Committees
Student Affairs Leadership Team (SALT)
This committee serves as a support and advisory group to the Vice President for Student Affairs and provides input and recommendations regarding divisional priorities, operations, vision, direction, and leadership.
SALT Members
Art King, Vice President & Dean of Students, Chair
Justyna Socha, Director, Resource Management
Annie Virkus-Estrada, Associate Dean of Students
Brandy Peer, Associate Director, Community Standards
Joy Allison, Associate Director, Health & Wellness
Lorraine Mondesir, Director, Early Learning Center
Heather MacCulloch, Director, Athletics & Recreation
Erin Pomykala, Associate Director, Athletics & Recreation
Ellen Stein, Director, Starr Career Development Center
Ingrid Tineo, Deputy Director, Starr Career Development Center
Teresa Hurst, Director, Counseling Center
Lynn Kaplan, Associate Director, Counseling Center
Patricia Fleming, Director, Student Disability Services
Lillian Shmulevich, Associate Director, Student Disability Services
Damali Smith Tolson, Director, Student Life
Daniel Schwartz, Associate Director, Student Life
Joy Allison, Interim Director, New Student & Family Programs
Professional Development Council
This council exists to create a common understanding of the culture and excellence of the Student Affairs profession and to promote division-wide professional development opportunities that actively engage staff members, better prepare employees to effectively service students, and enhance their personal and professional growth and success as staff members at Baruch. The goals of the council are to:
- Design and provide settings to share resources and increase communication and collaboration
- Create programs to enhance customer service and staff morale
- Promote innovative programs that highlight current trends and best practices
- Create social opportunities to build and enhance community within the Division
- Design, promote, and maintain a staff recognition program
Professional Development Council Members
Ellen Stein, Starr Career Development Center, Chair
Amanda DeLaCruz, Athletics & Recreation
Amanda Pryor, Office of the Dean of Students
Ricki Weitzen, Starr Career Development Center
Ronald Bissessar, Student Disability Services
Jael Amador, Counseling Center
Talia Gurstel, Student Life
Lorraine Mondesir, Early Learning Center
Michael Doris, New Student & Family Programs
Sexual Harassment & Assault Prevention Committee
This committee provides awareness and prevention education focused on topics such as sexual harassment, sexual assault, relationship violence, and stalking. In so doing, the committee will make recommendation to the Vice President by executing the following:
- Develop student based educational programs on topics not limited to bystander intervention, risk reduction, prevention, how to help a friend, substance abuse, and gender based interpersonal violence
- Coordinate primary prevention education delivered to new students through student orientation programs, the Freshman Seminar, and other campus-wide initiatives
- Design and disseminate educational resources and materials to the campus community via print and website regarding the captioned topics to include on and off-campus resources available to survivors and others needing assistance
Sexual Harassment & Assault Prevention Committee Members
Brandy Peer, Office of the Dean of Students, Co-Chair
Joy Allison, Health & Wellness, Co-Chair
Adia Tucker, Starr Career Development Center
Olivia Colbert, Athletics & Recreation
Crystal Tejada, Student Life
Sydacia Bunbury, Student Disability Services
Kristy Perez, SEEK Program
Lynn Kaplan, Counseling Center
Sarah Redfield, Substance Abuse Prevention Program
Student Affairs Assessment Team (A-Team)
The A-Team’s purpose is to establish a standard and consistent assessment of programs and services across the Division and to coordinate actionable data on the co-curricular experiences of our students. The A-Team will:
- Facilitate the development and assessment of learning outcomes for programs
- Assess how students are benefiting and learning from our activities
- Provide information for planning and decision-making
- Develop data-sharing strategies across the division and with other university entities
- Develop quality assurance measures for programs and services
- Support Baruch’s accreditation and data reporting needs
- Serve as a liaison between departments and CampusLabs
A-Team Members
Annie Virkus-Estrada, Office of the Dean of Students, Chair
Heather MacCulloch, Athletics & Recreation
Dima Kamenshchik, Athletics & Recreation
Patricia Fleming, Student Disability Services
Elizabeth Ruggieri, Counseling Center
Teresa Hurst, Counseling Center
Gerald Tang, Starr Career Development Center
Ellen Stein, Starr Career Development Center
Vacant, New Student & Family Programs
Joy Allison, Health & Wellness
Damali Smith Tolson, Student Life
Website Redesign Task Force
Website Redesign Task Force Members
Traci Espinet, Student Life, Chair
John Neves, Athletics & Recreation
Patricia Morel, Early Learning Center
Ron Bissessar, Student Disability Services
Mihai Vladu, Starr Career Development Center
Elizabeth Ruggieri, Counseling Center
Lynn Kaplan, Counseling Center
José Arias, Student Affairs