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Steering Committee and Working Groups
Hartwick’s Middle States Self Study is led by a Steering Committee composed of faculty and staff whose roles encompass core aspects of Hartwick’s institutional mission and whose expertise aligns Middle States’ Standards for Accreditation.
Self Study Co-Chairs
Dr. Cherilyn Lacy, Assistant Provost
Dr. Karl Seeley, Professor of Economics
Steering Committee Members
Lisa Corbett, Executive Director of Advancement Operations and Senior Board Liaison
Dr. Carli Ficano, Professor of Economics
Dr. Amy Forster Rothbart, Professor of Political Science and Faculty Associate in Academic Affairs
Amber Kerwin, Professor of Practice in Criminal Justice
Sarah Lombard, Head Women’s Basketball Coach
Dr. Kevin Schultz, Associate Professor of Physics and Coordinator of First-Year Experience
Dr. Mandy Skinner, Assistant Professor of Education
Working Groups
The members of the Steering Committee each co-chair a working group focused on one of the seven, Middle States Standards for Accreditation
Co-Chair: Dr. Andy Piefer, Professor and Chair of Chemistry; and Director of the Health Professions Advisory Committee
Co-Chair: Sarah Lombard, Head Women’s Basketball Coach; and Coordinator of the Coaching Certification Program
Sarah Roberts, Internship and Career Programs Coordinator
Dr. Doug Zullo, Associate Professor of Art History
Co-Chair: Dr. Colleen Bunn, Director of Residential Life and Housing and Community Standards
Co-Chair: Amber Kerwin, Professor of Practice in Criminal Justice and Chair of the Committee on the Assessment of General Education
Brandon Davis, Assistant Director of Career Development and Network Engagement
Dr. Rachel Rosenberg, Assistant Professor of Education
Co-Chair: Geneen Bolton, Academic Affairs Liaison to the School of Nursing
Co-Chair: Dr. Kevin Schultz, Associate Professor of Physics and Coordinator of First-Year Experience
Sandra Gardner, Registrar Systems Analyst/Programmer
Li Luo, Assistant Professor of Accounting
Co-Chair: Clara Barnhart, Director of the Student Success and Career Center
Co-Chair: Dr. Mandy Skinner, Assistant Professor of Education
Dr. Bill Kowalczyk, Associate Professor and Chair of Psychology
Tim Raimy, Assistant Director of Civic Engagement and Fraternity & Sorority Life; Co-Chair of the Hartwick College Staff Council
Jason Stanton, Senior Success Coach and Coordinator of Persistence Programs
Co-Chair: J. R. Bjerklie, Director of Institutional Research and Effectiveness
Co-Chair: Dr. Amy Forster Rothbart, Professor of Political Science and Faculty Associate in Academic Affairs
Dr. Ryan Ceresola, Associate Professor of Sociology and Chair of Sociology, Criminology, and Human Services
Dr. James Cochran, Assistant Professor of English and Director of the Writing Competency Program and the Writing Center
Jay Dono, Director of Systems and Networks
Co-Chair: Dr. Carli Ficano, Professor of Economics
Co-Chair: Adam Wroblewski, Controller
Brian Birch, Associate Director of Financial Aid
Dr. Lawrence Ogbeifun, Assistant Professor of Economics
Co-Chair: Lisa Corbett, Executive Director of Advancement Operations and Senior Board Liaison
Co-Chair: Dr. Laurel Elder, Professor of Political Science
Heather Bailey, Executive Assistant to the Vice President for Academic Affairs
Lisa Kollie ’28, Criminal Justice Major
Nahal Sarvestani ’26, Biology Major
Contact
Hartwick College Middle States Accreditation Team, [email protected].