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Staff Biographies

The Virginia Tech Corps of Cadets is fortunate to be guided by a group of dedicated commissioned officers, noncommissioned officers, and civilian personnel who assist the cadet leadership in meeting the objectives of the Corps. Each staff member brings a different and valuable perspective to the Corps' day-to-day operation.

Please select a staff member from the list to learn more about them.

Command Staff

Maj Gen Randal D. Fullhart
Commandant of Cadets
randyf79@vt.edu

COL Craig Alia
Deputy Commandant for 1st Battalion
aliacj@vt.edu

Lt Col Don Russell
Deputy Commandant for 2nd Battalion
druss135@vt.edu

Col Robert Shelton
Deputy Commandant for 3rd Battalion
bobshelton96@vt.edu

Lt Col Travis Sheets
Deputy Commandant for 4th Battalion
tsheets@vt.edu

Ken Mallory
Director for the Citizen-Leader Track
kemallor@vt.edu

CSM Daniel Willey
Senior Enlisted Advisor for 1st Battalion
dwilley@vt.edu

CMDCM Richard Curtis Jr.
Senior Enlisted Advisor for 2nd Battalion
richardgc@vt.edu

Master Sgt. Charles Lilly 
Senior Enlisted Advisor for 3rd Battalion

chilly@vt.edu

MGySgt Lance Jones

Senior Enlisted Advisor for 4th Battalion
mguns2bn@vt.edu

Sarah Fleenor
Assistant Director for the Citizen-Leader Track

scfleenor@vt.edu

Major General W. Thomas Rice Center for Leader Development

CAPT Jamie McGrath
Director
jpm997@vt.edu

Anna Kirk
Administrative Office Lead
annamk@vt.edu

 

The Highty-Tighties

 

Corps Recruiting Team

Lt Col Rewa Mariger
Assistant Commandant for Recruiting
rmariger@vt.edu

Darien Stewart
Recruiting Assistant
darien@vt.edu
 

Corps Advancement Team

Vacant
Chief Advancement Officer

Scott Lyman
Associate Director of Development
rlyman@vt.edu

Katie Mallory
Communications Director
ssansbur@vt.edu

Nicole Freeman
Manager of Donor Relations, Scholarships, and Stewardship
taranf87@vt.edu

CDR Nate Brown
Alumni Director
nhbrown@vt.edu

LTC Edie Fairbank
Alumni Executive Assistant
emmf@vt.edu

 

 


Samantha Riggin
Director, Corps Museum
samsales@vt.edu

 

 

Student Support

Lance Moore
Residential Well-Being Coordinator

Keely Arbenz-Smith
Residential Well-Being Coordinator

Commandant's Staff

MSG Joseph Moore
Deputy Director of Operations
josephmoore@vt.edu

 

Leketa Miller
Business Manager
leketa@vt.edu

Dean Miller
Manager, Tailor Shop

Nicole Ward
Program Support Technician