2023–2024 Core Committee

Stacy Grooters
Stacy Grooters

President

Executive Director, Center for Teaching Excellence
Boston College

Carol Hurney
Carol Hurney

Past-President

Associate Provost for Faculty Development and Director of the Center for Teaching and Learning
Colby College

 

 

Christine Rener

President-elect

Vice Provost for Instructional Development and Innovation
Director, Robert and Mary Pew Faculty Teaching and Learning Center &
Associate Professor of Chemistry
Grand Valley State University

Chad Hershock
Chad Hershock

Chair of Finance Committee

Director of Faculty & Graduate Student Programs
Eberly Center
Carnegie Mellon University

Danielle Gabriel
Danielle Gabriel

Executive Director
Ex-Officio Member

Teresa Focarile
Teresa Focarile

2023–2026

Associate Director for Educational Development, Center for Teaching and Learning
Boise State University

Patricia Guillen
Patricia Guillen

2023–2026

Director, Instructional Services, Maricopa Center for Learning and Innovation
Maricopa Community Colleges

Cait Kirby
Cait Kirby

2023–2026

Associate Director, Rice Center for Teaching
Williams College

Kathleen Landy
Kathleen Landy

2022–2025

Associate Director for Assessment & Evaluation, Center for Teaching Innovation (CTI)
Cornell University

Thomas Laughner
Thomas Laughner

2023–2026

Director, Teaching and Learning Center
University of Tennessee Health

Danny Mann
Danny Mann

2021–2024

Director of Graduate Student & Postdoctoral Scholar Instructional
Development
Division of Teaching Excellence & Innovation
University of California, Irvine

Tammy McCoy
Tammy McCoy

2023–2026

TA Development and Future Faculty Specialist, Center for Teaching and Learning
Georgia Institute of Technology

Bonnie Mullinix
Bonnie Mullinix

2023–2026

Research Fellow, Centre for Integration of Research, Teaching and Learning
University College Cork, Cork Ireland

Gloria Niles
Gloria Niles

2022–2025

Director of Distance Education & Coordinator, Office of Professional Development and Academic Support (OPDAS)
University of Hawai’i

German Vargas
German Vargas Ramos

2022–2025

Website & Digital Platforms Coordinator, Office of Marketing & Communications
Otterbein University

Cheryl Richardson
Cheryl Richardson

2022–2025

Director, Inclusive Teaching Excellence, Center for Diversity and Inclusion
Adler University

Kem Saichaie
Kem Saichaie

2021–2024

Director of Learning and Teaching
Center for Educational Effectiveness
University of California, Davis

Adriana Streifer
Adriana Streifer

2022–2025

Assistant Director, Center for Teaching Excellence
University of Virginia

Jennifer Yates
Jennifer Yates

2023–2026

Assistant Provost of Faculty Development, Teaching, & Learning
Lander University

About the Core Committee

The following text is paraphrased from the POD Network By-laws:

The activities, affairs, and property of the POD Network are overseen by a board of directors known as the Core Committee. The Core Committee consists of no more than 18 persons, including the President, President Elect, and Past President. Additionally, the Executive Director is an ex-officio member of Core. Members are elected for 3-year terms by a vote of the POD Network membership. Five new members are elected each year. Core Committee members must be members of the POD Network. Incumbent members of the Core Committee must wait at least one year before being candidates for another term.

The Executive Committee carries forth the work of the Core Committee between the spring and fall Core Committee meetings and oversees other important aspects of the organization’s work. The Executive Committee is the President, President Elect, Past President, Chair of Finance, and the Executive Director.

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