Participants & Committee Members
Leaders for each goal and group members, in close collaboration with the executive and steering committees, are charged with bringing the Penn State Strategic Plan to life.
Executive Committee
Neeli Bendapudi
President
Tracy Langkilde
Interim Executive Vice President and Provost
Michael Wade Smith
Senior Vice President and Chief of Staff
Sara Thorndike
Senior Vice President for Finance and Business/Treasurer
Andrew Read
Senior Vice President for Research
Margo DelliCarpini
Vice President for Commonwealth Campuses and Executive Chancellor
Steering Committee
Jeff Adams
Senior Associate Vice Provost and Senior Associate Dean
Kathy Bieschke
Senior Vice Provost
Andrea Dowhower
Vice President for Student Affairs
Larry Terry
Vice President for Outreach
SeriaShia Chatters
Interim Vice Provost for Educational Equity
Jennifer Wilkes
Vice President for Human Resources and Chief Human Resources Officer
Phase One Working Groups
More than 80 individuals representing a broad cross-section of institutional perspectives and experiences were selected to serve on the workgroups by members of the President’s Council. View the list of committee members who contributed to phase one.
Phase Two Working Groups
These goal leads will be joined by committee members from across the University to develop the institutional plan.
“Enhancing Student Success” Leads
Stephanie Preston
Associate Dean of Graduate Educational Equity and Chief Diversity Officer for Graduate Education
Darcy Rameker
Interim Associate Vice President for Student Affairs
David Smith
Associate Dean for Advising and Executive Director of the Division of Undergraduate Studies
“Fostering Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Belonging” Leads
Victoria Sanchez
Associate Dean for Educational Equity in the College of Earth and Mineral Sciences
Evan Williams
Director of the Paul Robeson Cultural Center
Boni Fernandes Wozolek
Director of the Office of Inclusive Excellence and Associate Professor of Early Childhood and Elementary Education at Penn State Abington
“Growing Interdisciplinary Research” Leads
Patrick Drew
Interim Director of the Huck Institutes and Professor of Engineering Science and Mechanics, Neurosurgery, Biology and Biomedical Engineering
Koraly Pérez-Edgar
McCourtney Professor of Child Studies and Professor of Psychology
Troy Ott
Dean of the College of Agricultural Sciences, C. Lee Rumberger and Family Chair in Agricultural Sciences and Professor of Reproductive Physiology
“Increasing Land-grant Impact” Leads
Justin Aglio
Associate Vice President for Penn State Outreach
Lara Fowler
Chief Sustainability Officer and Director for Penn State Sustainability
Alicyn Rhoades
Vice Chancellor and Associate Dean for Research and Graduate Studies at Penn State Behrend
“Transforming Health Care Through Academic and Clinical Synergy” Leads
Jennifer Kraschnewski
Vice Chair for Research at Penn State Health and Professor of Public Health Sciences and Pediatrics at the Penn State College of Medicine
Scarlett Miller
Professor of Industrial Engineering and Mechanical Engineering
Robert Sainburg
Dorothy F. and J. Lloyd Huck Distinguished Chair in Kinesiology and Neurology
Candice Maenza
Managing Director and Clinical Scientist, Neuromechanics in Translational Rehabilitation Program