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<p>As a reminder, the link for the Open Forums and feedback surveys will be released in advance of each candidate visit. Questions for the Open Forum will be collected ahead of time and be asked of each candidate. If you have questions that you would like to ask the candidates, please send them to Donna Burley at <a href="mailto:presidentialsearch@monroecc.edu">presidentialsearch@monroecc.edu</a> by October 28th at 5 pm.</p>
<p>A hearty thank you to everyone involved in this very important process.</p>
<p><strong><em>Monroe Community College Presidential Search finalists:</em></strong></p>
<p><strong>DeAnna R. Burt-Nanna</strong></p>
<p>Dr. DeAnna R. Burt-Nanna has more than two decades of higher education leadership experience supporting students, faculty, and staff. Currently, she serves as the Vice President of Student and Academic Affairs for South Central College (Minnesota State).</p>
<p>Dr. Burt-Nanna has progressive leadership in campus and system roles as faculty, department chair, dean, system department coordinator, vice president and senior academic and student affairs officer on the presidents' cabinets in two- and four-year, union and non-union, public and private, multi-campus institutions and systems in two states. Her exemplary leadership has been pivotal to advancing key campus and system strategic priorities for student success, implementing operational efficiencies, and facilitating organizational culture change. She has also held various positions in business and industry, and maintains laser-like focus as an advocate for diversity, equity and inclusion, educational access and attainment, philanthropy, and workforce development at the local, state, and national levels.</p>
<p>Dr. Burt-Nanna is characterized as a visionary and authentic leader, an inspiration, systems-thinker, and woman of integrity. A 2020-2021 Aspen Presidential Fellow, 2019 Thomas Lakin Institute for Mentored Leadership Fellow and 2008-2009 ASHE/Lumina Dissertation Fellow, she studied abroad, has received a host of awards and recognitions, and speaks publicly in various personal and professional capacities.</p>
<p>Academically, Dr. Burt-Nanna holds a Doctor of Philosophy in Educational Leadership, Research and Technology, a Master of Business Administration, and a Bachelor of Business Administration in Computer Information Systems with minors in business and religion, each from Western Michigan University (Michigan).</p>
<p><strong>Shawna J. Forbes</strong></p>
<p>Dr. Shawna J. Forbes currently serves as a member of the esteemed faculty at Wayne County Community College District (WCCCD) in the discipline of Psychology and most recently served as the Vice Chancellor for the School of Continuing Education and Workforce Development.</p>
<p>During her time as the Vice Chancellor for the School of Continuing Education and Workforce Development, Dr. Forbes provided leadership for the implementation and execution of the District's Strategic Plan by providing quality programming and services throughout the District. Managing a budget of approximately $20 million, servicing more than 30,000 non-credit and credit students in short-term certificate programs, workforce trainings, grants/contracts management, and community outreach that was aligned with current and future trends. Dr. Forbes has served in several positions including Executive Associate Vice Chancellor of Instruction, Associate Dean of Career and Technical Programs, Assistant Dean for Transfer Programs, and Adjunct Faculty.</p>
<p>A native of Detroit Michigan, Dr. Forbes earned her Associate of Applied Science degree from WCCCD; a Bachelor of Business Administration from Detroit College of Business; Master of Arts in Clinical Psychology from University of Detroit-Mercy; and Doctorate of Philosophy in Higher Education from the University of Toledo.</p>
<p><strong>Ronald A. Milon</strong></p>
<p>Dr. Ronald A. Milon is the Chief Diversity Officer at the Fashion Institute of Technology and a member of the President's Cabinet. In this position, Dr. Milon provides leadership and vision for diversity and inclusion initiatives throughout the campus, ensuring that they align with the principals and goals of the college's Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Strategic Plan. Milon currently serves as co-chair of the college's Diversity Council and actively participated in the development of its strategic plan</p>
<p>Prior to his appointment as CDO in 2016, Ron served as associate vice president for Academic Affairs. In this role he worked closely with, faculty, and administration in areas as varied as budget and fiscal resources, facilities, personnel, and academic technology infrastructure. He also served as interim dean of FIT's Center for Continuing Education and Professional Studies.</p>
<p>Before his tenure at FIT, Dr. Milon worked at Bergen Community College, joining the administrative staff in July of 2008 as the Founding Director of Bergen Community College at the Meadowlands. Milon also served as Acting Vice President of Continuing Education and Community Outreach, where his responsibilities included workforce development, continuing education, grants and civic engagement. His final position at Bergen was vice president of administrative services where he was responsible for the organization, administration, and planning of all business affairs of the College.</p>
<p>Dr. Milon loves working with student in leadership training and in his political Science classes. He has taught American Government, American Presidency, Introduction to Politics, International Relations and other courses since 1989. His recent training and research focus is in diversity and inclusion training and civil rights.</p>
<p>Dr. Milon has a PhD in Adult Education from Capella University, an MA in Political Science from the New School for Social Research, an MA in History from the University of Buffalo, and a BS degree in Political Science and History from SUNY/Brockport. For three years, he was a Ralph Bunche Fellow as part of a City University Graduate School and University Center program. He earned certificates in leadership from Penn State University and Leadership New Jersey, completed a workshop in Diversity and Inclusion Initiatives Training at Cornell, and Diversity certification on the professional standards provided by NADOHE and SUNY for Chief Diversity Officers.</p>
<p><strong>Kathleen Schiefen</strong></p>
<p>Since joining Genesee Community College in 2013 as Provost and Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs, Dr. Schiefen guided the College through a successful Middle States Accreditation process as one of the piloting institutions for the revised <em>Standards for Accreditation</em>. During her tenure at GCC, she has led the College through the State University of New York's Seamless Transfer initiative, a revision of College's institutional learning outcomes, served on the steering committee for GCC's 2018-2023 Strategic Plan, and the negotiating team leading to a successful contractual agreement with the Genesee Educational Association.</p>
<p>In 2018, Dr. Schiefen was selected to co-chair the State University of New York's General Education Advisory Committee; a state-wide team working to ensure every SUNY graduate has met key learning outcomes. In 2016, she received a SUNY Performance Improvement Fund grant to enhance cultural competency and improve inclusion of diverse people at the College. Through this opportunity, Dr. Schiefen led the creation of a minority internship program for adjunct faculty, a rural-urban scholarship exchange for faculty, and provided professional development opportunities.</p>
<p>In 2011 while serving as the Academic Dean of the Damon City Campus at Monroe Community College, Dr. Schiefen was one of the founding leaders of the Rochester Early College International High School in partnership with the Rochester City School District. As faculty and Chair of Applied Technologies at MCC, she collaborated with industry partners to provide significant donations of high-end technology to ensure programs and facilities remained state-of-art. While serving as Dean of Workforce at Pima Community College in Tucson, Arizona, Dr. Schiefen partnered with the Pascua Yaqui Tribe and the Tohono O'odham Nation to provide training and educational opportunities on their reservations, launched credit programming for Arizona Mining Association, provided oversight of PCC's Aviation &amp; Avionics Training Center as well as the State and Federal Prison education programs.</p>
<p>Dr. Schiefen holds a Ph.D. from Capella University, a M.S. in Adult Education from SUNY Buffalo State, and a B.S. from Roberts Wesleyan College.</p>

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MCC Daily Tribune

Monroe Community College Presidential Search Finalists

Monroe Community College has selected four finalists to move forward in the search process for the next president of MCC. The finalists and a brief bio of each are listed below. Full CV's will be available later this week. Beginning next week, the candidates will meet with a variety of stakeholder groups as indicated in the previously released schedule. Additional information about the search process, including photos of the finalists, is available online through MCC's Presidential Search web page.

As a reminder, the link for the Open Forums and feedback surveys will be released in advance of each candidate visit. Questions for the Open Forum will be collected ahead of time and be asked of each candidate. If you have questions that you would like to ask the candidates, please send them to Donna Burley at presidentialsearch@monroecc.edu by October 28th at 5 pm.

A hearty thank you to everyone involved in this very important process.

Monroe Community College Presidential Search finalists:

DeAnna R. Burt-Nanna

Dr. DeAnna R. Burt-Nanna has more than two decades of higher education leadership experience supporting students, faculty, and staff. Currently, she serves as the Vice President of Student and Academic Affairs for South Central College (Minnesota State).

Dr. Burt-Nanna has progressive leadership in campus and system roles as faculty, department chair, dean, system department coordinator, vice president and senior academic and student affairs officer on the presidents' cabinets in two- and four-year, union and non-union, public and private, multi-campus institutions and systems in two states. Her exemplary leadership has been pivotal to advancing key campus and system strategic priorities for student success, implementing operational efficiencies, and facilitating organizational culture change. She has also held various positions in business and industry, and maintains laser-like focus as an advocate for diversity, equity and inclusion, educational access and attainment, philanthropy, and workforce development at the local, state, and national levels.

Dr. Burt-Nanna is characterized as a visionary and authentic leader, an inspiration, systems-thinker, and woman of integrity. A 2020-2021 Aspen Presidential Fellow, 2019 Thomas Lakin Institute for Mentored Leadership Fellow and 2008-2009 ASHE/Lumina Dissertation Fellow, she studied abroad, has received a host of awards and recognitions, and speaks publicly in various personal and professional capacities.

Academically, Dr. Burt-Nanna holds a Doctor of Philosophy in Educational Leadership, Research and Technology, a Master of Business Administration, and a Bachelor of Business Administration in Computer Information Systems with minors in business and religion, each from Western Michigan University (Michigan).

Shawna J. Forbes

Dr. Shawna J. Forbes currently serves as a member of the esteemed faculty at Wayne County Community College District (WCCCD) in the discipline of Psychology and most recently served as the Vice Chancellor for the School of Continuing Education and Workforce Development.

During her time as the Vice Chancellor for the School of Continuing Education and Workforce Development, Dr. Forbes provided leadership for the implementation and execution of the District's Strategic Plan by providing quality programming and services throughout the District. Managing a budget of approximately $20 million, servicing more than 30,000 non-credit and credit students in short-term certificate programs, workforce trainings, grants/contracts management, and community outreach that was aligned with current and future trends. Dr. Forbes has served in several positions including Executive Associate Vice Chancellor of Instruction, Associate Dean of Career and Technical Programs, Assistant Dean for Transfer Programs, and Adjunct Faculty.

A native of Detroit Michigan, Dr. Forbes earned her Associate of Applied Science degree from WCCCD; a Bachelor of Business Administration from Detroit College of Business; Master of Arts in Clinical Psychology from University of Detroit-Mercy; and Doctorate of Philosophy in Higher Education from the University of Toledo.

Ronald A. Milon

Dr. Ronald A. Milon is the Chief Diversity Officer at the Fashion Institute of Technology and a member of the President's Cabinet. In this position, Dr. Milon provides leadership and vision for diversity and inclusion initiatives throughout the campus, ensuring that they align with the principals and goals of the college's Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Strategic Plan. Milon currently serves as co-chair of the college's Diversity Council and actively participated in the development of its strategic plan

Prior to his appointment as CDO in 2016, Ron served as associate vice president for Academic Affairs. In this role he worked closely with, faculty, and administration in areas as varied as budget and fiscal resources, facilities, personnel, and academic technology infrastructure. He also served as interim dean of FIT's Center for Continuing Education and Professional Studies.

Before his tenure at FIT, Dr. Milon worked at Bergen Community College, joining the administrative staff in July of 2008 as the Founding Director of Bergen Community College at the Meadowlands. Milon also served as Acting Vice President of Continuing Education and Community Outreach, where his responsibilities included workforce development, continuing education, grants and civic engagement. His final position at Bergen was vice president of administrative services where he was responsible for the organization, administration, and planning of all business affairs of the College.

Dr. Milon loves working with student in leadership training and in his political Science classes. He has taught American Government, American Presidency, Introduction to Politics, International Relations and other courses since 1989. His recent training and research focus is in diversity and inclusion training and civil rights.

Dr. Milon has a PhD in Adult Education from Capella University, an MA in Political Science from the New School for Social Research, an MA in History from the University of Buffalo, and a BS degree in Political Science and History from SUNY/Brockport. For three years, he was a Ralph Bunche Fellow as part of a City University Graduate School and University Center program. He earned certificates in leadership from Penn State University and Leadership New Jersey, completed a workshop in Diversity and Inclusion Initiatives Training at Cornell, and Diversity certification on the professional standards provided by NADOHE and SUNY for Chief Diversity Officers.

Kathleen Schiefen

Since joining Genesee Community College in 2013 as Provost and Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs, Dr. Schiefen guided the College through a successful Middle States Accreditation process as one of the piloting institutions for the revised Standards for Accreditation. During her tenure at GCC, she has led the College through the State University of New York's Seamless Transfer initiative, a revision of College's institutional learning outcomes, served on the steering committee for GCC's 2018-2023 Strategic Plan, and the negotiating team leading to a successful contractual agreement with the Genesee Educational Association.

In 2018, Dr. Schiefen was selected to co-chair the State University of New York's General Education Advisory Committee; a state-wide team working to ensure every SUNY graduate has met key learning outcomes. In 2016, she received a SUNY Performance Improvement Fund grant to enhance cultural competency and improve inclusion of diverse people at the College. Through this opportunity, Dr. Schiefen led the creation of a minority internship program for adjunct faculty, a rural-urban scholarship exchange for faculty, and provided professional development opportunities.

In 2011 while serving as the Academic Dean of the Damon City Campus at Monroe Community College, Dr. Schiefen was one of the founding leaders of the Rochester Early College International High School in partnership with the Rochester City School District. As faculty and Chair of Applied Technologies at MCC, she collaborated with industry partners to provide significant donations of high-end technology to ensure programs and facilities remained state-of-art. While serving as Dean of Workforce at Pima Community College in Tucson, Arizona, Dr. Schiefen partnered with the Pascua Yaqui Tribe and the Tohono O'odham Nation to provide training and educational opportunities on their reservations, launched credit programming for Arizona Mining Association, provided oversight of PCC's Aviation & Avionics Training Center as well as the State and Federal Prison education programs.

Dr. Schiefen holds a Ph.D. from Capella University, a M.S. in Adult Education from SUNY Buffalo State, and a B.S. from Roberts Wesleyan College.

Clayton Jones
Government and Community Relations
10/28/2020