HERC Staff
Central HERC Office
Jessica Wise
Interim Executive Director, Central Office
Sandra Martinez Herranen
Administrative Assistant, Central Office
Kari Steele
Technology and Data Director, Central Office
Erin Burns
Marketing and Communications Director
Robyn McIntyre
Technological Support Coordinator, 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 Texas
Nikki Duncan
Director
Metro New York and Southern Connecticut
Karen Fife
Director
Ohio/Western PA/West Virginia
Tonya M. Mathis, M.Ed
Director
Southern California
Jennifer Park
Director
Central Midwest
Adam Potter
Director
Upstate New York
Kari Steele
Interim Administrator
Michigan
Melanie Trowbridge
Director
Greater Kentucky
Meredith G. Bruner
Director
Upper Midwest
Mary Everley
Director
HERC of the Carolinas
Patrice M. Frede
Director
New England
Ruth Molina
Director
New Jersey/Eastern Pennsylvania/Delaware
Gilda Paul
Director
Greater Tennessee
Eric Smetana
Director
Mid-Atlantic
Dwala Toombs
Director
Northern California
Jessica Wise
Director
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
Members
Elizabeth Ancarana
Assistant Provost for Faculty Development and Diversity at Harvard University, Harvard University
Meredith Bruner
Director, Greater Kentucky HERC
Isaac Dixon, PhD.
Associate Vice President of Human Resources, Portland State University
Brooke Dykstra
Talent Acquisition Consultant,
University Human Resources,
Iowa State University
Karen Fife
Director, Metro New York and Southern Connecticut Higher Education Recruitment Consortium, Columbia University
Patrice M. Frede
Director, HERC of the Carolinas
Leslie A. Marple
Academic Recruitment and Appointment Manager, UC Santa Cruz
Ruth Molina
Director, New England HERC,
Harvard University
Jennifer Park
Director, Southern California,
HERC, University of California,
San Diego
Thomas M. Phillips
Associate Director, Strategic Partnership Initiatives, Thomas Edison State University
Anita Rios
System Director, Talent Management and Organizational Effectiveness, Minnesota State Colleges and University
Paula Saltzman
Diverse Workforce Recruiter, Harper College
Valarie Stanley
Director, Office of Equal Opportunity Programs, Yale University
Jessica Wise
Director, Northern California HERC
Interim Executive Director, Central HERC Office, a project of the Tides Center (ex officio, non-voting)
Jenny Lee Berry
Director Greater Oregon HERC,
Oregon Health & Science University
Theodore “Terry” Curry
Associate Provost/Associate
Vice President for Academic Human Resources, Michigan State University
Nikki Duncan
Greater Texas HERC Director,
University of Houston
Mary Everley
Director, Upper Midwest HERC,
University of Minnesota
Scott Fitzgerald
Director of Human Resources and Legal Affairs, Title IX Coordinator at Otterbein University
Mary Greiner
Assistant Vice President for Human Resources, Grinnell College
Tonya Mathis
Director – Ohio, Western Pennsylvania, West Virginia HERC
Michelle Morris
Director for Employment &Clinical Support Services, East Carolina University
Gilda Paul
Director, Eastern Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Delaware HERC, Princeton University
Adam Potter
Director, Central Midwest HERC
Autumn Reed
Coordinator, Faculty Diversity Initiatives ADVANCE Program, Director of UMBC STRIDE
Erik Smetana
Director, Greater Tennessee HERC
Melanie Trowbridge
Director, Michigan HERC
