HERC Staff
Central HERC Office
Kari Steele
Technology & Finance Director, Central Office
Sandra Martinez Herranen
Program Coordinator, Central Office
Robyn McIntyre
Technological Support Coordinator, Central Office
Jessica Wise
Training & Development Director
Marcia Silva
Marketing & Communications Director, Central Office
Regional HERC Offices
Each regional HERC employs a director who administers the regional HERC programs, website, and member activities.
Greater Oregon
Jenny Lee Berry
Director
Greater Chicago Midwest
Connie Castellucci
Director
Greater Missouri
Greater Texas
Nikki Duncan
Director
HERC of the Carolinas
Patrice M. Frede
Director
New England
Ruth Molina
Director
Southern California
Jennifer Park
Director
Southeastern HERC
Eric Smetana
Director
Northern California
Greater Washington State
Simone Willynck
Director
Greater Kentucky
Meredith G. Bruner
Director
Michigan
Maranda Holtsclaw
Director
Upper Midwest
Metro New York and Southern Connecticut
Karen Fife
Director
Ohio/Western PA/West Virginia
Tonya M. Mathis
Director
New Jersey/Eastern Pennsylvania/Delaware
Gilda Paul
Director
Central Midwest
Adam Potter
Director
Upstate New York
Mary Jo Serafini
Director
Mid-Atlantic
Dwala Toombs
Director
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
Vice Chair
Valarie Stanley
Senior Director, Office of Institutional Equity and Access, Senior Deputy Title IX Coordinator for Faculty and Staff
Members
Elizabeth Ancarana
Assistant Provost for Faculty Development and Diversity at Harvard University, Harvard University
Jamie Lynn Bluhm
Director of Workforce Planning and Recruitment
Human Resources, University at Buffalo
Connie Castellucci
Director
Howard Dewald
Associate Provost Faculty and Academic Planning, Ohio University
Karen Fife
Director, Metro New York and Southern Connecticut Higher Education Recruitment Consortium, Columbia University
Maranda Holtsclaw
Director
Leslie A. Marple
Academic Recruitment and Appointment Manager, UC Santa Cruz
Ruth Molina
Director, New England HERC,
Harvard University
Gilda Paul
Director, Eastern Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Delaware HERC, Princeton University
Linda Pipitone
Director, Human Resources, Fontbonne University
Autumn Reed
Coordinator, Faculty Diversity Initiatives ADVANCE Program, Director of UMBC STRIDE
Paula Saltzman
Diverse Workforce Recruiter, Harper College
Carmen N. Sirizzotti
Associate Director, Human Resources
UNMC & UNO Compensation, Staffing, Payroll & HRIS
UNMC Title IX Coordinator
Carla Solomon
Director, Office of Academic Recruitment Services, University of California, San Diego
Valarie Stanley
Senior Director, Office of Institutional Equity and Access, Senior Deputy Title IX Coordinator for Faculty and Staff
Aimee Green-Webb
Executive Administrator Personnel, Jefferson County Public Schools
Jenny Lee Berry
Director Greater Oregon HERC,
Oregon Health & Science University
Meredith Bruner
Director, Greater Kentucky HERC
Joi Cunningham
Assistant Vice President, Academic Human Resources, Oakland University
Nikki Duncan
Greater Texas HERC Director,
University of Houston
Patrice M. Frede
Director, HERC of the Carolinas
Elissa Keim
Director, Employment Equity & Compliance, Employee Development & Learning, University of Idaho
Tonya Mathis
Director – Ohio, Western Pennsylvania, West Virginia HERC
Michelle Morris
Director for Employment &Clinical Support Services, East Carolina University
Jennifer Park
Director, Southern California,
HERC, University of California,
San Diego
Thomas M. Phillips
Associate Director, Strategic Partnership Initiatives, Thomas Edison State University
Adam Potter
Director, Central Midwest HERC
Mary Jo Serafini
Director
Erik Smetana
Director, Southeastern HERC
Christine Taylor
Vice President and Associate Provost for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, University of Alabama
Dwala Toombs
Director
Simone Willynck
Director
