NECHE 2023 Interim Report Committees

Standard 1: Mission and Purpose

Chair Kim Kostelis, Provost

Jim Mulrooney, Interim Dean, SEPS

Standard 2: Planning and Evaluation

Chair Yvonne Kirby, AVP Planning & Institutional Effectiveness

Amy Kullgren, IT, UPBC

Beth Merenstein, AVP Community Engagement & Experiential Learning

Standard 3: Organization and Governance

Chair Steve Minkler, AVP Academic Affairs

Fred Latour (Math) Faculty Senate President

Luz Amaya, Engineering, Faculty Senate Steering Committee

Mark Jackson, Biology, past Faculty Senate President

Standard 4: The Academic Program

Chair Robert Wolff, Dean, Carol A. Ammon College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences

  • Assuring Academic Quality – Jarred Ragusett (Economics)
  • Undergraduate Degree Programs and The Major or Concentration – Byung Lee (Criminology/Criminal Justice) and Betsy Dobbs-McAuliffe (Biomolecular Sciences)
  • General Education – Amanda Fields (English)
  • Graduate Degree Programs – Mike Davis (Biomolecular Sciences)
  • Transfer Credit & Integrity in the Award of Academic Credit – Donna DeCarlo (SEPS) and Rebecca Pickering (Registrar's Office)

Standard 5: Students

Chair Kellie Byrd-Danso, VP Student Affairs

Maria Santilli, Director of New Student Programs

Jean Alicandro, Director of Residence Life

Mike Russo, Director of Counseling and Student Development

Keri Lupachino, Director of Financial Aid

Christina Robinson, AVP Enrollment Management

Scott Hazan, Director SA/LD

Standard 6: Teaching, Learning, and Scholarship

Chair John Tully, Interim Special Assistant to the Provost

Kris Larsen, Geological Sciences

Standard 7: Institutional Resources

Co-Chair Dan Moreland

Co-Chair Lisa Bucher, Chief Budget & Compliance Officer

Co-Chair George Claffey, CIO

Co-Chair Sal Cintorino, COO

Co-Chair Carl Antonucci, Director of Library Services

Standard 8: Educational Effectiveness

Chair Yvonne Kirby, AVP Planning & Institutional Effectiveness

Lisa Frank, Interim Dean, School of Business

Caleb Bragg, Psychological Sciences, Academic Assessment Co-chair

James Mulrooney, Interim Dean, SEPS

Standard 9: Integrity, Transparency, and Public Disclosure

Co-Chair Stacey Votto, University Counsel

Co-Chair Craig Wright, VP Equity & Inclusion

Patrick Tucker, Registrar

Jill Bassett-Cameron, Senior Equity & Inclusion Officer/Title IX Coordinator

Student Achievement and Success: Making Assessment More Explicit (E-Series)

Martie Kaczmarek, Office of Institutional Research and Assessment

Interim Report Forms

Paula Bunce, Office of Institutional Research and Assessment

Kathy Chung, Office of Institutional Research and Assessment

Anne Tyrrell, Office of Institutional Research and Assessment

Brian Wood, Director of Accounting

Steering Committee

Kim Kostelis, Provost, VP Academic Affairs

Steve Minkler, AVP Academic Affairs

James Mulrooney, Interim Dean, School of Education and Professional Studies

Yvonne Kirby, AVP Planning & Institutional Effectiveness, NECHE Accreditation Liaison Officer