Our Leaders Mr. Elias Alcantara, Chair Dr. Nydia Edgecombe, Vice Chair College Membership Dr. Daisy Cocco De Filippis, President Dr. Babette Audant, Dean of OIRA and Academic Affairs Professor Julie Bencosme, Associate Professor, Allied Health Sciences Dean Olen Dias, Assistant Dean, OAA/Mathematics Department Dr. Charles I. Drago , Acting Provost and VP for Academic Affairs Professor Eunice Flemister, Lecturer and Gerontology Coordinator, Education Department Dean Ana I. García Reyes, Dean for Community Relations Ms. Catherine Hilyard, Counselor, College Discovery Ms. Diana Kreymer, Executive Chief of Staff Professor Gregory Marks, Associate Professor, English Department Ms. Idelsa Méndez, Development Coordinator, Office of Institutional Advancement Dean Peter Mertens, Interim Dean of Continuing Education & Workforce Development Ms. Eileen Newman, Program Director, CEWD Professor Tram Nguyen, Assistant Professor, English Department Dr. Eric Radezky, Director of Governmental & External Affairs Professor Charles Rice-Gonzalez, Professor, Humanities Department Mr. Carlos Rivera, Director, Admissions and Recruitment Ms. Soldanela Rivera López, Director of Communications Ms. Esther Rodríguez-Chardavoyne, Senior VP for Administration and Finance and Interim VP of SDEM Professor Hector Soto, Assistant Professor, Behavioral and Social Science Community Membership Thus far, we have received confirmation from 70 community leaders divided by sectors as follows: Arts & Culture - 11 Community Organizations - 20 Education - 15 Finance/Business - 12 Healthcare - 9 Real Estate - 2 STEM - 1