GSAS BOARD OF DIRECTORS' ROSTER

As of July 1, 2009

Officers 2009-2011

President
John J. Miravich, Esq., J.D., Dickinson
Partner, Fox Rothschild LLP

President-elect
Vacant

Immediate Past President
Marianne E. Hazel , M.Ed., Curriculum and Instruction; B.S., Elementary and Kindergarten Education
Associate Dean; Lock Haven University of Pennsylvania

At Large Members

Eric A. Alfonsi, M.S. Engineering Science
Professor, Electronics and Computer Engineering Technology; DeVry University

F. Alan Andersen, Ph.D. and M.S., Biophysics
Director and Scientific Coordinator; Cosmetic Ingredient Review

Onker N. Basu, Ph.D., Business
Senior Vice President and Head of Strategy and Planning of the Client Services Group, Key Bank

Riad Dirani , Ph.D., Health Policy and Administration; B.S., Pre-Medicine
Director/Team Leader, Outcomes Research for Ortho-McNeil Janssen Scientific Affairs; Johnson & Johnson

Cynthia A. Mable, M.S., Computer Science; B.S., Mathematics
Principal, SunGlobal LLC

DuWayne Meliotes, M.S., Curriculum and Instruction; B.A., History
Lecturer, School of Management; ABAC University

John C. Thompson III , Ph.D., Curriculum and Instruction
Vice President, CTB/McGraw-Hill

Dianne Turner , D.Ed., Art Education
Professor of Art Education at California State University, Bakersfield (CSUB); and Founding Director, CSUB Children's Art Institute

Campus, College, and Student Representatives

College of Agricultural Sciences
Kerry L. Golden, M.Ed., Agricultural and Extension Education; B.S., Agricultural Science
Executive Director of the Agriculture and Rural Affairs Committee-Pennsylvania House of Representatives--Republican Caucus, Harrisburg, PA

College of Arts and Architecture
Susan W. Schwartz, Ph.D., Art and Architectural History
Community Volunteer

Smeal College of Business
Krishna C. Nadella, M.B.A., Business Administration
Associate Director, Product Specialist, Moody’s Analytics

College of Communications
Robert C. Trumpbour, Ph.D., Mass Communications
Assistant Professor, Penn State Altoona

College of Earth and Mineral Sciences
Barbara Blaine Kinne, M.S., Geography
Research Assistant, Earth and Environmental Systems Institute, Penn State

College of Education
Daniel J. West, Ph.D., M.Ed., Counselor Education; B.S., Rehabilitation Education
Chairman and Professor of Health Administration and Human Resources, University of Scranton

College of Engineering
Jonathan U. Dougherty, Ph.D., B.AE., Architectural Engineering
Manager of the Corporate Knowledge Center, James G. Davis Construction Corporation

College of Health and Human Development
Stephanie T. Lanza, Ph.D. and M.S., Human Development and Family Studies; M.A.S., Applied Statistics
Scientific Director of the Methodology Center, Penn State

College of Information Sciences and Technology
Vacant

College of the Liberal Arts
Robert J. Booz , Ph.D., Speech Communication; B.S., Accounting
Private Consultant

College of Medicine
Mackenzie L. D. Gross, Ph.D., Pharmacology; M.B.A. Business Administration; B.S. Biology
Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Hematology and Oncology, University of Pennsylvania

Eberly College of Science
James C. Weaver, Ph.D., Physical Chemistry
Director, Photographic Science and Technology Center-Research Laboratories, Eastman Kodak Company

Intercollege Graduate Degree Programs
Vacant

Dickinson School of Law
Vacant

Penn State Erie, The Behrend College
Vacant

Penn State Great Valley
Shakir Jones, M.Ed., Instructional Systems
Client Relationship Manager, Augustine, Inc.

Penn State Harrisburg
Monica J. Jones, M.P.A., Public Administration
Grants Coordinator, Messiah College

Graduate Student Association
Alfonso Mendoza, President 2009-2010
Joseph Gyekis, Graduate School Alumni Society Representative 2009-2010
Ran Tu, Graduate School Alumni Society Representative 2009-2010
Prateek Dasgupta, International Graduate Student Representative 2009-2010

Ex-officio Members

Simon Corby
Director of Development, Office of the Vice President for Research and Dean of the Graduate School

Marilyn B. Engle, B.S., Marketing
Director of Alumni and Public Relations, The Graduate School

Kendra Yoder, B.A., Mass Communications
Assistant, Graduate School Alumni and Public Relations Office

Regional Director, Penn State Alumni Association

Former Officers

President, 2007-2009
Marianne E. Hazel , M.Ed., Curriculum and Instruction; B.S., Elementary and Kindergarten Education
Associate Dean; Lock Haven University of Pennsylvania

President, 2005-2007
Kevin R. Steele, Esq., J.D., Dickinson
First Assistant District Attorney in the Montgomery County District Attorney's Office

President, 2003-2005
Tom C. Hogan, M.R.P., Regional Planning; M.P.A., Public Administration
Talent Acquisition Leader, Employment Strategy and Policy; AT&T Education Alliance

President, 2001-2003
Martha L. Starling, Ph.D. and M.S., Clothing and Textiles
Community Volunteer

President, 1997-2001
William A. Burgess, M.B.A.; B.S., Agricultural Business Management
WABurgess, LLC

First President, 1995-1997
M. Susan Barger, Ph.D., Interdisciplinary Program in the Humanities
Adjunct Professor, Department of Anthropology and Department of Earth & Planetary Sciences; University of New Mexico

Vice President, 1997-2001
Waddell A. Biggart, II (deceased), Ph.D., Chemistry
Vice President; Sughrue, Mion, Zinn, MacPeak and Seas, PLLC

*Degrees shown are those from Penn State