Ms. Gustavson is the Vice President for Finance and Administration. She is responsible for investments, accounting, administrative services, auxiliary operations, physical plant operations and information technology management. She has been in her current position since 1985. She served previously as Director of Planning and Management Information Systems.

She earned her MBA from the University of Arkansas and received her bachelor’s in zoology from the University of Connecticut where she was a member of Phi Beta Kappa.

Ms. Gustavson is a past president and board member of the Arkansas Association of College and University Business Officers and the Southern Association of College and University Business Offices. She is also a past board member/chair of the program committee for the National Association of College and University Business Officers, past board member of Siloam Springs Chamber of Commerce and Board Member of Siloam Springs Memorial Hospital. She is currently a board member of chief financial officers of the Council for Christian Colleges and Universities and a board member of the Association of Business Administrators of Christian Colleges.

Her husband, Bob, is a professor in the health science division and the head coach for men's soccer. They have three children, Kristin, Kelly and Kevin and two grandchildren.