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US nonprofit · EIN 620475697 · Sewanee, TNiSource and licenceOrganisation record IRS Exempt Organizations Business Master File (EIN 620475697) - NTEE activity code, address.Board and officers IRS Form 990 annual filings, Part VII (directors, trustees, officers, key employees), read year by year to observe time served.Latest return IRS Form 990 series e-file data - 990 for the year to 30 June 2025: assets, liabilities, staff, website, telephone, pay, related organisations (Schedule R).Renewal outlook Computed by Governance Register from the observed filing history and filed revenue. Not a statement that the organisation is recruiting.Principal officer IRS Form 990-N (e-Postcard) - principal officer named for tax year 2021.Deductibility IRS Publication 78 data (code PC), downloaded 18 October 2026.State registers Colorado Secretary of State (17 October 2026).Licence US Federal Government public domain.How we handle data

University of the South's network

40 people14 organisationsi40 people and 14 organisations on this map.The large node is the subject of this page. Solid lines are what the register itself records (40). Violet dotted lines (14) are likely: the same full name sits on the current board of another organisation in the same register and region. Form 990 filings give names without a person identifier; SEC insider filings carry a CIK. It may be a different person.

The board

170 listediTime on the board is observed from the annual filings: the IRS files no appointment date, so the bar counts years from the first filing the person appears on - a lower bound, not a filed start date. Names are exactly as filed. The IRS publishes no person identifier, so this edition does not yet link a person across organisations in the tables. The network map shows same-name matches as likely links only, never as confirmed.Time served and departures are observed across annual filings. Observed time served is a lower bound - a member may have joined before the first year on record. The organisation reported 143 voting members of its governing body on its latest Form 990 Part VI; we list 170 in Part VII (Part VII does not always name every voting member).
NameRole as filedSinceOn the board
Abby ColeBoard Member2020
6 yrs
Allen PetitBoard Member2022
4 yrs
Amanda MoranBoard Member2022
4 yrs
Amber Singleton CamiulBoard Member2021
5 yrs
Andrew CarterBoard Member2019
7 yrs
Anna GrahamBoard Member2022
4 yrs
Ashley CusackBoard Member2023
3 yrs
Ashley SimpsonBoard Member2023
3 yrs
Asitha SandanayakeBoard Member2023
3 yrs
Betsy CoxBoard Member2023
3 yrs
Bill GageBoard Member2020
6 yrs
Bill Stiefel Jr (also filed as Bill Stiefel)Board Member2018
8 yrs
Bradley DrellBoard Member2021
5 yrs
Brent TateBoard Member2023
3 yrs
Brian L Cole (also filed as Brian Cole)Board Member2018
8 yrs
Brian Richard Seage (also filed as Brian R Seage)Board Member2018
8 yrs
C Andrew DoyleBoard Member2018
8 yrs
Canon Christian BradyBoard Member2021
5 yrs
Canon Doris WestfallBoard Member2021
5 yrs
Canon Walter BrownridgeBoard Member2023
3 yrs
Carlton WhiteBoard Member2023
3 yrs
Carmen GerminoBoard Member2021
5 yrs
Carol TitusBoard Member2020
6 yrs
Catherine FosterBoard Member2022
4 yrs
Chalankis BrownBoard Member2022
4 yrs
Charles L WhiteBoard Member2023
3 yrs
Christopher BrightBoard Member2021
5 yrs
Christopher V Sturgeon (also filed as Chris Sturgeon)Board Member2018
8 yrs
Clifford AtheyBoard Member2021
5 yrs
Cynthia Phelps-Streit (also filed as Cindy Phelps-Streit)Board Member2020
6 yrs
Dallas J GinglesBoard Member2021
5 yrs
Dalton LyonBoard Member2020
6 yrs
Daniel P RichardsBoard Member2021
5 yrs
David BaleBoard Member2019
7 yrs
David BoydBoard Member2023
3 yrs
David Bruce JohnsonBoard Member2019
7 yrs
David M Goldberg (also filed as David Goldberg)Board Member2020
6 yrs
David M Sanders (also filed as David Sanders)Board Member2019
7 yrs
David Mitchell Reed (also filed as David M Reed, David Reed)Board Member2018
8 yrs
Debra WilsonBoard Member2023
3 yrs
Deon K Johnson (also filed as Deon Johnson)Board Member2020
6 yrs
Don WF RodgersBoard Member2021
5 yrs
Donna MoteBoard Member2023
3 yrs
Douglas ScharfBoard Member2023
3 yrs
Drew A Broach (also filed as Drew Broach)Board Member2018
8 yrs
Emmanuel BessayBoard Member2022
4 yrs
Eric StevensonBoard Member2020
6 yrs
Felysha JenkinsBoard Member2023
3 yrs
Frances L Webster (also filed as Frances Webster)Board Member2020
6 yrs
Frances LaddBoard Member2022
4 yrs
Frank Sullivan Logue (also filed as Frank Logue)Board Member2020
6 yrs
Fred Rhodes JrBoard Member2023
3 yrs
Gene B ManningBoard Member2020
6 yrs
George B Williamson (also filed as George Williamson)Board Member2018
8 yrs
George Gunther Clarke Jr (also filed as George Clarke, George G Clarke Jr)Board Member2018
8 yrs
George R Sumner Jr (also filed as George R Sumner)Board Member2018
8 yrs
Glenda S CurryBoard Member2021
5 yrs
Gregory A Hearing (also filed as Gregory Hearing)Board Member2018
8 yrs
Gregory O BrewerBoard Member2018
8 yrs
Gretchen M RehbergBoard Member2021
5 yrs
H E Miller Jr (also filed as H E Miller)Board Member2018
8 yrs
Harriet CousinsBoard Member2023
3 yrs
Harris PowersBoard Member2022
4 yrs
Henry SetserBoard Member2022
4 yrs
Hilary JarvisBoard Member2019
7 yrs
J Scott MayerBoard Member2018
8 yrs
Jackson Byron GreeneBoard Member2019
7 yrs
Jacob W OwensbyBoard Member2018
8 yrs
James Donald Folds Jr (also filed as James Folds, James Folds Jr)Board Member2018
8 yrs
James Russell Kendrick (also filed as J Russell Kendrick)Board Member2018
8 yrs
Jay FisherSecretary of the Board2023
3 yrs
Jeffery PatenaudeBoard Member2019
7 yrs
Jennifer Brooke-DavidsonBoard Member2018
8 yrs
Jennifer StaatsBoard Member2023
3 yrs
Jessica C OsakiBoard Member2021
5 yrs
Johanna Oliver RousseauxBoard Member2021
5 yrs
John BuckleyBoard Member2023
3 yrs
John C Bauerschmidt (also filed as John Bauerschmidt)Board Member2018
8 yrs
John R Lauless (also filed as Jack Lauless)Board Member2018
8 yrs
Jose A McLoughlinBoard Member2018
8 yrs
Joseph B Mays JrBoard Member2019
7 yrs
Julia M GattaBoard Member2020
6 yrs
Julie CurdBoard Member2023
3 yrs
Kathryn M RyanBoard Member2020
6 yrs
Katie C PearsonBoard Member2020
6 yrs
Kirby L Colson (also filed as Kirby Colson)Board Member2018
8 yrs
Kristen E PaulBoard Member2022
4 yrs
Kristine Laudadio DevineBoard Member2020
6 yrs
Larry R BenfieldBoard Member2018
8 yrs
Laura MarshallBoard Member2023
3 yrs
Lenore AdediranBoard Member2021
5 yrs
Leslie NewmanBoard Member2018
8 yrs
Lori RannerBoard Member2022
4 yrs
Lucy Lacey ShackelfordBoard Member2020
6 yrs
Mac JeffersonBoard Member2021
5 yrs
Mallory L DimmittBoard Member2020
6 yrs
Marc AndrusBoard Member2023
3 yrs
Marcel Lettre II (also filed as Marcel Lettre)Board Member2021
5 yrs
Marguerite LloydBoard Member2023
3 yrs
Mark Van KoeveringBoard Member2021
5 yrs
Marti DalbyBoard Member2022
4 yrs
Mary Alice MathisonBoard Member2021
5 yrs
Mary Claire MurphyBoard Member2023
3 yrs
Maryetta M AnschutzBoard Member2021
5 yrs
Matthew FarrBoard Member2020
6 yrs
Michael BordelonBoard Member2022
4 yrs
Michael EdgeBoard Member2023
3 yrs
Michael G Smith (also filed as Michael Smith)Board Member2019
7 yrs
Michael GoldsmithBoard Member2021
5 yrs
Michael Kirk BattleBoard Member2021
5 yrs
Michael ReevesBoard Member2021
5 yrs
Miranda CullyBoard Member2020
6 yrs
Molly DougallBoard Member2018
8 yrs
Molly HoldemanBoard Member2022
4 yrs
Molly NaborsBoard Member2021
5 yrs
Nancy WardBoard Member2023
3 yrs
Neil L PruittBoard Member2023
3 yrs
Neil RamanBoard Member2023
3 yrs
Nick FunkBoard Member2022
4 yrs
Nikki MathisBoard Member2018
8 yrs
OB Grayson HallBoard Member2023
3 yrs
Paige FisherBoard Member2022
4 yrs
Perrin DarganBoard Member2022
4 yrs
Peter D Eaton (also filed as Peter Eaton)Board Member2018
8 yrs
Phoebe A Roaf (also filed as Phoebe Roaf)Board Member2019
7 yrs
Polly H Robb (also filed as Polly Robb)Board Member2018
8 yrs
Pratham SinghalBoard Member2022
4 yrs
Raj SivananthanBoard Member2022
4 yrs
Randy Poitevent DefoorBoard Member2021
5 yrs
Rayford HighBoard Member2021
5 yrs
Rayid GhaniBoard Member2018
8 yrs
Renia R DotsonBoard Member2019
7 yrs
Richard AmmonsBoard Member2022
4 yrs
Robert B CrowBoard Member2023
3 yrs
Robert B WoodBoard Member2023
3 yrs
Robert BeazleyBoard Member2021
5 yrs
Robert C Wright (also filed as Robert Wright)Board Member2018
8 yrs
Robert E Bachman (also filed as Robert Bachman)Board Member2018
8 yrs
Robert FowlerBoard Member2020
6 yrs
Robert HustedBoard Member2023
3 yrs
Robert PearigenBoard Member2023
3 yrs
Robert S Skirving (also filed as Rob Skirving, Robert Skirving)Board Member2018
8 yrs
Robin A ReedBoard Member2023
3 yrs
Robin RotmanBoard Member2023
3 yrs
Rondal RichardsonBoard Member2020
6 yrs
Ruth M Woodliff-StanleyBoard Member2022
4 yrs
Ruth Sanchez ImizcozBoard Member2020
6 yrs
Ryan CurrieBoard Member2022
4 yrs
Samuel Johnson HowardBoard Member2018
8 yrs
Samuel RegoniniBoard Member2022
4 yrs
Samuel S Rodman III (also filed as Samuel Rodman)Board Member2018
8 yrs
Sandy GuitarBoard Member2023
3 yrs
Scott BagleyBoard Member2021
5 yrs
Shannon Rogers DuckworthBoard Member2023
3 yrs
Stephen SpicerBoard Member2023
3 yrs
Steve DearBoard Member2023
3 yrs
Susan GriffithBoard Member2022
4 yrs
Suzanne L CateBoard Member2021
5 yrs
Tammy BreitbarthBoard Member2023
3 yrs
Tara BartalBoard Member2019
7 yrs
Terry Allen WhiteBoard Member2018
8 yrs
Thomas C Purdy (also filed as Tom Purdy)Board Member2019
7 yrs
Trippe CheekBoard Member2021
5 yrs
Val CrumptonBoard Member2018
8 yrs
W A Stringer (also filed as WA Stringer)Board Member2018
8 yrs
W R McCown (also filed as WR McCown)Board Member2021
5 yrs
Whit DavisBoard Member2023
3 yrs
William CampbellBoard Member2018
8 yrs
William StokesBoard Member2022
4 yrs
Wm Andrew McLarty JrBoard Member2023
3 yrs
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Officers and senior leadership

36 listediNamed in Part VII as officers, key employees or highest-compensated staff - not board members, shown for completeness.
NameTitle as filedOn the filings
Alan RamirezDean of Admissionssince 2021
Alyssa SummersProfessorsince 2020
Betsy SandlinInterim Dean of the College2023
David ShippsVP Econ Devsince 2021
Deborah VaughnVP University Relationssince 2022
Donna PierceLegal Counsel2018
Earl WilliamsTreasurersince 2018
Eric HartmanVP Risk Assessmentsince 2018
Erica HowardDean of Studentssince 2021
Eugene PruntyProfessorsince 2018
Jay FisherVP of Advancementsince 2018
Jim TeurrellDean School of Theologysince 2021
Jim TurrellDean School of Theology2022
John M McCardell JrVice-Chancellor/Presidentsince 2018
John SwallowFormer Provost2018
Lee Ann BacklundFormer Dean of Admissionsince 2018
Lisa StephensonVice Provost for Student Successsince 2022
Lucy SingerLegal Counselsince 2019
Marquitte StarkeyGeneral Counselsince 2022
MarquittestarkeyGeneral Counsel2021
Nancy BernerProvostsince 2018
Neil AlexanderFormer Dean of School of Theologysince 2018
Nicole Noffsinger-FraizerAssoc VP Marketing2022
Parker OliverAssoc VP Marketing2021
Paul WileyAsst Provost Academic Svs/Inst Research2019
Reuben BrigetyVice Chancellor/Presidentsince 2020
Robert PearigenVice Chancellor/President2023
Sarah BoykinAsst VP2020
Scott WilsonVice Provostsince 2021
Sibby Anderson ThompkinsVice Provost for DEI2023
Terri WilliamsAssoc VP Advancement2019
Terry PapillonFormer Dean of the Collegesince 2018
Vicki SellsAssoc Provost ITsince 2018
William GentryDean of Studentssince 2018
William RegisterProfessor2023
Yasmeen MojiuddinProfessor2018

Pay and hours

year to 30 June 2025iFrom Part VII of the Form 990: compensation reported for each officer, director, trustee, key employee and highest-paid staff member, and the average hours a week they report. Most board members are unpaid; a blank means nothing was reported. Pay from related organisations is shown separately.
NameTitle as filedHours a weekPay from the organisationRelated organisationsOther
Robert PearigenVice Chancellor/President40$557k$71k
Nancy BernerFormer Vice Chancellor/President40$302k$51k
Earl WilliamsTreasurer thru June 30, 202540$266k$35k
Scott WilsonProvost40$263k$35k
Deborah VaughnFormer VP University Relations40$252k$33k
Marquitte StarkeyGeneral Counsel40$211k$27k
Alyssa SummersAssoc Professor40$202k$21k
Sibby Anderson ThompkinsVice President for Community Building and Connections40$200k$27k
David ShippsVP Econ Dev20$193k$44k
Betsy SandlinFormer Dean of the College40$191k$26k
Robert BachmanBoard Member2$152k$18k
Jay FisherSecretary40$123k$2k
Mishoe BrenneckeBoard Member40$107k$15k
Brent TateBoard Member40$101k$16k
Julie GattaBoard Member2$35k$4k
Steve DearBoard Member2$34k$5k
Abby ColeBoard Member2$0
Adam DawkinsBoard Member2$0
Andrew CarterBoard Member2$0
Andrew CroneBoard Member2$0
Andrew MoremanBoard Member2$0
Angela Maria CortinasBoard Member2$0
Anna GrahamBoard Member2$0
Ashley CusackBoard Member2$0
Ashley SimpsonBoard Member2$0
Asitha SandanayakeBoard Member2$0
B J SheltonBoard Member2$0
Betsy CoxBoard Member2$0
Brian JacksonBoard Member2$0
Brian L ColeBoard Member2$0
C Andrew DoyleBoard Member2$0
Doris WestfallBoard Member2$0
Walter BrownridgeBoard Member2$0
Carlton WhiteBoard Member2$0
Carmen GerminoBoard Member2$0
Chris SturgeonBoard Member2$0
Cindy Phelps StreitBoard Member2$0
Dalton LyonBoard Member2$0
Daniel ManuelBoard Member2$0
Daniel P RichardsBoard Member2$0

Colorado roster

94 listediOfficers, directors and trustees from the latest filing with the Colorado Secretary of State (document 20263017127). Titles are as filed; some entries are registered agents or custodians of records rather than board members. Source: data.colorado.gov, public domain.
NameTitle as filed
Jack LaulessBoard Member
Isabelle Love
Jacob OwensbyBoard Member
Bill GageBoard Member
Brent TateBoard Member
Anna GrahamBoard Member
Brian SeageBoard Member
Donna MoteBoard Member
John BauerschmidtBoard Member
Betsy CoxBoard Member
Robert BachmanBoard Member
David ShippsVP Econ Dev
John BuckleyBoard Member
Hilary JarvisBoard Member
Eric StevensonBoard Member
Bill Stiefel JrBoard Member
Drew BroachBoard Member
Deon JohnsonBoard Member
Isabelle LoveTreasurer & CFO
David SandersBoard Member
Amber Singleton CamiulBoard Member
Lisa StephensonVice Provost for Student Success
J Scott MayerBoard Member
C. Andrew DoyleBoard Member
George Clarke JrBoard Member
Dallas GinglesBoard Member
Clifford AtheyBoard Member
Frances WebsterBoard Member
Rob PearigenVice Chancellor
Jessica OsakiBoard Member
Harris PowersBoard Member
Gene ManningBoard Member
Scott WilsonProvost
Brian ColeBoard Member
Amanda MoranBoard Member
Allen PetitBoard Member
H E Miller JrBoard Member
Ashley SimpsonBoard Member
Daniel RichardsBoard Member
Carol TitusBoard Member
Gretchen RehbergBoard Member
Christopher BrightBoard Member
David ReedBoard Member
Jeffery PatenaudeBoard Member
Andrew CarterBoard Member
Catherine FosterBoard Member
Felysha JenkinsBoard Member
J Russell KendrickBoard Member
Charles WhiteBoard Member
Jennifer StaatsBoard Member
Marquette StarkeyVP & General Counsel
Alyssa SummersAssoc Professor
Carmen GerminoBoard Member
Canon Christian BradyBoard Member
Frank Sullivan LogueBoard Member
Johanna Oliver RousseauxBoard Member
Frances LaddBoard Member
Cynthia Phelps-StreitBoard Member
Carlton WhiteBoard Member
David BaleBoard Member
Jennifer Brooke-DavidsonBoard Member
Dalton LyonBoard Member
William RegisterProfessor
David BoydBoard Member
Bradley DrellBoard Member
Douglas ScharfBoard Member
David Bruce JohnsonBoard Member
Asitha SandanayakeBoard Member
George HearingBoard Member
Glenda CurryBoard Member
Debra WilsonBoard Member
Chris SturgeonBoard Member
Ruth Sanchez ImizcozBoard Member
David GoldbergBoard Member
Harriet CousinsBoard Member
Abby ColeBoard Member
George WilliamsonBoard Member
Chalankis BrownBoard Member
Emmanuel BessayBoard Member
Henry SetserBoard Member

The first 80 of 94 are shown.

About

Legal name
University of the South
EIN
620475697
Address
735 University Ave, Sewanee, TN, 37383-2000
State
Tennessee
Mission
The College of Arts and Sciences is committed to the development of the whole person through a liberal arts education of the highest quality. The School of Theology educates women and men to serve the broad whole of the Episcopal Church in ordained and lay vocations. (as filed on the Form 990)
Activity (NTEE)
B99 Education
IRS classification
501(c)03 (tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) where shown)
Classified purpose
Education
Size band
9 (IRS master file code)
Formed
1858
Principal officer
Robert W Pearigen (as named on the Form 990)
IRS ruling date
1 February 1947
Status
Code 01 (unconditional exemption)
Form 990 filings on record
6, latest 2023
IRS Publication 78
PC (contributions deductible)

Most connected

Longest observed on the filings

≥8years on the filingsBill Stiefel Jr
≥8years on the filingsBrian L Cole
≥8years on the filingsBrian Richard Seage
≥8years on the filingsC Andrew Doyle

Latest return

year to 30 June 2025iFigures from the newest Form 990 or 990-EZ in the IRS e-file releases of 2025 and 2026, for the year ending 30 June 2025. US dollars, as filed.
Total assets
$882.4m
Total liabilities
$97.3m
Net assets or fund balances
$785.1m
Contributions and grants received
$20.4m
Program service revenue
$146.7m
Grants and similar paid out
$59.4m
Employees
2,150
Volunteers
1,000

State registration

2 entitiesiBusiness-entity registers published by US states. These records are matched to this organisation by name and state, not by EIN, and are labelled as likely matches. Street addresses are not shown.
The University of the South likely matchiMatched by exact name and state (and ZIP where shown). State registers do not publish EINs, so this is not a confirmed match. Source: Colorado Secretary of State (CDOS), business entities (data.colorado.gov 4ykn-tg5h). Licence: public domain. Data last fetched 18 October 2026.
State
Colorado
Entity type
nonprofit corporation
Status
Good Standing
Formed
10 December 2013
Registered agent
Corporate Creations Network Inc. (city and state not held)

This register does not publish officers or directors.

The University Of The South likely matchiMatched by exact name and state (and ZIP where shown). State registers do not publish EINs, so this is not a confirmed match. Source: Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts, entity data (data.texas.gov 9cir-efmm). Licence not stated. Data last fetched 18 October 2026.
State
Texas
Status
Not stated
Formed
Not stated
Registered agent
Not stated

This register does not publish officers or directors.