National Leadership Team

National Leadership Team

The Inaugural National Leadership Team of The Democracy Commitment
Members of TDC National Leadership Team are Administrators, Faculty, and Staff from our member institutions, and national partners committed to the mission and goals of TDC as well as its success.The National Leadership Team of The Democracy is composed of two bodies: National Advisory Board and the
Campus Coordinator Advisory Council.

The National Leadership Team works closely with the National Office to ensure that every student of our member institutions receive an education in civic responsibility and democracy.

Members of TDC’s National Leadership Team at the 2017 Civic Learning and Democratic Engagement meeting. Baltimore, June 2017.

National Advisory Board

The National Advisory Board is primarily responsible for leading, advocating, and coordinating national efforts to realize the goals and objectives of the initiative.  With the Board of Directors, the National Advisory Board provides a stabilizing influence so that organizational strategies and directions are established and maintained with a visionary view.

Dr. Mary Frances Archey

Executive Director for Strategic College Initiatives
Community College of Allegheny County, PA

Amber Austin

Student, CLDE17 Intern
Tarrant County College, Southeast Campus, TX

Robert M. Brandon

President and Co-Founder
Fair Elections Legal Network (FELN)  Washington, DC

Tamarra Coleman-Hill

Assistant Professor, English
Moorpark College, CA

Zaneeta Daver

Director, ALL IN Campus Democracy Challenge
Washington, DC

Dr. Reza Fakhari

Vice President for Continuing Education, Workforce Development, and Strategic Community Partnerships & Professor of Politics
CUNY Kingsborough Community College, NY

Dr. Robert Franco

Director, Institutional Effectiveness
Professor, Pacific Anthropology
Kapiʻolani Kula Nui Kaiāulu
Kapi’olani Community College, U. Hawai’i

Dr. Carrie B. Kisker

Director, Center for the Study of Community Colleges
Los Angeles, CA

Dr. Kimberley Klein

Assistant Professor, Political Science
Delta College, MI

Dr. Caryn McTighe Musil

Senior Scholar and Director of Civic Learning and Democracy Initiatives
Association of American Colleges and Universities
Washington, DC

Ken Rolling

Executive Director, Community Learning Partnerships
Chicago, IL

Brett Rowlett

Director of Public Affairs and Interim Director of Marketing and Creative Services
Lane Community College, OR

Director, Center for Civic Participation
Maricopa Community Colleges

Lisa Strahley

Chair of Teacher Education/Early Childhood Education & Civic Engagement Coordinator
SUNY Broome Community College, NY

Dr. Jolanda M. Westerhof

Associate Vice President, Academic Leadership and Change, American Association of State Colleges and Universities
Washington, DC

Campus Coordinator Advisory Council

The purpose of the Campus Coordinator Advisory Council is to assist TDC’s progress by offering informal strategic advice and feedback voicing ideas, opinions, and concerns to the national office in regards to programs, initiatives, events, and strategies to realize TDC’s mission.  In additional to serves as the Campus Coordinator for their colleges, members of this council serve as regional liaisons for member institutions representing them on the council.

Northeast Region

Shelley Errington Nicholson

Director, Senator Stephen M. Bower Center for Civic Learning and Community Engagement
Mount Wachusett Community College, MA

Dr. Aaron Hoffman

Professor of History
Community College of Allegheny County, PA

Dr. Diane McMahon

Service Learning and Civic Engagement Faculty Director, Associate Professor of Sociology
Allegany College of Maryland, MD

Helen Margaret Nasser

Associate Director of Honors Program
CUNY Kingsborough Community College, NY

Dr. Joseph Scanlon

Instructor of Political Science
Monroe Community College, NY

Southeast Region

Mary Elizabeth Tyler Boucebci

Community-Based Learning Coordinator
GSU’s Perimeter College, GA

Dr. Robert Brandon

Dean of Humanities and Social Sciences
Cleveland State Community College, TN

Dr. Connie Jorgensen

Assistant Professor of Political Science
Piedmont Virginia Community College, VA

Dr. David Price

Professor of History and Political Science
Santa Fe College, FL

Josh Young

College-Wide Director, Institute for Civic Engagement and Democracy
Miami Dade College, FL

TDC’s Co-Founder, Senior Advisor, and Board of Director Member, Dr. Brian Murphy, addressing attendees of TDC Organizing Meeting at the 2017 Civic Learning and Democratic Engagement Meeting.  Baltimore, June 2017.

 

Central/Midwest Region

David Bodary

Professor of Communication
Sinclair Community College, OH

Aurora Zwick

Manager, English Language Learner Center
Moraine Valley Community College, IL

Southwest Region

Cynthia Franklin

TDC Campus Coordinator, Northwest Vista College
Alamo Colleges, TX

Duane Oakes

Faculty Director, Center for Community and Civic Engagement
Mesa Community College, AZ

Michele Richey

Professor of Sociology
Lonestar College- Montgomery, TX

Sharon Wettengel

Assistant Professor of Sociology
Tarrant County College- Southeast Campus, TX

Pacific/Northwest Region

Cynthia Kaufman

Director, Vasconcellos Institute for Democracy in Action and Faculty in Philosophy
DeAnza College, CA

Dr. Patty Robinson

Faculty Director, Civic and Community Engagement Initiatives
College of the Canyons, CA