HERC Staff
Central HERC Office
Jessica Wise
Co-Executive Director, Director of Programs
Marcia Silva
Marketing & Communications Director
Robyn McIntyre
Technological Support Coordinator
Allison Almira
Membership Development Manager
Kari Steele
Co-Executive Director, Director of Operations
Jennifer O’Neill
Program Manager
Sandra Martinez Herranen
Membership & Operations Coordinator
Regional HERC Offices
Each regional HERC employs a director who administers the regional HERC programs, website, and member activities.
Carolinas HERC
Nathan Bullock
Director
Greater Chicago Midwest
Daniel Lee Butcher
Director
Michigan
Maranda Holtsclaw
Director
Open
New Jersey/Eastern Pennsylvania/Delaware
Gilda Paul
Director
Northwest
Leyla Salmassi
Director
South Midwest
Nikki Duncan
Director
Southern California
Jennifer Park
Director
Upstate New York
Mary Jo Serafini
Director
Central Midwest
Adam Potter
Director
Metro New York and Southern Connecticut
Karen Fife
Director
Mid-Atlantic
Nathan Bullock
Director
New England
Ruth Molina
Director
Northern California
Open
Ohio/Western PA/West Virginia
Open
Southeast
Open
Upper Midwest
Daniel Lee Butcher
DirectorHERC Governance Board
The National HERC Governance Board provides governance, evaluation and financial oversight of the organization. The Governance Board has the following elected officer positions: Chair, Vice-Chair, and Treasurer
Chair
Nikki Duncan
Regional Director, South Midwest HERC, University of Houston
Vice Chair
Karen Fife
Regional Director, Metro New York and Southern Connecticut Higher Education Recruitment Consortium, Columbia University
Meredith G. Bruner
Chief Human Resources Officer, Centre College
Sandra Mitchell
Jennifer Park
Regional Director, Southern California HERC, San Diego State University
Alicia Simon,
Dual Career Services Coordinator, University of Michigan
Paul Buckley
Vice President, Chief Workforce Experience Officer, Fred Hutch Cancer Center
Amanda Duval-Norwood
Chief Human Resources Officer, Harper College
Autumn Reed
Associate Provost, Faculty Affairs University of BaltimoreHERC National Advisory Board
The National HERC Advisory Board provides strategic leadership. The Advisory Board consists of all regional HERC Directors as well as an additional representative from a member campus that is selected by each regional HERC.
Chair
Nikki Duncan
Regional Director, South Midwest HERC, University of Houston
Vice Chair
Karen Fife
Regional Director, Metro New York and Southern Connecticut Higher Education Recruitment Consortium, Columbia University
Members
Elizabeth Ancarana
Assistant Provost for Faculty Office of the Senior Vice Provost for Faculty Harvard University Nathan Bullock
Regional Director, HERC of the Carolinas and Mid-Atlantic HERC, in partnership with George Mason University & East Carolina University
Meredith Bruner
Chief Human Resources Officer, Centre College
Joi Cunningham
Vice President of Human Resources, Oakland University
Amanda Duval-Norwood
Chief Human Resource Officer, Harper College
Maranda Holtsclaw
Regional Director, Michigan HERC, Michigan State University
Kaeli Varden-Jones
Assistant Director for Talent and Engagement , Vassar College
Loretta O’Connor
Director – Talent Acquisition,
Princeton University
Gilda Paul
Regional Director, Eastern Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Delaware HERC, Princeton University
Dr. Saint Rice, Jr.
Assistant Dean in the Washington University Olin School of Business and Director of Faculty, Staff, and Community Engagement, Washington University in St. Louis
Mary Jo Serafini
Regional Director, Upstate New York HERC, University at Buffalo
Dwala Toombs
HR Talent Aquisition, George Mason University
Jamie Lynn Bluhm
Director of Workforce Planning and Recruitment
Human Resources, University at Buffalo
Bonnie Wilmoth
Manager, Talent Acquisition, Washington State University
Daniel Lee Butcher
Regional Director, Upper Midwest and Greater Chicago HERC
Desiree’ Clark
Civil Rights, Title IX, Affirmative Action and Compliance Officer, Minnesota State Colleges and Universities
Jordan Cornwell
Recruitment Specialist, University of Northern Iowa
Jennifer Imazeki
Associate Vice President for Faculty and Staff Diversity,
Senate Distinguished Professor of Economics, San Diego State University
Ruth Molina
Regional Director, New England HERC,
Harvard University
Jennifer Park
Regional Director, Southern California HERC, San Diego State University
Adam Potter
Regional Director, Central Midwest HERC, University of Iowa
Autumn Reed
Leyla Salmassi
Regional Director, Northwest HERC, University of Washington
Joseph Vitale
Chief Human Resources Officer, Oberlin College and Conservatory