{"id":182,"date":"2025-08-19T16:06:53","date_gmt":"2025-08-19T20:06:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/strategic-planning\/?page_id=182"},"modified":"2026-04-09T12:51:48","modified_gmt":"2026-04-09T16:51:48","slug":"committees","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/strategic-planning\/committees\/","title":{"rendered":"Committee Membership"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Liberal Arts for the Future Working Committee&nbsp;<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Clarisa P\u00e9rez-Armend\u00e1riz, <em>Professor of Politics (Committee Co-Chair)<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Joanne Roberts, <em>Vice President for Academic Affairs and Dean of the Faculty (Committee Co-Chair)<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Matt Duvall, <em>Assistant Dean of Strategy and Analysis (Committee Staffer)<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Cat Balco, <em>Professor of Art &amp; Visual Culture<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Molly Brown, <em>Admission Counselor<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Eric Foushee P\u201922, P\u201926, <em>Vice President for College Advancement<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Lindsey Hamilton \u201905, <em>Director of the Center for Inclusive Teaching &amp; 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Coordinator of Club Sports<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Andrew Mountcastle, <em>Associate Professor of Biology<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Darcy Vachon, <em>Custodian<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Patty Rooney, <em>Assistant Vice President for Human Resources<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Zachary Rosenthal \u201926<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Kate Schulze \u201926<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Chris Streifel, <em>Director of Capital Planning and Construction<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Place, Partnerships &amp; Purpose Working Committee<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Alexandre Dauge-Roth, <em>Professor of French and Francophone Studies (Committee Co-Chair)<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Patricia Schoknecht, <em>Vice President for Information and Library Services (Committee Co-Chair)<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Nate Menifield, <em>Equity and Inclusion Program Manager (Committee Staffer)<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Asha Abdisamad \u201927<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Leah Berhanu \u201927<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Andee Bucciarelli, <em>Assistant Dean of Community Standards &amp; 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Papaioanou Professor of Biological Sciences<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>John Harvey \u201909, <em>Leadership Gift Officer<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Tristan Koepke, <em>Assistant Professor of Dance<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Scott Lehmann, <em>Associate Director of Athletics<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Molly Newton \u201911, <em>Senior Associate Dean of Students<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Emma Patard \u201926<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Tim Pratt, <em>Director of Facility Services Operations<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Christine Schwartz, <em>Associate Vice President for Dining, Conferences and Campus Events<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Tom Twist, <em>Assistant Director of Sustainability<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Darryl Uy, <em>Director of Admission<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Strategic Planning Steering Committee<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Garry Jenkins, <em>President (Chair)<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Leana Am\u00e1ez, <em>Vice President for Equity and Inclusion<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Timothy Dugan,&nbsp;<em>Associate Professor of Theater<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Erin Foster Zsiga, <em>Associate Vice President and Dean of Students<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Carolina Gonz\u00e1lez Valencia, <em>Associate Professor of Art and Visual Culture*<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>April Horton, <em>Wagener Family Professor of Equity and Inclusion in STEM<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Kristen Lainsbury, <em>Vice President for Communications and Marketing<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Barry Lawson, <em>Colony Family Professor of Digital and Computational Studies<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Joanne Roberts, <em>Vice President for Academic Affairs and Dean of the Faculty&nbsp;<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Michelle Rosenberg \u201994, P\u201929, <em>Trustee<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Geoffrey Swift P\u201928, <em>Vice President for Finance and Administration and Treasurer<\/em><em><\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Mara Tieken, <em>Professor of Education<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Leigh Weisenburger, <em>Vice President for Institutional Affairs and Secretary to the Board of Trustees<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><em>*served on the Strategic Planning Steering Committee January \u2013 August 2025<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Project Manager, Strategic Planning<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Christina Estabrook<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button is-style-garnet-button with-arrow with-arrow\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"mailto:strategicplanning@bates.edu\">Questions or feedback? 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