HERC Staff

Central HERC Office

Nancy Aebersold
HERC Founder and Executive Director, Central Office 

Erin Burns
Marketing and Communications Director 

Sandra Martinez Herranen
Administrative Assistant, Central Office

Robyn McIntyre
Technology Support Coordinator, Central Office

Kari Steele
Technology and Data Director, Central Office

Jessica Wise
Assistant Director

 

Regional HERC Offices

Each regional HERC employs a director who administers the regional HERC programs, website, and member activities.

Central Midwest

Adam Potter
Director 

Greater Chicago Midwest

Sarah Levy
Director 

Greater Kentucky

Meredith G. Bruner
Director 

Greater Missouri

Tim McIntosh
Director 

Greater Oregon

Jenny Lee Berry
Director 

Greater Tennessee

Erik Smetana
Director 

Greater Washington State

Norma Rodriguez
Director 

Greater Texas

Nikki Duncan
Director 

HERC of the Carolinas

Patrice M. Frede
Director 

Metro New York & Southern Connecticut

Karen Fife
Director 

Michigan

Melanie Trowbridge
Director 

New England

Ruth Molina
Director 

New Jersey/Eastern Pennsylvania/Delaware

Gilda Paul
Director 

Northern California

Jessica Wise
Director 

Ohio/Western PA/West Virginia

Tonya M. Mathis, M.Ed.
Director 

Southern California

Jennifer Park
Director 

Upper Midwest

Mary Everley
Director 

Upstate New York

Kari Steele
Interim Administrator 

Central HERC Advisory Board

Central HERC Advisory Board

The Central HERC Advisory Board provides governance, strategic leadership, evaluation and financial oversight of the organization. The Central HERC Advisory Board consists of all regional HERC Directors as well as an additional representative that is selected by each regional HERC. The Advisory Board has the following elected officer positions: Chair, Vice-Chair, Treasurer, and Secretary.

Chair

Eddie Freeman
Executive Director & Deputy Title IX Coordinator, University of Texas at Arlington

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Members

Nancy Aebersold
Executive Director, Central HERC Office, a project of the Tides Center (ex officio, non-voting)

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Elizabeth Ancarana
Assistant Provost for Faculty Development and Diversity at Harvard University, Harvard University

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Meredith Bruner
Director, Greater Kentucky HERC

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Theodore “Terry” Curry
Associate Provost/Associate Vice President for Academic Human Resources, Michigan State University

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Isaac Dixon, PhD.
Associate Vice President of Human Resources, Portland State University

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Nikki Duncan
Greater Texas HERC Director, University of Houston

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Brooke Dykstra
Talent Acquisition Consultant, University Human Resources, Iowa State University

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Mary Everley
Director, Upper Midwest HERC, University of Minnesota

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Karen Fife
Director, Metro New York and Southern Connecticut Higher Education Recruitment Consortium, Columbia University

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Scott Fitzgerald
Director of Human Resources and Legal Affairs, Title IX Coordinator at Otterbein University

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Patrice M. Frede
Director, HERC of the Carolinas

Mary Greiner
Assistant Vice President for Human Resources, Grinnell College

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Jenny Lee Berry
Director Greater Oregon HERC, Oregon Health & Sciences University

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Sarah Levy
Director, Greater Chicago Midwest HERC

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Leslie A. Marple
Academic Recruitment and Appointment Manager, UC Santa Cruz

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Tonya Mathis
Director – Ohio, Western Pennsylvania, West Virginia HERC

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Tim McIntosh
Director, Greater Missouri HERC

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Ruth Molina
Director, New England HERC, Harvard University

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Michelle Morris
Director for Employment & Clinical Support Services, East Carolina University

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Jennifer Park
Director, Southern California HERC, University of California, San Diego

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Gilda Paul
Director, Eastern Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Delaware HERC, Princeton University

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Thomas M. Phillips
Associate Director, Strategic Partnership Initiatives, Thomas Edison State University

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Adam Potter
Director, Central Midwest HERC

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Autumn Reed
Coordinator, Faculty Diversity Initiatives ADVANCE Program, Director of UMBC STRIDE

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Anita Rios
System Director, Talent Management and Organizational Effectiveness, Minnesota State Colleges and Universities

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Norma Rodriguez
Director, Greater Washington State HERC

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Paula Saltzman
Diverse Workforce Recruiter, Harper College

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Erik Smetana
Director, Greater Tennessee HERC

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Valarie Stanley
Director, Office of Equal Opportunity Programs, Yale University

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Melanie Trowbridge
Director, Michigan HERC

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Jessica Wise
Director, Northern California HERC

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