National Leadership Team
The Inaugural National Leadership Team of The Democracy Commitment
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