2021-2022 Catalog

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2021-2022 Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Administration

Office of the President
Offices of the Board of Trustees, Administration and Planning, and General Counsel
Office of Admission and Financial Aid
Office of Civil Rights and Title IX
Office of the Dean of the Faculty

Office of Student Affairs
Office of Advancement
Office of Information Technology Services
Office of Investments
Department of Athletics, Physical Education, and Recreation
Office of the Chief Operating Officer

Office of the President

Hiram E. Chodosh
President, 2013
(See Faculty )

Cheryl Aguilar
Special Assistant to the President, 1995

Kimberly Petropoulos
Secretary of the College and Director of Public Art, 2006, 2017
B.A., Boston University; M.B.A., Loyola Marymount University

Muriel Poston
Vice President for Strategic Initiatives and Professor of Environmental Analysis, 2021
B.A., Stanford University; M.A., Ph.D., University of California Los Angeles; J.D., University of Maryland

Offices of the Board of Trustees, Administration and Planning, and General Counsel

Matthew G. Bibbens ‘92
Vice President for Administration and Planning, and General Counsel, 2000
B.A., Claremont McKenna College; J.D., Cornell Law School

Marcie Gardner
Deputy General Counsel, 2014
B.A., University of Redlands; J.D., University of California, Davis

Kimberly Petropoulos
Director of Board Relations, 2006, 2017
B.A., Boston University; M.B.A., Loyola Marymount University

Office of Admission and Financial Aid

Joie Cummings
Senior Assistant Dean of Admission, 2018
B.A., College of Charleston; M.A., Boston College

Rachelle Ehrman
Assistant Dean of Admission, 2020
B.A., Colgate University

Russell C. Gasaway
Senior Director of Financial Aid, 2013
B.A., Wabash College

Germaine Graham
Senior Associate Director of Financial Aid, 1997

Rebecca Graham
Assistant Dean of Admission, 2018
B.A., Loyola Marymount University

Jennifer L. Hirsch
Associate Dean of International Admission, 2015
B.A., Chapman University; M.Ed., University of Southern California

Catherine M. Mayfield
Associate Director of Financial Aid, 2000
B.A., Pitzer College; M.A., Pepperdine School of Law

Jennifer Sandoval-Dancs
Associate Vice President for Admission and Financial Aid, 2005
B.A., M.Ed., University of Southern California

Eleanor Wu
Deputy Director of Financial Aid, 2021
B.A., University of California, San Diego; M.Ed., University of Southern California

Omar Zazueta
Director of Admission, 2015
B.A., Saint Mary’s College

Office of Civil Rights and Title IX

Lynzie R. DeVeres
Assistant Vice President for Diversity and Inclusion and Title IX Administrator, 2016
B.A., Oberlin College; J.D., Loyola Law School

Nyree Gray
Associate Vice President for Diversity & Inclusion and Chief Civil Rights Officer, 2014
B.A., University of California, Berkeley; J.D., Southwestern Law School

Office of the Dean of the Faculty

Evan Antonellis
Associate Registrar, Advising and Audit, 2015
B.M., The Boston Conservatory; M.M., D.M.A., Manhattan School of Music

Gemma L. Bulos
Director of the Kravis Lab for Social Impact, 2017

Zachary Courser ‘99
Co-Director of the Policy Lab and Visiting Assistant Professor of Government, 2006
B.A., Claremont McKenna College; M.A., University of Virginia; Ph.D., University of Virginia

Christine Crockett Sharp ‘01
Director of the Center for Writing and Public Discourse and Visiting Assistant Professor of Literature, 2010
B.A., Claremont McKenna College; M.A., Ph.D., University of California, Riverside

Sarah Culbertson
Data Analyst, 2021
B.A., Longwood University; M.A., Claremont Graduate University

Brian S. Davidson ‘08
Director of Fellowships Advising, 2015
B.A., Claremont McKenna College; M.A., Yale University; M.S., University of Illinois

David K. Edwards
Manager of the Marian Miner Cook Athenaeum, 1986
B.A., Washington State University

Deborah Flynn
Associate Registrar, Records & Registration, 2016
B.S., M.B.A, University of Phoenix

Megan M. Gallagher
Assistant Director of the Writing Center, 2016
B.A., M.A., University of Northern Iowa; Ph.D., Claremont Graduate University,

Cindi L. Guimond
Director of Academic Administration, 1991
B.A., University of Maryland

John J. Haller
Associate Director of Institutional Research, 2013
B.A., University of Akron; M.A., California State University, San Bernardino

Maija Harkonen
Director of the Washington DC Program, 2018
M.A., Ph.D., Georgetown University

Priya S. Junnar
Director of the Marian Miner Cook Athenaeum, 2014
B.A., UC Berkeley; M.A., Yale University; M.B.A., Case Western Reserve University

Ronald A. LaPierre
Randall Lewis Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship Executive Director and Entrepreneur in Residence and Silicon Valley Program Executive Director, 2018
B.A., University of California, Los Angeles; M.B.A., Claremont Graduate University

Shana M. Levin
Associate Dean of the Faculty and Crown Professor of Psychology and George R. Roberts Fellow, 1998
(See Faculty )

Kristen Mallory
Director of Global Education and Off-Campus Study, 2004
B.A., Linfield College; M.A., School for International Training

Chloe Martinez
Program Coordinator for the Center for Writing and Public Discourse and Lecturer, 2019
M.A., Warren Wilson College; Ph.D., University of California, Santa Barbara

Mellissa Martinez
Assistant Director of Multilingual Writing, 2013
B.A., University of California, Santa Cruz; M.A., California State University, Fullerton

John Meany
Director of Forensics, 1987

Kristin J. Miller
Assistant Director of the Roberts Environmental Center and Sustainability Coordinator, 2004-2006, 2014
B.A., Connecticut College; M.S., Northeastern University

Bhaven Mistry
Assistant Director of the Quantitative and Computing Lab and Visiting Assistant Professor in Mathematical Sciences, 2019
B.A., University of California-San Diego; M.S.,CSU Northridge; Ph.D., University of California-Los Angeles

Elizabeth S. Morgan
Registrar and Associate Vice President for Academic Affairs, 1999
A.B., Hope College; M.A., University of Illinois

Nereida Moussa
Associate Director, Silicon Valley Program, 2013
B.A., San Jose University

Jeho Park
Director of the Quantitative and Computing Lab, 2018
M.S., California State University, Long Beach; Ph.D., Claremont Graduate University

Marilyn Pierce
Assistant Director of the Kravis Leadership Institute, 2018
B.A., Baylor University; M.Ed., Concordia University

Scott D. Sherman
Senior Director of the Kravis Lab for Social Impact, 2016
B.A., J.D., University of California, Berkeley; Ph.D., University of Michigan

Ulysses J. Sofia
Weinberg Family Dean of the Keck Science Department, and Professor of Physics, 2017
(See Faculty )

Sherylle Tan White
Director of Internships and Kravis Leadership Institute Research, 2004
B.A., University of California, Irvine; M.A., Ph.D., Claremont Graduate University

Jasmine D. Watson
Assistant Director for Global Education, 2017
B.A., University of California Riverside; M.A., University of Southern California

Emily Wiley
Professor of Biology, Keck Science and Associate Dean of the Faculty, 2002
(See Faculty )

T. Colleen Wynn
Director of Institutional Research, 2004
B.A., California State University, San Bernardino; M.Ed. Azusa Pacific University

Kirsti Zitar ‘97
Assistant Director of the Mgrublian Center for Human Rights Leadership, 2009
B.A., Claremont McKenna College

Office of Student Affairs

Sharon K. Basso
Vice President of Student Affairs, 2016
B.A., Lafayette College; M.S., Shippensburg University; Ed.D., University of Delaware

Dianna M. Graves ‘98
Associate Vice President and Dean of Students, 2001
B.A., Claremont McKenna College; M.A., Ph.D., Claremont Graduate University

Vincent L. Greer
Associate Dean of Students of Diversity, Inclusion, and Residential Life, 2016
B.A., DePauw University; M.Ed., Northeastern University

Jennifer K. Guyett
Assistant Dean of Students and Director of Residential Life, 2018
B.A., Drew University; M.Ed., Springfield College

MaryKate Jacobs
Assistant Director of Student Activities, 2019
B.A., University of North Carolina - Wilmington; M.S., University of Tennessee

Cynthia Keller
Assistant to the Vice President for Student Affairs and the Dean of Students, and Clery Coordinator, 2012
A.A., Mount San Antonio College; B.A., Arizona State University

Susan B. Layden
Senior Associate Dean of Students, 2017
B.A., Siena College; Ph.D., State University of New York, Albany

Devon MacIver
Associate Dean of Students for Student Engagement, 2014
B.A., University of Massachusetts, Dartmouth; M.S., Northeastern University

Maude Nazaire
Assistant Dean of Students for Academic Success and Accessibility Services, 2021
M.A., Edinboro University of Pennsylvania; Ed.D, La Sierra University

Jessica M. Neilson
Assistant Dean of Student Health, Wellness and Case Management, 2017
B.A., Skidmore College; M.A., Argosy University

Chrystal Orozco
Interim Director of International Student Services, 2014
B.A., University of California, Santa Barbara; M.A., University of San Francisco

Sean J. Rollolazo
Assistant Dean of Students for Health and Wellbeing, 2015
B.S. Azusa Pacific University; M.S.Ed., Baylor University

Brian Weir
Director of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness, 2020
B.S., Texas A&M University; M.A., Air University

Office of Advancement

Elizabeth Algermissen
Senior Associate Director of Leadership Giving, 2011
B.A., Yale University; M.B.A., UCLA Anderson School of Management

Anne Bergman
Associate Director of Public Affairs and Communications, 2020
B.A., UC Santa Barbara; M.A., University of Southern California

Lauren M. Binney
Assistant Director of Research and Relationship Management, 2018
B.S., University of California, Riverside

Austin Braunwalder
Associate Director of Leadership Giving, 2020
B.A., University of La Verne; M.B.A, University of Redlands; Ph.D, California Baptist University

Susan Brinkama
Associate Director of Planned Giving Operations, 2000
B.S., Oregon State University

Dorothy Buchanan
Director of Advancement, 1998-2005, 2008
B.S., Lyon College

Maria Cabello
Assistant Director of Stewardship, 2007

Kate Canada Obregon
Associate Director of Public Affairs & Communication, Digital Marketing, 2018
B.A., California State University Long Beach; M.A., Ph.D., University of Southern California

Andrew Carrillo
Assistant Vice President for Advancement Operations and Donor Engagement, 2005
B.A., University of California, Irvine

Kelli Carter
Assistant Director of Advancement Administration, 2016
B.A., California State University, San Bernardino; M.A., San Diego State University

Michelle Chamberlain
Vice President for Advancement & Student Opportunities and Dean of the Robert Day Scholars Program, 2008
B.A., University of Southern California; M.Ed., Claremont Graduate University; J.D., Southwestern Law School

Ursula Diamond
Director of Student Opportunities, 2017
B.A., University of London; M.A., Ph.D., New York University

Susan M. Edwards
Associate Director of Institute Relations, 2007

Ali Fahey
Assistant Director of External Relations, 2021
B.A., Williams College; M.Ed., University of Washington

John P. Faranda ‘79
Ambassador at Large, 1985
B.A., Claremont McKenna College

Amy Flanagan
Associate Director of External Relations, 2018
B.A., Claremont McKenna College

Abigail Flores
Executive Director of Strategic Initiatives and Institutional Philanthropy, 2006
B.A., Georgetown University; M.A., Syracuse University

Freya L. Hurtado
Assistant Director of Career Services, 2018
B.A., Claremont McKenna College; M.B.A., University of California, Berkeley

James A. Jacobs
Associate Director of Planned Giving, 1999-2001, 2013
B.S., Northwestern University; M.S., University of Wisconsin

Elizabeth C. Jager
Senior Associate Director of Institutional Philanthropy and Director of Sponsored Research, 2014
B.A., Chapman University

Jenna Kanegawa ‘14
Associate Director of Leadership Giving, Leadership Annual Gifts, 2014
B.A., Claremont McKenna College

Tessa B. Klarin
Director of Advancement Services, 2016
A.A., A.S., Citrus College; B.A., University of California, Santa Cruz

Garineh Kouredjian
Assistant Director of the Sponsored Internships and Experiences Program, 2020
B.Ed., University of California Irvine; M.A., Loyola Marymount University

Celeste H. Ladd
Associate Director of Strategic Initiatives, 2016
B.A., Bates College

Nicholas Macias-William
Assistant Director of Annual Giving, Volunteer Manager, 2019
B.Ed., M.A, California State University

Joshua Meadows ‘21
Assistant Director of Alumni and Parent Engagement, Student and Digital Engagement, 2021
B.A., Claremont McKenna College

Elizabeth Milev ‘05
Director of the Robert Day Scholars Program and Scholar Communities, 2014
B.A., Claremont McKenna College; M.B.A. Claremont Graduate University

Jessica Morales
Assistant Director of Institutional Philanthropy, 2021
B.A., M.B.A., University of La Verne

Valerie Mrotek
Associate Director of Leadership Giving, 2021
B.A., Loyola Marymount University

Kimberly A. Ordunio
Director of Prospect Research and Relationship Management, 2016
A.A., Citrus College; B.A., University of California, San Diego

Anibal Ortiz
Photographer/Videographer, 2018
B.A., California State University, Fullerton

Grace Park
Associate Director of Career Services, 2019
B.A., University of California, Santa Barbara; M.S., University of California, Berkeley

Jesal Patel
Assistant Director of First Year Programming, 2021
B.A., Pomona College; M.Ed., Harvard Graduate School of Education

Rebecca S. Pelen
Assistant Director of Alumni and Parent Engagement, Communication and Parent Engagement, 2016
B.A., Westmont College

Jessica G. Pfahler
Associate Director of Annual Giving, Communications and Analytics, 2016
B.A, Sonoma State University

Maryam Qureshi
Assistant Director of Events, 2017
B.A., University of California-Riverside; M.Ed., University of Redlands

M. Darrin Roberts
Acting Director of Events, 2013
B.A., Point Loma Nazarene University; M.A., Azusa Pacific University

Raymond Rotolo ‘76
Senior Director of Planned Giving, 1995
B.A., Claremont McKenna College

Thomas Rozwadowski
Director of Publications and Strategic Initiatives for Public Affairs, 2018
B.A., St. Norbert College

Evan J. Rutter ‘06
Assistant Vice President for Alumni and Parent Relations, 2007
B.A., Claremont McKenna College

Gary S. Salata
Assistant Director of Career Services, 2016
B.A., University of California, San Diego

Jeannie Scalmanini
Director of Alumni and Parent Engagement, 2008
B.S., California State Polytechnic University, Pomona

Gilien Silsby
Director of News and Media Relations, 2019
B.A., University of Oregon

Kerry Steere
Director of Annual Giving, 2019
B.A., Skidmore College

Michael Sutton ‘76
Director of Advancement for Athletics, 1979
B.A., Claremont McKenna College; M.S., United States Sports Academy

Conni Terry
Assistant Director of Alumni and Parent Engagement, On-Campus Engagement, 2019
B.A., Pitzer College; M.F.A., Claremont Graduate University

Christopher P. Watts
Athletics Advancement Officer, 2012
B.A., Principia College; M.A., University of San Francisco

Raymond Watts
Associate Vice President for Development, 2019
B.A., M.B.A, Loyola Marymount University

Office of Information Technology Services

David Alfredo Cuevas Ordonez
Data Security Administrator, 2020
A.A. Mount San Antonio College; B.A., Instituto Tecnologico de Ciudad Guzman

Mitchell Brown
Assistant Director/Media Technology Services, 1989

Gregory M. Ford
Infrastructure and Data Center Engineer, 2007
B.S., University of La Verne

Bruce Frost
Associate Director of Information Technology Services, 2000
B.S., University of California, Irvine

Brian Hill ‘99
Media Technology Specialist III, 2001
B.A., Claremont McKenna College

Micheal M. Malsed
Assistant Director of Student Technology Services, 1997
B.S., California Southern University

Janice Marino
Assistant Vice President for Information Technology Services, 2002
B.S., M.S., University of Sunderland, United Kingdom

Toan Trac
System & Data Center Administrator, 2006
B.S., California State Polytechnic University, Pomona

Linda Tuthill
Business Manager of Information Technology Services, 1999

Rene Vega
Data Engineer, 2021

Jeremy Whaley
Associate Vice President for Strategic Technology, 2001, 2020
B.A., California Baptist University

Office of Investments

Michael J. Denny
Associate Vice President for Investments, 2012
B.S., Azusa Pacific University; M.B.A., University of La Verne

James J. Floyd
Vice President and Chief Investment Officer for Claremont McKenna College; President and Chief Executive Officer for Claremont Investment Management Company, 2007
B.S., California Baptist University

Tristan J. Gerber
Investment Officer, 2017
B.S., California State Polytechnic University, Pomona

Erik D. Karas
Investment Officer, 2017
B.S., University of Colorado, Boulder; M.S., California State Polytechnic University, Pomona; M.B.A., INSEAD

Department of Athletics, Physical Education, and Recreation

Jacob M. Ayers
Director of Athletics Facilities and Sports Operations, 2017
M.A., Concordia University, Irvine

Nicole M. Ayers
Associate Athletic Director and Head Senior Women’s Administrator, 2016
B.S., Juniata College; M.S., Duquesne University

Charles Dean
Athletic Trainer and Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Coordinator, 2018
B.A., Azusa Pacific University; M.S., California State University Fullerton

Steven Graves
Assistant Athletic Director for Sports Medicine, Performance and Health, 1992
B.A., California State University, Long Beach

Raechel N. Holmes
Athletic Trainer, 2008
B.A., University of La Verne; M.S., California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo

Erica Jasper
Director of Athletics, Physical Education and Recreation for CMS, 2019
B.A., M.Ed., Washington State University

Andrew Jones
Strength and Conditioning Coach, 2016
B.A., California State University Northridge; M.S., California State University Fullerton

Jeremy Kniffin
Director of Athletic Communications, 2018B.A., Colgate University

Jesse Purcell
Athletic Trainer, 2018
B.A., Scripps College; M.S., University of Hawaii

Matthew J. Ryan
Assistant Director of Recreation, 2018
B.S., M.S., University of Louisville

Brian Smith
Director of Equipment Operations, 1988

Christopher M. Spells
Roberts Pavilion Manager and Director of Recreation, 2016
B.S., California State University, Fresno

Randall G. Town
Associate Athletic Director of Athletic Operations, 1987
B.A., M.A.Ed., California State University, Stanislaus

Office of the Chief Operating Officer

Michelle A. Barlow
Senior Project Manager, 2017
B.S., California State Polytechnic University, Pomona

Larry Burik
Associate Vice President for Facilities Management and Capital Project, 2020
B.S., Penn State University; M.S., University of Southern California

Christine Costanza
Director of Office Administration and Special Projects, 2019
B.A., University of California, San Diego; M.A., California State University, Long Beach

Jessica H. Engen
Student Accounts Manager, 2017
A.A., Phoenix College; B.S., University of Phoenix

Gary L. Erxleben
Assitant Director of Grounds Operations, 2016

Andrea L. Gale
Assistant Vice President for Human Resources, 2009
B.S., University of Southern California; M.B.A., University of California, Irvine

Robert Lawrence
Assistant Director of Facilities and Campus Services Maintenance, 2001
B.A., University of California, Santa Barbara

Jennifer Perez
Director of Finance, 2019
B.S., Biola University

Coreen Rodgers
Vice President of Business and Chief Operating Officer, 2019
B.A., Pepperdine University; M.B.A., University of Miami

Agnes A. Sanchez
Director of Human Resources, 2008
B.S., University of Phoenix; M.A., California State Polytechnic University, Pomona

Jessica A. Schatz
Senior Director of Finance, 2016
B.S., Azusa Pacific University

Erin J. Watkins
Associate Vice President for Finance and Acting Treasurer, 2009
B.S., Azusa Pacific University