Steering Committee & Working Groups

The steering committee and working groups are based on the seven key priorities and are composed of students, faculty, and staff from around campus.

Steering committee members

  • Academic Excellence—Carla Koretsky, Bruce Ferrin, Sarah Summy
  • Community Building —Regena Nelson, Alexis Morris, Derondal Bevly, Lisa Garcia
  • Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion —Ciji Heiser, Melissa Holman, Luchara Wallace, Ronicka Hamilton 
  • Internationalization—Matthew Mingus, William McQuitty
  • Research and Creative Scholarship—Lori Wingate, Kristhyna Fermin
  • Sustainability —Bob Brady
  • Well-being—Shannon Rininger

Working groups members

The Academic Excellence sub-committee and working group is made up of the following individuals:

Sub-committee co-chairs

Bruce Ferrin

Carla Koretsky

Julie Garrison

Working Group Members

Carla Adkison-Johnson

Kim Ballard

Andrea Beach

Matt Cavalli

Bipin Chhetri

Laura Ciccantell

Katie Easley

Joe  Erskine

Linda Hanson

Amy Heath

Anthony Helms

Greg Howard

Steve Kaczmarek

Lauron Kehrer

Ann Miles

Leah Omilion-Hodges

Randy Ott

David Rudge

Tammi Smith

Matt Strock

Riley Sullivan

Sarah Summy

Gwen Tarbox

Laura Teichert

Jay Treiman

  • The Community Building sub-committee and working group is made up of the following individuals:

    Sub-committee co-chairs

    Ed Martini

    Regena Nelson

    Members

    Linda Walker

    Nicole Millar Albee

    Hayley Knowles

    Tammy Morgan

    Kate Bates

    Julia Kuntz

    Hardy Figueroa

    Cheryl Frommann

    Geralyn Heystek

    Diana Hernandez

    Jeff Winkler

    Evan Heiser

    Dipti Ade

    Bryan Abendschein

    Jeff Long

    Scot Conant

    Laura Darrah

    Amy Routhier

    Becky Huntley

    Bradley Bazuin

    Marianne Swierenga

    Carrie Cumming

    Erin Flynn

    Marcia Fetters

    Patrick Kozdron

    Chris Sligh

    Sara Volmering

    Carol Bale

    Jen Johnson

    Emma Waker

    Hasin Khan

    Kirsten Sluyter

    Warren Hills

    Jennifer Townsend

    Amy Degner-Petillon

    Deveta Gardner

    Joanne Roehm

    Alexis Morris

    Lisa Garcia

    DeRondal  Bevly

    Mary Land

    Kevin West

    David Birkam 

The Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion sub-committee and working group is made up of the following individuals:

Sub-committee co-chairs

Jhauncey Jacobs

Nate Nguyen

Members

Keith Hearit

Lofty Durham

Toni Woolfork-Barnes

Scott Verduzco

Michael Smith

Christopher Hodshire

Lisah Crall

Deunique Dorris

Reetha Raveendran

Udaya Wagle

Kate Langan

Alyssa Moon

Jessica Hermann-Wilmarth

Selena Protacio

Kathryn Docherty

Megan Grunert Kowalske

Elizabeth Isidro

Dave Paul

Jill Rowe

Vun Doubblestein

Kourtney Bakalyar

Gwen Bostic

Staci Perryman-Clark

Ciji Heiser

Melissa Holman

Luchara Wallace

Ronicka  Hamilton

Charles Poole

The Internationalization sub-committee and working group is made up of the following individuals:

Sub-committee co-chairs

Irma Lopez

Paulo Zagalo-Melo

Members

William McQuitty

David  Huffman

Imma James

Wayne Bond

Anne Copeland

Sara Decker

Brad Dennis

Shannon McMorrow

Wendy Swalla

Yvonne Zhang

Frederick MacDonald

Pablo Pastrana

Eric Archer

Cristine Thomas

Steve Covell

Ewa Urban

Matthew Mingus

Mioara  Diacono

Martha Councell-Vargas 

The Research and Creative Scholarship sub-committee and working group is made up of the following individuals:

Sub-committee co-chairs

Lori  Wingate

Ming  Li

Members

Andre Venter

Kristina Lemmer

Zeljka Vidic

Haley Summerfield

Sally Hadden

Shameek Bhattacharjee

Kelsey Paschich

Jennifer Harrison

Timothy Michael

Jeremy Duncan

Upul Attanayake

John Spitsbergen

Michael Famiano

Greg Ostroy

Matt Reeves

Susan Piazza

Mike Elwell

Kristhyna Fermin

The Sustainability sub-committee and working group is made up of the following individuals:

Sub-committee co-chairs

Denise Keele

Jeff Spoelstra

Members

John Rozofsky

Janice Quakenbush

Gillian Bolt

Geri Rinna

Steve Bertman

Paige Upchurch

Haley Fleck

Tate Wierda

Jef Fisher

John Miller

Tony Hendrix

Maarten Vonhof

Tim Palmer

Cathe Springsteen

David Prellwitz

Rich McMullen

DeVon Miller

Juan Lopez

Bob Brady

Carly Hagins

Cindy Hetrick

Neil Drobny

The Well-being sub-committee and working group is made up of the following individuals:

Sub-committee co-chairs

Nathifa Sligh

Cari Robertson

Members

Amy Seth

Theresa Fletcher

Nicole Kalmbach

Ann McNees

Mark Broeckel

Joanne Beverage

Jeremy Blair

Ashley Dittmar

Kerrie Harvey

Julie Carr

Kristal Ehrhardt

Amanda Geer

Julia Trowbridge

Pam Sward

Chris Voss

Stephanie Radant

Brian Fuller

Adrienne Fraaza

Karen Schieman

Clara Davis

Angela Feltner

Shannon Rininger

Elizabeth Terrel

Allison Haan

Amy Moran