Cummins Institute Members

Cummins Institute Members

GOVERNING BOARD AND COMMITTEES
2022-2023

2023 -2024 Meeting Dates for Board Members

September 12

October 10

November 7

December 12

February 20

March 19

April 9 

May 7

3-5 pm

Serving by Position

  • Chair of Theology & Religious Studies: Anthony Suarez-Abraham
  • Vice President for Mission: Frances Sweeney
  • Director of the Henning Institute: Steve Cortright
  • CILSA: Samantha Giordano
  • Director of Mission and Ministry: Carrie Davis
  • Vice Provost for Student Life: Jim Sciuto
  • Dean, School of Liberal Arts: TBA
  • ASMC Student Representative: Grace Kennedy
  • Student Representatives:  Timothy Phelps, Adelyn Phillips, Madeline Hertle, Brooklyn Morales

Representatives appointed by the President and Provost

  • One academic dean:  Alice Baldridge, School of Science
  • One student life dean: TBA
  • One Christian Brother representative: Brother Thomas Jones, FSC, Interim SMC President
  •  SMC Chaplain:  Father Kwame Assenyoh
  • One faculty representative from each of the undergraduate schools:
    • School of Science: Roy Wensley
    • School of Liberal Arts:  TBA
    • School of Business and Economics: TBA
  • One faculty representative from graduate school: Susan Marston
  • One faculty at-large:  TBA
  • One staff representative: TBA

Chair: Brother Charles Hilken, FSC             

Seefurth Chair: Bishop John S. Cummins                    

Administrative Assistant: Sally Jamison

FOUNDING MEMBERS

  • Most Reverend John S. Cummins, D.D.; Seefurth Fellow
  • Frances Sweeney, Ph.D., Chair
  • John Cassidy, M.B.A., Ph.D.
  • Janet Luce, M.A.
  • Sister Ingrid Clemmenson, O.P., M.A.
  • Brother Donald Mansir, F.S.C., Ph.D.
  • Jeanine Chavez-Parfitt, M.A.
  • Ron P. Olowin, Ph.D.
  • Alexis Doval, Ph.D.[Oxon]
  • Thomas Poundstone, Ph.D.
  • David Gentry-Akin, Ph.D., S.T.D.
  • Carole Swain, Ph.D.
  • Paul Giurlanda, Ph.D.
  • Theodore Tuskahara, Ph.D.

Finance Committee

  •  The Finance Committee will be composed of the Chair, Administrative Assistant, and two members of the Governing Board
  • The Committee proposes a yearly budget to the Board for approval.
  • The Committee establishes “Guides for the Application for Assistance for Activities and Events.” The Committee reviews all requests for assistance from persons and organizations which do not have membership on the Governing Board according to the approved “Guidelines.”
  • The Committee makes decisions on all requests up to $1,500. Requests for more than $1,500 must have the approval of the Governing Board.  Decisions are made in line with the total amount for non-Governing Board activities approved by the Board each year. 

Members:

Brother Charles Hilken, FSC [May 2010], Sally Jamison [September 2009], Jim Sciuto [2020]

Events and Programs Committee

The Events and Programs Committee is responsible for the major activities and events of the Governing Board, at least one in the Fall Semester and one in the Spring Semester.  The purpose of these events and programs is to promote the Catholic intellectual tradition at Saint Mary’s College. Proposed activities are presented at a Governing Board meeting for approval. Events are in line with the total amount for Governing Board activities approved by the Governing Board year. No member of the Board is precluded from suggesting sponsorship for any event or activity at any meeting. 

Members: Brother Charles Hilken, FSC, Sally Jamison, Roy Wensley, PhD

Montini Fellow Sub-Committee: Brother Charles Hilken, FSC, Sally Jamison

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