A number of key university officials came and went under Ball State President Paul W. Ferguson’s tenure.
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Here is a list of who left, and who filled those positions.
Randy Howard
Position: Former vice president for business affairs and treasurer
Left the university: Summer 2014
Howard departed for Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University. Ferguson's term didn't start till Aug. 1, 2015, however. This position handles the university’s finances.
Bernie Hannon
Position: Current vice president for business affairs and treasurer.
Started: Spring 2015
Hannon served as associate vice president for business affairs and assistant treasurer prior to this appointment.
Julie Hopwood
Position: Ferguson’s chief of staff
Started: Fall 2014
Hopwood came with Ferguson to Ball State. She had worked alongside him for more than 12 years. They first started working together when she was his graduate assistant at the University of Nevada, when he was the vice president for research and graduate studies.
Julie Halbig
Position: Associate vice president for governmental relations
Appointed: Fall 2014
Halbig works as the university’s liaison to the Indiana Commission for Higher Education and other state agencies.
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Bill Scholl
Position: Former Ball State athletic director
Left the university: September 2014
He was the director since 2012. He left to take the athletic director position at Marquette University.
Mark Sandy
Position: Current athletic director
Started: Feb. 1, 2015
Sandy is the former athletic director for Eastern Kentucky.
Tom Taylor
Position: Former vice president for enrollment, marketing and communications
Left the university: January 2015
Tony Proudfoot
Position: Former associate vice president for marketing and communication and spokesperson for the university
Left the university: January 2015
The university’s strategic communications department has since restructured since Proudfoot and Taylor's departures. Their positions have since changed to varying degrees and don't exist in the same capacity. Hopwood oversaw the restructuring of this department.
Gene Burton
Position: Former Ball State police chief
Retired: August 2014
Burton retired after serving at the university for 34 years.
James Duckham
Position: Current Ball State police chief
Started: December 2014
Duckham was the former assistant chief of police before stepping into Burton’s position.
Jennifer Jones-Hall
Position: Former director of student life and adviser to the Student Government Association
Resigned: March 2015
Her resignation came after, while not necessarily in connection with, she made comments about the selection of the John R. Emens Outstanding Senior Award winner.
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Jones-Hall said in the email: “The Big 4 are not making comments [about the Emens Outstanding Senior Award] because the[y] are funded through the University and so is SGA. I would be careful not to bite the hand that feeds you. My two cents.”
She apologized for these remarks.
The university never confirmed that her resignation was in connection to her comments.
Melissa Ginotti
Position: Current director of student life, adviser to SGA and assistant vice president for student affairs
Hired: Nov. 17, 2015
Jon Lewis
Position: Former director of campus dining services
Died: Oct. 2, 2015
Lewis died unexpectedly in his home. He was 61. Ball State has not hired a replacement for Lewis.
Michael Goldsby
Position: Current chief entrepreneurship officer
Appointed: Fall 2015
Ferguson created this position with the goal of achieving the entrepreneurship ideals he set forth in his vision for the university.
Pete Lembo
Position: Former head football coach
Resigned: Dec. 22, 2015
He’s now the assistant head coach at the University of Maryland. Lembo breached his contract with Ball State by leaving for Maryland. Maryland picked up the $200,000 tab.
Mike Neu
Position: Current head football coach
Started: Jan. 7, 2016
Neu is a former Ball State quarterback.
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