CLOUD - Key Persons


Adel Saad

Job Titles:
  • Instructor

Amanda Strait

Job Titles:
  • Outreach Director of Online Services

Amanda Wolf

Job Titles:
  • Nursing

Amber Knoettgen

Job Titles:
  • Administration / President

Amy Kern

Job Titles:
  • Instructor in Visual Communications

Annette Starr

Job Titles:
  • Administration / Administrative Assistant for the Vice President for Academic Affairs

April Benne

Job Titles:
  • Outreach Director of Dual Credit and Outreach Education

Aubrey Anderson

Job Titles:
  • Student Health / Director of Student Accessibility & Mental Health Services

Brandon Galm

Job Titles:
  • Administration / Interim Vice President for Academic Affairs

Brandt Hutchinson

Job Titles:
  • Administration / Vice President for Student Services

Britni Tremblay

Job Titles:
  • Admissions Director of Admissions / PDSO

Caesar Wood

Job Titles:
  • Administration / Vice President for Administrative Services

Cassie Wurtz

Job Titles:
  • Student Records / Registrar

Cathy Forshee

Job Titles:
  • Business
  • Economics Business Instructor

Chris Preston

Job Titles:
  • Mathematics & Engineering / Instructor in Mathematics
Christopher Preston has been teaching Mathematics for Cloud County Community College since the Fall of 2000. He has taught courses ranging from Mathematical Calculations to General Calculus. He has also taught Business and General Statistics. Christopher was awarded the 2011-2012 Outstanding Instructor by the Phi Theta Kappa, as well as a 2013 National Institute for Staff and Organizational Development Award of Excellence.

Chris Wilson

Job Titles:
  • Human Resources Director of Human Resources

Christopher Langsford

Job Titles:
  • Instructor

Courtney Stensaas

Job Titles:
  • Financial Aid Director of Financial Aid

Cynthia Lamberty

Job Titles:
  • Administration Director of Assessment, Institutional Effectiveness & Planning

Danea Buschkoetter


Daniel Hill

Job Titles:
  • Student Engagement / Coordinator of Residence Life

David Shirkey

Job Titles:
  • Mathematics & Engineering / Instructor in Mathematics

Deb Taylor

Job Titles:
  • Information Technology / IT Support & Training Coordinator

Deborah Kearn

Job Titles:
  • Adult Education Director of Adult Education

Dennis Smith

Dennis Smith began his teaching career at the University of North Carolina - Charlotte, in 1999, as a Graduate Teaching Assistant. Smith came to Cloud County Community College in 2002 to fill the position of Instructor of Physical Science and assume the role of Observatory Director for the Earl Bane Observatory. Besides astronomy courses, Smith also teaches courses in chemistry, geology, meteorology and general science. He is also a member of the Kansas Rural Water Association and is certified as a water quality professional by the Kansas Department of Health and Environment.

Dr. Julia Galm

Job Titles:
  • Instructor in English & Speech

Ed Deugan

Job Titles:
  • Head

Haley Reedy

Job Titles:
  • Business Office

Jamieson Gross

Job Titles:
  • Department Chair for the Agriculture Department
Jamieson Gross is the Department Chair for the Agriculture Department as well as the Animal Sciences Instructor. He also manages the School Agriculture Farm. Jamieson has spent more than 15 years working in both business and production capacity for industrial goods as well as the animal industry. Jamieson coaches Equestrian, Horse judging and Livestock teams that compete nationally. He teaches Animal Science and Ag Economics/Ag Communication classes, in addition to academically advising Agriculture students. He is the advisor for the Collegiate FFA and Block and Bridle clubs. Jamieson also coaches a Swine Show team where students exhibit pigs that are farrowed on campus and shown at the San Antonio Stock Show and the Kansas State Fair. Jamieson is a carded judge for the Pinto Horse Association and a board member for the National Collegiate Horse Judging Coaches Association. Education: B.S. Animal Science at Southwest Missouri State University 2002 Masters of Teaching at Missouri State University 2013

Janice Stangel

Job Titles:
  • Student Success Center Coordinator of the Student Success Center

Jeffrey Metzler

Job Titles:
  • Nursing

Jennifer Schroeder

Job Titles:
  • Library Director of Library Services

Jesse Pounds - Chairman

Job Titles:
  • Chairman

Jessica LeDuc

Job Titles:
  • Marketing Director of Marketing

Jolie Kasper

Job Titles:
  • Head

Joshua Urban

Job Titles:
  • Instructor
Josh Urban came to Cloud County Community College in August of 2015 as a biological sciences instructor. Beginning as an adjunct instructor at our Geary County campus, he is now in his second year teaching full time at Cloud, where he teaches primarily Human Anatomy and Physiology. Josh also oversees the human cadaver laboratory here at Cloud, teaching human body dissection, as well as providing tours to local and regional high school students from around Kansas. Josh graduated with his Associates of Science in biology from Cloud County Community College in 2005, where he participated in theater and Great Society. He then received his Bachelor's degree in biology with a minor in chemistry from Kansas Wesleyan University, where he participated in choir, debate, and forensics. He completed his M.S. in Entomology in 2010, during which he was awarded a National Science Foundation graduate student training fellowship that allowed him to teach in the Junction City High School as a visiting scientist. Josh is currently completing his doctoral studies at Kansas State University, conducting research into tick salivary gland physiology. Josh grew up in Concordia and was delighted to return to the area to pursue his passion for teaching science. During his free time, he enjoys the outdoors, camping, fishing, hunting, basketball, softball, golf, and playing with his children.

Kade Wallace

Job Titles:
  • Student Engagement

Kansas Promise

Job Titles:
  • Scholarship

Kay Reed

Job Titles:
  • Library / Library / AV Assistant

Kelsey Longfellow

Job Titles:
  • Nursing

Kevin Lutes

Job Titles:
  • Information Technology Director of Information Technology & Network Administrator

Kim Smith

Job Titles:
  • Nursing

Linda Ramsey

Job Titles:
  • Nursing

MacKenzie Cyr

Job Titles:
  • Financial

Mark Whisler

Job Titles:
  • Mathematics & Engineering / Department Chair, Instructor in Mathematics

Mary LaBarge

Job Titles:
  • Business Office

Michael "Kit" Thompson

Michael "Kit" Thompson served in the US Army Military Intelligence Corps for five years with deployments to Bosnia and Egypt. He worked as both an Arabic linguist and a Blackhawk crew chief in the 3rd Infantry Division. After his service, Kit taught robotics and computer game design in the Washington, D.C., and Seattle metropolitan areas. He moved to Concordia in 2016 and is now the Department Chair for CCCC's Renewable Energy program.

Rachel Zohn

Job Titles:
  • Human Resources / Human Resources Assistant

Robert Zima

Job Titles:
  • Mathematics & Engineering / Instructor in Mathematics

Samantha Pounds

Job Titles:
  • Administration / Administrative Assistant to the President & Clerk of the Board of Trustees

Sara Beikman

Job Titles:
  • Nursing

Scott Nikolai

Job Titles:
  • Information Technology Coordinator of Institutional Research

Shelly Farha

Job Titles:
  • Business
  • Business Department Chair / Academic Advisor

Stefanie Perret

Job Titles:
  • Nursing

Stephanie Anderson

Job Titles:
  • Financial

Stephanie Hood

Job Titles:
  • Business Office

Susan Greene

Job Titles:
  • Business
  • Lead Accounting Instructor

Suzette Ghent

Job Titles:
  • Communications / Instructor in English

Taryn Cipra

Job Titles:
  • Instructor

Tom Roberts

Job Titles:
  • Information Technology / Chief Information Officer

Tonja Bisnette

Job Titles:
  • Instructor

Vincent Isakson

Job Titles:
  • Instructor

Zoe Merz

Job Titles:
  • Student Engagement / Coordinator of Student Engagement & Retention