Middle States Accreditation

Dawn Francis, EdD – Associate Professor and Chair, Department of Communications (Co-Chair) 

Beverly Bryde, EdD – Professor, Education (Co-Chair) 

• Anne Schwelm – Library Director 
• Angela N. Campbell, PhD – Vice President of Mission, Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, and Student Engagement 
• Ronald W. Whitaker II, EdD – Assistant Professor, Education, Director of District and School Relations 
• Sister Christine Marie Baltas, MSC – Campus Ministry Associate 
• Thomas Conway, EdD – Associate Professor and Chair, Education 
• Raymond Ward, PhD – Director of The Wolfington Center 
• Carolyn Berenato, EdD – Chair Educational Specialist Department and Assistant Professor, Education 

David Madway – Instructor, Mathematics (Co-Chair) 

Melissa Terlecki, PhD – Associate Dean, School of Arts and Sciences (Co-Chair) 

• Chuck Colella – Director, Graduate Admissions 
• Ruta Clair, PsyD – Assistant Professor, Psychology 
• Trish Bradley – Director, Institutional Communications and Web Strategy 
• Lailah Dunbar – Director, Department of Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Belonging 
• Jackie Neary – Title IX Deputy, Field Hockey and Women’s Lacrosse Head Coach 
• Shana DeRosa – Director, Academic Advising 

Caroline Nielsen, PhD – Associate Professor, Biology (Co-Chair)  

• Amy Persichetti, EdD – Associate Professor and Chair, Writing and Narrative Arts   
• John Doyle, MA – Assistant Professor, Communication 
• MaryLou Denesowicz – Assistant to Dean, Arts and Sciences 
• Bridget A. O’Donnell – Director, Student Engagement and Leadership 
• Marita Hurst - Assistant Registrar 
• Bethany Van Brown, PhD – Assistant Professor, Sociology and Criminology 
• Alia Sheety, PhD – M.Ed. in Curriculum, Instruction, and Assessment Coordinator, Associate Professor, Graduate Education 
• Student Government Association Representative

Kimberly Boyd, PhD – Dean, Retention and Student Success (Co-Chair) 

Katie Farina, PhD – Associate Professor, Criminology (Co-Chair)

• Rebecca Steffy – Writing Center Coordinator 
• Anne Filippone, PhD – Dean, Student Engagement and Leadership, Co-Director, Nerney Leadership Institute 
• Valerie Sas – Associate Registrar 
• Mariana Cruz-Sanchez – Undergraduate Student

Courtney Smith, PhD – Professor, History and Political Science, Assistant Dean for the Core (Co-Chair) 

Colleen Lelli, EdD – Undergraduate PreK-4 w/Special Education Program Coordinator, Associate Professor, Education (Co-Chair) 

• Nancy Watterson, PhD – Professor, History and Political Science
• Matt Reid, PhD – Assistant Professor, Sociology and Criminology 
• Tyler Bond – Admissions Counselor 
• Amber Gentile, EdD – Middle-Level Program Coordinator, Assistant Professor, Education

Laura Chisholm, EdD – Executive Director, Development and Alumni Relations (Co-Chair)

Elizabeth Brenner, EdD – Director of Research, Academic Affairs (Co-Chair)

• James Cooper – Vice President of Finance and Administration 
• Gerry Donahue – Registrar 
• Patty Smith – Director of Facilities 
• Vinayak Mathur, PhD – Assistant Professor, Biology 

Sheryl Fuller-Espie, PhD, DIC – Professor, Biology (Co-Chair) 

• Molly Harty – Director, Marketing 
• Erin McLaughlin, PhD – Associate Dean, School of Business, Education, and Professional Studies 
• Jeanne Komp – Professor and Chair, Visual and Performing Arts 
• Nancy Ollinger – Director, Trustee Administration and Presidential Initiatives  
• Anton Shufutinsky, PhD, DHSc – Assistant Professor, Organization Development and Change
• Erin Gabriele – Director, Center for Career and Professional Development 

• Todd Matthews, PhD - Professor and Chair, Department of Leadership and Organization Development and Change 
• Michelle Filling-Brown, PhD - Associate Provost of Academic Affairs, Professor of English  
• Stephen Grieco, DMA – Assistant Professor of Music 
• Adam Altman, EdD – Electronic Resources and Systems Librarian  
• Sarah Alstrom - Graduate Assistant and Alumni