Office Administration
Contact the Office of the Provost
Academic Affairs/Office of the Provost
Dr. Katherina Pattit, Provost
Email: scsuprovost@stcloudstate.edu
Phone: (320) 308-3143
Administrative Services 209
St. Cloud State University
720 Fourth Avenue South
St. Cloud, MN 56301
Meet the Provost
Dr. Katherina Pattit
Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs
Katherina Pattit is the Chief Academic Officer responsible for advancing the scholarly life of the university. She works with deans, faculty, and staff, develops and administers academic policies, helps establish academic priorities, oversees the curriculum, encourages faculty and student research, supervises academic support and enrollment services, and assures compliance with system, state, regional, and federal academic and educational policies.
Phone: (320) 308-3143
Email: scsuprovost@stcloudstate.edu
Academic Affairs Staff
Mackenzi Brophy
- Executive Assistant
(320) 308-2286 | 209 Administrative Services
mackenzi.brophy@stcloudstate.edu
Mackenzi Brophy is a resourceful communications and media professional with extensive experience in executive support, including calendaring, communications, and large-scale event planning. She provides direct assistance to the Provost and Associate Vice President for Academic Affairs, managing responsibilities such as Provost Council coordination, internal and external communications, scheduling, and special projects.
Brandon Johnson
- Associate Vice President for Academic Operations and Resources
Brandon Johnson provides strategic leadership on matters relating to financial and operational strategy, planning, and budget in Academic Affairs. He develops financial systems, models, and tools that facilitate meeting divisional goals while assuring long-term sustainability. Brandon collaborates with our academic deans to foster alignment with institutional priorities; he designs academic resource policies and operational procedures. Brandon leads the development of strategic and innovative solutions to administrative challenges that rise to the level of the Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs.
Michele Mumm
- Associate Provost for Institutional Effectiveness and Academic Quality
Michele Mumm provides leadership for the University in matters relating to academic program quality, institutional effectiveness, and accreditation. She is responsible for fostering a university-wide culture of continuous improvement through robust assessment. Michele leads the development and implementation of institutional and programmatic policies, strategies, and processes to ensure ongoing development and improvement of our high quality, market-relevant, and distinctive academic curricular and co-curricular programs. Michele serves as the University’s Higher Learning Commission (HLC) Accreditation Liaison Officer (ALO) and as the accreditation liaison with the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities System.
Lisa Spethmann
- Budget Analyst
Lisa Spethmann analyzes and manages the fiscal operations for Academic Affairs and is responsible for providing oversight of operating budgets; managing the budget request, allocation, load, and maintenance processes; modeling financial impact of divisional initiatives; and using data to conduct fiscal and operational analyses across the division.
Allison Stevens
- Training and Operations Lead
Allison Stevens provides leadership for office operational management, process development and effectiveness, and project management and support for the Provost’s Office. She also leads engaging the network of Office Administrative Specialists throughout the Division of Academic Affairs through training and development, community building and process management and improvement.