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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.

For Meeting Agendas and Minutes, Committee documents, the Council Constitution and other useful links, click the + sign that says "In This Section."

Schedule of Upcoming Meetings

  • Tuesday, September 24, 2024 (U-219) @ 3:00 p.m.
  • Tuesday, October 29, 2024 (U-219) @ 3:00 p.m.
  • Tuesday, November 19, 2024 (U-219) @ 3:00 p.m.

College Council Members, 2024-2025

Administrators

Interim 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
  • Thomas DeGrezia, Chair of Strategic Planning and Budget Committee
  • Dorina Tila, Chair Instructional Committee
  • Shoshana Friedman, Chair Legislative Committee
  • Matthew Gartner, Chair Shared Governance Committee
  • Jeffrey Delgado, 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 Carlos Arguelles 2025
BIO Kristin Polizzotto 2025 MATH Rina Yarmish 2027
BUS Jeffrey Lax 2025 NUR Catherine Olubummo 2026
COM Scott Cally 2025 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 Jeffrey Delgado 2025
BIO Anna Rozenboym 2025 MATH Shoshana Friedman 2027
BUS Dawn Levy 2025 NURSING Mary Shannon 2025
COM Tom Rothacker 2025 PHY Steven Jaret 2027
ENG Matthew Gartner 2026 TAH Daniel Kane 2027

 

Delegates At Large Term Ends Delegates At Large Term Ends
Prof. John Acosta 2026 Prof. Paul Ricciardi 2025
Gordon Alley-Young 2025 Paula Risolo 2027
Prof. Rick Armstrong 2026 Michael Rodriguez 2026
Prof. Shannon Caravello 2027 Prof. Emily Schnee 2026
Mary Dawson 2027 Prof. Michael Spear 2025
Amanda Kalin 2025 Prof. Dorina Tila 2025
Prof. Ryan McKinney 2027 Michael Weisenfeld 2027
Prof. Rick Repetti 2026 Prof. Dominic Wetzel 2025

 

Part-Time Faculty Term Ends
Eric Schwartz 2027
Ashiza Shah 2025

 

Support Staff Term Ends

Thomas DeGrezia

2026

 

HEO Delegate-At-Large Term Ends

Cynthia Olvina

2026

Audrey Phillips

2027

 

alumni delegate Term Ends

Judy Cohen

2026

 

Student Delegates Term Ends

Shaquana Young

2025

Doha Omer

2025

Mahir Bhuiyan

2025

Zakiah Almontaser

2025

Rivka Segall

2025

Riquelme Bennett

2025

Samrat Chowdhury

2025

Lewis Hogan

2025

Steven Lakhter

2025