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