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John A. Groulx joined èßäÊÓƵ University as Vice President for Finance in 2024.  

He joined èßäÊÓƵfollowing a successful four-year tenure as Director of Budget and Fiscal Planning at Wheaton College in Norton, MA. His extensive background in financial management also includes positions such as Director of Finance and Business Operations/CFO at Malden Catholic High School, Malden, MA, Director of Budget and Fiscal Planning at Mt. Ida College, and Capital Projects Business Manager at Brandeis University, Waltham, MA. 

In addition to his academic roles, Groulx has held significant municipal positions, serving as Town Administrator/Town Manager in Avon, MA, Berwyn Heights, MD, and Colebrook, NH.

Groulx's educational credentials include a Bachelor of Arts in Communications, with a minor in Economics, from American University in Washington, DC. He also holds a Master of Public Administration from the University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH, and a Master of Science in Finance from Brandeis University, Waltham, MA.

Dr. Keith Moore assumed the position of Senior Vice President at Virginia Wesleyan University in 2022 after serving as Vice President for Campus Life for six prior years.  

He has served èßäÊÓƵin a variety of capacities during the last three decades. Prior to èßäÊÓƵhe held positions in new student orientation and residence life at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst.

A Boston native, Dr. Moore holds a B.A. in Politics and History from Curry College, an M.Ed. in Educational Policy, Research, and Administration from University of Massachusetts at Amherst, and an Ed.D. in Higher Education Leadership from Nova Southeastern University.

In his current capacity, Dr. Moore oversees the areas of Residence Life, Student Activities, Health Services, Student Center, Campus Ministries, Counseling Services, Campus Security, Wesleyan Engaged, Health Services, IT, Dining Services, and Facilities Management.

Dr. Moore is married to the former Meredith Ann Martin, the lead school psychologist with Chesapeake Public Schools. They reside in Virginia Beach with their daughter, Jacqueline Rose.

Kelly Roenker Cordova joined the Office of the President in September 2020, after directly supporting the Senior Vice President and the President through various roles in the èßäÊÓƵCenter for Advancement from 2015-2020. In those roles she had instrumental involvement in communications, alumni relations, donor relations and special events.

Prior to her arrival at èßäÊÓƵ, Cordova spent six years working in the international programs department at Operation Smile, a medical non-profit that provides free cleft lip and cleft palate surgeries to children in developing countries. There, she managed a team of 15 program coordinators and directly participated in medical missions in Brazil, China, Dominican Republic, Morocco, and Paraguay.

Cordova earned her Master of Business Administration from èßäÊÓƵand her bachelor's degree in mass communications from Virginia Commonwealth University. A native of Virginia Beach, she resides there with her husband Andrew and two daughters.

Deirdre Gonsalves-Jackson assumed the position of Vice President for èßäÊÓƵGlobal Campus in 2024.  A member of the èßäÊÓƵfaculty since 2006, she has served as Chair of the Biology Department, Director of Nursing and Allied Health, and Director of Summer Sessions and January Term before becoming Dean of èßäÊÓƵGlobal Campus in 2020. Dr. Gonsalves-Jackson also chairs the èßäÊÓƵGraduate Council and oversees all graduate programs.

She earned her B.A. in Biology from Randolph College, an M.S. in Biology from Florida Atlantic University, and a Ph.D. in Biology from Florida Institute of Technology. Her distinguished career is marked by numerous honors, such as the Barbara Holland Administrator-Scholar Award from the Coalition of Urban and Metropolitan Universities and The WISE Alumna Legacy Award for her contributions to STEM outreach. At VWU, she is a recipient of the Samuel Nelson Gray Distinguished Teaching Award and the Birdsong Service and Community Engagement Award, and she holds the distinction of Batten Professor.

As Vice President for èßäÊÓƵGlobal Campus, she oversees èßäÊÓƵOnline, èßäÊÓƵGlobal Campus (Japan), the Jane P. Batten & David R. Black School for International Studies, the Evening and Weekend Program, the David R. Black Institute for Professional Practice, the Westminster-Wesleyan Lifelong Learning Institute, and the Advanced Scholars Institute. 

Heather Campbell has served as Vice President for Enrollment since 2021 after serving as Director of Undergraduate Enrollment the prior six years. 

She oversees the David L. Kaufman Center for Enrollment that has produced the largest enrollment in the University's history.  She oversees all recruiting of traditional and non-traditional programs and is the lead recruiter for the collaborative campus in Tokyo. Under her leadership, the College of Arts and Sciences has grown to 1,600 students while èßäÊÓƵGlobal Campus now enrolls an additional 2,600 learners.

Heather holds a B.A. in Recreation and Leisure Studies from èßäÊÓƵ University and a Master of Education in Higher Education Administration from Northeastern University.

Prior to èßäÊÓƵ, she worked for 10 years with the United States Olympic & Paralympic Committee implementing adapted sports programming for wounded, ill, and injured service members. She returned to èßäÊÓƵin 2015.

Heather and her daughter, Sutton, reside in Norfolk.