Guidance & Support Boards

The perspectives of those who know us best supplement the leadership and guidance of Honors College staff. Our advisory and volunteer boards, along with our parents council, are essential and trusted voices for the College as we strive to maintain our reputation as the nation's premier honors program.

External Advisory Board (EAB)

The External Advisory Board is composed of Penn State alumni, friends of the Schreyer Honors College, parents of Scholars, and others committed to the College realizing its mission.

The board convenes twice a year at meetings held on the University Park campus.

Board members demonstrate leadership and commitment to the College through their advice and counsel of the Dean and staff, mentorship of current Scholars, by sponsoring internships and research projects, and through personal philanthropy.

Robert Poole '72 Bus Chairman, External Advisory Board President and CEO, S&A Homes, Inc. CEO, Poole Anderson Construction

Robert Edwards '75 Bus, '83 MBA Vice Chairman, External Advisory Board Retired Executive Vice President, PNC Bank

Ryan Newman '01 Bus Managing Director, Goldman, Sachs & Co.

William Bogdon '83 Lib Attorney at Law, Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP

Mark Bowser '77 Bus EVP and CFO, Cox Automotive

William Donato, Jr. '94 Bus President and COO, Safegard Group Inc.

Charles Frazier '12 Bus, '12g Bus Treasurer, BDR Properties

Linda Gall

Arthur Glenn '56 Eng Retired Vice President, General Electric Company

Lisa Hart '97 Eng Vice President, M&T Bank

Reginald Hedgebeth '89 Lib Chief Legal Officer, Capital Group American Funds

Edward Hintz '59 Bus President, Hintz Capital Management

Thomas Lindquist '86 Sci Senior Vice President/General Manager for Government Programs, Medica

Todd Lippincott '94 Lib Vice President, Global Rewards, Mars

Melissa Marshall '00 EMS Chief Compliance Officer, Westinghouse Electric Company

Edward Marx '98 Eng Executive Director, Enterprise Analytics, Vanderbilt University Medical Center

Nathan Nair '97 Sci Neurosurgery Residency Director and Associate Professor, Georgetown University Hospital

Mark Prybutok '97 Lib Managing Director, GI Partners

Rick Riegel '85 Eng Chairman, ActiGraph & Deerfield Agency

Tracy Riegel '85 HHD

Brian Schmanske '86 Eng Program Manager, U.S. Government

DrueAnne Schreyer President, BDR Properties, Inc.

Joan Schreyer

Sarah Shaffer '97 Bus Rates Manager, Equitrans Midstream Corporation

Andrew Sieg '89 Bus Head of Merrill Lynch Wealth Management, Merrill Lynch

Kristin Smith '91 Bus Senior Vice President & Chief Counsel, Metropolitan Life Insurance Company

Stephen Snyder '79 Eng Retired Managing Partner, Accenture (Comms/High Tech/Energy)

Brian Stern '90 Bus General Counsel, Cetera Financial Group

Kathryn Sutton '85 Lib Partner, Morgan, Lewis & Bockius

Tony Talbert '99 Eng Partner, The Shidler Group

Joseph Versaggi '83 Bus Senior Vice President-Real Estate, Washington Capital Management

David Wagner '86 Bus President and CEO, Zixcorp

Edward Weber '92 Bus Senior Vice President & Chief Financial Officer, MLB Advanced Media, LP

Richard Whitney '89 Bus Chairman and CEO, Radiology Partners, Inc.

James Wiggins '72 Com Retired Managing Director, Morgan Stanley & Co.

Thomas Wilson '91 Lib Managing Partner, Frederickson Partners

Brenna Wist '77 HHD Retired Partner, KPMG

Jack Yoskowitz '89 Lib Litigation Partner, Seward & Kissel LLP

Nicolas Zavaleta '15 Bus Analyst, Hintz Capital Management

Scholar Alumni Society Board (SASB)

The Scholar Alumni Society Board is the governing body of the Scholar Alumni Society, an affiliate group of the Penn State Alumni Association. Board members lead efforts to achieve the mission of uniting and connecting alumni of the Schreyer Honors College by engaging and supporting alumni and current Scholars by giving of their time, talent, and treasure, working directly with College staff.

They sponsor the Scholar Alumni & Friends Tailgate, Homecoming Pre-Parade Tailgate, Mentoring With Honors, and Connect and serve as a strategic partner in the Alumni Admissions Interview Program for which they were recognized with the 2019 PSAA Volunteer Group Award for Young Alumni Involvement. Board members endowed the SASB Future Leaders Scholarship for upper-division Scholars demonstrating leadership in the College.

The Board meets quarterly — during the spring and fall at University Park, and winter and summer via conference call. Committees focused on Alumni & Student Engagement and Career Development & Mentorship hold monthly conference calls. Eighteen at-large members serve three-year terms and are joined by a faculty representative and a student representative. The President of the SASB sits on Alumni Council. Applications for membership are announced each fall.

Executive Board Members

Natalie Keller '17 Agr President Food Scientist, La Colombe Coffee Roasters

Kathryn Pruss Zeltwanger '98 Lib Vice-President Deputy General Counsel, Armstrong Group

Alayna Auerbach '15 Bus Chair, Student Engagement Committee; Alumni Mentor, Schreyer for Women Freelance Management Consultant, PwC (Independent Contract)

Brian Ellis '02 Lib Chair, Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion Committee Partner/Principal, Bressler, Amery & Ross, P.C.

Keith Graham '85 Eng Chair, Career Development & Mentorship Committee Senior Instructor and Assc. Chair of Undergraduate Education, Electrical, Computer Engineering Dept., University of Colorado at Boulder, College of Engineering and Applied Science

Carol Packard '99 Lib, '18g Edu Chair, Alumni Engagement & Membership Committee Associate Vice President, Colleges and Units - Alumni Affairs and Development, Cornell University

Board Members

Samuel Bonsall '04 Lib, '04g Bus Faculty Representative; Alumni Mentor, Schreyer Consulting Group Reeves Family Early Career Professor in Accounting, Penn State Smeal College of Business

Timothy Cooney '00 Bus Senior Vice President, City National Bank (New Jersey)

Lori Feathers '90 Lib Co-Owner and Book Buyer, Interabang Books

Asia Grant '17 Bus Founder, Redoux

John Hemmer '03 Eng Partner, Morgan Lewis

Basel Kayyali '96 Eng Senior Partner, McKinsey & Company

Ryan Koch '97 Eng Alumni Mentor, Schreyer Consulting Group Director of Strategy & Corporate Development, Intapp

Emily Kowey Roth '12 Lib Attorney, Duane Morris LLP

Kristin Lambert '14 Agr, '19g Medicine Alumni Mentor, Schreyer for Women and Schreyer Medical Team Pediatric Resident Physician, Cincinnati Children's Hospital

Jared Edgar McKnight '11 A&A, Lib Alumni Mentor, Scholar Ambassadors Associate and Designer, WRT Design

Aryath Narayanamangalam '22 Eng Student Representative President, Schreyer Student Council

Michael O'Connor '05 Eng Litigation Counsel, Kraken Digital Asset Exchange

Aleks Radovic-Moreno '05 Eng Partner, Longwood Fund

Nikhil Shekher '16 Bus Vice President of Sales, Diversified Business Consultants, Inc.

Associate Members

Todd Allen '89 Eng President, Allen Energy Inc.

Jennifer Ashman '94 Bus, '96g Bus President, CX Amplified

Sheldon Bailey '05 Behrend Instructor - Department of Physics and Technology, Edinboro University of Pennsylvania

Cyndy Bober '15 Eng Sr. Analyst - Sales Analytics, Hilton Worldwide

Brian Clionsky '11 Bus Vice President - Debt Capital Markets Originator, Natixis

Tyler Dischinger '09 Lib Counsel, Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney P.C.

Lauren Fellin '17 Bus Senior Specialist Re-marketing and Returns, The Hershey Company

Jocelyn Fitzgerald '08 Sci, '08 Lib Female Pelvic Medicine and Reconstructive Surgeon, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center

Nikolai Foreman '14 Bus Senior Analyst - Renewable Fuels, Shell Energy North America

Olivia Francois '14 Agr Item Writer II, Cambium Assessment

Eric Gibney '94 Sci Program Director, Piedmont Transplant Institute (Atlanta, GA); Transplant Nephrologist, Piedmont Atlanta Hospital

Tamara Hambrick '05 Eng Director of Systems Engineering, Northrop Grumman

Brian Harkless '95 Eng Command Property Officer - Division Director, NAVAIR (US Navy)

Matt Heidecker '02 Behrend, '07g EMS Vice President, Plastic Services Network

Luke Henegar '19 Bus, '19 Lib Global Principal Investments Team, Bank of America

Sue Kelley '91 Lib Dean - School of Business, Arts, & Sciences, Pennsylvania College of Technology

Eleni Kornblatt '98 Bus Director, Global Marketing - HPV Vaccines, Merck and Co.

Hanna Leonard '18 Lib Law Student, University of Maryland Francis King Carey School of Law

Rachel-Paige Mumenthaler '15 Lib Assistant Vice President, PNC Bank - Technology Finance Group

Chelsie Rimel '15 Lib Associate, K&L Gates

Tammy Sawmelle '92 Nur Professor of Nursing, Robert Morris University

Bill Simon '89 Bus Vice President, McCormick

Alexandra Stulpin '11 Lib Attorney, Comegno Law Group, P.C.

Emily Weiland '18 Bus Real Estate Banking Associate, PNC Financial Services

Sara Young '14 H&HD Strategic Sourcing Lead, Cochlear Americas

Schreyer Parents Council (SPC)

The Schreyer Parents Council (SPC) plays a critical role in the advancement of the Schreyer Honors College mission. The Council recognizes that parents and families can play a key part in supporting all Scholars, not just their own, through their involvement with the Honors College. The Council was created in 2013 to support development and outreach initiatives.

Betsy Bruning Co-Chair, Parents Council Teacher, Montgomery County Public Schools (MD)

David Bruning Co-Chair, Parents Council Head - Toxicology Operations, MilliporeSigma

Todd Gardner Chair, Development Committee President, InstallNET International Inc.

Jennifer Wilson Hewitt '85 Law Chair, Outreach Committee

Ronald Francois '93 Lib Major Account Manager, VWR

Valerie Francois '93 Com Executive Communications and Change Management Consultant, Gray Francois Consulting  LLC

Laura Gardner

Patrick Hewitt '83 Law Managing Partner and Attorney, Riley, Hewitt, Witte & Romano, P.C

Denise McCarthy

Mark McCarthy Principal Partner, EY, LLP

Cort Morrison Director, Advisory Services, IntegriChain, Inc.

Robin Morrison Freelance Proofreader and Patient and Family Outreach Volunteer, Leukemia and Lymphoma Society

Bonnie Pontell Manager, The Aesthetic Facial Plastic Surgery Center, Inc.

Jonathan Pontell Facial Plastic Surgeon and Owner, The Aesthetic Facial Plastic Surgery Center, Inc.

Jill Semmer '88 Lib

Cheryl Uzzo

Robert Uzzo Chair - Department of Surgical Oncology, Fox Chase Cancer Center

Kim Eberle-Wang Science Teacher, Springside Chestnut Hill Academy

Hoau-Yan Wang Associate Medical Professor, CUNY School of Medicine

Mark Wiggins

Nancy Wiggins Owner and Optometrist, Optometric Care

Faculty Advisory Committee (FAC)

The Faculty Advisory Committee (FAC) consists of senior faculty members from a variety of disciplines that advise the Schreyer Honors College on academic policies and programming.

Sarah Ades Associate Professor, Biochemistry & Molecular Biology Associate Dean, The Graduate School

Fran Arbaugh Professor, Mathematics Education

Seth Blumsack Associate Professor, Energy and Mineral Engineering

Samuel Bonsall Associate Professor, Accounting

Mike Brown Professor, Management, Business & Management, MBA, and MPAcc Programs

Daniel Carvajal Academic Chair, Schreyer Honors College Student Council

Colleen Connolly-Ahern Associate Professor, Advertising and Public Relations

Ekaterina Haskins Professor, Communication Arts and Sciences

Helen Kamens Associate Professor, Biobehavioral Health

Angela Linse Executive Director and Associate Dean, Schreyer Institute for Teaching Excellence

Keefe Manning Associate Dean, Schreyer Honors College

David McBride Professor Emeritus, African American Studies and African American History

Eduardo Navas Associate Research Professor, School of Visual Arts

Jacqueline O'Connor Associate Professor, Mechanical Engineering

Leticia Oseguera Associate Professor, Higher Education

Rebecca Passonneau Professor, Computer Science and Engineering

Richard Robinett Professor, Physics

Kathryn Salzer Assistant Professor, History

Hans Schmidt Associate Professor, Communications

Aossa Wade Professor, Mathematics

Ethics Committee

The Ethics Committee consists of a group of faculty interested in helping the Schreyer Honors College incorporate ethics into the Scholar experience.

Jonathan Brockopp Professor, History, Religious Studies, and Philosophy Affiliated Faculty, Rock Ethics Institute

Jeffrey Catchmark Professor and Director of Graduate Studies, Agricultural and Biological Engineering Affiliated Faculty, Rock Ethics Institute

Jennifer Eury Clinical Assistant Professor, Management and Organization Affiliated Faculty, Rock Ethics Institute

Caitlyn Grady Assistant Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering Research Associate, Rock Ethics Institute

Joshua Inwood Associate Professor, Geography Senior Research Associate, Rock Ethics Institute

Hil Malatino Assistant Professor, Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies and Philosophy Research Associate, Rock Ethics Institute

Martina Orlandi Postdoctoral Scholar in Engaged Ethics, Schreyer Honors College

Ted Toadvine Nancy Tuana Director, Rock Ethics Institute Associate Professor, Philosophy

Alan Wagner Assistant Professor, Aerospace Engineering Research Associate, Rock Ethics Institute