GSAS BOARD OF DIRECTORS' ROSTER

As of July 1, 2008

Officers 2007-2009

President
Marianne E. Hazel , M.Ed., Curriculum and Instruction; B.S., Elementary and Kindergarten Education
Associate Professor and Assistant Director of Student Teaching; Lock Haven University of Pennsylvania

President-elect
Vacant

Immediate Past President
Kevin R. Steele, Esq., J.D., Dickinson
Chief of the Trials Division in the Montgomery County District Attorney's Office

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

George May, Ph.D., M.S. and B.S., Agronomy
Chief Executive Officer of the Institute for Technology Development

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
Gregory E. Grose, M.B.A.; B.S., Agricultural Business Management
Chief Executive Officer of Innodyn, LLC.

College of Communications
Karen E. Kline, Ph.D., Mass Communications
Professor of Communication Media, Lock Haven University of Pennsylvania

College of Earth and Mineral Sciences
Eric Minford, Ph.D., and B.S., Ceramic Science
Lead Research Engineer of Advanced Gas Separation Technology; Air Products and Chemicals, Inc.

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
Vacant

College of Health and Human Development
Vacant

College of Information Sciences and Technology
Vacant

College of the Liberal Arts
Vacant

College of Medicine
Vacant

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
Steven E. Linberg, Ph.D. and M.S., Physiology
Managing Director and Treasurer; Chiesi Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

Dickinson School of Law
John J. Miravich, Esq., J.D., Dickinson
Partner, Fox Rothschild LLP

Penn State Erie, The Behrend College
Vacant

Penn State Great Valley
Vacant

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

Graduate Student Association
Alfonso Mendoza, President 2008-2009
Deshmukh Kuldeep, Graduate School Alumni Society Representative 2008-2009
Wael Yousef, International Graduate Student Representative 2008-2009

Ex-officio Members

Robert J. Booz, Ph.D., Speech Communication; B.S., Business Administration
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

Regina Vasilatos-Younken, Ph.D., Animal Nutrition; B.S., Animal and Preveterinary Science
Senior Associate Dean of 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, 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