The Dean’s Advisory Council for the College of Human Ecology is an outside advisory group to the Dean of the College of Human Ecology. The Council comprises more than 30 volunteers, including alumni leaders, parents and current students who serve at the invitation of the Dean. Council members are dedicated to upholding the mission of the College and providing advice and advocacy on key operational and strategic areas.

Human Ecology Dean's Advisory Council

Officers

Mark E. DeAngelis '91, CIPA '92
Co-Chair, Development Committee Chair
Senior Director, Eldridge Industries, LLC

Lori Schreiber '95, HDFS
Co-Chair

Suzanne James Penavić '87, MPS '16
Immediate Past Chair

Jennifer M. Koen '93
Communications Committee Co-Chair
CMO, The Yes

Members

Elizabeth A. Banko '91
Owner/B&B Ranch Belted Galloway

Stephanie Barry '92
Innovation Consultant

Heidi Cooper '97, HDFS

Jodi H. Cooperman '87

Jeremy M. Herz '98
Director, MSD Capital

Jordana Jacobson PA '25

J. Joseph Jacobson, Esq. JD Law '96, PA '25
SVP, Commercial Operations - N.A. & APAC, Madison Capital

Monica Cohen Kahn '90
Founder and Interior Designer, Monica Kahn Design

Anna Kelles
NYS Assembly Member – District 12

Farida Khan, Parent '24

Bibi A. Limann '98
Physician, PinnacleHealth Internal Medicine Associates

Natasha Ann Mitchell '93
Associate Clinical Professor/Director of Field Education, University of Maryland, College Park, College of Education

Jeannette Perez-Rossello '91
Pediatric Radiologist, Children's Hospital Boston

Jimmy A. Pitaro '91
President, ESPN/Co-Chair of Disney Media Networks, The Walt Disney Company

John Walter Rawlins III '06
Director, Black Student Center, California State University San Marcos

Dr. Justin Sacks '93
Chief, Division of Plastic Surgery, Washington University, St. Louis School of Medicine

Lisa Guadagno Shklovsky '97

Dr. Melissa Biren Singer ’95
Owner, Melissa B. Singer, Phd, Licensed Psychologist

Ramesh Singh, Parent '24

Tiffany F. Southerland '06

Gwen Whiting '98
Co-Founder, The Laundress

Alumni Association Representatives 

Lori Greene '92
Human Ecology Alumni Association Board Representative
Psychologist, Private Practice

Emeritus Members

Deborah Gerard Adelman '71

Seth P. Plattus '83
Senior Managing Director & CAO, Cerberus Capital Management, LP

Susan Kurz Snyder '81
Immediate Past Chair
Attorney/Legal Recruiter, Greene-Levin-Snyder LLC Legal Search Group