Middle States Committees

Work began in 2004 on ACCC's Middle States self-study report, "Forging a Shared Vision: A Framework for Positive Transformation at ACCC." The self-study process was comprehensive and inclusive. It was led via a committee structure by the following members of the ACCC community:

Steering Committee

Chairperson: Daniel Thoren, Professor, Government and Business Administration
Co-Chairperson: Maryann McCall, Director, Adjunct Instructor Support and Development

Loretta Dicker, Assistant Professor, Computer Information Systems
Dorothea Dunayer, Director, Grants Compliance
William Dougherty, Assistant Professor, Computer Information Systems
Otto Hernandez, Associate Professor, Computer Information Systems
Jack Hufty, Manager, Grants Writing and Research
Marilyn Malerba Keiner, Associate Professor, Paralegal Studies
Lydia Lehr, Assistant Professor, Art
Marion Pool, Program Officer, Continuing Education
Joseph Rossi, Dean of Cape May County Campus and Labor Relations
Bobby Royal, Dean of Worthington Atlantic City Center
Amy Shelton, Assistant Professor, Mathematics
Art Wexler, Senior Academic Dean
Nick Talvacchia, Trustee (Atlantic County)
Tiffany Novack, President, Student Government Association

SUB-COMMITTEE #1

Standard 1: Mission, Goals, and Objectives

Standard 2: Planning, Resource Allocation, and Institutional Renewal

Chairperson: Bobby Royal, Dean of the Worthington Atlantic City Center and Community Affairs

Janet Brenner, Director, Community Affairs
Tom Celandine, Assistant Professor, College Skills and Sociology
Denise Coulter, Assistant Professor, English
Michelle McGowan, Assistant Professor, Mathematics
Rich Perniciaro, Dean of Administration, Planning, and Research
Jim Taggart, Assistant Professor, Computer Information Systems
Jim Sacchinelli, Assistant Professor, Science
Mary Yoa, Assistant Professor, Computer Information Systems
Eric Reynolds, Trustee (Atlantic County)

SUB-COMMITTEE #2

Standard 3: Institutional Resources

Chairperson: Jack Hufty, Manager, Grants Writing and Research

Linda DeSantis, Director, Financial Aid
John Feldbauer, Director, Personal Computer Services
Marcia Kleinz, Assistant Professor, Mathematics
Jean McAlister, Director, WACC Administrative Services
Klaus Muller, Dean, Academy of Culinary Arts
Terry Sampson, Executive Director, Business Services
Cathie Skinner, Executive Director, Finance
Donna Vassallo, Instructor, Hospitality Management and Business
Wendy Waisala, Assistant Professor, English

SUB-COMMITTEE #3

Standard 4: Leadership and Governance

Standard 5: Administration

Chairperson: Joseph Rossi, Dean, Cape May County Campus and Labor Relations

Doug Hedges, Executive Director, Information Technology Services
Marilyn Malerba Keiner, Associate Professor, Paralegal Studies
Wil Parsons, Associate Professor, Biology
Effie Russell, Professor, English
John Stratton, Assistant Professor, Chemistry and Physics
Charles Pessagno, Trustee (Cape May County)

SUB-COMMITTEE #4

Standard 6: Integrity

Chairperson: Bill Dougherty, Assistant Professor, Computer Information Systems

JoAnne Barbieri, Professor, Business
Godfrey Barlatt, Associate Professor, Science
Kathy Corbalis, Executive Director, College Relations
George Dailey, Assistant Professor, History
Robert Johnson, Director, Academic Computing & Web Programming
Elinor Mattern, Associate Professor, English as a Second Language
Ellen Parker, Librarian II
Nancy Porfido, Director, Student Programs

SUB-COMMITTEE #5

Standard 7: Institutional Assessment

Standard 14: Assessment of Student Learning

Co-chairperson: Dorothea Dunayer, Director, Grants Compliance

Co-chairperson: Marilyn Malerba Keiner, Associate Professor, Legal Assistant Program

Linda DeSantis, Associate Director, Financial Aid
Richard Kalman, Assistant Professor, Computer Information Systems
Cheryl Knowles-Harrigan, Assistant Professor, Art
Louise Kaplan, Professor, Anthropology
Kelly McClay, Assistant Director, Academy of Culinary Arts
Regina Van Epps, Assistant Professor, English
Barbara Warner, Associate Professor, Nursing

SUB-COMMITTEE #6

Standard 8: Student Admissions

Standard 9: Student Support Services

Co-chairperson: Lydia Lehr, Assistant Professor, Art
Co-chairperson: Loretta Dicker, Assistant Professor, Computer Information Systems

Paula Davis, Director, Counseling and Support Services
Mike Kammer, Assistant Professor, English as a Second Language
Paula Manns, Assistant Professor, Business and Economics
Melissa Mufferi, Student
Carmen Royal, Dean of Students
Shirley Shields, Program Coordinator, Learning Assistance Center
Grant Wilinski, Associate Dean of Academic Resources

SUB-COMMITTEE #7

Standard 10: Faculty

Chairperson: Amy Shelton, Assistant Professor, Mathematics

Myra Caplan, Assistant Professor, Nursing
Susan DePhilippis, Assistant Professor, English as a Second Language
Neera Desai, Assistant Professor, Developmental Mathematics
James MacNair, Associate Professor, Sociology
Ronald McArthur, Dean of Instruction
Maryann McCall, Director, Adjunct Instructor Support and Development
Kelly McClay, Assistant Director, Academy of Culinary Arts
Lenora Sheppard, Assistant Professor, Mathematics
Karen Zaniewski, Assistant Professor, Nursing

SUB-COMMITTEE #8

Standard 11: Educational Offerings

Standard 12: General Education

Chairperson: Otto Hernandez, Associate Professor, Computer Information Systems

Richard Benner, Assistant Professor, Philosophy and Religion
Mark Camma, Assistant Professor, Accounting and Business
Paula Demarest, Manager, Budget, Curriculum, & Publications
Joseph Jaloway, Associate Professor, Biology
Martin Marino, Professor, Psychology
Carol Mohrfeld, Assistant Professor, Nursing
Heather Peterson, Registrar
Electra Stulak, Counselor II
Grant Wilinski, Associate Dean of Academic Resources

SUB-COMMITTEE #9

Standard 13: Related Educational Activities – basic skills, experiential learning, non-credit, branch campuses, additional locations, distance education, contractual relationships

Chairperson: Marion Pool, Program Officer, Continuing Education

Lisa Apel-Gendron, Director, Cape May County Campus
Mark Corbalis, Director, Data Base Administration
Anne Erickson, Assistant Professor, English
Chris Gamboa, Director, Testing
Mark Jones, Assistant Professor, Criminal Justice
Linda Loughlin, Adjunct Instructor, Business
Jean McAlister, Director, City Center Administrative Services
John Mohr, Director, City Center and CMCC Student Services
Patricia Owens, Dean of Continuing Education and Resource Development
Christina Cavage, (Basic Skills) Assistant Professor, ESL
Maryann Carol, (Basic Skills) Director, Instructional Technology
Angel Eguaras (Basic Skills), Professor, Mathematics and Developmental Studies
Lynn Lessie (Basic Skills), Professor, Psychology, Education and Child Development
Kip Rand (Basic Skills), Assistant Professor, Psychology, Education and College Skills
Michael Sargente, Program Coordinator, Learning Assistance Center