SUNY CORNING COMMUNITY COLLEGE - Key Persons
Amber is our Program Coordinator and has more than 10 years of experience working in higher education, primarily in academic advising and career coaching. She is responsible for managing customized training for businesses within the healthcare, financial, hospitality, & retail sectors in our area. Amber also coordinates our WEAP department marketing, social media marketing by sharing tips, upcoming courses, and so much more - follow us on Facebook & Instagram to find out what's new, what's coming, and what's happening within Workforce Education and Academic Pathways!
Job Titles:
- Treasurer of the Foundation Board
Darael Ann is is our Program Coordinator and brings over twenty years of experience
working in higher education both at Cornell University and with SUNY CCC. She
Dawn Marie is our New Executive Director with over 35 years of experience in the local area business sector. Her interaction within the community has afforded her a robust network which will lend itself well to the Workforce Education and Academic Pathways (WEAP) department at SUNY Corning Community College, which she oversees. The WEAP department is responsible for non-traditional education classes offered through CCC. Dawn Marie works specifically with the Public Safety and Transportation sectors.
Job Titles:
- Member of the Foundation Board
Less than a year later, she and a friend decided to take a leap and moved to Durham, NC, where they both landed nursing jobs at Duke Medical Center. Over her 13 years at Duke she met her husband, Dr. Robert Quigley, and continued her education attending night school at North Carolina Central University. While working as an RN in the Burn/Trauma Unit, she earned her BS in Nursing and enrolled in NCCU's Law School where she graduated in 1990 with a JD. While attending law school she continued to work weekends as a nurse. After earning her JD and passing the bar exam she worked as a lawyer for six years. When her husband's career took the family to Chicago, she continued her legal work and then headed back to Elmira and ultimately Philadelphia.
In 2003, Debbie decided to establish a scholarship in memory of her cousin, Kelly Skoreski '00. Kelly was employed at Corning Incorporated when a car accident led to her untimely death. Kelly earned an associate's degree at SUNY CCC in Mechanical Technology. Debbie, understanding how a college education may be out of reach for so many, wanted to give back to SUNY Corning Community College and help other students, like her late cousin, achieve their dreams. She established the Kelly Skoreski Memorial Scholarship which benefits a full-time student in the Nursing program who graduated from a high school district in Chemung County, saying, "Every year, I read the scholarship recipient letters with adoration."
Job Titles:
- Member of the Foundation Board
Job Titles:
- Member of the Foundation Board
Job Titles:
- EX - OFFICIO Member
- President
Job Titles:
- Member of the Foundation Board
Ericka is our Program Coordinator and has more than 23 years of experience in local advertising, marketing, and new business development within the radio and broadcast television industry within Southern Tier New York and Northern Tier Pennsylvania. Currently, she is responsible for customized corporate training for businesses within the non-profit, human services and manufacturing sectors within our area. In addition, Ericka also helps coordinate the WEAP department marketing, social media marketing on LinkedIn and any updates or changes within the Workforce Education and Academic Pathways website.
Job Titles:
- Vice President of the Foundation Board
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- President of the Foundation Board
John Marchese serves as the Executive Director of the Foundation and has been on the team since 2021. In this capacity, he oversees the operations of the Foundation and serves as the principal fundraiser and liaison to the College.
He has a bachelor's degree in philosophy from Saint Joseph's University in Philadelphia, a master's degree in philosophy from Loyola University Chicago, a master's degree in Iberian and Latin American literatures and cultures and a Ph.D. in literature from the University of Notre Dame.
In addition to a passion for cultivating support for the Foundation as it sustains the College's mission, you might run into him at a library or bookstore, on a hiking trail, or anywhere else in the world, since he enjoys traveling to visit old friends and encounter new people and places.
Job Titles:
- Member of the Foundation Board
Job Titles:
- Member of the Foundation Board
- Secretary / Three Rivers Development Corp.
Job Titles:
- Administrative Assistant
- Executive Director
Katie is the Administrative Assistant to the Executive Director and has more than 18 years with SUNY CCC; most of this time being spent in Workforce Education and Academic Pathways. Her duties include all the behind the scene work on corporate contracts, liaison for Keuka College for bachelor/masters degree classroom rentals, Assistant to the Executive Director, and Perkins Grant support person.
Kesha Davis joined the Foundation staff in 2000 as an Administrative Assistant and in 2011 was promoted to the Assistant Director of Advancement Support Services.
Kesha keeps our database clean and running smooth while also entering your gifts timely and accurately. She is a proud native of Steuben County who received a bachelor's degree in psychology from the University of Rochester.
When she's not making sure we follow the database rules, she enjoys going for hikes with her dogs, traveling, riding dirt bikes, quilting, and baking.
Kim is our Director of ACE and has more than 20 years of experience in education, with 9 years in higher education. She is responsible for the expansion and administration of our ACE course offerings available to high schools in both New York and Pennsylvania. She also assists with ACE recruitment efforts as well as completing educational plans for students.
Laura is our Testing Center Coordinator and has more than 16 years of experience in higher education; 10 years in a breast cancer lab, and 5 years working with students with disabilities. She oversees all placement testing and assessments for incoming students, all accommodated testings for students with disabilities and make-up testing for SUNY CCC students. Additionally, the testing center proctors other testing such as CLEP, in-person for online courses for non-CCC students, and testing for PSI.
Job Titles:
- Member of the Foundation Board
- Ohio Logistics
Job Titles:
- Member of the Foundation Board
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- Chairman
- EX - OFFICIO Member
Mikki is our Perkins Research Analyst, who brings 8 years of experience in data management in the marketing and higher education fields. She is responsible for Perkins Grant data tracking, collection, and state reporting. She supplies data to major effort leaders, local improvement plan implementation team, and local advisory council for reporting and activity planning purposes.
Mitchell H Smith is the most recent addition to the Foundation staff. Joining the team in January 2023 as the Director of Development, he has spent the past decade in Marketing and Development for not-for-profits.
Mitchell received a bachelor's degree in political science from Indiana State University as a returning adult. Prior to attending ISU, he recognized the value of completing a few prerequisites at Austin Community College in Austin, TX.
Mitchell is excited to be a part of the Foundation team and help promote the mission of Corning Community College. When not on the hill, he can be found on a trail with his two dogs and husband or at an area shop, restaurant, or bar with one of his guitars.
Job Titles:
- Office Manager for Academic
Nancy is our Office Manager for Academic and Workforce Development Center (Elmira Center) and Airport Corporate Park locations as well Administrative Assistant to the Director of Workforce Education. Nancy has more than 33 years of experience working for SUNY CCC; working in a variety of departments and joining Workforce Education and Academic Pathways in June 2007. She assists with the open enrollment process, adjunct pay processing, facilities management, and room rentals at both locations.
Job Titles:
- Member of the Foundation Board
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- Nature and Research Center
Tyre is our Senior Director of Workforce Education & Academic Pathways and brings with her more than 25 years of experience in higher education. Tyre is focused on coordinating and expanding our Open Enrollment options, guiding the efforts of our Program Coordinators as they seek to better serve our region's companies, agencies and businesses with their training needs; developing the Prison Education Program (since Corning Community College recent took over the program from our partnership with Cornell), and overseeing the ACE concurrent enrollment program which serves 37 high schools and approximately 2,400 students. Recently, Tyre led one of our six teams for Middle States accreditation, and was just selected for the SUNY Chancellor's Award for Professional Service.
Wendi is our ACE Assistant and brings with her more than 13 years of experience in the education field including elementary, high school and now higher education. She is responsible for providing administrative support to the Director of ACE, maintaining databases for dependent tuition credits, ACE instructors, STEM Academy and ACE student records. She coordinates the approval process for ACE faculty hires and assists in the recruitment of ACE students and prepares educational plans.