ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICE IN COLLEGES/UNIVERSITIES
Diane B. Call (Ed.D., M.A.鈥83, M.A. 鈥71) retired from Queensborough Community College after a distinguished 47-year career, most recently as President.
ADULT EDUCATION GUIDED INTENSIVE STUDY
Ellen Scully-Russ (Ed.D. 鈥10, M.A. 鈥96) was named Chair of the Human and Organizational Learning Department at the Graduate School of Education and Human Development, George Washington University.
ADULT LEARNING & LEADERSHIP
Ruth Gotian (Ed.D. 鈥17) was appointed Assistant Dean for Mentoring and Chief Learning Officer at Weill Cornell Medicine鈥檚 Mentoring Academy.
EDUCATIONAL ADMINISTRATION
Yolanda Borras (M.A. 鈥98) has received a Parents鈥 Choice Award, International Latino Book Award and Dragonfly Book Award for her Spanish-language songbooks and music for young children.
Kecia Hayes (M.A., M.Ed. 鈥96) was appointed the new Executive Director of the Roger Lehecka Double Discovery Center (DDC) at Columbia College.
EDUCATIONAL LEADERSHIP
David L. Baad (M.A. 鈥07) was appointed Head of School at The Episcopal School of Dallas.
Sunny Sue Chang Jonas (M.Ed. 鈥06) was named the new Assistant Principal of Congress Park School in Brookfield and Ogden Avenue School in La Grange, both in Illinois.
HIGHER & POSTSECONDARY EDUCATION
Michael 鈥淢itch鈥 Elgarico (M.A.鈥06) was appointed Dean of Undergraduate Admission at California Lutheran University in Thousand Oaks, California.
Whitney Green (M.A. 鈥13) received the Le Marteleur Award for Distinguished Service from the Columbia Engineering Young Alumni Board.
Rebecca Kwee (M.A. 鈥18) co-designed the BestFit App which won NYU鈥檚 Algorithm for Change competition. The app connects high school students with nearby peer mentors who provide authentic dialogue about college (see page 31).
Conor McLaughlin (M.A. 鈥07) accepted the position of Senior Lecturer in the Department of Higher Education & Student Affairs at Bowling Green State University in Ohio.
HIGHER EDUCATION
麻豆原创鈥檚 Vice President for Development & External Affairs, Suzanne M. Murphy (M.Ed. 鈥99, M.A. 鈥96), was named the new Chairperson of the Kingsborough Community College Foundation.
Thomas P. Rock (Ed.D. 鈥02), 麻豆原创鈥檚 Vice Provost for Student Affairs, was selected for a Fulbright Award in the 2018 program for International Education Administrators to Japan.
INQUIRY IN EDUCATIONAL ADMINISTRATIVE PRACTICE
Carol D. Birks (Ed.D. 鈥13, M.Ed. 鈥11) received the Neag School of Education Alumni Board鈥檚 2018 Outstanding Professional Award.
Delores Friedman (Ed.D. 鈥93) published her debut novel Wildflowers.
ORGANIZATIONAL PSYCHOLOGY
Beth Devine (M.A. 鈥12) joined Stack Overflow as a User Experience Researcher in June 2018.
ORGANIZATIONAL PSYCHOLOGY 鈥 EXECUTIVE
Wordna Meskheniten (M.A. 鈥18) was named Senior Director of Equity, Diversity & Inclusion and Special Advisor to the President of The Wilderness Society.
PRIVATE SCHOOL LEADERSHIP
Eduardo 鈥淭ony鈥 Alleyne (M.A. 鈥10) was named one of Delaware Business Times鈥 鈥40 under 40鈥 awardees and received the 2018 University of Pennsylvania Graduate School of Education鈥檚 Recent Alumni Award.
Joy Seth Hurd IV (M.A. 鈥13) was named the new Head of School at Lake Forest Country Day School in Illinois.
Alex Northrup (M.Ed. 鈥11) was selected as the new Anna Greenway Griswold 鈥33 Faculty Chair at Foxcroft School in Middleburg, Virginia.
SOCIAL-ORGANIZAT IONAL PSYCHOLOGY
Tanya Mehta (M.A. 鈥00) recently celebrated 10 years leading Silicon Valley-based executive coaching firm Transverse Leadership.
PUBLIC SCHOOL BUILDING LEADERSHIP
Joseph Mason (M.Ed. 鈥17) was named the new Principal at Urban Prep Academy鈥檚 Englewood campus.
Nancy Nassr (M.A. 鈥16) was promoted to Head of School at The Ancona School in Chicago, Illinois.
STUDENT PERSONNEL ADMINISTRATION
Leah Brown-Johnson (M.A. 鈥98) was appointed as the Director of The Center for Innovation in Teaching to Enhance Learning at Bloomfield College in NJ.
Krishna Walker (M.A. 鈥98) was selected for the 2018 Zhi-Xing China Eisenhower Fellowship Program.
