Speakers

Identifying Your Leadership Style

Debrah Cummins, Executive Director, Habitat for Humanity of the Lehigh Valley (02-14)

Building Effective Teams

Debrah Cummins (02-12)
Claudia Curry, Director, Women’s Center, CCP (02-03)

City Trends

David L. Cohen, former Chief of Staff to Mayor (02-03)
David Thornburgh, Executive Director, Pennsylvania Economy League (03-04)
Sallie Glickman, Executive Director, Philadelphia WIB (04-05)
Mark Alan Hughes, Daily News Columnist (05-06)
George Burrell, President & CEO, Innovation Philadelphia (06-07)
Laura Shubilla, Co-Founder and President, Philadelphia Youth Network (07-08)
Lori Shorr, Chief Education Officer, City of Philadelphia (08-09)
Camille Barnett, City Managing Director (09-10)
David Thornburgh, Executive Director, Fels Institute of Government (10-11)
Carol Fixman, Executive Director of the Philadelphia Education Fund (11-12)

State Trends

Presidents’ Panel
Stephen Curtis, Community College of Philadelphia (02-11)
Edna Baehre, Harrisburg Area Community College (02-03, 06-07)
James Linksz, Bucks County Community College (02-03, 05-06, 11-12)
Karen Stout, Montgomery County Community College (02-03, 05-06)
Patricia Donahue, Mercer County Community College (03-04, 09-10)
Art Scott, Northampton Community College (03-04, 06-07, 11-12)
Don Snyder, Lehigh Carbon Community College (03-04)
Richard Kratz, Reading Area Community College (04-05)
Jerry Parker, Delaware County Community College (04-05, 08-09)
Anna Weitz, President, Reading Area Community College (04-05, 07-08, 10-11)
Steve Ender, Westmoreland County Community College (07-08)
Alex Johnson, Community College of Allegheny County (08-09)
Nicholas Neupauer, Butler County Community College (09-10)
Dan Obara, Westmoreland Community College (10-11)
Edward Yaw, County College of Morris (11-12)

Utilizing Institutional Data

Jane Grosset, Director of Institutional Research, CCP (02-08)
Dawn Sinnott, Research Associate, Institutional Research (06-07)

National Trends

George Boggs, President AACC (02-03, 09-10)
Carol Schneider, President AAC&U (03-04)
Jean Morse, Executive Director, Middle States Commission on Higher Education (04-05)
Ed Coulter, Incoming Chair, AACC (05-06)
Becky Timmons, Division of Government and Public Affairs, ACE (06-07)
Patricia Stanley, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Community Colleges (07-08)
Byron McClenney, Project Director, Achieving the Dream: Community Colleges Count (08-09)
Walter Bumphus, Professor, Community College Leadership Program and Chair, Department of Educational Administration, University of Texas at Austin; incoming president of the American Association of Community Colleges (10-11)
J. Noah Brown, President and ECO, Association of Community College Trustees (11-12)

Budget and Finance Basics

Thomas Hawk, VP for Planning and Finance, CCP (04-12)

Leading Change

Susan Tobia, Acting Director Northeast Regional Center, CCP (03-05)
Panel of leaders of change at the College (03-05)

Community Presentation of Projects

Institute Participants (02-12)

Grant Writing

Sue Piergallini and Jean Kemper, Institutional Advancement, CCP (02-10)
Sharon Thompson, Associate VP & Dean, Liberal Studies, CCP (02-07)
Jean Kemper (10-12)
Kristen Starr, Coordinator of Grants (11-12)
Panel of successful grant writers (02-12)

Public Speech

Pierre Vincent, Assistant Professor, English, CCP (05-06)
Shannon Dewith McCormick, English, CCP (06-07)
Peter Baratta, Assistant to the Dean for Math, Science & Health Careers (07-09)
Craig Strimel, Instructor, English Department (09-12)

Conflict Resolution

Susan Holton, Dept. of Communication Studies, Bridgewater State College (03-04)
Marvin Johnson, Executive Director, Center for Alternative Dispute Resolution (04-06)
Danielle Taylor, President, Taylor Training and Development (06-08)
Thomas Gordon, Founder & Principal, TAGA Consulting (08-12)
Maya Gordon, Professor of Psychology, Cabrini (11-12)

Six Thinking Hats

Peter Baratta, Associate Director of Admissions, Drexel University (04-06, 09-10)
Michael Harry, Recruitment Coordinator, CCP (04-06)
Patti Savoni, Wanamaker Program Manager, CCP (04-06)
Susan Tobia, Executive Assistant to VPAA, CCP (06-07)
Peter Baratta, Assistant to the Dean, Math/Science/Health Careers, Brian Seymour, Assistant Professor, Art & Susan Tobia (07-08)
Brian Seymour, Assistant Professor, Art & Susan Tobia (08-12)

Diversity and Leadership- Leadership and Gender (02-03)

Kathy Black, President Coalition of Labor Union Women
Cindy Ferguson, Executive Director, Community Women’s Education Project
Karen Fitchette Gordon, Executive Director, Black Women’s Health Project
Cynthia Figueroa, Executive Director, Women against Abuse
Carole Johnson, Executive Director, Choice
Melissa Weiler Gerber, President, Women’s Way
Ana María García, Chair, Department of Sociology & Anthropology, Arcadia University (03-10, 11-12)

Leadership and Emotional Intelligence

Fran Johnston, Co-Chair of Teleos Leadership Institute (03-04, 05-06)
Eddy Mwelwa, Senior Consultant, Teleos Leadership Institute (04-05)

Decision-Making in an Institutional Context

Judith Gay, VP for Academic Affairs, CCP (02-12)
Jill Weitz, General Counsel and VP for Human Resources (09-11, 11-12)

Alumni Sessions

Dennis McGrath, Professor of Sociology and Senior Consultant to the National High School Alliance (03-04)
Susan Sherman, President, Independence Foundation (04-05)
Marjorie Dugan, President, Dugan and Associates (05-06)
Ding-Jo Currie, President, Coastline Community College and Incoming Chair, AACC (06-07)
Thomas Gordon, Founder & Principal, TAGA Consulting (07-08)
Lisa Nutter, President of Philadelphia Academies, Inc. (08-09)
Carol Fixman, Executive Director of the Philadelphia Education Fund (09-10)
Heseung Kim, President/CEO of Mighty Engine (formerly known as the Osiris Group) (10-11)