Clarion, Pennsylvania After announcing the formation of a presidential transition committee in June, President John Anderson announced the committee members on Tuesday, July 16, just one month into his term as president of Pennsylvania Western University.
The committee will play a key role in promoting community and stakeholder engagement and access across Penn West’s three campuses and the western Pennsylvania community.
Members include students, faculty, staff, alumni and key stakeholders and are charged with gathering insights and identifying opportunities that will help shape priorities under Anderson’s leadership.
“As we begin to build connections with stakeholders, students, faculty and alumni across Western Pennsylvania, we are invested in Penn West's future and eager to actively participate in a meaningful transition process under the guidance of a volunteer board that is rooted in its tradition of excellence,” Anderson said.
“His combination of insight and experience, as well as innovation and optimism, will drive our collaboration as we begin to write the next chapter for Western Pennsylvania’s second-largest public university.”
Members of the Presidential Transition Committee:
Cabinet Members
- James Fisher, Interim Vice President for Academic Affairs and Dean
- Vice President of Finance and Administration Faun Petroski
- Susan Fenske, vice president for institutional effectiveness and student affairs
- James Geiger, Vice President of Advancement
- Sarah Freed, interim vice president for strategic enrollment management
- Kelly Lepinski, Vice President for Academic Affairs
- Eric Geiser, Vice President of Human Resources
director
- Larry McGee, California State Board of Regents
- Donna Oberlander, Clarion Board of Trustees
- Pat Kennedy, Edinboro Board of Trustees
student
- Alexis Steenberg, California State Student Government Association
- Gage Gray, Clarion Student Government
- Garrett Hanna, Edinboro Student Government Association
Athletic Director
- Karen Gerpe, California State Director of Athletics
- Wendy Snodgrass, Clarion Director of Athletics
- Katherine Robbins, Edinboro's athletics director.
Alumni
- Bill Hughes, California Alumni Association Board Member
- Samantha Taubett, Clarion Alumni Association Board Member
- Jayme Russell, Edinboro Alumni Association Board Member
Faculty
- Mario Majsen, APSCUF California
- Joyce Auberry, APSCUF Clarion
- Sam Craster, APSCUF Edinboro
- Robin Weaver, California State Board of Professors
- Marcella McConnell, Clarion Teachers Council
- Peter Kubushnikov, Faculty Member, Edinboro University
staff
- CJ DeJuliis, California AFSCME President
- Lydia Brown, Clarion AFSCME President
- Lisa Keating, Edinboro AFSCME Recording Secretary
- Jim Pflau, SCUPA California
- Erin Lewis, SCUPA Clarion
- Brianne McClellan, SCUPA Edinboro
- Sheleta Camarda Webb, Chief Inclusion and Diversity Officer
- Paul Allison, Chief Information Officer and Vice President