Participation Overview:

Steering Committee

Membership drawn from faculty, staff, administrators, students, alumni, the CUNY SPS Foundation Boardchair, and co-chairs of the CUNY SPS Committee on Institutional Equity and Diversity (CIED)

Advisory Board

Membership drawn from additional foundation board members, both CUNY SPS alum, and external experts in education, healthcare, business, philanthropy, and adult and workforce development

Town Halls, Deans & Directors, Student Association, Foundation Board Meetings/Presentations

Community review and input

Interim Dean

Arrival of interim dean in August 2021. Interim dean’s input, re-organization of areas, and incorporation of CUNY Online

Steering Committee

Tracy Meade, Senior Associate Dean of Strategy and Innovation (co-chair)

George Otte, Senior Associate Dean of Academic Affairs (co-chair)

Elizabeth Alsop, Academic Director, Communications and Media

Patricia Bartley-Daniele, Associate Professor, Nursing

Mariette Bates, Academic Director, Disabilities Studies

Lana Callender, Transfer Credit ManagerVicki Caruana, Academic Assessment Manager

Celeste Clarke, Director of Campus Operations, CIED

Isabelle Elisha, Associate Director, Psychology

Andrea Fagon, Director of Marketing and Communications

Blake Foote, Chair, CUNY SPS Foundation

Angela Francis, Assistant Dean of General Education and First year

Shannon Gallo, Manager of Career Services

Sahana Gupta, Chief Diversity Officer/Title IX Coordinator, CIED

Washington Hernandez, Associate Dean of Administration and Finance

Jennifer Grace Lee, Associate Dean of Enrollment Management and Student Services

Melanie Lorek, Assistant Professor, Human Relations/Sociology

Lawrence Maclean, Grants Officer

Carla Marquez-Lewis, Academic Director, Psychology Program

Kristin Maynard, Director of Human ResourcesJeanine Molock, Institutional Research Director

Abi Morrison, Assistant Dean of Institutional Effectiveness and Planning

Amy Perez, Executive Director, Office of Professional Education and Workplace Learning

Margaret Reilly, Academic Director, NursingRuru Rusmin, Director of Faculty DevelopmentCarrie Shockley, Director, JFK, Jr. Institute

Lucas Sifuentes, Director of Undergraduate and Graduate Admissions

Jennifer Sparrow, Associate Dean of Academic Affairs

Anthony Sweeney, Associate Director, Student Life

Minely Ulloa-Rodriguez, Director of Budget and Finance

Christopher Vine, Academic Director, Applied Theatre

Sarah Zeller-Berkman, Academic Director, Youth Studies

Students on the Steering Committee Working Groups:

Ghali Asad, George Athanassiou, Priya Baldeo, Gabriel Campos, Neal Rogers, Elizabeth Rubel, Duubar Villalobos Jimenez, Kenneth Walker, Michael Williams, Shakima Williams-Jones

CUNY SPS Mission and Vision Statement & EDI Revisions

(some overlap with the Steering Committee)

Mariam Abdul-Sattar, Assistance, CIED

Regina Bernard, Associate Professor of Youth Studies

Celeste Clarke and Sahana Gupta, Co-chairs, CIED

Sarah Krusemark, Alumna, Student Services Coordinator

Amy Perez, Executive Director, PEWLLisa Sheridan, Alumna, Marketing Assistant

Jacklyn Tomlin, Student, MA in Disability Studies, Black Student Union Media/Marketing Chair

Christopher Vine, Academic Program Director, MA in Applied Theatre

Advisory Group Members

Pamela Brier, Former Hospital Administrator, CUNY SPS Foundation

Jack Chorowsky, Operating Partner, Sansome Partners

Kristen Clonan, CUNY SPS Alumna, President and Founder, Airfluence

William Ebenstein, Healthcare Consultant, Sachs Policy Group, Senior Fellow, John F. Kennedy, Jr. Institute for Worker Education

Angie Kamath, Former University Dean, Continuing Education and Workforce Development

Beth Lief, Former Executive Director of The Carroll and Milton Petrie Foundation

Michelle Pinedo, CUNY SPS Alumna, CUNY SPS Foundation, Chief Financial Officer AFS-USA Intercultural Programs