MCC Daily Tribune
Thank You From MCC Board Chair Lovenheim
Dear Colleagues,
I want to thank all of the amazing people who participated in the search for our new president. It was a cooperative effort with everyone understanding that our choice for president would help form the next decade of the College. It has been an honor for me to serve with so many of you, and I appreciate your talents, creativity, and enthusiasm. Thank you all, Barbara Lovenheim, Chair, Board of Trustees; Co-Chair, Search Committee
Executive Committee
Kristin Lowe: Acting Director HR; Liaison to the Board of Trustees
Becky Babcock: Chair, SCAA; Co-Chair Advisory & Search Committees
Advisory Committee
Aaron Bouyea: Director, Athletics
Marybeth Donnelly: Admissions, Support Staff Planning Council
Deborah Dwyer: Asst. Director, Public Safety
Calvin Gantt: Chief Diversity Officer
Bethany Gizzi: President, Faculty Association
Yolanda Johnson: Campus Events
Clayton Jones: Asst. to President, Government & Community Relations
Auven "Benny" Martinez: SGA President; Student Trustee
Nayda Perez-Kane: President, Faculty Association
Tom Pollizi: President, CSEA
Teresa Schichler: EDIWS
Mary Timmons: Librarian
Oksana Vysochanski: President, SEGA
Andrea Wade: Provost and VP, Academic Services
Allen Williams: Trustee; Chair, Personnel and Program
Gretchen Wood: VP, Institutional Advancement; Foundation Director
Maureen Skehan: Secretary, Administrative Services
Search Committee
Amanda Colosimo: Professor, Chemistry and Geosciences
Corinda Crossdale: Deputy County Executive for Health and Human
Services, Monroe County
Marybeth Donnelly: Admissions, Support Staff Planning Council
Andrew Freeman: Curriculum & Program Development
Calvin Gantt: Chief Diversity Officer
Bethany Gizzi: President, Faculty Association
Tracey Graney: Professor, Biology
Amy Greer: Director, Student Rights & Responsibilities
Kevin Hall: Asst. Chief of Administration, Public Safety
Christina Lee: Global Education & International Services
Daniele Lyman-Torres: Commissioner of Recreation & Youth Services,
City of Rochester
Auven "Benny" Martinez: Student Trustee
Kimberly McKinsey-Mabry: Acting VP, Student Services
Todd Oldham: VP, EDIWS
Jodi Oriel: Associate Director, Student Life & Leadership Development
Nayda Pares-Kane: President, Faculty Senate
Dale Pearce: Program Director, EDIWS
Tom Pollizi: President, CSEA
Michael Quinn: Controller
Eileen Radigan: Chair, Human Services
Angelique Stevens: Professor, English/Philosophy
Gretchen Wood: VP, Institutional Advancement; Foundation Director
Ex Officio Members
Johanna Duncan-Poitier: Senior Vice Chancellor for Community Colleges
and the Education Pipeline, SUNY
Jennifer Miller: Assistant Vice Chancellor for Community College
Support and Executive Director, New York State
Student Success Center, Office of Community Colleges
And Office of the Education Pipeline, SUNY
Administrative Support
Linda Ziegler: Secretary, Student Services
Search Consultant
Angela Provart: CEO, Pauly Group
Subcommittees
Final Candidates Campus Visits
Renee Coleman: Co-Chair; Professor, Psychology
Kelsey Bright: Co-Chair; Assistant to Provost, Academic Services
Errika Brooks: Office of Student Life & Leadership Development
Donna Burley: Academic Services
Jeremy Case: Instructional Technologies
Juanita Leone: Applied Technologies
Ryan Messenger: Assistant to VP, Student Services
Jodi Oriel: Associate Director, Student Life and Leadership Dev.
Lori Scipioni: Secretary, Public Safety
Courtney Sprague: Interim Director, Business and Custodial Operations
Rita Strawbhaar: World Languages and Cultures
Tom Winslow: Coordinator, Campus Events
Aubrey Zamiara: Director, Counseling Center and Disability Services
Post-Campus Visit Survey
Melany Silas: Chair; Health and Physical Education
William Dixon: Director, Research
Michele Finn: Professor, Biology
Christopher Wendtland: Professor, Biology
Hospitality
Toni Custodio: Co-Chair; Director, Campus Operations
Sauntevia Major: Co-Chair; Campus Events
Rebecca Griffin: Chair, Hospitality
Valerie Olivieri: Secretary, Law/Criminal Justice
Technology
Amy Ariola: Chair; Computing and Technology Services
Technology Support
Jeremy Case: Instructional Technologies
Andy Eggleston: Learning Resources
Gabel Namba: Learning Resources
Sean Scanlon: Learning Resources
Search Committee Support
Linda Hall: Secretary, President's Office
Terry Keyes: Instructional Services
Patrick Miller: Professor, Businesss Administration
Communications
Clayton Jones:Chair; Asst. to Pres., Government & Community Relations
Gary Graziano: Chair, Engineering Technologies
Julie Slate: Asst. Director, Admissions
Rosanna Yule: Director, Government & Community Relations
College Community Engagement
Dolores Pasto-Ziobro: Co-Chair; Institutional Compliance, Internal Audit
Ryan Messenger: Co-Chair; Assistant to VP, Student Services
Errika Brooks: Advisor, Student Life & Leadership Development
Marla Dinkle: Program Coordinator, Student Services, DC
Carmen Josey: Sr. Account Clerk Typist, Communications & Network
Adrian Smalls: Professor, Law/Criminal Justice
Deborah Smith: Administrative Asst, Public Safety Training Center
Jerome St. Croix: Director: Financial Aid Compliance
Dana Voldan-Curry: Office of Campus Life, DC
Alice Wilson: Asst. Director, Library
Rochester Community
Rosanna Yule: Chair; Director, Government & Community Relations
Colleen Caruana: Nursing
John Frontuto: Instructional Technologies
Tokeya Graham: Professor, English/Philosophy
Margaret Kaminsky: Dean, STEM & Health
Anne Kirkpatrick: Secretary, Education & Human Services
Joann Santos: Director, Collegiate Science & Tech Entry Program
Sherry Tshibangu: Professor, Business Administration
Rosanne Rivers: Specialist, Marketing Communications
Candidate Interviews
Board of Trustees
John Bartolotta: Chair, Nominating Committee
Joe Carbone: Trustee
Daniel DeLaus, Jr. Trustee
Barbara Lovenheim: Chair, Board of Trustees
Auven (Benny) Martinez: Student Trustee
Carla Palumbo: Chair, Risk Management Committee
Dale Rehkopf II: Chair, Finance and Facilities Committee
Grace Tillinghast: Vice Chair, Board of Trustees
Allen Williams: Chair, Personnel and Programs Committee
President's Cabinet
Calvin Gantt: Chief Diversity Officer
Kim McKinsey-Mabry: Acting VP, Student Services
Todd Oldham: VP, EDIWS
Hezekiah Simmons: CFO; VP, Administrative Services
Andrea Wade: Provost & VP, Academic Services
Gretchen Wood: VP Institutional Advancement, Foundation Director
Deans/AVP
Christine Casalinuovo-Adams: Associate VP, Enrollment Management
Kimberley Collins: Associate VP, Academic Services
John Delate: Associate VP, Student Services
Blaine Grindle: Associate VP, Facilities
Darrell Jachim-Moore: Associate VP, Budget and Risk Management
Michael Jacobs: Dean, Humanities and Social Sciences
Margaret Kaminsky: Dean, STEM & Health
Michael Karnes: Dean, Public Safety Training Facility
Terry Keyes: Associate VP, Instructional Services
Kristin Lowe: Interim Executive Director, Human Resources
Tony Perez: Chief, Public Safety
Michael Quinn: Controller
Medea Rambish: Dean, Academic Foundations
Dan Raimondo: Academic Director, EDIWS
Eileen Wirley: CIO and Associate VP, Technology Services
Open Forum
Jeremy Case: Moderator, Instructional Technologies
Many thanks to all of the people who asked questions and those who spent time listening to the candidates.
Student Interviews
Jodi Oriel: Associate Director, Student Life & Leadership Development
Errika Brooks: Advisor, Student Life & Leadership Development
Savannah Baker: President, Holocaust Genocide Human Rights Project
Paula Barlow: Senator, Student Government, Brighton
Aurora Case: Peer Navigator
Jyair Crouch: President, Pride Alliance Club
Isabella DeRubeis: President, Brighton Student Government
Ahilan Guruparan: VP, Phi Theta Kappa
Maryam Masoud: VP, Phi Theta Kappa
Denise Vogel: President, Student Events, Downtown Campus
Elizabeth Randolph: President, Holocaust Genocide Human Rights
Tiffany Harmon: VP, Phi Theta Kappa
Ashantez Sharp: Black Student Union
Todia Williams: Peer Navigator
Freshta Masoud: VP, Phi Theta Kappa
Faculty/Staff Interviews
Christine Cormack: Professor, Visual and Performing Arts
Mary DiSano: Professor, Chemistry and Geosciences
Kevin French: Chair, Applied Technologies
Patricia Kress: Professor, Psychology
Sylvia Lavin: Secretary, Business Administration
Mary Lynch: Workforce Development
Valerie Olivieri: Secretary, Law/Criminal Justice
Lincoln Reid: Professor, Biology
Sara Revello: Learning Support System
Christina Rowley: World Languages and Culture
Penny Sayles: Professor, Health and Physical Education
Judi Salsburg: Professor, ESOL/TRS
Joseph Scanlon: Professor, Anthro/History/Political Sci/ Sociology
Gary Thompson: Professor, Law/Criminal Justice
Maryjo Toepfer: Secretary, Health Professions
Sherry Tshibangu: Professor, Business Administration
Affinity Group
Renee Coleman: Professor, Psychology
Michael Britton: Health and Physical Education
Valerie Olivieri: Secretary, Law/Criminal Justice
Tokeya Graham: Professor, English/Philosophy
Milladge Griffin: Financial Aid
Tori Matthews: Professor, Biology
Sylvia Mendez: Financial Aid
Michael Johnson: Counselor, Student Services, DC
Melissa Santiago: Financial Aid
Melany Silas: Health and Physical Education
Antonio Custodio: Director, Campus Operations
Shirley Batistta-Provost: Asst. Director, Student Life & Leadership
Sherry Tshibangu: Professor, Business Administration
Foundation & Rochester Community
MCC Foundation
Lauren Dixon: CEO Dixon Schwabl (retired)
Sergio Estebon : Chair & CEO LaBella Associates
Lee Patterson: Sales & Marketing Executive, Millwork Industry
Mark Siwiec: Realtor, Williams Realty Group
Rochester Community
Vinnie Esposito: Regional Director of Empire State Development
Larry Frances: Associate Director, the Landmark Society
Commissioner Daniele Lyman-Torres: Department of Recreation and
Youth Services, City of Rochester
Commissioner Corinda Crossdale: Department of Human Services,
County of Monroe
Julia Tedesco: CEO, Foodlink
President Interviews Candidates
Dr. Kate Douglas: Interim President, Monroe Community College
Barbara Lovenheim
MCC Board of Trustees
11/12/2020