Dean of the College of Business

College of Business, Office of the Dean New Dean Named for the College of Business PLEASE NOTE: Our College has offices in three locations. Shipping addresses may vary depending on office location. DEAN’S OFFICE MAILING ADDRESS: 1301 College Avenue duPont Hall 210 Fredericksburg VA 22401
Dean – located in duPont Hall 210
	Lynne Richardson	540-654-2470	lynne.richardson@umw.edu
Office Manager – duPont Hall 210
	Janet L. West	540-654-2470	jwest@umw.edu
Associate Dean – Stafford Campus North Bldg
	Mukesh Srivastava	540-286-8064	msrivast@umw.edu
Associate Dean for Advising Services -Stafford Campus South
	Sallie W. Braxton	540-286-8030	sbraxton@umw.edu
Assistant Dean for Advising Services – Stafford Campus South
	Janet J. Cropp	540-286-8020	jcropp@umw.edu

For questions about admissions, please contact the following offices first:

Undergraduate Admissions on the Fredericksburg Campus – 540-654-2000
Graduate Admissions on the Stafford Campus – 540-286-8088


	Lynne D. Richardson, Ph.D.Dean ProfessorPh.D., University of Alabama M.B.A., University of Alabama at Birmingham B.B.A., University of Montevallo

	Lynne D. Richardson is the new dean of the College of Business at the University of Mary Washington. As the chief academic officer, she is the inaugural dean for the College of Business, created in 2010 to unite two distinct business programs that had served different populations of students on the Fredericksburg and Stafford campuses.Richardson comes to UMW from Mississippi State University where she served as the dean for the university’s College of Business for three and a half years and as a professor of marketing for four years. Prior to Mississippi State University, she was the dean of the Miller College of Business at Ball State University, where she also was a professor of marketing.In addition, she has served as associate dean for undergraduate programs and external relations for the School of Business at the University of Alabama at Birmingham and as the director of the university’s MBA program for the university’s Graduate School of Management. She also has held positions at the Birmingham-Southern College and the University of North Alabama.Richardson received a doctorate in marketing from the University of Alabama, a master’s degree in business administration from the University of Alabama at Birmingham and a bachelor’s degree in marketing, with highest honors, from the University of Montevallo. She succeeds Larry Penwell, who was acting dean of the College of Business from July 2010 to July 2011.

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