SEM Advisory Committees

Strategic Enrollment Management

Three advisory committees will support the SEM planning process, each focused on a key area of enrollment and student success.

The Recruitment Advisory Committee will develop strategies to improve student recruitment at the Storrs and regional campuses, focusing on barriers and metrics. The Retention Advisory Committee aims to enhance student retention by identifying opportunities and addressing obstacles to student retention. The Workforce Advisory Committee will explore barriers and opportunities related to the state’s workforce needs and enhance career readiness.

SEM Plan Recruitment Advisory Committee

This committee is charged with determining opportunities, establishing tactical strategies as well as metrics, and identifying barriers related to the recruitment of students to Storrs and our regional campuses. The members of this committee will communicate across their respective units with information related to the committee’s activities, seek input from the appropriate university stakeholders, and then make final recommendations to the Steering Committee.

Chair: Mona Lucas, Assistant Vice President for Enrollment
Co-Chair: Amy Gorin, Vice Provost for Health Sciences and Interdisciplinary Initiatives

Rae Alexander, Assistant Vice President for Global Affairs
Mary Anne Amalaradjou, Associate Professor of Food Microbiology, CAHNR, Senate JEDI Committee
Tracy Anderson, Executive Director for Creative Strategy and Brand Management
Kristin Bott, Assistant Clinical Professor, School of Nursing, Senate Curricula & Courses Committee
Vern Granger, Director, Undergraduate Admissions
Ofer Harel, Dean, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
Annette Jakubisin-Konicki, Associate Dean Graduate Studies, School of Nursing
Mike Jones, Director of Academic Program Development & Support, CETL
Mark Overmyer-Velázquez, Dean and Chief Administrative Officer, UConn Hartford Suzanne Peters, Director, Student Financial Aid Services
Sarah Shore, Assistant Director, Graduate Admissions

SEM Plan Retention Advisory Committee

This committee is charged with determining opportunities, establishing tactical strategies as well as metrics, and identifying barriers related to the retention of students to Storrs and our regional campuses. The members of this committee will communicate across their respective units with information related to the committee’s activities, seek input from the appropriate university stakeholders, and then make final recommendations to the Steering Committee.

Chair: Tadarrayl Starke, Vice Provost for Undergraduate Student Success
Co-Chair: Gladis Kersaint, Vice Provost for Academic Affairs

Greg Bouquot, University Registrar
Karen Bresciano, Assistant Dean of the Graduate School, Graduate Student and Postdoctoral Affairs
Erin Ciarimboli, Director of Undergraduate Advising
Robert Corbett, Interim Associate Vice President of UPDC
Cyndi Costanzo, Interim Assistant Vice President for Student Life
Miranda Davis, Assistant Professor, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, CLAS, Senate Enrollment Committee
Haleh Ghaemolsabahi, Director, Campus Technology Services
Lauren Jorgensen, Director of Institutional Research
Jen Lease Butts, Associate Vice Provost for Enrichment Programs, Director of the Honors Program
Alyse Lofman-Kwapien, Director of Cash Operations & University Bursar
Desmond McCaffrey, Director, UConn Online, CETL
Stan Nolan, Interim AVP of Facilities Operations
Nathanael Okpych, Associate Professor, School of Social Work
David Ouimette, Executive Director, First Year Programs & Learning Communities
Noemi Maldonado Picardi, Director, Student Services, UConn Avery Point
Jonelle Reynolds, Director of Diversity and Inclusion Initiatives
Joel Salisbury, Director, Internal Insights and Innovations
Kristina Stevens, Director of Mental Health, SHaW
Ngozi Taffe, Associate Vice President for Global Affairs
JC Zhao, Dean, College of Engineering

SEM Plan Workforce Committee

This committee is charged with looking more broadly at the barriers and opportunities related to meeting the state's workforce and career readiness needs through environmental scanning. This includes reviewing student and employee behavior and engagement along with policies that influence behavior and engagement. The members of this committee will communicate across their respective units with information related to the committee’s activities, seek input from the appropriate university stakeholders, and then make final recommendations to the Steering Committee.

Chair: Leslie Shor, Vice Provost for Graduate Education, Dean of the Graduate School,
Co-Chair: Jim Lowe, Associate Vice Provost, Executive Director, UConn Center for Career Readiness and Life Skills

Dorothea Anagnostopoulos, Associate Dean for Academic Affairs, NEAG, Senate Scholastic Standards Committee
Liza Boritz, Director of Planning, Assessment, and Evaluation
Lakeesha Brown, Vice President and Chief Human Resources Officer
Fred Carstensen, Professor of Finance and Economics & Director of the Connecticut Center for Economic Analysis
John Chandy, Professor and Department Head, College of Engineering, Senate Curricula & Courses Committee
Margaret Feeney, Executive Director of Strategic Planning & Initiatives
Kristen Govoni, Associate Dean, Academic Programs, CAHNR, Senate Scholastic Standards Committee
Kathy Hendrickson, Director, Undergraduate Career Development Office, School of Business
Mike Kirk, Interim Vice President for University Communications
Nick Lanza, Intern, Work+ UConn, Center for Career Readiness and Life Skills; Director of External Affairs, Undergraduate Student Government, UConn Storrs
Joanne Lombardo, Senior Director, Governmental Relations
Rachel Marshall, Senior Associate VP for Development, UConn Foundation
Jennifer Orlikoff, Campus Dean & Chief Administrative Officer, UConn Stamford
Jennifer Smith, Executive Director of Community Engagement and Outreach

Division of Student Life & Enrollment

Strategic Enrollment Management