Meet Our Team
Julia Schmitz
QEP Director
Associate Professor of Biology
Perry Rettig
Vice President for Enrollment Management and the Athens Campus
Michelle Irvin
QEP Administrative Assistant
QEP Steering Committee
Julia Schmitz, Chair
QEP Director
Associate Professor of Biology
Sandra Maughon, Co-chair
Fellow in the Walker School of Business
Alyssa Emmett
Student Representative
Leslie Lopez
Student Representative—Demorest
Steve Jacobs
Associate Dean, School of Arts & Sciences
Associate Professor of Sociology
Associate Professor of Sociology
Kelly Land
Assistant Professor, Education
Coordinator of Clinical Experiences
Coordinator of Clinical Experiences
Jim Peeples
Director of Intercollegiate Athletics
Megan Ramsey
Compass Program Coordinator
John Roberts
Director of Marketing & Communications
Margaret Ryder
Director, Athens Walker School of Business Operations
Associate Professor, Business
Associate Professor, Business
Laura Starrett
Associate Professor of Nursing
Melissa Tingle
Assistant Professor, Mass Communications (News Media)
QEP Communication Committee
John Roberts
Director of Marketing & Communications
Members: Alyssa Emmett (Student), Michelle Leach, Danielle Percival, Julia Schmitz, Joanna Tucker
QEP Student Committee
Alyssa Emmett
Leslie Lopez
Members: TBA
QEP Athens Committee
Margaret Ryder, Chair
Director, Athens Walker School of Business Operations
Associate Professor, Business
Associate Professor, Business
Members: Mitzi Heck, Wilma Hutcheson-Williams, Michelle Leach, Julia Schmitz, Laura Starrett, Danny Shapiro (Student), Jessica Varsa
QEP Assessment Committee
Melissa Tingle, Chair
Assistant Professor, Mass Communications (News Media)
Members: John Brooks (As Needed), Ed Carmack, Kim Crawford, Clay Crowder, Cindy Peterson, Perry Rettig, Julia Schmitz, Ed Taylor
QEP Piedmont Lions P.R.I.D.E. Committee
Julia Schmitz, Chair
QEP Director
Associate Professor of Biology
Members: Jeff Bowers, Windy Charles, Kim Crawford, Abbey Dondanville, Kelly Land, Sandra Maughon, Megan Ramsey, John Roberts, Susanna Warnock