Essex

General Administration

Steering Committee Membership

Member	Title(s), Area/Discipline	Steering Committee Role(s)
Jeffrey Lee	Faculty, Program Coordinator, Environmental Science	Co-Chair Evidence Inventory Team Leader
Leigh Bello-de Castro	Associate Dean, Student Affairs/Special Projects	Co-Chair Communications Team Leader
John Runfeldt	Executive Director, Institutional Effectiveness, Planning, and Assessment	Accreditation Liaison Officer (ALO)
Germaine Albuquerque	Chair, Business Division	Std. I Working Group Co-Chair
Aneliia Chatterjee	Librarian, Faculty	Std. I Working Group Member
June Persaud	Associate Dean, Academic Affairs/Special Projects	Std. I Working Group Co-Chair
Alvin Williams	Dean of Faculty and Chief Academic Officer	Std. III Steering Committee Liaison
Keith Kirkland	Dean, Student Affairs	Std. IV Steering Committee Liaison Student Outreach Team Leader
Patrice Davis	Faculty, Program Coordinator, Social Sciences	Std. V Working Group Co-Chair Std. V Steering Committee Liaison
Mohamed Seddiki	Executive Dean/CIO, Administrative and Learning Technologies	Std. VI Working Group Liaison
Yvette Henry	Executive Director, Human Resources	Std. VII Steering Committee Liaison
Yelena Lyudmilova	Assistant Director, Education and Computing Technologies	Std. V Working Group Member Evidence Inventory Team Member

Standard I Working Group Membership

Name	Title
Germaine Albuquerque	Chair, Business Division
Dora Castro	College Services Assistant, West Essex Campus
Aneliia Chatterjee	Librarian, Faculty
June Persaud, Co-Chair	Associate Dean, Academic Affairs/Special Projects
Phyllis Walker	Assistant Director, Financial Aid
Viral Bhatt	Assistant Professor, Humanities & Bilingual Studies
Michael Doughtie	Director, Athletics

* Steering Committee Liaison –

Standard II Working Group Membership

Name	Title
Shadiquah Hordge (Chair)	Transfer Coordinator
Hamid Alouach	Adjunct Professor, Physics
Karen Bridgett	Associate Director, Human Resources
Nessie Hill	Faculty, English
Serrietta Johnson	Technical Assistant, Student Life and Activities
Myrna Scott	Faculty, Nursing
Christine Soto	General Counsel

* Steering Committee Liaison –

Standard III Working Group Membership

Name	Title
Eunice Kamunge (Co-Chair)	Chair, Biology, Chemistry, and Physics Division
Elvira Vieira (Co-Chair)	Dean, Community, Continuing Education and Workforce Development
Emmanuel Adepo	Faculty, Math
Olalekan Adetoro	Adjunct, Biology
Frank Duroy	Faculty, General Science
Ines Figueras	Faculty, Math
Jeffrey Jones	Adjunct, Math
Akil Khalfani	Faculty, Director, Center for Global Education and Experiences, Africana Institute
Mikal Nash	Faculty, History
Charles Pinderhughes	Faculty, Social Science
Margaret Stevens	Faculty, Humanities
Leola Taylor-Bandele	Faculty, Librarian
Lynn Wilson	Faculty, Biology

* Steering Committee Liaison – Alvin Williams, Dean of Faculty and Chief Academic Officer

Standard IV Working Group Membership

Name	Title
Caroline Beretta (Co-Chair)	Educational Opportunity Fund
Jamil Graham (Co-Chair)	Director, Student Life and Activities
Kathlyn Battle	Faculty, Social Sciences, Counselor, Student Development & Counseling
Patty Howard	Assistant Director, Financial Aid
Mirian Ochoa	Student Services Representative, Enrollment Services
Joseph Ott	Program Coordinator, Student Life and Activities
Sonia Rios	Assistant Director, Enrollment Services
Shalia Story	Staff, Graphics
Ada Torres	Lecturer, West Essex Campus
Diane Young-Garrett	Adjunct Professor, Social Sciences
India Calloway	Lecturer, Educational Opportunity Fund

* Steering Committee Liaison – Keith Kirkland, Dean, Student Affairs

Standard V Working Group Membership

Name	Title
Yasser Kabakibi (Co-Chair)	Faculty, Biology/Pre-Med.
Patrice Davis (Co-Chair)	Faculty, Social Sciences
Ezdehar Abu-Hatab	Faculty, Biology
Samantha Brannigan	Assistant Director, Institutional Effectiveness
Gennevieve Danville	Faculty, Program Coordinator, Nursing LPN
Jamal Elborj	English Coordinator, Humanities
Ledawn Hall	Director, Men and Women of Excellence Scholars Program
Yelena Lyudmilova	Assistant Director, Education and Computing Technologies
Brooke Orosz	Faculty, Math
Beatrice Spitzer	Adjunct Faculty, Business
Bridget Turner	Adjunct Faculty, Education

* Steering Committee Liaison – Patrice Davis, Faculty, Social Sciences

Standard VI Working Group Membership

Name	Title
Matilda Abavana	Faculty, Business
Elizabeth Barkley	Director, Information Technology
Yvette Jefferies (Co-Chair)	Director, College Advancement and Foundation
Jinsoo Park	Director, Institutional Research
Rachel Pernia	Faculty, Business
Joanna Ramos-Ribeiro	Assistant to the Dean of Community, Continuing Education, and Workforce Development
Alice Sanchez-Vinci	HR Generalist, Human Resources

* Steering Committee Liaison – Mohamed Seddiki, Executive Dean/CIO, Administrative and Learning Technologies

Standard VII Working Group Membership

Name	Title
Carlos Rivera (Co-Chair)	Faculty, Business
Mary Ellen Carpenter	Faculty, Radiology
Andrew McCarthy	Adjunct Professor, English
Cheryl Newton-Banks	Director, Enrollment Services, West Essex Campus
Joanna Romano	Director, Education Opportunity Fund
Brian Shube	Adjunct Professor, Business
Robert Spellman	Faculty, Art
Victor Stolberg	Counselor, Student Development and Counseling
Jean Wilner-Alexandre	Faculty, Business
Edmund Akwei	Assistant Bursar

* Steering Committee Liaison – Yvette Henry, Executive Director, Human Resources

SPECIAL TEAMS

In addition to the Steering Committee and seven Working Groups, four additional small teams were created to work with the Steering Committee and Working Groups, each with a specialized role. Each is led by a member of the Steering Committee, have three members, and may draw additional help from other members of the College as needed.

Communications Team
Oversees outgoing communications from the Steering Committee to the College community. This includes communications to employees, students, alumni, the President’s Cabinet, and the Board of Trustees as described in the Communication Plan in Section 10.	Leigh Bello-de Castro (Team Leader) Associate Dean, Student Affairs/Special Projects Wayne Yourstone Senior News Writer, Marketing and Communications Jayson Hull Marketing Assistant/Webmaster, Institutional Advancement
Verification of Compliance Team
Assists the Steering Committee and the Working Groups to ensure that the 15 Requirements of Affiliation are fully addressed and properly reflected in evidence throughout the Self-Study Report. Oversees the Verification of Compliance Plan as described in Section 8.	(Team Leader) Christine Soto General Counsel Shaliele Hunt Administrative Assistant, Finance
Evidence Inventory Team
Assists the Steering Committee and the Working Groups by providing an electronic platform and methodology for the cataloguing of evidence related to the Self-Study Report as outlined in Section 12.	Jeffrey Lee (Team Leader) Faculty, Program Coordinator, Environmental Science Aneliia Chatterjee Librarian, Faculty Yelena Lyudmilova Assistant Director, Education and Computing Technologies
Student Outreach Team
Assists the Steering Committee and the Working Groups by coordinating contact with students as-needed to ensure the student voice is considered throughout the Self-Study in an efficient, yet effective manner.	Keith Kirkland (Team Leader) Dean, Student Affairs Jamil Graham Director, Student Life and Activities

Committee Structure