APPR Committee and Team Membership

Committee and Team Membership

Executive Sponsors​

Tracy Langkilde, Interim Executive Vice President and Provost; the Verne M. Willaman Dean of the Eberly College of Science
Margo DelliCarpini, Vice President for Commonwealth Campuses and Executive Chancellor​

APPR Tri-chairs

Renata Engel, Vice Provost for Online Education; World Campus​
Daniel Jackson, Associate Teaching Professor of Physics; Penn State Lehigh Valley
Liz Wright, Regional Chancellor and Chief Academic Officer

APPR Leads

Liz Wright, Regional Chancellor and Chief Academic Officer (RFP Selection Team co-lead and APPR co-chair)
Karen Paulson, Coordinator of Online Programs & Teaching Professor of Education (HIED); Education Policies Studies Department (RFP Selection Team co-lead)
Jonna Belanger, College of Health and Human Development; Faculty Senate Committee Curricular Affairs (Systematic Analysis Tool Development Team co-lead)
Maggie Slattery, Assistant Dean for General Education; Undergraduate Education (Systematic Analysis Tool Development Team co-lead)
Kerry Newman, Director of Strategic Communications, Undergraduate Education and Faculty Affairs (Communications and Engagement Team co-lead)
Juliet Pinto, Associate Professor of Journalism, Donald P. Bellisario College of Communications (Communications and Engagement Team co-lead)
Rick Brazier, Dean of University College (Data and Information Team co-lead)
Bill Clark, Associate Dean of the Graduate School (Data and Information Team co-lead)
Renata Engel, Vice Provost for Online Education, World Campus (APPR co-chair)
Elizabeth Fegert, USAC Chair; Business Consultant, Penn State Small Business Development Center
Mary Shenk, Graduate Council Chair-Elect, Associate Professor of Anthropology, Demography, and Asian Studies (Process Development Team co-lead and Grad Council Chair-elect)
Jeff Adams, Senior Associate Vice Provost and Senior Associate Dean, Undergraduate Education (Process Development Team co-lead)
Josh Wede, Chair, Faculty Senate; College of the Liberal Arts (Faculty Senate Chair)
Kevin Schuyler, Student Trustee; Graduate Student in Business Analytics, Smeal College of Business

Steering Committee

A core steering committee is monitoring the outcomes and guiding principles of the overall process while providing valuable input and representation of the Penn State Community.

Current Members

Jeff Adams, Senior Associate Vice Provost and Senior Associate Dean, Undergraduate Education
Jeremy Bean, Assistant Vice President; Office of Enterprise Change and Transformation​
Jonna Belanger, College of Health and Human Development; Faculty Senate Committee Curricular Affairs
Kathy Bieschke,  Senior Vice Provost and Interim Dean of Undergraduate Education
Victor Brunsden, Associate Professor of Mathematics; Penn State Altoona
Rick Brazier,  Dean of University College​
B. Stephen Carpenter II, Michael J. and Aimee Rusinko Kakos Dean; College of Arts and Architecture
Bill Clark,  Associate Dean of the Graduate School
Lindsey Droz, Senior Director, Office of Enterprise Change and Transformation​
Renata Engel, Vice Provost for Online Education; World Campus​
Janet Hughes, Biological Sciences Librarian; STEM Libraries
Daniel Jackson, Associate Teaching Professor of Physics; Penn State Lehigh Valley
Joshua Krause, Speaker of the Commonwealth – Council of Commonwealth Student Governments; Student, Project and Supply Chain Management; Penn State Fayette, The Eberly Campus
Allen Larson, Associate Professor of Communications, Penn State New Kensington
Frank Marko, Distinguished Professor of Mathematics, Penn State Hazleton
Matt Melvin, Vice President for Enrollment Management​
Kerry Newman, Director of Strategic Communications, Undergraduate Education and Faculty Affairs
Karen Paulson, Coordinator of Online Programs & Teaching Professor of Education (HIED); Education Policies Studies Department
Juliet Pinto,  Associate Professor of Journalism, Donald P. Bellisario College of Communications​
Robert Rabb, ACUE; Associate Dean for Education, College of Engineering
Kevin Schuyler, Student Trustee; Graduate Student in Business Analytics, Smeal College of Business
Mary Shenk, Graduate Council Chair-Elect, Associate Professor of Anthropology, Demography, and Asian Studies
Maggie Slattery, Assistant Dean for General Education; Undergraduate Education
Paul Smith, Senior Academic Coordinator in the College of Education, Department of Educational Psychology, Counseling, and Special Education
Shelli Stine
, Immediate Past Chair, Faculty Senate; College of Health and Human Development​​
David Vanness, Grad Council Chair-Elect; Professor of Health Policy and Administration and Graduate Professor-in-charge
Josh Wede, Chair, Faculty Senate; College of the Liberal Arts​
Liz Wright, Regional Chancellor and Chief Academic Officer

Former Members

Terra Ingram, Past Chair, USAC; Business Manager, SAFES Institute​
Scarlett Miller, 
Administrative Fellow; College of Engineering​
Denise Potosky
, Professor in Management and Organization; Penn State Great Valley

Project Support

Jeremy Bean, Assistant Vice President, Office of Enterprise Change and Transformation​
Lindsey Droz,  Senior Director, Office of Enterprise Change and Transformation​
Travis Johnson, Marketing and Communications Specialist, Office of Enterprise Change and Transformation
Dominic Pugliese, IT Project Manager, Outreach and Online Education
Cecelia Merkel, Project Manager, Office of Enterprise Change and Transformation

Shared Governance Auditor

Amit Sharma, Edward Friedman and Stuart Mann Professor of Hospitality Management, School of Hospitality Management​
Judy Ozment,  Associate Professor of Chemistry, Interim Division Head – Science and Engineering, Penn State Abington