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Presidential Search Committee

Committee Chair

Dr. Francis Cuss, Chair, Montclair State University Board of Trustees

Committee Members

  • Dr. Sandra Adams, Professor, Department of Biology, College of Science and Mathematics
  • Ms. Yolanda Alvarez, Associate Dean of Students, Division of Student Development and Campus Life
  • Mr. Keith Ansbacher, Esq. ’79, Trustee, Foundation Board of Trustees
  • Dr. Heather Benton, Associate Professor, Department of Theatre and Dance, College of the Arts
  • Dr. Yasemin Besen-Cassino, Chair and Professor, Department of Sociology, College of Humanities and Social Sciences
  • Dr. Lora Billings, Dean, College of Science and Mathematics and Professor, Department of Applied Mathematics
  • Dr. Katrina Bulkley, Chair and Professor, Department of Educational Leadership, College of Education and Human Services
  • Mr. Michael Capone, Chair, Foundation Board of Trustees
  • Mr. Shawn Connolly, Vice President for University Facilities
  • Dr. Elizabeth Emery, Professor, Department of Modern Languages and Literatures, College of Humanities and Social Sciences and Faculty Representative to the Board of Trustees
  • Dr. Willard Gingerich, Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs
  • Dr. Katia Paz Goldfarb, Assistant Vice President for Hispanic-Serving Initiatives and Professor, Department of Family Science and Human Development, College of Education and Human Services
  • Mr. Daniel Gurskis, Dean, College of the Arts
  • Dr. David Hood, Associate Provost for Undergraduate Education and Dean, University College
  • Dr. Erik Jacobson, Associate Professor, Department of Teaching and Learning and President, University Senate
  • Mr. Ernst Lozin, Undergraduate Senior, Sports Marketing, Feliciano School of Business and President, Student Government Association
  • Ms. Fenghua Peng, Senior Research Analyst, Office of Institutional Research, Division of Information Technology
  • Dr. Luis Portes, Professor, Department of Economics, Feliciano School of Business
  • Dr. David Rotella, Margaret and Herman Sokol Professor of Chemistry, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, College of Science and Mathematics
  • Mr. Kent Sluyter, Vice Chair, Montclair State University Board of Trustees
  • Ms. Melissa Velez ’06, Program Assistant, Department of Psychology, College of Humanities and Social Sciences
  • Ms. Nikita Williams ’20, Graduate Student, Industrial Organizational Psychology, College of Humanities and Social Sciences
  • Dr. Leslie Wilson, Associate Dean, College of Humanities and Social Sciences, and Professor, Department of History
  • Dr. Wencang Zhou, Chair and Professor, Department of Management, Feliciano School of Business

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