2004-2005 Metro State College Catalog | Board of Trustees and Officers of Administration

2004-2005 College Catalog

BOARD OF TRUSTEES

The Metropolitan State College of Denver is governed by the Board of Trustees-Metropolitan State College of Denver. The members are appointed by the Governor of Colorado and approved by the Senate.

Bruce Benson, Chair, Denver, 2002-2006
Maria Garcia Berry, Denver, 2003-2007
Virginia "Gin" Butler, Secretary, Denver, 2002-2007
Alex Cranberg, Treasurer, Greenwood Village, 2002-2006
Mark Martinez, Arvada, 2002-2004
Adele Phelan, Denver, 2002-2004
Ann Rice, Vice Chair, Englewood, 2002-2006
Gene Saxe, Faculty, MSCD, 2002-2005
Steven Hay, Student, MSCD, 2004-2005
Sean Tonner, Littleton, 2003-2007

Office of the President
Interim President, Raymond N. Kieft, Ph.D.
Executive Assistant to the President, Teri Bokn, B.S.
General Counsel, Lee Combs, J.D.
Executive Director, Equal Opportunity, Percy A. Morehouse, Jr., Ph.D.
Interim Assistant Vice President for Communications, Catherine B. Lucas, B.A.
Special Assistant to EEO, Laura Lempe, M.A.
Interim Vice President for Academic Affairs, Joan M. Foster, Ph.D.
Interim Vice President for Finance and Administration, Natalie Lutes, M.P.A.
Vice President for Institutional Advancement,Vacant
Interim Vice President for Student Services, Karen Raforth, Ph.D.
Director of Alumni Relations/Executive Director of Alumni Association, Cherrelyn Napue, B.A.
Director of Creative Services, Ron Lambert, B.F.A.
Director of Marketing, Jacque Williams, B.A.

Office of the Vice President for Academic Affairs
Interim Vice President for Academic Affairs, Joan M. Foster, Ph.D.
Associate Vice President for Academic Affairs, David Conde, Ph.D.
Associate Vice President - Curriculum and Programs, Frieda K. Holley, Ph.D.
Director of Advising, Lisa Ransdell, Ph.D.
Director of Cooperative Education Program, Susan Lanman, Ph.D.
Director of Center for Individualized Learning, Maureen Lancaster, Ed.D.
Director of Honors Program, Adolph Grundman, Ph.D.
Director of Program Review, Richard Wagner, Ph.D.
Director of Metro Education Ventures, Carol Svendsen, MA
Technical Coordinator, Center for Academic Technology, Charles Hathaway, M.S.
Director of Sponsored Programs, Betsy Zeller, Ph.D.
Interim Assistant Vice President of Information Technology, Yvonne Flood, MSCIS
Assistant Vice President of Information Technology, George Middlemist, M.S.B.A.
Director of Application Services, Rick Beck, B.S.
Director of Student Labs and Server Support, Rick Cisneros, MSCIS
Director of Web Services, Ben Zastrocky, MSIS
Director of Desktop Support & Network Services, Sharon McGee-Canady, B.A.

Office of the Vice President for Administration and Finance
Interim Vice President for Finance and Administration, Natalie Lutes, M.P.A.
Director of Student Accounts and Business Services, Vacant
Director of Human Resources, Tamy Calahan, M.S.
Director of Budgets and Institutional Research, Vacant
Athletic Director of Intercollegiate Athletics, Joan McDermott, Ed.D.

Office of the Vice President for Institutional Advancement
Vice President for Institutional Advancement, Vacant
Interim Executive Director of the MSCD Foundation, Diana Whye, B.A.
Assistant Vice President for Development, Vacant
Director of Development, Brenda W. Byrne, BA
Director of Development, Aleah Horstman, M.S.S.A.
Director of Development, Research, Vacant
Director of Grants, Barbara J. Gregg, BA
Manager of Information Resources for Development and Alumni Relations, Ona Wiggington, B.A.
Director of the Center for the Visual Arts, Kathy Andres, M.F.A.

Office of the Vice President for Student Services
Interim Vice President for Student Services, Karen Raforth, Ph.D.
Fiscal Manager, Student Services, Arliss Sunderwirth Webster, M.A.
Assistant to the Vice President for Retention Projects, Kate B. Lutrey, BA
Director of Admissions, William Hathaway-Clark, MA
Director of Financial Aid, Cindy Hejl, BS
Registrar, Thomas R. Gray, MS
Director of Assessment and Testing , Paul Myskiw, BA
Director of Career Services, Vacant
Director of Disability and Adaptive Technology Services, Greg Sullivan, M.S.
Director of Immigrant Student Services/ESL, Patti Lohman, M.A.
Interim Director of High School Upward Bound, Paulette McIntosh, BA
Director of GLBT Student Services, Karen Bensen, M.S.W.
Director of the Veterans Upward Bound Program, Leroy Chavez, BA
Director of Student Intervention Services, Betty Vette, BA
Director of New Student Orientation, Kimberly Clark, MS
Director of Student Support Services, Patricia Trotman, MA
Assistant Dean of Student Life, Vacant
Student Judicial Officer, Emilia Paul, M.A.
Director of Campus Recreation, Tony Price, BS
Director of the Counseling Center, Gail Bruce-Sanford, Ph.D.
Director of Student Activities, Zav Dadabhoy, Ph.D.
Director of Health Center at Auraria, Steve Monaco, MA
Director of Student Publications, Doug Conarroe, BS
Director of Student Academic Success, Janell Lindsey, M.S.

ACADEMIC ADMINISTRATORS

School of Business
Interim Dean, John Cochran, Ph.D.
Interim Assistant to the Dean, Ann B. Murphy, Ph.D.

DEPARTMENT CHAIRS
Accounting, Virginia Parker, Ph.D.
Computer Information Systems, Abel Moreno, Ph.D.
Economics, Steven Call, Ph.D.
Finance, Su-Jane Chen, Ph.D.
Management, Elizabeth Frederick, Ph.D.
Marketing, Clayton Daughtrey, Ph.D.

School of Letters, Arts and Sciences
Interim Dean, Kenneth Keller, Ph.D.
Interim Associate Dean, Hal Tamblyn, Ph.D.
Assistant Dean, Tara Tull, M.A.

DEPARTMENT CHAIRS
African American Studies, Vacant
Art, Greg Watts, M.F.A.
Biology, Joan L. Foster, Ph.D.
Chemistry, Gerhard Lind, Ph.D.
Chicano Studies, Luis Torres, Ph.D.
Communication Arts and Sciences, Kenn Bisio, M.F.A.
Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Kenneth Engelbrecht, Ph.D.
English, William T. Hamilton, Ph.D.
History, Stephen J. Leonard, Ph.D.
Mathematical and Computer Sciences, Charlotte Murphy, Ph.D.
Modern Languages, Elizabeth Ordoñez, Ph.D.
Music, Walter Barr, D.M.E.
Philosophy, David Sullivan, Ph.D.
Physics, Sidney A. Freudenstein, Ph.D.
Political Science, Robert Hazan, Ph.D.
Psychology, Ellen Susman, Ph.D.
Social Work, Virginia Cruz, Ph.D.
Sociology and Anthropology, Martha Shwayder, Ph.D.
Director of the Institute for Women’s Studies and Services, Jodi Wetzel, Ph.D.
Director of the Center for Mathematics, Science and Environmental Education, Larry S. Johnson, Ph.D.
Director of the English Composition Program, Joan R. Griffin, Ph.D.
Director of the Family Center, Virginia Cruz, Ph.D.
Director of the First Year Program, Renee Ruderman, MA
Interim Director of the Writing Center, Brenda Wright, M.A.

School of Professional Studies
Interim Dean, Sandra Haynes, Ph.D.
Interim Associate Dean, Kathy Heyl, M.S.

DEPARTMENT CHAIRS
Aerospace Science, Jeff Forrest, M.S.
Criminal Justice and Criminology, Joseph G. Sandoval, J.D.
Engineering Technology, Keith Norwood, M.S.
Health Professions, Nancy Shanks, Ph.D.
Hospitality, Meeting and Travel Administration, John Dienhart, Ph.D.
Human Performance, Sport and Leisure Studies, Marc Rabinoff, Ed.D.
Human Services, Charles Branch, Ed.D.
Industrial Design, John Schmidt, Ed.D.
Director of the Center for Addiction Studies, Anne S. Hatcher, Ed.D.
Director of the Center for High Risk Youth Studies, Charles Branch, Ed.D.
Director of the Center for Nonprofit Organization Administration, Kelly Felice, M.S.M.
Nursing, Vacant
Teacher Education, Kathleen Milligan, Ph.D.
Technical Communications, Clark Germann, Ph.D.
Director of the Child Development Center, Karine Drechsel, MA
Office of Clinical Services, Leslie Swetnam, Ph.D.
Accreditation Coordinator, Nancy Bailey, Ed.D.