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 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.
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Brett Davis '00 Sci, Bus Principal, Deloitte Consulting
Melissa Marshall '00 EMS Chair, Career-Immersion Experiences Chief Compliance Officer, Westinghouse Electric Corporation
Edward Marx '98 Eng Chair, Scholar Access Executive Director, Enterprise Analytics, Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Tracy Riegel '85 HHD Chair, Community Member, Penn State Board of Trustees
Brian Schmanske '86 Eng Chair, Brand Development and Deployment President, Jupiter View Strategic Advisors, LLC
Robert Poole '72 Bus Chair, EAB and Steering Group President and CEO, S&A Homes, Inc. CEO, Poole Anderson Construction
Robert Edwards '75 Bus, '83 MBA Vice-Chair, EAB Retired Executive Vice President, PNC Bank
William Bogdan '83 Lib Attorney at Law, Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP
Mark Bowser '77 Bus EVP and CFO, Cox Automotive
Karen Buck '83 Lib Executive Director, Senior Law Center
William Donato, Jr. '94 Bus President and COO, Safegard Group Inc.
Charles Frazier '12 Bus, '12g Bus Treasurer, BDR Properties
Kelly Frazier Assistant Registrar & Staff Supervisor, All-Sports Museum
Linda Gall '06 Hon
Lisa Hart '97 Eng Senior Vice President - Underwriting Team Leader, Commercial Real Estate M&T Bank
Reginald Hedgebeth '89 Lib Chief Legal Officer, Capital Group American Funds
Kathy Hilt '90 Bus Division Vice President, Macy's Inc.
Edward Hintz '59 Bus President, Hintz Capital Management
Basel Kayyali '96 Eng Senior Partner, McKinsey & Company, Inc.
Jason Kushner '93 Bus Managing Director, PNC Capital Markets
Thomas Lindquist '86 Sci Senior Vice President/General Manager for Government Programs, Medica
Todd Lippincott '94 Lib Vice President, Global Rewards, Mars
Nathan Nair '97 Sci Neurosurgery Residency Director and Associate Professor, Georgetown University Hospital
Ryan Newman '01 Bus Managing Director, Goldman, Sachs & Co.
Carol Packard '99 Lib, '18g Edu Vice President for Development and Alumni Relations, Lehigh University
Mark Prybutok '97 Lib Managing Director, GI Partners
Rick Riegel '85 Eng Chairman, ActiGraph & Deerfield Agency
DrueAnne Schreyer President, BDR Properties, Inc.
Sarah Shaffer '97 Bus Rates & Regulatory Director, EQT Corporation
Kristin Smith '91 Bus Retired Senior Vice President & Chief Counsel, Metropolitan Life Insurance Company
Stephen Snyder '79 Eng Retired Managing Partner, Accenture (Comms/High Tech/Energy)
Kathryn Sutton '85 Lib Retired Partner, Morgan, Lewis & Bockius
Tony Talbert '99 Eng Partner, The Shidler Group
Edward Weber '92 Bus Senior Vice President & Chief Financial Officer, MLB Advanced Media, LP
James Wiggins '72 Com Retired Managing Director, Morgan Stanley & Co.
Christopher Wilson '06 Lib Senior Associate, Baker Botts LLP
Thomas Wilson '91 Lib Managing Partner, Frederickson Partners
Brenna Wist '77 HHD Retired Partner, KPMG
Jack Yoskowitz '89 Lib Litigation Partner, Seward & Kissel LLP
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 Networking & Career Day 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.
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Natalie Keller '17 Agr President Senior Research Scientist, Campbell Soup & Pepperidge Farm Co.
Brian Harkless '95 Eng Vice-President Cost Pillar Lead, NAVAIR (US Navy)
Samuel Bonsall '04 Lib, '04g Bus Chair, Student Engagement Committee Deloitte & Touche Teaching Excellence Professor in Accounting, Penn State Smeal College of Business
Olivia Francois '14 Agr Chair, Alumni Engagement Committee Exam Developer, The National Restaurant Association
Eleni Kornblatt '98 Bus Chair, Career Development & Mentorship Committee Vice President, Commercial Strategy and Marketing, Dynavax Technologies
Board Members
Jennifer Ashman '94 Bus, '96g Bus President, CX Amplified
Alayna Auerbach '15 Bus Manager, Workplace Mental Health, NAMI-NYC
Lori Feathers '90 Lib Co-Owner and Book Buyer, Interabang Books
Nikolai Foreman '14 Bus Director, Environmental Markets Research, Green Trading Capital
Antoinette Gomez '94 Agr CIVILIAN CLINICIAN IN CLINIC AND LCSW, Buckley Space Force Clinic
Asia Grant '17 Bus Immediate Past President Founder, Redoux
Matt Heidecker '02 Behrend, '07g EMS Vice President and Principal Material Scientist, Plastic Services Network
Sue Kelley '91 Lib Associate Teaching Professor of Biobehavioral Health, Penn State College of Health and Human Development
Emma Khoury '25 Sci Student Representative President, Schreyer Student Council
Kristin Lambert '14 Agr, '19g Medicine Pediatric Resident Physician, Cincinnati Children's Hospital
Jared Edgar McKnight '11 A&A, Lib senior associate and designer, WRT Design
Michael O'Connor '05 Eng Deputy General Counsel, Kraken Cryptocurrency Exchange
Lisa Ruch '89 Lib Assistant Dean of Humanities and General Education, Bay Path University (Mass.)
Nikhil Shekher '16 Bus Vice President (Investment Banking), Jefferies
Daniel Zahn '20 Lib Litigation Fellow, Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression
Kathryn Pruss Zeltwanger '98 Lib Deputy General Counsel, Armstrong Group
Faculty Advisory Committee (FAC)
The Schreyer Honors College's Faculty Advisory Committee (FAC) is composed of ten to twelve faculty from across the University, representing a broad range of colleges and campuses, as well as the executive director of the Schreyer Institute for Teaching Excellence and a representative from the Schreyer Student Council as ex oficio members. The FAC meets monthly to discuss significant issues as presented by the dean, associate deans, and by FAC members. Standing subcommittees review academic integrity violations and graduating student awards. Other subcommittees may be created as needed.
FAC members serve staggered two-year terms and are appointed by the dean of the Schreyer Honors College in consultation with college associate deans.
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Rhonda Demchak Administrative Support Coordinator to the Associate Dean, Schreyer Honors College
Gregory Dillion Professor, Polymer Engineering & Science
Chris Forest Professor of Climate Dynamics, Earth and Mineral Sciences
Chris Fowler Associate Professor, Geography
Amanda (Mandy) Hammell Professor of Practice, Earth and Mineral Sciences
Wendy Hanna-Rose Professor, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Indrit Hoxha Associate Professor of Economics, Business
Michael Janik Professor of Chemical Engineering, Acting Department Head
Phillip Jolly Associate Professor, Health and Human Development
Angela Linse Executive Director and Associate Dean, Schreyer Institute for Teaching Excellence
Gonzalo Rubio Associate Professor, Classics & Ancient Mediterranean Studies
Maura Shea Associate Teaching Professor, Bellisario College of Communications
Richard Stoller Interim Associate Dean, Schreyer Honors College
Schreyer Honors College Student Council Representative Member, Schreyer Honors College Student Council
Ethics Committee
The Ethics Committee consists of a group of faculty interested in helping the Schreyer Honors College incorporate ethics into the Scholar experience.
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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
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
Ted Toadvine Nancy Tuana Director, Rock Ethics Institute Associate Professor, Philosophy
