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.

Sign commemorating the Schreyer Honors College William A. Schreyer Courtyard at Atherton Hall

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.

Brett Davis headshot
Brett Davis '00 Sci, Bus Principal, Deloitte Consulting
Melissa Marshall headshot
Melissa Marshall '00 EMS Chair, Career-Immersion Experiences Chief Compliance Officer, Westinghouse Electric Corporation
Edward Marx headshot
Edward Marx '98 Eng Chair, Scholar Access Executive Director, Enterprise Analytics, Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Tracy Riegel headshot
Tracy Riegel '85 HHD Chair, Community Member, Penn State Board of Trustees
Brian Schmanske headshot
Brian Schmanske '86 Eng Chair, Brand Development and Deployment President, Jupiter View Strategic Advisors, LLC
Robert Poole headshot
Robert Poole '72 Bus Chair, EAB and Steering Group President and CEO, S&A Homes, Inc. CEO, Poole Anderson Construction
Robert Edwards headshot
Robert Edwards '75 Bus, '83 MBA Vice-Chair, EAB Retired Executive Vice President, PNC Bank
William Bogdan headshot
William Bogdan '83 Lib Attorney at Law, Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP
Mark Bowser headshot
Mark Bowser '77 Bus EVP and CFO, Cox Automotive
Karen Buck headshot
Karen Buck '83 Lib Executive Director, Senior Law Center
William Donato, Jr. headshot
William Donato, Jr. '94 Bus President and COO, Safegard Group Inc.
Charles Frazier headshot
Charles Frazier '12 Bus, '12g Bus Treasurer, BDR Properties
Kelly Frazier headshot
Kelly Frazier Assistant Registrar & Staff Supervisor, All-Sports Museum
Linda Gall headshot
Linda Gall '06 Hon
Lisa Hart headshot
Lisa Hart '97 Eng Senior Vice President - Underwriting Team Leader, Commercial Real Estate M&T Bank
Reginald Hedgebeth headshot
Reginald Hedgebeth '89 Lib Chief Legal Officer, Capital Group American Funds
Kathy Hilt headshot
Kathy Hilt '90 Bus Division Vice President, Macy's Inc.
Edward Hintz headshot
Edward Hintz '59 Bus President, Hintz Capital Management
Basel Kayyali headshot
Basel Kayyali '96 Eng Senior Partner, McKinsey & Company, Inc.
Jason Kushner headshot
Jason Kushner '93 Bus Managing Director, PNC Capital Markets
Thomas Lindquist headshot
Thomas Lindquist '86 Sci Senior Vice President/General Manager for Government Programs, Medica
Todd Lippincott headshot
Todd Lippincott '94 Lib Vice President, Global Rewards, Mars
Nathan Nair headshot
Nathan Nair '97 Sci Neurosurgery Residency Director and Associate Professor, Georgetown University Hospital
Ryan Newman headshot
Ryan Newman '01 Bus Managing Director, Goldman, Sachs & Co.
Carol Packard headshot
Carol Packard '99 Lib Associate Vice President, Colleges and Units - Alumni Affairs and Development, Cornell University
Mark Prybutok headshot
Mark Prybutok '97 Lib Managing Director, GI Partners
Rick Riegel headshot
Rick Riegel '85 Eng Chairman, ActiGraph & Deerfield Agency
DrueAnne Schreyer headshot
DrueAnne Schreyer President, BDR Properties, Inc.
Sarah Shaffer headshot
Sarah Shaffer '97 Bus Rates & Regulatory Director, EQT Corporation
Kristin Smith headshot
Kristin Smith '91 Bus Retired Senior Vice President & Chief Counsel, Metropolitan Life Insurance Company
Stephen Snyder headshot
Stephen Snyder '79 Eng Retired Managing Partner, Accenture (Comms/High Tech/Energy)
Kathryn Sutton headshot
Kathryn Sutton '85 Lib Retired Partner, Morgan, Lewis & Bockius
Tony Talbert headshot
Tony Talbert '99 Eng Partner, The Shidler Group
Edward Weber headshot
Edward Weber '92 Bus Senior Vice President & Chief Financial Officer, MLB Advanced Media, LP
James Wiggins headshot
James Wiggins '72 Com Retired Managing Director, Morgan Stanley & Co.
Christopher Wilson headshot
Christopher Wilson '06 Lib Senior Associate, Baker Botts LLP
Thomas Wilson headshot
Thomas Wilson '91 Lib Managing Partner, Frederickson Partners
Brenna Wist headshot
Brenna Wist '77 HHD Retired Partner, KPMG
Jack Yoskowitz headshot
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.

Executive Board Members

Natalie Keller headshot
Natalie Keller '17 Agr President Senior Scientist, Cookies & Crackers, Campbell's
Brian Harkless headshot
Brian Harkless '95 Eng Vice-President Cost Pillar Lead, NAVAIR (US Navy)
Samuel Bonsall headshot
Samuel Bonsall '04 Lib, '04g Bus Chair, Student Engagement Committee Deloitte & Touche Teaching Excellence ProfessorĀ in Accounting, Penn State Smeal College of Business
Olivia Francois headshot
Olivia Francois '14 Agr Chair, Alumni Engagement Committee Exam Developer, The National Restaurant Association
Eleni Kornblatt headshot
Eleni Kornblatt '98 Bus Chair, Career Development & Mentorship Committee Vice President, Commercial Strategy and Marketing, Dynavax Technologies

Board Members

Jennifer Ashman headshot
Jennifer Ashman '94 Bus, '96g Bus President, CX Amplified
Alayna Auerbach headshot
Alayna Auerbach '15 Bus Manager, Workplace Mental Health, NAMI-NYC
Lori Feathers headshot
Lori Feathers '90 Lib Co-Owner and Book Buyer, Interabang Books
Nikolai Foreman headshot
Nikolai Foreman '14 Bus Director, Environmental Markets Research, Green Trading Capital
Antoinette Gomez headshot
Antoinette Gomez '94 Agr CIVILIAN CLINICIAN IN CLINIC AND LCSW, Buckley Space Force Clinic
Asia Grant headshot
Asia Grant '17 Bus Immediate Past President Founder, Redoux
Matt Heidecker headshot
Matt Heidecker '02 Behrend, '07g EMS Vice President and Principal Material Scientist, Plastic Services Network
Sue Kelley headshot
Sue Kelley '91 Lib Associate Teaching Professor of Biobehavioral Health, Penn State College of Health and Human Development
Emma Khoury headshot
Emma Khoury '25 Sci Student Representative President, Schreyer Student Council
Kristin Lambert headshot
Kristin Lambert '14 Agr, '19g Medicine Pediatric Resident Physician, Cincinnati Children's Hospital
Jared Edgar McKnight headshot
Jared Edgar McKnight '11 A&A, Lib senior associate and designer, WRT Design
Michael O'Connor headshot
Michael O'Connor '05 Eng Deputy General Counsel, Kraken Cryptocurrency Exchange
Lisa Ruch headshot
Lisa Ruch '89 Lib Assistant Dean of Humanities and General Education, Bay Path University (Mass.)
Nikhil Shekher headshot
Nikhil Shekher '16 Bus Technology Investment Banking Associate, Jefferies
Daniel Zahn headshot
Daniel Zahn '20 Lib Litigation Fellow, Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression
Kathryn Pruss Zeltwanger headshot
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.

Rhonda Demchak headshot
Rhonda Demchak Administrative Support Coordinator to the Associate Dean, Schreyer Honors College
Gregory Dillion headshot
Gregory Dillion Professor, Polymer Engineering & Science
Chris Forest headshot
Chris Forest Professor of Climate Dynamics, Earth and Mineral Sciences
Amanda (Mandy) Hammell headshot
Amanda (Mandy) Hammell Professor of Practice, Earth and Mineral Sciences
Wendy Hanna-Rose headshot
Wendy Hanna-Rose Professor, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Indrit Hoxha headshot
Indrit Hoxha Associate Professor of Economics, Business
Michael Janik headshot
Michael Janik Professor of Chemical Engineering, Acting Department Head
Phillip Jolly headshot
Phillip Jolly Associate Professor, Health and Human Development
Angela Linse headshot
Angela Linse Executive Director and Associate Dean, Schreyer Institute for Teaching Excellence
Gonzalo Rubio headshot
Gonzalo Rubio Associate Professor, Classics & Ancient Mediterranean Studies
Maura Shea headshot
Maura Shea Associate Teaching Professor, Bellisario College of Communications
Richard Stoller headshot
Richard Stoller Interim Associate Dean, Schreyer Honors College
Schreyer Honors College Student Council Representative headshot
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.

Jeffrey Catchmark headshot
Jeffrey Catchmark Professor and Director of Graduate Studies, Agricultural and Biological Engineering Affiliated Faculty, Rock Ethics Institute
Jennifer Eury headshot
Jennifer Eury Clinical Assistant Professor, Management and Organization Affiliated Faculty, Rock Ethics Institute
Joshua Inwood headshot
Joshua Inwood Associate Professor, Geography Senior Research Associate, Rock Ethics Institute
Hil Malatino headshot
Hil Malatino Assistant Professor, Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies and Philosophy Research Associate, Rock Ethics Institute
Ted Toadvine headshot
Ted Toadvine Nancy Tuana Director, Rock Ethics Institute Associate Professor, Philosophy
Alan Wagner headshot
Alan Wagner Assistant Professor, Aerospace Engineering Research Associate, Rock Ethics Institute
Schreyer Scholar Tara Golthi

The honors women's studies class I'm taking right now is phenomenal. Every day I go to the class is really eye-opening. I don't know if I would have gotten that experience without being in Schreyer.

Tara Golthi ' 20 Media Studies