Statewide Steering Committee
Connecticut’s CFT Steering Committee includes three Presidents, three Academic Deans, the Chairs of statewide initiatives, and twelve college faculty representatives (who may, or may not, also serve as their campus Teaching and Learning Consultants).
The Steering Committee identifies and responds to the needs of faculty and the community colleges system-wide, oversees the activities of the CFT, and is responsible for guiding the philosophy and practice of the CFT.
Antoinette Brim-Bell (CCC Faculty and Program Chair: Pathways to Teaching Success and Schwab)
Arthur Hernandez (GWCC Faculty)
Bryan Donahue-Lynch (QVCC Faculty)
Forrest Helvie (Interim Director of Professional Development, CT State)
James Gentile (MCC Faculty and Program Chair: Spirit of Teaching)
Jennifer Nally (TRCC Faculty)
Joseph Finckel (ACC Faculty and Co-Program Chair: Barnes Seminar)
Kudzai Zvoma (QVCC Faculty)
Laura Turiano (HCC Faculty)
Lisa Sandoval (MCC Faculty and Co-Program Chair: Barnes Seminar)
Len Dupile (MCC Faculty)
Michelle Saindon (TXCC Faculty)
Rebecca Loew (MXCC Faculty)
Rose-Mary Rodriguez (GWCC Faculty)
Sharon Gusky (NCCC Faculty and Statewide CFT Chair)
Tamara O’Day-Stevens (Associate Vice President of Teaching and Learning, CT State)
Tara Jo Holmberg (NCCC Faculty and Technology Chair)
Tony Brown (NCC Faculty)
Tracey Smith-Michnowicz (NCCC Faculty)
Antoinette Brim (CCC Faculty)
Michelle Coach (ACC CEO) [North-West Region]
Cheryl DeVonish (NCC CEO) [Shoreline-West Region]
Bryan Donahue-Lynch (QVCC Faculty)
Len Dupile (MCC Faculty)
Amy Feest (TXCC Dean of Academic Affairs) [North-West Region]
Joseph Finckel (ACC Faculty and Program Chair: Barnes Seminar)
James Gentile (MCC Faculty and Program Chair: Spirit of Teaching)
Sharon Gusky (NCCC Faculty and Statewide CFT Chair)
Forrest Helvie (NCC Faculty)
Tara Jo Holmberg (NCCC Faculty and Program Chair: Pathways to Teaching Success)
Nancy La Guardia (CCC Faculty and Program Chair: Schwab Leadership Conference and Workshop)
Rebecca Loew (MXCC Faculty)
Steven Minkler (MXCC CEO) [Capital-East Region]
Jennifer Nally (TRCC Faculty)
Colleen Richard (TXCC Faculty)
Eileen Russo (GWCC Faculty)
Laura Turiano (HCC Faculty)
Ruth Urbina-Lilback (NVCC Faculty)
Crystal Wiggins (NCCC Faculty)
Kudzai Zvoma (QVCC Faculty)