MCC Daily Tribune

Save the dates: April 4, 5, 6 & 7 - Chief of Staff & Assistant to the President Open Forums

Next week, the College will be hosting open forums for the four finalists of the Chief of Staff and Assistant to the President, Governmental Relations position.

The candidates and open forums are as follows:

April 4th - Kristin Sine-Kinz (she/her)
Brighton Campus – 12:00-1:00 pm, Join virtually* or in-person in the Empire Room

April 5th - Anthony Plonczynski-Figueroa (he/him/él)
Brighton Campus – 12:00-1:00 pm, Join virtually* or in-person in the Empire Room

April 6th - Ryan Reynolds (he/him)
Brighton Campus – 12:00-1:00 pm, Join virtually* or in-person in the Empire Room

April 7th - Stuart Blacklaw (he/him)
Brighton Campus – 12:00-1:00 pm, Join virtually* or in-person in the Empire Room

*Open Forum Zoom details will be shared in a separate Trib announcement for each candidate.

The candidates will meet with a variety of stakeholder groups as indicated in the attached schedules.The Open Forums will be conducted virtually and in-person and open to the entire MCC community.

We hope that you will be able to attend the open forums. A recording of each open forum will also be available afterward.

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 Kristin Lowe (klowe5@monroecc.edu) before March 31st at 12:00 pm.

Below please find CVs and bios for each candidate.

April 4th - Kristin Sine-Kinz (she/her)

Kristin is an experienced Chief of Staff with more than 20 years’ experience in business-to-business marketing, professional services, and higher education administration.

As MCC’s former Chief of Staff/Director, Marketing Operations and Client Communication, Kristin launched and assisted with the ongoing development of a Salesforce database for customer relationship management, lead management, and marketing automation.

She is currently serving as the acting Vice President, Economic and Workforce Development and Career Technical Education here at MCC where she works closely with many community stakeholders and provides workforce and labor market needs analysis, partnership, and creative problem solving.

A few of her most recent revenue generating successes for the division include closing the following awards in partnership with the MCC Foundation and other team members: federal award of $4.5M for health care career pathway development, a new local government award of $1.5M for short-cycle individual and incumbent worker training, and a private award of $100,000 for workforce training.

She received her MBA from Western Governors University.

April 5th - Anthony Plonczynski - Figueroa (he/him/él)

In his current role, as the Regional Political Organizer for the state's largest labor organization, the New York State United Teachers (NYSUT), Anthony has implemented and executed NYSUT's political program. In this role, he led over 200 local unions and nearly 60,000 members to become active advocates and effectively engage with their governmental leaders.

In addition, he works with elected officials across all government levels, managing legislative priorities, endorsement processes, and campaigns. These experiences have provided opportunities to work closely with leaders from city, town, and county offices to state and federal offices such as the New York State Assembly, New York State Senate, U.S. Congress, U.S. Senate, and President of the United States.

Anthony is currently an EdD candidate at the University of Rochester in Teaching & Curriculum, Education Policy.

April 6th - Ryan Reynolds (he/him)

Ryan has extensive project management, data analysis, and committee experience from the College at Brockport, where he served as an Affirmative Action Officer and Assistant Director of Human Resources. As a Doctoral student in the Warner School of Education at the University of Rochester, his current research examines governance within higher education administration, policy development, and the intersect of institutional logics and cultural norms.

His 10 years as an officer and leader in the U.S. Navy and an MBA from the Simon Business School at the University of Rochester, along with the broad scope of his work at Brockport and his coursework at the Warner School have afforded him the opportunity to develop his professional experience in numerous areas of higher education administration.

April 7th - Stuart Blacklaw (he/him)

Stuart spent twelve years as a full-time faculty member at his undergraduate alma mater, Olivet College in Michigan. After leaving his teaching position for an appointment as Associate Dean for Curriculum and Instruction at SUNY Jefferson Community College in Watertown, New York he discovered his admiration for the mission of community colleges in general, and most especially, the role of community colleges as providers of higher education opportunity and workforce development in a region.

While at SUNY Jefferson, he launched the college’s distance learning program, developed an assessment system that generated improvements in student learning, and developed new curricula that met the workforce demands of the area.

Additionally, he served eight years as Dean of Curriculum and Assessment here at Monroe Community College. While working at MCC, he completed his Ph.D. in Higher Education Leadership at Capella University. In his current role as the Provost and Executive Vice President at the Community College of Allegheny County, he leads efforts to reinvent advising, tutoring, financial aid, student accounts, and supportive services to ensure that students are aware of every resource.

Attached Files:
Kristin M Sine-Kinz Resume.pdf
Anthony J Plonczynski-Figueroa Resume.pdf
Ryan I Reynolds Resume.pdf
STUART T BLACKLAW Resume.pdf
COS Finalist Visit Schedule April 4.pdf
COS Finalist Visit Schedule April 5, 6, 7.pdf
Job Description - Chief of Staff and Assistant to the President, Governmental Relations.pdf

Chelsea Davis
Human Resources
03/31/2022