Staff Directory

AAC&U Offices and Staff Members

All AAC&U staff members can be reached through the main AAC&U switchboard number: (202) 387-3760 (see extensions below).

Office of the President

• Carol Geary Schneider, President
  cgs@aacu.org; x401
• Rebecca Dolinsky, Research Analyst and Program Coordinator
  dolinsky@aacu.org; x409
• Alexis Graves, Development Assistant
  graves@aacu.org; x801
• Suzanne Hyers, Senior Director, Internal Planning
  hyers@aacu.org; x425
• Elizabeth Russell O’Shea, Senior Director of Development
  oshea@aacu.org; x421
• Halim Rizk, Administrative Assistant
  rizk@aacu.org; x810
• Bethany Zecher Sutton, Chief of Staff and Coordinating Director for the LEAP Initiative
  sutton@aacu.org; x401
• Alma Clayton-Pedersen, Senior Scholar
  alma@nonprofitsuccess.net
• Tamar March, Senior Fellow
  tamarmarch@verizon.net
• Caryn McTighe Musil, Senior Scholar and Director of Civic Learning and Democracy Initiatives
  musil@aacu.org; x426
• Gregory Prince, Senior Fellow
  gprince39@aol.com
• Robert Shoenberg, Senior Fellow
  Rshoenberg@verizon.net
• Joan Straumanis, Senior Fellow
• Daniel Sullivan, Senior Advisor to the President and Advancement Fellow
  dsullivan@stlawu.edu
• Elisabeth Zinser, Senior Fellow
  elisabethz@charter.net

Project Kaleidoscope

• Kelly Mack, Executive Director of Project Kaleidoscope
  mack@aacu.org; x804
• Catherine Fry, Project Manager, Project Kaleidoscope
  fry@aacu.org
• Sean Penny, Program Assistant, Project Kaleidoscope
  penny@aacu.org; x434
• Christina Shute, Program Coordinator, Project Kaleidoscope
  shute@aacu.org, (315) 677-5267
• Nat Frazer, Senior Fellow
  nat.frazer@usu.edu
• Jeanne Narum, Senior Fellow
• Linda Slakey, Senior Fellow
  lslakey@honors.umass.edu

Office of Quality, Curriculum, and Assessment

• Terrel Rhodes, Vice President
  rhodes@aacu.org; x807
• Kathryn Angeles, Program Associate
  angeles@aacu.org; x413
• Ashley Finley, Senior Director of Assessment and Research
  finley@aacu.org; x803
• Catherine Fry, Project Manager, Project Kaleidoscope
  fry@aacu.org
• Alexis Krivian, Program Associate
  krivian@aacu.org; x404
• Kelly Mack, Executive Director of Project Kaleidoscope
  mack@aacu.org; x804
• Sean Penny, Program/Administrative Assistant
  penny@aacu.org; x434
• Christina Shute, Program Coordinator
  shute@aacu.org; (315) 677-5267
• Randy Bass, Senior Fellow
  bassr@georgetown.edu
• Gary Brown, Senior Fellow
• Susan Elrod, Senior Scholar
  elrod@aacu.org
• Andrea Leskes, Senior Fellow
  andrea.leskes@gmail.com
• Orlando Taylor, Senior Fellow

Office of Diversity, Equity, and Student Success

• Susan Albertine, Vice President
  albertine@aacu.org; x800
• Siah Annand, Program Manager, Network for Academic Renewal
  annand@aacu.org; x802
• Kara Hawkesworth, Administrative Assistant
  hawkesworth@aacu.org; x407
• Karen Kalla, Director of the Network for Academic Renewal
  kalla@aacu.org; x417
• Tia Brown McNair, Senior Director for Student Success
  mcnair@aacu.org; x808
• Alona Sistrunk, Program Assistant
  sistrunk@aacu.org
• Pearl Bartelt, Senior Fellow
• Jerry Gaff, Senior Scholar
  gaff@aacu.org; x427
• Jean Mach, Senior Fellow
• Judith A. Ramaley, Senior Fellow
• Eugene Rice, Senior Scholar
  rice@aacu.org

Office of Integrative Liberal Learning and the Global Commons

• David Paris, Vice President
  paris@aacu.org; x437
• Chad Anderson, Program Associate
  anderson@aacu.org; x429
• Kevin Hovland, Senior Director for Global Learning and Curricular Change
  hovland@aacu.org; x431
• Dylan Joyce, Project Associate, Bringing Theory to Practice
  joyce@aacu.org; x805
• Jennifer O'Brien, Project Manager and Coordinator of Strategic Planning and Development, Bringing Theory to Practice
  obrien@aacu.org; x815
• Larry Braskamp, Senior Fellow
  lbraska@luc.edu
• Ann Ferren, Senior Fellow
  aferren@radford.edu
• Donald Harward, Senior Fellow and Director, Bringing Theory to Practice
  dharward@bates.edu; x805
• Lee Knefelkamp, Senior Scholar
  knefelkamp@exchange.tc.columbia.edu
• Patricia Lowrie, Senior Fellow
  lowriep@msu.edu
• Elizabeth Minnich, Senior Scholar
  elizamin@aol.com

Office of Communications, Policy, and Public Engagement

• Debra Humphreys, Vice President for Policy and Public Engagement
  humphreys@aacu.org; x422
• Kathryn Peltier Campbell, Editor, Diversity & Democracy and Coordinating Editor for Gender Equity in Education
  campbell@aacu.org; x403
• Shelley Johnson Carey, Director of Publications and Editorial Services; Editor, Peer Review
  carey@aacu.org; x416
• Suzanne Hyers, Director, Annual Meeting and Marketing
  hyers@aacu.org; x425
• Carrie Johnson, Assistant Director of Marketing and Media Relations
  johnson@aacu.org; x811
• Barbara McCuen Jones, Senior Web Editor and Manager of Web Communications
  mccuen@aacu.org; x423
• Wilson Peden, Associate Editor and Senior Writer
  peden@aacu.org; x420
• Michele Stinson, Print and Graphic Design Production Manager
  stinson@aacu.org; x405
• David Tritelli, Senior Academic Editor and Editor, Liberal Education
  tritelli@aacu.org; x406
• Michael Thomas, Senior Fellow

Office of Finance and Administration

• Michelle Hannahs, Vice President, Finance and Administration
  hannahs@aacu.org; x414
• Rudy Bazemore, Facilities Assistant and Mail Clerk
  bazemore@aacu.org; x408
• Alex Belknap, Publications & Meetings Registration Assistant
  belknap@aacu.org; x415
• Davina Fournier, Technology Assistant
  fournier@aacu.org; 813
• Renee Gamache, Membership Coordinator
  gamache@aacu.org; x809
• Chiffon Haggins, Accounting Manager
  haggins@aacu.org; x412
• Carol Housman, Senior Accountant
  housman@aacu.org; x424
• Zuzana Kelyman, Director, Database Services
  kelyman@aacu.org; x418
• Cindy Koebke, Database Services Coordinator
  koebke@aacu.org; x428
• Janet McLaughlin, Director, Human Resources and Administrative Services
  jdm@aacu.org; x402
• Patrice McMath, Receptionist and Office Services Assistant
  mcmath@aacu.org; x521
• Melvina Norried-Thomas, Human Resources Coordinator
  thomas@aacu.org; x410
• Dennis Renner, Director for Membership
  memberservices@aacu.org; x435
• Mark Saunders, Accounting Associate
  saunders@aacu.org; x411
• Daniel Singh, Director of Information Systems
  singh@aacu.org; x430