Kelly Cordova

Kelly Roenker Cordova returns to the Office of the President as Executive Assistant to the President. Cordova brings to the position a deep understanding of executive leadership and administration, having directly supported the Senior Vice President and the President during the last five years. In those roles she has had instrumental involvement in communications, alumni relations, donor relations and special events.

Prior to her arrival at Virginia Wesleyan in 2015, 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 daughter Alexandra.