College Council

The College Council

The College Council is the governance body of Kingsborough Community College, comprised of elected representatives from full-time and part-time Instructional Faculty and Staff, Students, Support Staff, Administrators, and Alumni.  The College Council shall be responsible, subject to guidelines, if any, as established by the Board of Trustees of The City University of New York for the formulation of policy relating to the admission and retention of students including health and scholarship standards therefore, student attendance including leaves of absence, curricula, and the award of college credit. The Faculty, however, shall reserve the right to confer degrees. The Council shall make its own bylaws, consistent with the policies and regulations of the Board of Trustees, and conduct the educational affairs customarily cared for by a college faculty. The Council may also make recommendations on policy with respect to the facilities, budgetary matters and faculty personnel matters of the College within the framework of the Bylaws of the Board of Trustees.

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Schedule of Upcoming Meetings

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College Council Members, 2025-2026

Administrators

President, Dr. Suri Duitch

Interim V.P. of Finance and Administration Andres Escobar

Interim V.P. of Academic Affairs Sharon Warren Cook

Registrar Avery Mullen

College Council Steering Committee

  • Daniel Kane, College Council Chair
  • Cynthia Olvina, College Council Vice Chair
  • Secretary, Amanda Kalin
  • Scott Cally, Chair of Curriculum Committee
  • Cynthia Olvina, Chair of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI)
  • Steven Jaret, Chair of Facilities
  • Thomas DeGrezia, Chair of Strategic Planning and Budget Committee
  • John Acosta, Chair Instructional Committee
  • Shoshana Friedman, Chair Legislative Committee
  • Matthew Gartner, Chair Shared Governance Committee
  • Paula Risolo, Chair Students Committee
Full-Time Faculty/Staff Members
Dept Chair Term Ends Dept Chair Term Ends
AHM Tyronne Johnson 2026 HIS Jacob Segal 2026
ART Sarah Dillon 2027 HPER Don Hume 2027
BEH Stuart Parker 2026 LIBRARY Jeffrey Delgado 2028
BIO Kristin Polizzotto 2028 MATH Rina Yarmish 2027
BUS Jeffrey Lax 2028 NUR Joan Zaloom 2028
COM Scott Cally 2028 PHY John Mikalopas 2027
ENG Ann Del Principe 2026 TAH Mark D'Alessandro 2027
Dept CC Representative Term Ends Dept CC Representative Term Ends
AHM George Kapetanakis 2026 HIS Martin Matthew 2026
ART Thomas Mintz 2027 HPER Juan Franquiz 2027
BEH Jeremy Sawyer 2026 LIBRARY Michael Kirby 2028
BIO Roberto Mariani 2028 LIBRARY Caroline Jedlicka 2028
BIO Azure Faucette 2028 MATH Shoshana Friedman 2027
BUS Dawn Levy 2028 NURSING Catherine Wilson-Mooney 2028
BUS Michelle Davidowitz 2028 NURSING Bridget Berran 2028
COM Tom Rothacker 2028 PHY Steven Jaret 2027
COM Jessica Corbin 2028 TAH Daniel Kane 2027
ENG Matthew Gartner 2026      
Delegates At Large Term Ends Delegates At Large Term Ends
Prof. John Acosta 2026 Prof. Paul Ricciardi 2028
Prof. Gordon Alley-Young 2028 Paula Risolo 2027
Prof. Rick Armstrong 2026 Michael Rodriguez 2026
Prof. Shannon Caravello 2027 Prof. Emily Schnee 2026
Mary Dawson 2027 Prof. Michael Spear 2028
Prof. Ryan McKinney 2027 Maria Patestas 2028
Prof. Rick Repetti 2026 Michael Weisenfeld 2027
Part-Time Faculty Term Ends
Eric Schwartz 2026
Ashiza Shah 2027
Igor Pashkoviskiy 2027
Support Staff Term Ends

Thomas DeGrezia

 2026
HEO Delegate-At-Large Term Ends

Cynthia Olvina

 2026

Audrey Phillips

 2027

Amanda Kalin

 2028

Hattie Elmore

 2028

Jaime Berco

 2028
alumni delegate Term Ends

Judy Cohen

 2026
Student Delegates Term Ends
CUNY UFS Term Ends

Enid Stubin

 2027

Mark Eaton

 2026

Mary Lynn Navarro

 2026

Susan Aranoff

 2027

Emral Devany

 2027

Ayalur Krishnan

 2028