Administration
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R. Gerald Turner
President
![Elizabeth Loboa](/-/media/Images/AboutSMU/Administration/Elizabeth-Loboa.jpg?h=360&iar=0&w=300&hash=E3A296DDB69F9DFCF6F4DD7AFD3EF677)
Elizabeth G. Loboa
Provost and Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs
![Brad Cheves](/-/media/Images/AboutSMU/Administration/Brad-Cheves.jpg?h=360&iar=0&w=300&hash=06F2A746DEFB758D08F7CB4896A4D5A1)
Brad E. Cheves
Senior Vice President for Development and External Affairs
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Kenechukwu (K.C.) Mmeje
Vice President, Student Affairs
![Christine Regis](/-/media/Images/AboutSMU/Administration/RegisChristine.jpg?h=360&iar=0&w=300&hash=AD7CBC70DC277118F384E028572E385A)
Christine C. Regis
Senior Vice President for Business and Finance and Chief Financial Officer
![Harlod W. Stanley](/-/media/Images/AboutSMU/Administration/Harlod-W-Stanley.jpg?h=360&iar=0&w=300&hash=6CB3BBCF97102445964F7358BB83EF3B)
Harold W. Stanley
Vice President, Executive Affairs
![Paul Ward](/-/media/Images/AboutSMU/Administration/Paul-Ward.jpg?h=360&iar=0&w=300&hash=1482524ACD1E30AD1235182E8BD125A9)
Paul J. Ward
Vice President for Legal Affairs, General Counsel, and Secretary to the Board of Trustees
![Rakesh Dahiya](/-/media/Images/AboutSMU/Administration/DahiyaRakesh.jpg?h=360&iar=0&w=300&hash=4E964945CB7E44527B63703B3E4F4A0D)
Rakesh Dahiya
Chief Investment Officer, Investments
![Rick Hart](/-/media/Images/AboutSMU/Administration/Rick-Hart.jpg?h=360&iar=0&w=300&hash=68958C46817D3B531BBD4C1C66D5E879)
Rick Hart
Director,
Deans
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Nathan Balke
Dean ad interim, Dedman College of Humanities and Sciences
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Hugo Magallanes
Dean ad interim, Perkins School of Theology
Office of the President
![Maria Dixon Hall](/-/media/Images/AboutSMU/Administration/Maria-Dixon-Hall-02.jpg?h=360&iar=0&w=300&hash=4FE0C7D880DE6AEC398230A184308A82)
Maria Dixon-Hall
Chief Diversity Officer and Senior Advisor to the President for Cultural Intelligence
![Samantha Thomas](/-/media/Images/AboutSMU/Administration/33793D_037_Thomas_RT.jpg?h=360&iar=0&w=300&hash=476D196A76CEB8960EAC499C43D24E89)
Samantha Thomas
Assistant Vice President for Access and Equity