ameritas.edu
Kris Bertelsen
Vice President, 
Director of 
Prison Education &
Program Lead AAS
Addiction Recovery
Ph.D. - University of Central Arkansas
kbertelsen@ameritas.edu
Paige Justice
Director of Student Success and
Institutional Effectiveness & Faculty
Accreditation Liaison Officer
M.A. - Marshall University
pjustice@ameritas.edu
 

Administrative Staff

  
Xena Bunton
Events Communications Specialist
B.A. - Marshall University
xbunton@ameritas.edu
Cheyenne Carbajal
Executive Assistant &
Hospitality Specialist
ccarbajal@ameritas.edu
Kaitlin Gutwein
Admissions Representative
B.A.- Grove City College
kgutwein@ameritas.edu
Patricia Marcum
Financial Aid Officer
Huntington Junior College
pmarcum@ameritas.edu
Leigh Ann Simpkins
Office Manager
Huntington Junior College
lsimpkins@ameritas.edu
Tanner Wooten
Student Success Coach
M.A. - Marshall University
twooten@ameritas.edu

Full-Time Faculty

  
Traci Burton
A.A.S. - Ameritas College
A.A.S. - Mountwest Community and Technical College
Allied Health
tburton@ameritas.edu
Paula Johnson, C.D.A.
A.A.S.- Ameritas College
Allied Health
pjohnson@ameritas.edu
Yuan Rong Jia-Reid
M.B.A. - Marshall University
Business Management
yjia@ameritas.edu
Debi Slaughter
Ph.D. – Capella University
Business Management
dslaughter@ameritas.edu
Melissa Sovine
A.A.S. – Ameritas College
Allied Health
msovine@ameritas.edu
Jeff Zvengrowski
Ph.D. – University of Virginia
General Education
jzvengrowski@ameritas.edu

Part-Time Faculty

  
Kim Copley
E.D.S. - Marshall University
Administrative Technologies 
kcopley@ameritas.edu
Jim Flanagan
M.A. - Mt. St. Mary's University
General Education
jflanagan@ameritas.edu
David Hatami
ED.D - Nova South Eastern University
General Education 
dhatami@ameritas.edu
Mark Johnson
M.A. – University of Dayton
General Education 
mjohnson@ameritas.edu
Kristen LeFevers
M.A. – Marshall University
General Education
klefevers@ameritas.edu
Bryan Shaw
M.B.A. – University of Phoenix
Business Management
bshaw@ameritas.edu
Brian Stephens
M.B.A. - Marshall University
Business Management
bstephens@ameritas.edu