GSAS Board of Directors' Biographical Information

Graduate School Alumni Society (GSAS)

As of July 1, 2009

Officers

John J. Miravich, Esq., J.D. '89 (President)
John is a partner in the national law firm of Fox Rothschild LLP; he concentrates a significant part of his practice in various aspects of municipal law, municipal and tax-exempt finance, and government affairs issues and in advising local governments on numerous legal and financial issues. In this role, he represents various municipalities on litigation concerning challenges to their formation, taxing authority and ability to levy fees. He also represents private entities in litigation, including construction, commercial, unfair competition and employment disputes, and advises on litigation avoidance and prevention and insurance coverage issues.Previously, John was a shareholder in the regional law firm of Stevens & Lee. While in law school, John was a student editor to the Honorable Dale F. Shugart, PA Civil Practice, as well as serving as intern clerk to the Honorable John E. Lavelle of the Schuylkill County Court of Common Pleas. John serves as president of the Dickinson School of Law Alumni Association and is president of the Berks/Schuylkill/Lebanon Chapter of the Dickinson School of Law Alumni Association. He earned a bachelor of arts degree from Bloomsburg University in 1986 and was awarded his law degree from the Dickinson School of Law in 1989.

Marianne E. Hazel, B.S. '90, M.Ed. '95 (Immediate Past President)
Marianne is the associate dean at Lock Haven University. She works with both the College of Education and Human Services and the College of Arts and Science. Marianne began at Lock Haven University in 2002 and was the assistant director of student teaching, an associate professor, and University supervisor. Previously, Marianne was a central office administrator, an elementary administrator, reading supervisor, Title I coordinator, and elementary teacher. Marianne volunteers for several local organizations. Additionally, she is involved in numerous University committees, is a member of several professional organizations, and is a reviewer of two professional education journals. She has made many International and national presentations and has published several articles. In addition to her degrees from Penn State, Marianne holds a doctoral degree in educational leadership from Immaculata University and a master of science degree in administration from McDaniel College. An active member of the Penn State Alumni Association, she serves on Alumni Council. Marianne is also the owner and innkeeper of a bed and breakfast.

At Large Members

Eric A. Alfonsi , B.S. '63, M.S. '77 (Chair, Awards Committee)
Eric is professor of electronics and computer engineering technology at DeVry University in Fort Washington, PA. Prior to joining DeVry, Eric was a senior engineer and program manager for the Department of Defense for over thirty years, where he oversaw the development of advanced avionics systems for a variety of Navy and Marine aircraft. He co-authored a number of publications, received two U.S. patents, and was awarded the Navy Meritorious Civilian Service Medal. Eric earned his B.S. in electrical engineering at Penn State University Park, and his M.S. in engineering science from the Penn State Great Valley School of Graduate Professional Studies. He later returned to Penn State Great Valley as an adjunct faculty member, where he taught graduate-level courses in engineering. A member of the Penn State Alumni Association, he and his wife, Eldora, reside in Newtown Square, PA.

F. Alan Andersen , M.S. '69, Ph.D. '72 (Chair, Professional Development Committee)
Alan is the director and scientific coordinator of Cosmetic Ingredient Review. Previously, he was employed at the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for twenty-two years, most recently as the appointed head of a group responsible for pre-market clearance of medical devices. Alan has received numerous awards including the Public Health Service Superior Service Award, the FDA Award of Merit, Employees EEO Recognition Award, and a Sigma Xi Award of Recognition. He has also served as a radiation biological effects consultant to the World Health Organization and chaired the American National Standards Institute's Medical Device Standards Board. Alan is past president and a former member of the Board of Directors of CLSI (formerly NCCLS), an international, interdisciplinary, nonprofit, and educational organization that promotes the development and use of voluntary consensus standards and guidelines relating to clinical testing in the laboratory. After graduating from Muhlenberg College in 1966, Alan was awarded his M.S. in 1969 and Ph.D. in 1972 in biophysics from Penn State.

Onker N. Basu, Ph.D. '92 (International Alumni Representative)
Onker is currently the senior vice president and head of Strategy and Planning of the Client Services Group at KeyBank in Cleveland, Ohio. Prior to joining KeyBank, Onker held positions with National City Bank as senior vice president and director of Strategy, Planning and Channel Sales of Small Business Banking, as well as vice president and general manager of Information Services. Prior to National City Bank, he worked for consulting firms such as Nextera, IBM and PricewaterhouseCoopers, where he held several leadership positions, driving significant strategic and transformational engagements for Fortune 500 companies across multiple industries. Onker was also an assistant professor at the University of Akron, where he conducted applied and theoretical research and taught finance and accounting. He has published and presented papers in numerous business journals and conferences. Onker has extensive experience in strategic business planning, technology strategy and leading large-scale transformation initiatives. He also has extensive P&L experience, while focusing on enhancing multi-channel sales, market segmentation, customer contact strategies, and building specialty business lines. He is a graduate of the Ph.D. program in business with a concentration in accounting and organizational theory. In addition, he holds an MBA in finance and a bachelor's degree in accounting from the University of Bombay, India.

Riad G. Dirani, B.S. ’94, Ph.D. '99
Riad is currently the director/team leader, Outcomes Research for Ortho-McNeil Janssen Scientific Affairs, a division of Johnson & Johnson, located in Titusville, NJ. He is the therapeutic area lead for the Psychiatry products in Outcomes Research at Johnson & Johnson. His responsibilities include leading the Psychiatry team, formulating integrated strategies to address business objectives, and supporting access/reimbursement and market expansion initiatives. He is also responsible for leading intra-departmental teams to enhance departmental processes, optimize departmental activities, and increase the capabilities of staff. Riad has initiated several collaborative efforts with national thought leaders in the area of mental health policy. He has focused on applying broad-based health outcomes tools that include statistical analysis, instrument development, basic epidemiology, economic modeling and analytic methods, study design and research methods, database analysis, and medical/business writing. Riad is a member of the International Society for Pharmacoeconomics and Outcomes Research, the American Psychiatric Association, the American Heart Association, and the American Thoracic Society. He is a graduate of the Ph.D. program in health policy and administration with a concentration on health services and health economics. He also holds a bachelor’s degree in pre-medicine from Penn State.

Cynthia A. Mable, M.S. '71 (Chair, Communications Committee)
Cindy received her B.S. in mathematics in 1969 and her M.S. in computer science in 1971. Cindy also has a MBA in marketing from Temple University. She is a management consultant and assists clients in defining business plans, developing global marketing strategies, and facilitating change management programs. Cindy is also an adjunct professor at Strayer and DeVry universities. Formerly, she held executive positions with the consulting firms Ernst & Young and Deloitte & Touche and with Marriott International. Cindy has over twenty years of consulting experience in companies ranging from Fortune 500 companies to start-up technology companies.

John C. Thompson III, Ph.D. '78
Jack is vice president of CTB/McGraw-Hill, responsible for field and sales operations on the East Coast. The company is based in Monterey, California, and develops and scores large-scale, high stakes testing programs under contracts with state departments of education, cities, and school districts. The company tests approximately forty million students and adult learners annually, and employs eight hundred professionals, including seventy-five Ph.D. research scientists, psychometricians, and content experts. CTB/McGraw-Hill is owned by The McGraw-Hill Companies, which has annual revenues of $6.3 billion. While best known for book publishing, McGraw-Hill provides information services worldwide, publishes Business Week magazine, owns and operates Standard and Poor's bond rating services and stock market indices, and has recently acquired JD Powers and Associates. Jack joined CTB/McGraw-Hill in 1983 as an evaluation consultant, and has held several positions with the company through the last twenty-four years. He has received several awards and has been recognized for his contributions to the assessment industry. He is a frequent presenter at the National Conference on Large Scale Assessment and at the National Council on Measurement in Education’s annual meeting; he has authored articles for the Studies in Educational Evaluation and for School Science and Mathematics. He is a member of Pi Lambda Theta, Phi Delta Kappa, and the National Association of Test Directors. Jack holds a Ph.D. in curriculum from Penn State, with a minor in educational psychology, focusing on educational measurement and statistics. He and his wife, Barbara, have three grown children, reside in West Chester, Pennsylvania, and enjoy a round of golf.

Dianne Turner, D.Ed. '89
Dianne is a professor of art education at California State University, Bakersfield (CSUB), and the founding director of the CSUB Children’s Art Institute. She is responsible for advising, teaching and course development for art education in the teacher education department. In addition, she serves as chair for the school of education school academic council. Since 1989, she has partnered the department with more than seventy-five school districts to create a permanent exhibition of children’s artwork in the CSUB School of Education. Dianne has collaborated with the Getty Center for the Arts for a large scale Student Art Exhibition and assisted in creating exhibitions for a Graduate Symposium in which students are able to have their artwork valued as research. In addition, she has instituted practices such as bringing school-age children to national, state and local presentations to showcase art lessons taught in the classroom, as well as inviting them to attend undergraduate art education courses to learn and develop their artistic skills. As a reviewer of teacher credentialing, Dianne worked with two schools within the university to formulate their accreditation documents for the NCATE (National Council of Accreditation for Teacher Education) and the CCTC (California Credential for Teachers). She has served on the editorial board for a professional publication in the art education field. While a doctoral student at Penn State, Dianne placed in the graduate research exhibition as a representative for the College of Arts and Architecture. In addition to her degree from Penn State, Dianne received her master of arts degree from the University of South Carolina, and her bachelor of fine arts degree from Virginia Commonwealth University.

Du Wayne Meliotes, B.A. '66, M.S. '74
Du Wayne is currently a lecturer in the School of Management at ABAC University in Bangkok, Thailand. He has vast experience in public relations and was a news co-anchor and talk show host for a television station in Arlington, Virginia. Du Wayne is also a business consultant and former owner of a candy manufacturing and retail company. Formerly, he was a consultant in executive development for the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development in Washington, D.C. and a communications instructor for the Lebanese American University. Du Wayne received his B.A. in history and his M.S. in curriculum and instruction.

College/Campus Representatives

College of Agricultural Sciences- Kerry L. Golden, B.S. '91, M.Ed. '93
Kerry is the executive director of the Agriculture and Rural Affairs Committee for the Pennsylvania House of Representatives. As a legislative consultant on agricultural issues, she drafts legislation and manages information distribution and meetings for the committee, and most significantly has been directly involved in crafting farmland preservation program amendments over the past decade, changing the law to provide Small Business First loans to agricultural producers, and updating the state dog laws. She is also an instructor and lecturer of agriculture careers at Penn State Mont Alto. Actively involved in her community, Kerry was for seven years an elected official of the Middletown Borough Council, and is currently chairman of the Greater Middletown Economic Development Corporation Board of Directors. In 2005, she was honored with Penn States Alumni Achievement Award, and in 2003, she was recognized as an Outstanding Recent Alumni by the College of Agricultural Sciences. A scholar in the pioneer class of the Pennsylvanias Governor School for the Agricultural Sciences, Kerry earned her bachelor of science degree in 1991, and her master degree in agricultural and extension education in 1993, both from Penn State.

College of Arts and Architecture- Susan W. Schwartz, Ph.D. '95
Sue earned her A.B. '55 in music from Oberlin College and her Ph.D. '95 in architectural history from Penn State. Born in St. Louis and raised in Port Washington, NY, she has spent her adult life in a variety of locations, primarily small towns. Her role as "corporate wife" resulted from her husband's career at Corning, Inc. She also performed on and taught the piano and French Horn, drew, designed landscape plans, and researched and taught art history and architectural history. She is the former treasurer for the Friends of the Palmer Museum of Art at Penn State and is an active member of the College Art Association. She also maintains membership in the Society of Architectural Historians, currently serving on the Development Committee. Volunteering, philanthropy, collecting and investing are areas in which she is active.

Smeal College of Business- Krishna Nadella, M.B.A. '04
Krishna recently joined Moody’s Analytics as a Structured Finance Product Specialist. With over eight years of sales experience and extensive knowledge of the Structured Credit space, Krishna covers buy-side firms providing them with product knowledge and solutions at the same time growing Moody’s Analytics product and marketing strategy. Prior to Moody’s Analytics, Krishna worked in Citigroup’s Investment Bank as an Assistant Vice President in their Global Structured Credit Products division. He was responsible for building and managing a $500MM Global Sales Desk, selling CDO Equity to clients of the Citigroup Private Bank and Smith Barney, in addition to Pension Funds, College Endowments, and Financial Consultants. Krishna started his career at Citigroup in their Sales and Trading Associate program, structuring and selling over 100 Structured Notes to U.S. and Latin American High Net-Worth clients. Krishna has extensive product knowledge in both the CDO space and with Structured Products. In 2006, Krishna had record-sales for both Structured Notes and CDO Equity. Krishna is also an active proponent of community involvement. In NYC, he currently sits on the Young Patron Steering Committee's for the American Museum of Natural History, Lincoln Center Theater, the Asia Society, Gen-Art, and the New York Theatre Workshop. In State College, Krishna additionally sits on the Smeal MBA Alumni Advisory Board, he is a Lifetime Member of the Penn State Alumni Association and is a member of the Golden Lion Society. Krishna earned his undergraduate degree in Biochemistry from McMaster University in Hamilton, Ontario and his MBA from The Pennsylvania State University.

College of Communications- Robert C. Trumpbour, Ph.D. '01
Robert is an associate professor at Penn State Altoona. His research interests include mass media studies in relation to public policy, citizenship, history, political economy, popular culture, and sports. He has nearly thirty years of college teaching experience, having taught courses at Western Illinois, Saint Francis, and Southern Illinois Universities. Robert has authored and co-authored numerous articles in scholarly publications and presented at many professional conferences. He has also authored and reviewed a number of journal articles, books, and book chapters. Robert has received several awards and distinctions, most recently in 2007, 2008 and 2009 with an Outstanding Service Award from the Cultural and Critical Studies division of the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication, and was elected head of that division in August 2009. Robert holds a bachelor’s degree in English literature from Saint Francis University; a master’s degree in English literature from Western Illinois University; and a doctorate in mass communications from Penn State.

College of Earth and Mineral Sciences- Barbara Blaine Kinne, M.S. '78
Barbara is employed as a research assistant for the Center for Policy Research on Energy, Environment, and Community in the Earth and Environmental Systems Institute at Penn State. In this role, she executes federally funded research projects that explore renewable energy and energy efficiency, synthesizes data collected and compiles government research reports, coordinates proposal submissions, and manages relationships with external funding agencies and key stakeholders during research projects. She also provides logistical support, professional development, and impact assessment for the Regional Energy Partnership of the Local Development Districts of Pennsylvania. Previously, Barbara worked as a research support assistant in the Center for Management of Technological and Organizational Change in the Smeal College of Business. A member of the Penn State Alumni Association, Barbara earned her master of science degree in geography from Penn State.

College of Education- Dan West, B.S. '71, M.Ed. '72, Ph.D. '82 (Chair, Global Development Committee)
Dan is the chairman and professor in the Department of Health Administration and Human Resources, University of Scranton. He teaches in the Graduate School at the University of Scranton and has specialized in international health care, globalization, multiculturalism and diversity management. He holds a professor in Public Health appointment at Trnava University, Slovakia and a visiting professor appointment at the University of Matej Bel in Slovakia. He was recently appointed affiliated faculty at Tbilisi State Medical University, Department of Public Health and Health Management, Tbilisi, Georgia. He is president and chief executive officer of HTC Consulting Group, Inc. He is a certified healthcare consultant with the American Association of Healthcare Consultants, and board certified in healthcare management by the American College of Healthcare Executives.

Dan has been a CEO for a hospital, medical practice and several health care businesses. In addition to thirty years of health care management, consulting and leadership experience, Dan maintains Fellowship with the American College of Healthcare Executives, American College of Medical Practice Executives, American Academy of Medical Administrators, American College of Health Care Administrators, American Academy of Behavioral Medicine, and Association of Behavioral Healthcare Management. He serves on the Board of Directors for the Health Care Management Forum of Northeastern Pennsylvania and the Regents Advisory Council for Northeast Pennsylvania. Other Board memberships include the Healthy Northeast Pennsylvania Initiative, Scranton Temple Residency Program, Medical Advisory Board of the International Brain Trauma Association, Scranton Temple Residency Program IRB, and the Behavioral Health Research Institute. He is recognized as in International Fellow at the University of Scranton and serves on several University committees.

College of Engineering- Jonathan U. Dougherty, B.AE. '99, Ph.D. '06
Jonathan currently serves as the manager of the Corporate Knowledge Center at the James G. Davis Construction Corporation (DAVIS). In this role, he leads the corporate education and knowledge management initiatives of the corporation by facilitating and supporting employee and manager efforts to maximize effectiveness in the workplace - via courses, seminars, workshops, on-the-job learning, mentoring/coaching, and employee related policy development and implementation. Jonathan also leads DAVIS' University Partnership Program by collaborating with universities where DAVIS actively recruits. Prior to joining DAVIS, Jonathan taught for seven years at Penn State. As an undergraduate, Jonathan participated in the Penn State/University of Leeds study abroad program, then continued on in his Penn State academic career to earn a Ph.D. in Architectural Engineering, with a graduate-level minor in Instructional Systems from the College of Education. As an alumnus, Jonathan continues to stay connected with his alma matter, currently serving on the "Thesis Jury," a panel of practicing engineers who judge the senior thesis presentations to determine the best thesis in each option within the Architectural Engineering program. Jonathan also serves on the advisory board of the Penn State Wilkes-Barre campus and is a trustee for the Francis L. Greenfield Laborer's Joint Training Fund of Washington, D.C. A member of the Penn State Alumni Association, Jonathan resides in Rockville, Maryland.

College of Health & Human Development- Stephanie T. Lanza, M.S. '98, Ph.D. '03
Stephanie earned her masters in applied statistics (2002) and Ph.D. in human development and family studies (2003) from Penn State. After working as a research professor at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, she returned to State College to serve as the Scientific Director of The Methodology Center at Penn State. In this role, she facilitates interdisciplinary research to advance and disseminate statistical methodology related to research on the prevention and treatment of problem behaviors. Stephanie’s research focuses on several statistical issues that arise in the study of adolescent and early adulthood outcomes including substance abuse, sexual risk behavior and obesity. She has two grants from NIH, one to conduct an annual conference at Penn State on statistical methods, the other to develop a new methodological framework for quantifying multiple, interactive risks for developmental outcomes. She received the 2008 Society for Prevention Research Early Career Award. Stephanie is married to a Penn State alumnus and has one daughter.

College of the Liberal Arts- Robert J. Booz, B.S. '68, Ph.D. '99
Bob’s forty-year career has spanned government, business, and academia. Most recently, he was the first director of Development in the Office of the Senior Vice President for Research and Dean of the Graduate School, Penn State. In this position, Bob raised nearly $30 million since starting the development program in 2000. Through his efforts, philanthropic gifts established graduate scholarships, fellowships, and numerous support programs. Previously, Bob served as a regional director of Research and Development for the Pennsylvania Department of Workforce and Economic Development program at Penn State; as a project manager at Raytheon (formerly HRB-Singer) in State College, PA; and as a senior consultant at KPMG (formerly Peat, Marwick, Mitchell, & Co.) in Washington, D.C., supporting defense contract projects in Newport, R.I. A highly decorated Vietnam veteran, Bob was awarded both the Distinguished Flying Cross and Air Medal with three Oak Leaf Clusters. He holds a B.S. in accounting from Penn State, an M.B.A. from Sul Ross University in Texas, and a Ph.D. in speech communication from Penn State. A member of the Penn State Alumni Association, Bob resides in Centre Hall, Pennsylvania.

Eberly College of Science- James C. Weaver, Ph.D. '76
Jim is director of the Eastman Kodak Research Laboratories, the organization within Kodak that is responsible for the innovation of disruptive technologies for digital imaging, digital printing and display systems. Beginning his career with Kodak in 1976, Jim has worked on the chemistry, physics and imaging science of many different imaging devices, components and systems, and has held leadership roles in both research and strategic planning. An active volunteer, Jim served on the Eberly College of Science Alumni Society Board of Directors from 1999-2005. In addition, he is a member of the American Chemical Society, and Sigma Xi, the Scientific Research Society. Jim received his Bachelor of Science degree in chemistry from Wilkes College in 1971, his doctoral degree in physical chemistry from Penn State in 1976, and his master of business administration degree from the University of Rochester in 1985, where he was also awarded the Hugh Whitney Award for scholastic achievement.

Penn State College of Medicine- Mackenzie L. D. Gross, Ph.D. '03, M.B.A. '01, B.S. '98
Mackenzie earned her B.S. in biology at Penn State University Park, her M.B.A. at Penn State Harrisburg, and her Ph.D. in pharmacology at the Penn State College of Medicine. Born and raised in Kalamazoo, Michigan, and after eight years of study at Penn State, she continued her research interests at the University of Pennsylvania. There, her work focused on genomic instability resulting from treatment with cancer chemotherapeutics, as studied by gene expression profiling. During this time, she also spent six months mentoring a master's student. Mackenzie’s research at the University of Pennsylvania was supported by a postdoctoral fellowship in 2004 from the Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation. Other earlier research support included a Public Health Service training grant in 1999 and the Bernard B. Brodie Graduate Fellowship Award in Pharmacology in 2002. In 2001, Mackenzie served on the Committee on Student Life for the Penn State University Faculty Senate. More recently, she served on the Allocations Committee in 2007 for the Chester County Fund for Women and Girls, an organization with which she remains active. Mackenzie is also a lifetime member of the Penn State Alumni Association.

Dickinson School of Law - John J. Miravich, Esq., J.D. '89
(See Officers)

Penn State Erie, The Behrend College- Vacant

Penn State Great Valley - Shakir Jones, M. Ed., '07
Shakir is currently a client relations manager for Augustine Inc., a leader in the top tier of the world’s recruitment process outsourcers. In his position, he serves as a workforce planning consultant for the nuclear engineering division of AREVA NP, the world’s largest energy company that focuses on nuclear power and operates in over forty countries. Prior to this position, he was a service delivery manager for Augustine, Inc. In this capacity, he was responsible for client relationships, candidate management, development of client proposals, competitor sourcing, and technical training for clients that included Wachovia, Xerox, Bank of America, AREVA NP, Hewitt, GlaxoSmithKline, CNA, and Deloitte Financial Advisory Services. Shakir received his bachelor of science degree in industrial technology from Jackson State University in 2002, and his master of education in instructional systems design from Penn State in 2007. A member of the Penn State Alumni Association, Shakir serves on the GSAS Board alongside his wife, Monica, who is the representative of Penn State Harrisburg.

Penn State Harrisburg - Monica J. Jones, M.P.A., '06
As the grants coordinator at Messiah College, Monica writes grants supporting scholarship and annual fund projects and provides support during the pre-award phase of grant procurement. She currently serves on the Board of Directors for the Lancaster County Urban League. Previously, Monica was a graduate assistant at Penn State Harrisburg from 2004 to 2006, and served as an assistant coordinator for Resident Life in 2006. As a graduate student, she also did an internship with the Pennsylvania Higher Education Assistance Agency as a research and policy analyst in 2005, and was the president of the Graduate Student Association at Penn State Harrisburg from 2005-2006. Before coming to Penn State, Monica was the assistant to the director of Heritage and Cultural Development for the Mississippi Development Authority and from 2003-2004, she was Mississippi's Miss Hospitality--the first African American to have the title in the pageant's fifty-four-year history. In this role, she served as a state ambassador to promote economic development and tourism. While serving as MS Miss Hospitality, Monica was also Miss Jackson State University 2003-2004--the University's official student representative. Monica earned a master's degree in public administration from Penn State in 2006, and a bachelor of arts in political science from W.E.B. Du Bois Honors College at Jackson State University in 2004, where she graduated cum laude.

Monica is a recipient of numerous awards including: the Most Outstanding Graduate Student Award from the Penn State Harrisburg Alumni Society in 2006; the Kathryn Towns Award from Penn State Harrisburg in 2005; the Hometown Hero Award from the Jackson Mississippi Convention and Visitors Bureau in 2004; the Resolution of Achievement granted by the Mississippi House of Representatives in 2004; and the Jacksonian Award of Excellence from the Jackson State University National Alumni Association in 2004.

Intercollege Graduate Degree Programs- Prateek Dasgupta
Prateek is a Ph.D. candidate in Materials Science and Engineering.

Graduate Student Association Representative- Alfonso Mendoza (President, GSA)
Alfonso is president of the Graduate Student Association and a Ph.D. candidate in Materials Science and Engineering.

Graduate Student Association Representative- Joseph Gyekis
Joe is past president of the Graduate Student Association and a Ph.D. candidate in Biobehavioral Health.

Graduate Student Association Representative- Ran Tu
Ran is a Ph.D. candidate in Chemistry.

Past Presidents

Marianne E. Hazel, 2007-2009
B.S. '90, M.Ed. '95
(See Officers)

Kevin R. Steele, 2005-2007
J.D. '92
Kevin serves as the chief of the Trials Division in the Montgomery County District Attorney's Office in Pennsylvania where he oversees the following units: Arson, Domestic Violence, Drugs, Economic Crimes, Grand Jury, Insurance Fraud, Major Crimes, and Sex Crimes. Prior to his current position, he served as the captain of the Narcotics Unit and was appointed special deputy attorney general.

Before joining the Montgomery County District Attorney's Office in 1995, Kevin served as a deputy district attorney in Dauphin County for three years. Previously, Kevin worked for the Department of Justice, Wilmington, Delaware; United States Attorney's Office, Washington, D.C.; and the United States Secret Service, Washington, D.C. Kevin is an adjunct professor of criminal law at Cabrini College and lectures for the Pennsylvania District Attorney's Institute, as well as numerous other law enforcement agencies.

Kevin received his master of laws degree in trial advocacy from Temple University, his law degree from the Dickinson School of Law, and his undergraduate degree in criminal justice from The George Washington University.

Tom C. Hogan, 2003-2005
M.P.A. '77, M.R.P. '83
Tom is director of the Office Worldwide Faculty Recruitment and Appointments at the University of Maryland University College. Prior to his current position, he spent twenty-three years with AT&T with assignments in sales, sales support, business development, marketing and human resources. In his last assignment with AT&T, Tom was director of Strategic Talent Acquisition, Workforce Diversity and EO/AA. Tom is currently an assistant adjunct professor at the University of Maryland University College and will be teaching Strategic Management fall 2006. He has served on a number of Board of Directors and advisory bodies including the HBCU Deans of the Business Schools Roundtable Corporate Advisory Board, National Society of Hispanic MBAs Corporate Advisory Board, and Stevens Institute of Technology Masters of Science Management Degree Program Advisory Board. An active member of the Penn State Alumni Association, he is an elected member of Alumni Council and serves on the Executive Committee.

Martha L. Starling, 2001-2003
M.S. '66, Ph.D. '69
Marty is a community volunteer in diverse activities, including Downtown State College Partnership, community flower gardens, and fundraising for the school district. She is immediate past chair of the board of the Centre County Community Foundation and is former chair of the Centre County United Way. Last year, the Chamber of Business and Industry of Centre County named her the Volunteer of the Year, and Penn State recognized her as Renaissance Woman of the Year. Previously, Marty was the director of Development in Penn State's College of Health and Human Development, and the director of Alumni Relations for the college. Marty served previously as the president of the College of Health and Human Development Alumni Society (1972-74), as a member of Penn State Alumni Council (1972-1980 and 1984-87), and as a member of Alumni Council Executive Board (1978-1980 and 1984-85).

William A. Burgess, 1997-2001
B.S. '65, M.B.A. '72
Bill received his B.S. in agricultural business and management and his M.B.A., majoring in marketing. Bill has over thirty years of corporate management and management consulting experience in competitive strategy and new business development. He has extensive experience in facilitating transformation and change programs for executive teams of Fortune 100 corporations. Bill is a qualified expert witness in the U.S. Federal Court System for his expertise in consumer goods marketing and new business development.

M. Susan Barger, 1995-1997
Ph.D. '82 (First president)
Susan received her Ph.D. through the interdisciplinary program in the humanities. Her dissertation was a materials science study of the daguerreotype, and she is an internationally known expert on the daguerreotype display and conservation. Susan is an adjunct professor in both the Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences and the Department of Anthropology at the University of New Mexico. She is also a conservation scientist and serves as a consultant to museums, art dealers, and private collectors.

Past At Large Members

Waddell A. Biggart, II (deceased), Ph.D. '61

Joanne B. Blanchard-Brown, Ph.D. '97

Velma Deleveaux, Ph.D. '97

Sandra L. Groves, Ph.D. '85

Tom C. Hogan, M.P.A. '77, M.R.P. '83

Hilton J. Klein, V.M.D., M.S. '74

George May, B.S. '71, M.S. '73, Ph.D. '76

Barbara R. Price, M.A. '67, Ph.D. '74

Claire Huschka Sink, M.A. '68