Advisory Board

One of the most exciting aspects of our program are the people we have gathered together on our advisory board. These directors of service-learning, scholars, and leaders of national and regional engagement organizations provide council on the program's curriculum, organization and requirements, marketing and admissions, and future direction. Each advisory board member also agrees to serve as a mentor to one of our track students and in doing so meets with them over their 2 years.

• Program Coordinator: KerryAnn O'Meara, Assistant Professor of Higher Education
• Alan Bloomgarden, Director of Faculty Grants and Government/Community Relations, Smith College
• Mary Bombardier, Director of Community Partnerships for Social Change, Hampshire College
• Cathy Burack, Senior Research Associate, Higher Education, Center for Youth and Communities, Brandeis University
• Barbara Canyes, Executive Director, Massachusetts Campus Compact
• Armand W. Carriere, Executive Director, Worcester UniverCity Partnership
• Sharon Fross, Vice Provost for Outreach, UMass Amherst
• Dwight E. Giles Jr., Professor of Higher Education Administration and Senior Associate, New England Resource Center for Higher Education, UMass Boston
• Deborah Hirsch, Executive Director of the Boston Higher Education Partnership
• Elizabeth Hollander, Senior Fellow, Tufts University
• Kelly Cowdery, UMass Student Representative
• Kelly Gray, First Year Experience Specialist, UMass Amherst
• Karen Hakala, United Way
• Art Keene, Faculty in Anthropology and Co-Founder of Citizen Scholars Program, UMass Amherst
• Karen M. Lee, Assistant Director of Community Outreach, Amherst College
• Emily Nemeth, UMass Student Representative
• John Reiff, Director, UMass Office of Community Service Learning at Commonwealth College
• John Saltmarsh, Executive Director, New England Resource Center for Higher Education
• Dave Schimmel, Co-Founder, Citizen Scholars Program

Advisory Board Meetings

• February 28, 2007, 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
• April 12, 2007, 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM