Dean of the Faculty

Tara Natarajan

Krebs Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs
Dean of the Faculty
tnatarajan@lakeforest.edu
847-735-5038

Chief Academic Officer

Mary Ellen Carroll

Assistant Vice President for Academic Success
mcarroll@lakeforest.edu
847-735-5227

• Supervises the Center for Academic Success

Carla Arnell

Associate Dean of the Faculty
Director of the Office of Faculty Development
Professor of English
arnell@lakeforest.edu
847-735-5272

• Director of the Office of Faculty Development
• Assessment oversight

Matthew Kelley

Associate Dean of the Faculty
Professor of Psychology
kelley@lakeforest.edu
847-735-5262

• Global Engagement Office (GEO)
• Center for Chicago Programs
• Summer Programs

Fran Pease

Assistant Dean of the Faculty for Operations 
pease@lakeforest.edu 
847-735-5021

• Coordinator of faculty affairs including hiring searches, department reviews and the College Catalog
• Budget management and expense reimbursement
• Director of Commencement

Ravi Agarwal

Chief Information Officer
agarwal@lakeforest.edu
847-735-5055

Christina Lounsbury

Executive Assistant
Krebs Provost & Dean of the Faculty Office
clounsbury@lakeforest.edu
847-735-6002