President’s Council
W. Taylor Reveley IV
President
W. Taylor Reveley, IV became the 26th president of Longwood University in 2013. A scholar of the U.S. presidency, he previously served as the managing director of the University of Virginia’s Miller Center, a leading nonpartisan institute, and as the coordinating attorney for the National War Powers Commission, co-chaired by U.S. Secretaries of State James Baker and Warren Christopher. He began his career as an attorney with Hunton & Williams. Full Bio
Larissa M. Smith
Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs
Larissa M. Smith is the University’s Provost and Vice President of Academic Affairs. In this role, she is chief academic officer and is responsible for Longwood’s five academic colleges, Greenwood Library, academic programs, and outreach centers.
Smith has been at Longwood since 2000. As a professor of history, she specializes in 20th century African-American history, history of the U.S. South, and Virginia history. She serves as university liaison to the Moton Museum, Virginia's only civil rights National Historical Landmark, located in Farmville. She also was the lead historical consultant for the museum’s award-winning exhibit “The Moton School Story: Children of Courage,” which opened in April 2013, and authored the exhibit guide.
Prior to becoming Provost, Dr. Smith served as Associate Provost for Outreach and Initiatives, in which she worked closely with the Longwood Center for the Visual Arts, the Moton Museum, and Hull Springs. From 2014-2016, she served as vice-chair of the Academic Core Curriculum Committee, which led the development of Longwood’s new general education curriculum, called Civitae. She also chaired Longwood’s Faculty Senate from 2010-2013. She holds an undergraduate degree from the University of Virginia and an M.A. and Ph.D from Emory University.
Jennifer Green
Vice President for Strategic Operations
Jennifer Green serves as the Vice President for Strategic Operations at Longwood University. In her role, she oversees the university's initiatives to recruit and enroll undergraduate students, enhance retention and graduation rates, engage with alumni, and lead university marketing, communications, and technology efforts.
Joining Longwood University in 2012, Jennifer served as the Associate Vice President for Enrollment and Student Success. Prior to coming to Longwood she held various key positions in student affairs, assessment and enrollment management where she lead the business intelligence efforts. She is the recipient of Old Dominion University’s Community Service Award and Town and Gown Award. She was promoted to her current position in 2024.
Jennifer earned her bachelor’s degree in business administration at the University of Arizona, her master’s in educational leadership from Northern Arizona University, and holds a Ph.D. in higher education from Old Dominion University.
Tim Hall
Director of Athletics
Tim Hall came to Longwood as Director of Athletics in August, 2022 following 15 years as a Division I AD, and broad-ranging service at the NCAA and conference levels.
Previously AD at Southern Illinois-Edwardsville, University of Maryland-Baltimore County (UMBC) and the University of Missouri-Kansas City, Hall has served as chair of the Joint Council of Athletics Directors for the Ohio Valley Conference, America East Conference and Summit League. He has deep experience working with university-wide partners and a strong track record of supporting student-athlete academic success.
In 2011, Tim was appointed as a member, and later chair, of the NCAA Committee on Women’s Athletics. During his tenure at UMBC, the university opened a $90-million arena and made history in 2018 as the first 16-seed ever to beat a #1 seed in the NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament, defeating the University of Virginia 74-54.
Courtney Hodges
Vice President for Institutional Advancement
Courtney Hodges is the University’s Vice President for Institutional Advancement, overseeing Longwood’s work in philanthropic fundraising, government relations, and event services.
She has served as a gift officer at Longwood for more than a decade, including as a major gift officer during the University’s recently completed $41 million capital campaign. She was appointed to her current position in 2015. Prior to coming to Longwood, she worked for the United Way of Greater Richmond and Petersburg.
A graduate of Randolph-Macon Woman’s College, she also received a master’s degree in public administration from Virginia Commonwealth University.
Cameron O'Brion
General Counsel
Cameron O’Brion is University Counsel for Longwood University and Senior Assistant Attorney General for the Commonwealth of Virginia.
He provides legal advice and representation to the Board of Visitors, executive officers, administrators, faculty and staff. He also serves as an adjunct professor teaching a course in constitutional law. Prior to joining Longwood, he was an Assistant Attorney General for the Virginia Office of the Attorney General and worked in private practice. He began his role at Longwood in 2012.
He received a bachelor’s degree from Gettysburg College and J.D. from Georgetown University.
Matt McGregor
Vice President for Administration and Finance
Matt McGregor is Longwood University’s Vice President of Administration and Finance. In this role he provides leadership and oversight for campus planning and operations, environmental health and safety, fiscal operations, human resources, real estate foundation, small business development center, and auxiliary operations.
McGregor came to Longwood University in 2005 to oversee the opening of the Health & Fitness Center and the development of the Wellness Unit on campus. In 2020, he was appointed the incident commander for the campus response to Covid-19. He then moved to business operations, where he led cashiering and student accounts, accounting and financial reporting, materiel management, parking services and Lancer card services. In this role he was also the contract administrator for many of the major contracts/partnerships on campus.
Matthew McWilliams
University Spokesperson and Deputy to the President
Matthew McWilliams is the University Spokesperson and Deputy to the President, leading communications in the president’s office and overseeing a portfolio of strategic initiatives.
Prior to serving in the president’s office, Matthew was the assistant vice president for communications, working with departments and offices across campus to lead strategic communications, serving as public information officer for the University, and working with marketing staff on strategic priorities. Previously he worked as a newspaper journalist in the central Virginia region. He graduated from Hampden-Sydney College.
Cameron Patterson
Vice President for Student Affairs
Cameron Patterson ‘10 ‘17 is Longwood University’s Vice President for Student Affairs overseeing an area that includes student housing, student conduct & integrity, campus dining, campus recreation, title IX, student activities, multicultural affairs, counseling center, fraternity & sorority life, and campus police. He also serves as the Senior Partner for Strategic Initiatives at the Moton Museum, a National Historic Landmark affiliated with Longwood University.
He previously served as Executive Director of the Robert Russa Moton Museum. His work with the museum has led to increased staffing support, Moton’s expanded presence across the commonwealth, expanding a thriving partnership with Longwood University, increased programs, new partnerships with the National Park Service, expanding resources for young visitors, and currently an effort for the museum to obtain World Heritage status.
Cameron is actively involved in the local community and across the Commonwealth, supporting several different organizations and initiatives. Most recently, he was appointed by the Governor to serve as a member of the Virginia African American Advisory Board and Board of Directors for the New College Institute. He also serves as a member of the State Board of Directors for the Virginia Center for Inclusive Communities, Families Forward Virginia, Centra Southside Community Hospital, and the Farmville Planning Commission.
A Lynchburg, Virginia native, he graduated from Longwood University with a bachelor of science degree in history, and a master’s degree in counselor education.
Justin Pope
Vice President and Chief of Staff
Justin Pope is vice president and chief of staff to President Reveley, leading strategic initiatives and communications in the president’s office, as well as overseeing day-to-day operations.
Prior to coming to Longwood in 2013, Pope was one of the nation’s leading education journalists. From 2004-2013 he was a national higher education reporter for The Associated Press, where his work won awards from groups including the Education Writers Association, the AP Managing Editors Association, the Headliners Club and the United Nations. During the 2010-2011 academic year, he was a Knight-Wallace Journalism Fellow at the University of Michigan. He has served as a judge for the Education Writers Association national awards contest and is a member of EWA’s Community Member Advisory Board. He has written about higher education and other topics for publications including Atlantic.com, The Washington Post, The Chronicle of Higher Education, and MIT Technology Review.
A Richmond native, Pope received his bachelor’s degree summa cum laude in history from Princeton and received an M.Phil in Economic and Social History from Oxford, which he attended as the recipient of Princeton’s Daniel Sachs Scholarship. He is a member of the Sachs Scholarship executive committee.
