Strategic Planning Task Force

Co-chairs

Dr. Shai L. Butler/Co-Chair

Shai Butler

Professor Eileen Cusick/Co-Chair

Eileen Cusick

Task Force Members

Spring 2022 – Spring 2023

Definitions of Acronyms used in the Membership table are listed below the table of members.

Name Email Address School/ Division/ Work area Division/ Department Position/ Title/ Affiliation
Shai Butler slbutler@jiejuzhongxin.com Advancement & External Affairs Advancement & External Affairs Vice President of Advancement & External Affairs/ Executive Director to the 博彩网站 Foundation/ Co-chair, Strategic Planning Task Force/ NUP
Eileen Cusick cusick@jiejuzhongxin.com LAPS Office Information Technologies Professor/ Co-chair, Strategic Planning Task Force/ Co-chair, NECHE Standard 7, Information Resources/ Hiring Committees/ MCCC
Donna Richer dmgarza@jiejuzhongxin.com Advancement & External Affairs Advancement & External Affairs Executive Assistant to the VP of Advancement and External Affairs/ Administrative Lead, Strategic Planning Task Force
Dan Surdyka dfsurdyka@jiejuzhongxin.com Information Technology IT Applications Webmaster/ Communications Lead, Strategic Planning Task Force/ NECHE Committee Member Standard #9/ NUP
Christina Atwater cratwater@jiejuzhongxin.com LAPS Business Administration Professor/ Co-chair, NECHE/ FYE/ Chair, Curriculum Committee/ Chair, AUC/ MCCC
Debra Avery ddavery@jiejuzhongxin.com Facilities Facilities Sr. Director of Facilities/ NECHE Committee/ NUP
Karolyn Burgos- Toribio kmburgostoribio0001@jiejuzhongxin.com Community Engagement Community Engagement

Community Outreach Counselor, Lead / Former Student Trustee 2017-2019 / Alumnus

Shaun Bush svbush2101@jiejuzhongxin.com Facilities Facilities Project Manager/ alumni/ Past general contractor at 博彩网站/ NUP
Brian Candido blcandido@jiejuzhongxin.com STEM STEM/ Computer Technologies Department Chair/ Professor/ Strategic Planning 2016, Commerce Redesign Team 2018, NECHE 2010/ MCCC
Jason Cohen jlcohen@jiejuzhongxin.com Administration & Finance Administration & Finance Senior Director of Finance and Budgets/ NECHE Accreditation/ NUP
Joelle Connor Jsconnor@jiejuzhongxin.com SHPS Dental Sciences Program Director -Dental Assistant Program/ Smoke Free Campus Committee / Foundation Board Committee/ MCCC
Maria Fonseca mlfonseca@jiejuzhongxin.com Student Assessment Student Testing Center Coordinator of Student Assessment
Gladys Franco gnfranco@jiejuzhongxin.com Workforce Development Workforce Development Assistant Vice President of Workforce Development/ NUP
Matthew Gravel mgravel@jiejuzhongxin.com Academic Affairs Academic Affairs Dean of Academic Initiatives/ 2011 and 2021 self-study committees/ NUP
Tom Guzowski teguzowski@jiejuzhongxin.com SHPS Physical Therapist Assistant Associate Professor/ Hiring Committee/ MCCC
Vanessa Hill vhill@jiejuzhongxin.com STEM STEM Special Assistant to President/ Professor/ NECHE self-study/ MCCC
Vonetta Lightfoot vmlightfoot@jiejuzhongxin.com Multicultural Affairs Multicultural Affairs Operations Manager/ NECHE- Standard 1, AIA, CCRT, OVW Prevention Committee, ERG Chair-BPG, HEIF Equity Ambassador/ BIPOC/ NUP
Miguel Maria mamaria2101@jiejuzhongxin.com Student Affairs Student Affairs Director, Male Initiative for Leadership and Education (MILE)
Jennifer McNeill jrmcneill@jiejuzhongxin.com Admissions Admissions/ Student Affairs Admissions Counselor/ AIA Committee/ CCRT Team/ Hiring committees/ MCCC
Andrea Nathanson anathanson@jiejuzhongxin.com Administration & Finance Administration & Finance Vice President Administration / Chief Financial Officer/ Shared Governance Committee/ NUP
Eugene Noble ejnoble@jiejuzhongxin.com Institutional Research Institutional Research Associate Director
Kim Noel knoel@jiejuzhongxin.com Library Library Librarian/ AFSCME
Melissa Pereira mapereira2001@stcc.edu SHPS Health Information Technology Instructor/ MCCC
Sean Pettis skpettis@jiejuzhongxin.com Information Technology IT Infrastructure Sr. Director of Infrastructure and Security/ NUP
Samantha Plourd seplourd2201@jiejuzhongxin.com Student Affairs Student Affairs Dean of Enrollment, Retention & Completion/ NUP
Reena Randhir rrandhir@jiejuzhongxin.com STEM Biology Assistant Professor/ MCCC
Anthony Rondinelli arondinelli@jiejuzhongxin.com LAPS Business Administration Professor/ 博彩网站 Foundation, alumni representative/ MCCC
Lisa Thompson llthompson2101@jiejuzhongxin.com Facilities Facilities Buyer IV Facilities/ Former Dual Enrollment Student / MCPPO / AFSCME
Jennifer Wallace- Johnson jwjohnson@jiejuzhongxin.com LAPS Social and Behavioral Sciences Assistant Professor/ MCCC
Mary Wiseman mwiseman@jiejuzhongxin.com CODL Academic Affairs Director of Instructional Innovation and Faculty Investment/ NECHE Committee Member Strategy #6, AIA Founding Committee Member, AIA Professional Development Sub Committee Chair, Academic Plan 2020-22 Committee work./ NUP

Definitions of Acronyms used in Membership table

  • AFSCME - American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees (union on campus)
  • AIA – Anti-Racism and Inclusion Alliance
  • AUC – All Unit Council. The college’s shared governance body. All employees below the level of director are automatically members, regardless of shift or full time/part time status
  • BIPOC – Black, Indigenous, and people of color
  • BPG –Black Professionals’ Group
  • CCRT - Coordinated Community Response Team
  • ERG – Employee Resource Group
  • FYE – First year experience
  • HEIF –Higher Education Innovation Fund
  • HSI - Hispanic Serving Institution
  • LAPS – School of Liberal and Professional Studies
  • MCCC – Massachusetts Community College Council (union on campus)
  • MILE - Male Initiative for Leadership and Education
  • NECHE – New England Commission of Higher Education
  • NUP – Non-unit Professional (non-union)
  • OVW – OVW- Office of Violence Against Women
  • SHPS – School of Health and Patient Simulation
  • STEM – School of Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics

Not Included in Membership Table

  • Two student representatives
  • Board of Trustees representative: Elizabeth Oleksak-Sposito, R.N., B.S.N., Secretary, Board of Trustees (liaison)
  • Department of Education representative: Dr. Winifred Hagen, Senior Associate Commissioner for Strategic Planning and Public Program Approval (liaison)

Our Planning Partner

CampusWorks Inc. has over 20 years of experience providing educational leadership and strategic advisory services to higher education. CampusWorks was chosen as 博彩网站’s strategic planning partner for their extensive experience with community colleges, their robust process for inclusion of stakeholder groups, their alignment with 博彩网站’s culture and community engagement needs, and their student-focused philosophy. Javon Brame, Senior Optimization Executive; Samantha Kessler, Institutional Research & Reporting Consultant; and Kevin David, PhD, Executive Account Director serve as 博彩网站's primary consulting team members.