President's Cabinet

Purpose

The President's Cabinet is comprised of leaders of each major University division and provides advice and counsel to the President, leveraging its collective knowledge and expertise to advance the University's mission. Cabinet members deliver effective, responsive, and informed institutional leadership, and provide penultimate review of recommendations to the President of the University on matters of broad institutional significance. The President's Cabinet ensures that the University makes timely progress toward its goal of advancing as Coastal Virginia's premier university of the liberal arts and sciences.

Constituent Communication

Each member of the President's Cabinet ensures effective communication with his or her constituents. This communication, which must be reciprocal, involves anticipating issues, seeking perspective and advice, and sharing information before and after decisions are made. The format of these communication networks is at the discretion of each Cabinet member.

Membership

Cabinet members serve at the invitation of the President of the University. The current roster includes:

Susan Larkin

Susan Larkin

Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs

757.233.8809
slarkin@vwu.edu

Dr. Susan Larkin currently serves as the Vice President for Academic Affairs at Virginia Wesleyan University. Dr. Larkin received her B.A. in English Literature from Wheaton College in Norton, Massachusetts. She earned her M.A. and Ph.D. in English Studies and a graduate certificate in Women’s Studies from Illinois State University. Dr. Larkin has been a member of the VWU faculty since 2008, teaching a variety of English, Women’s and Gender Studies, and Wesleyan Seminars. For the past three years, Dr. Larkin has served as the Associate Vice President for Academic Affairs.

Dr. Larkin’s research is interdisciplinary and interweaves children’s and adolescent literature, women’s and gender studies, and cultural studies. She has published on Judy Blume, Harry Potter, Mr. Rogers, Walt Disney, Laura Ingalls Wilder, women’s memoir, and empowerment, identity, and gender in adolescent literature.

Keith Moore

Keith Moore

Senior Vice President

757.455.3273
kmoore@vwu.edu

Dr. Keith Moore is the Senior Vice President at Virginia Wesleyan University, a role he assumed October 2022. In this capacity, he 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 previously served as Virginia Wesleyan's Vice President for Campus Life and Operational Management.

A Boston native, Dr. Moore has also held positions in new student orientation and housing and residence life at University of Massachusetts at Amherst. He has served as president of the Virginia Association of Student Personnel Administrators and taught courses through Old Dominion University's Darden College of Education. Moore holds an Ed.D. in Higher Education Leadership from Nova Southeastern University. He earned an M.Ed. in Educational Policy, Research, and Administration from University of Massachusetts at Amherst, and a B.A. in Politics and History from Curry College.

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

John Allen Groulx

John Allen Groulx

Vice President for Finance

757.455.5707
jgroulx@vwu.edu

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

He joined VWU following 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.

Kelly Roenker Cordova

Kelly Roenker Cordova

Chief of Staff to the President

757.455.3366
kcordova@vwu.edu

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 VWU Center 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 Virginia Wesleyan, 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 VWU and 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.

Heather Campbell

Heather Campbell

Vice President for Enrollment

757.455.3208
hmcampbell@vwu.edu

Heather Campbell oversees the David Kaufman Center for Enrollment that has produced the largest enrollment in the University's history. She holds a B.A. from Virginia Wesleyan University in Recreation and Leisure Studies and Master of Education in Higher Education Administration from Northeastern University.

Prior to Virginia Wesleyan, Campbell 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 VWU in 2015, serving as an Enrollment Counselor and then Director of Undergraduate Enrollment.

Heather and her daughter Sutton reside in Norfolk. 

Andrea Hoover-Erbig

Andrea Hoover-Erbig

Executive Director for Intercollegiate Athletics

757.455.5723
ahoover@vwu.edu

Andrea Hoover-Erbig is the Executive Director for Intercollegiate Athletics at Virginia Wesleyan University. She holds a Bachelor of Science in Education from Slippery Rock University and a Master of Arts from Marietta College. Prior to her current role, Hoover-Erbig served as Head Volleyball Coach, Academic Integration Coordinator and Senior Woman Administrator at Virginia Wesleyan. While earning her master's degree, she served as Assistant Volleyball Coach at Marietta.

She is married to Chris Erbig, and they have four children: Alex, Peyton and twins Sam and Sophie .