Office of Finance & Facilities
The Office of Finance & Facilities has responsibility for Facilities Management, the Business Office and the financial, legal and contractual operations of the university.
Click here to read specific responsibilities of the Finance and Facilities staff. Contact information is below.
Denise Brown-Cornelius
Vice President for Finance & Administration
dbrowncornelius@bellarmine.edu
502.272.8261
Denise Brown-Cornelius was appointed the Vice President for Finance & Administration
in October 2023. In this role she serves as the university’s Chief Financial Officer
and provides oversight to the departments of finance, purchasing, student accounts,
mail & printing services and facilities management.
Prior to her appointment as the Vice President, Ms. Brown-Cornelius was the Interim
Vice President and Associate Vice President for Business Affairs, holding the latter
position since 2007, with direct responsibilities for the areas of accounts payable,
student accounts, purchasing, payroll, mail & printing services and facilities management.
Ms. Brown-Cornelius is a Certified Public Accountant with an accounting degree from
Bellarmine and a juris doctorate from the University of Louisville Brandeis School
of Law. Outside of her role in Business Affairs, Ms. Brown-Cornelius serves as an
instructor with Bellarmine’s Financial Planner certificate program and serves on the
Board of Highlands Court, Inc., in addition, to having served on the boards for the
AIKCU Business Officers and Kentucky’s Society of Certified Public Accountants. She
has also completed the National Association of College and University Business Officers’
Fellows Program which prepares senior leaders in business affairs to be successful
chief business officers.
Finance & Facilities
- Denise Brown-Cornelius, Vice President for Finance & Facilities – 502.272.8261 (email)
- Robin Giles, Senior Administrative Assistant – 502.272.8263 (email)
Facilities Management
- Brian Pfaadt, Director of Facilities – 502.272.8117 (email)
Mail and Printing Services
- John Kissel, Manager - Mail, Printing and Vending – 502.272.8126 (email)
Business Office consists of the following departments
Finance
- Patrick Coons, Contract and Risk Management Specialist – 502.272.8056 (email)
- Sheri Crabtree, Payroll Accountant – 502.272.8260 (email)
- Teresa Moore, Accounts Receivable – 502.272.8130 (email)
- Tracey Cox, Controller – 502.272.8268 (email)
- Valerie Smallwood, Staff Accountant I – 502.272.7107 (email)
- Kathleen Burns, Budgets and Grants Manager – 502.272.7108 (email)
- Holly Kissel, Staff Accountant – 502.272.8475 (email
- Cash Brainer, Staff Accountant – 502.272.8262 (email)
Purchasing and Accounts Payable
Additional Purchasing and Accounts Payable Office information.
- Sherry Pile, Senior Purchasing Specialist – 502.272.8056 (email)
- Ian Barry, Purchasing Assistant – 502.272.8121 (email)
- Debbie Fowler, Accounts Payable Clerk – 502.272.8056 (email)
Office of Student Accounts
Additional Office of Student Accounts information.