GRINNELL - Key Persons
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- Assistant Director of Intercultural Affairs, Latinx / E Student Specialist
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- Manager of SHAW Operations, Co - Chair of Staff Council
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- Administrative Assistant III
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- Assistant Director of Major Gifts
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- Adjunct Professor of Practice at the Elliot School of International Affairs
Ambassador Moose is an adjunct professor of practice at the Elliot School of International Affairs, George Washington University. He is vice chair of the U.S. Institute of Peace board of directors. Moose holds a bachelor's in American studies from Grinnell, which also awarded him an honorary doctor of laws degree.
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- Director of Budget and Grant Accounting
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- Associate Professor
- Associate Dean for Student Academic Life
Onwuachi-Willig, of Grinnell, Iowa, is dean and professor of law at Boston University School of Law. A renowned legal scholar and expert in racial and gender inequality as well as civil rights law, Onwuachi-Willig previously served as Chancellor's Professor of Law at the University of California-Berkeley, and Charles and Marion Kierscht Professor of Law at the University of Iowa. She also was a visiting professor in political science at Grinnell in spring 2016. Prior to these positions, she served as assistant professor of law at the University of California-Davis and a labor and employment/litigation associate at both Jones Day and Foley Hoag. She has published extensively in leading law journals and is the author of According to Our Hearts: Rhinelander v. Rhinelander and the Law of the Multiracial Family. In addition, she is a past Iowa Supreme Court finalist and a past recipient of the Derrick A. Bell Jr. and Clyde Ferguson Awards. She also is a member of the American Law Institute and was previously listed on the National Law Journal's "Minority 40 under 40" list.
She received a bachelor's in American studies from Grinnell in 1994. As a student, she served as Student Government Association president during her junior year and was a student adviser and a member of the Multiethnic Coalition. In addition, she was a member of the track and field and women's rugby teams. She went on to earn a law degree from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, and clerked for U.S. District Court Judge Solomon Oliver and U.S. Circuit Court Judge Karen Nelson Moore. She also earned a Master of Arts, a Master of Philosophy, and a Ph.D. in sociology and African American studies from Yale University. At Grinnell, she is a member of her class committee and the Multicultural Reunion Committee. She served as president of the Alumni Council and an ex-officio member of the college's Board of Trustees in 2016-17.
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- Leader
- President
- President of the College
- Professor
Anne F. Harris, an energetic leader and gifted teacher, was appointed the 14th president of Grinnell College on July 14, 2020, following a unanimous vote by the Board of Trustees. During her tenure at Grinnell, President Harris has quickly become a trusted and admired member of the College community. Her work is shaped by a principle she articulates as "civic trust," which addresses how trust is built and sustained between individuals, between individuals and institutions, and between institutions. She believes that liberal arts education prepares individuals for civic engagement and a lifetime of defining and contributing to the common good. Renfrow Hall, named after Grinnell alumna and pioneering educator Edith Renfrow Smith '37, is being realized under President Harris' leadership. The residence hall, located between the College and downtown Grinnell, includes a civic innovation pavilion designed for collaboration and community use, and will serve as a hub for student-led civic engagement programming and coalition building.
President Harris's work has been marked by leadership in the areas of diversity and inclusion, academic program and community development, and financial stewardship and fundraising. Working with the College's Board of Trustees and stakeholders across campus, she led Grinnell in enacting a "no loan" financial aid policy that meets full demonstrated need. She is a member of the NCAA Division III Chancellors/Presidents Advisory Group and the Midwest Conference Executive Committee. In addition to serving on the Board of Trustees for the College of the Holy Cross, she is also a member of the Public Relations and Policy Review Committee of the National Association of Independent Colleges and Universities and serves on the Associated Colleges of the Midwest Executive Committee, and the Iowa and Minnesota Campus Compact Board. In Iowa, she serves on the Des Moines Capital Crossroads Advisory Council, and on the executive committee of the Iowa Association of Independent Colleges and Universities.
Harris holds a bachelor's degree in art history and classical languages from Agnes Scott College where she earned Phi Beta Kappa honors. She received her master's and doctoral degrees in art history from the University of Chicago. A prolific researcher and author, she has published numerous articles and presented juried and invited papers. She is the co-author with Nancy Thompson (St. Olaf College) of Medieval Art, 250-1450; Matter, Making, and Meaning (Oxford University Press, 2021).
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- Associate Director of Student Involvement
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- Assistive Technology Support Specialist
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- Laboratory Animal Technician / Neuroscience Lab Technician
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- Associate Chief Diversity Officer for Disability Resources
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- Director of Professional Development and Title IX Coordinator
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- Director of Rosenfield Program
- Professor
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- Department Technician & Lab Instructor
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- Assistant Dean for Academic Success
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- Vice President for Development and Alumni Relations
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- Reunion and Awards Coordinator
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- Associate Vice President Institutional Initiatives and Enrollment
Bruce Koff graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Russian and political science from Grinnell College in 1975. Following graduation, he earned a master's degree in social work from the University of Illinois-Chicago.
A lifelong Chicagoan, Koff has been a leader and innovator for LGBTQI+ issues throughout his 40-year career. An advocate for professional standards of clinical mental health practice with the LGBTQI+ population, Koff has trained countless clinicians, taught at the University of Chicago's School of Social Service Administration and is co-author of the book, "Something to Tell You: The Road Families Travel When a Child Is Gay." He also initiated the first post-graduate certificate program in the nation on clinical practice with LGBTQI+ individuals and families.
He was the first paid executive director of Horizons Community Services (now Center on Halsted), the LGBTQI+ community center in Chicago. He is also co-founder and former COO of Live Oak, Inc., a LGBTQI+-affirmative and trauma-informed counseling/psychotherapy organization that also provided specialized training for other mental health professionals and social service agencies.
Koff retired in 2018 and currently serves as Vice-Chair of the International Board and Chair of the U.S. Board of Rainbow Railroad, a global organization assisting LGBTQI+ individuals fleeing persecution and violence.
Koff has been inducted into the City of Chicago LGBT Hall of Fame and is a recipient of the Center on Halsted Human First Award, the Grinnell College Alumni Award and the Distinguished Contribution to Social Justice Award from the American Family Therapy Academy.
While attending Grinnell, Koff was a member of the Grinnell Singers and GCGC (the Grinnell College Gay Community). After graduation, he served as co-president of the Alumni Council from 1997-98.
In 1982, Koff met his spouse, interior designer Mitchell Channon. Channon is also a Grinnell grad, class of '82. Like Koff, Channon is a lifelong Chicagoan. He received a bachelor's degree in fine arts and a master's degree in architecture from the University of Illinois-Chicago.
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- Director of Planned Giving
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- Director of Student Accounts and Bursar
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- Assistant
- Athletic Trainer
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- Director of Institutional Research
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- Biology Department Technical Assistant
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- Correspondence Assistant to the President
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- Environmental and Safety Manager
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- Project Management Coordinator
Cutlip graduated from Grinnell in 1983 with a degree in economics and holds an MBA from Regis University and a doctorate in organizational leadership from Northcentral University. She is the senior managing director for the Institutional Financial Services division of TIAA, a Fortune 100 financial services organization. She is the head of the Client Engagement & National Advocacy team, which is responsible for expanding relationships with industry and government associations, while also focusing on client engagement. In 2011, Cutlip was recognized as TIAA's Working Mother of the Year by Working Mother magazine and received an Outstanding Volunteer Award in 2016 from The Council of Independent Colleges State Fund Network for her contributions to higher education. She was appointed by the Secretary of Labor to the Department of Labor ERISA Advisory Council for a three-year term from 2013-2016. Cutlip is on the board of The Council of Independent College (CIC) and chairs the board of Almsai Collaborative Arts, a nonprofit organization that strives to create and facilitate artistic collaborations between African and American artists and institutions. She serves on the board of retirement healthcare provider Emeriti, and on the advisory councils of Women's Institute for a Secure Retirement (WISER) and ERIC. She is passionate about higher education access for all. She joined Grinnell's Board of Trustees in 2020.
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- Applied Music Associate Lecturer
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- Instructor / Head Men's and Women 's Golf Coach
A business leader, Wimer is the owner and chair of Business Publications Corp. in Des Moines, Iowa. The company publishes 25 local and regional print and digital products and provides custom publishing and book publishing services. She attended Morningside College and serves on the institution's board and on the boards of other organizations in Iowa and around the country. Wimer's civic leadership includes service on many fundraising committees and her current work promoting gender equity. She formerly owned Iowa Title Co. She is also the founder of Winefest Des Moines. Wimer has chaired the Des Moines Chamber of Commerce and the National Alliance of Area Business Publications and was inducted into the Greater Des Moines Committee's Business Hall of Fame - the first woman to accomplish any of those feats. She also was inducted into the Iowa Women's Hall of Fame.
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- Diversity and Inclusion Coordinator of Human Resources
David Maxwell is a 1966 Grinnell graduate who retired June 30 after 16 years as president of Drake University, where he also held the title of professor of literature. After his retirement, Maxwell will be an Association of Governing Boards senior fellow, serving as a thought leader and adviser to AGB and its member institutions. Maxwell also has been president of Whitman College, as well as a faculty member and dean of undergraduate studies at Tufts University for 18 years. Before joining Drake University in 1999, he was director of the National Foreign Language Center in Washington, D.C. In addition to his bachelor's in Russian area studies, Maxwell holds a master's degree and doctorate in Slavic languages and literatures from Brown University.
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- Assistant Professor
- Head Women's Golf Coach Head Men 's Basketball Coach
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- Vice - President for Communications
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- Assistant Professor
- Director, Grinnell - in - London
Kuncl is a board-certified obstetrician and gynecologist with the WellStar Medical Group Cobb Gynecologists in suburban Atlanta. She was in private practice prior to joining WellStar. In addition to her clinical duties as a physician, she currently serves as chairperson for the Performance Improvement Committee for Women's Health for Cobb Hospital. Kuncl has helped educate and train various health care professionals over her years in practice including medical students, nurse practitioner students, midwifery students, and family practice residents from Emory University Family Practice Program. She has served as a risk management case presenter for The Doctors Company's Georgia Physician Advisory Board.
Prior to her career in medicine, Kuncl was a research specialist at the University of Illinois Chicago Medical School and at Emory University School of Medicine. In her spare time, she has served on several community boards and is a founding member of the Lorde-Rustin Giving Circle, which has donated more than $250,000 to Atlanta-area charities. The Alumni Council honored Kuncl for her professional achievements and community service by presenting her with an Alumni Award. She holds a B.A. in biology from Grinnell College and an M.D. from Morehouse School of Medicine, which included her residency at St. John Hospital and Medical Center.
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- Assistant Professor
- Digital Humanities and Instruction Librarian
Dr. Whitaker earned a master's of public health from Harvard in 1991 and a medical degree from the University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine in 1993. He completed his primary care and internal medicine residency at San Francisco General Hospital. In 2003, Dr. Whitaker became director of the Illinois State Department of Public Health. In 2007, he joined the University of Chicago Medical Center as its executive vice president for strategic alliances. His appointment at the University of Chicago included responsibility for community-based research to build a network of partnerships to broaden urban medical services. Prior to 2003, Whitaker was an attending physician in internal medicine at John H. Stroger, Jr. Hospital's collaborative research unit. In 1998, he helped found Project Brotherhood: a Black Men's Clinic, a weekly clinic for African-American men housed in Woodlawn Adult Health Center on Chicago's South Side. Whitaker also is an assistant professor at Rush Medical College's Department of Medicine and Preventive Medicine and maintains his clinical association with Project Brotherhood.
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- Volunteer Engagement Assistant
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- Associate Professor Emeritus
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- Shift Supervisor, Campus Safety
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- Assistant Football Coach Recruitment Coordinator
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- Principal, Intentional Endowments Network, and Kirsten Spaulding, Director, Ceres
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- Vice President for Finance and Treasurer of the College
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- Director of Digital Strategy
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- Director, Government, Law, and Policy Career Community
Graciela Guzmán graduated from Grinnell College in 2011 with a Bachelor of Arts degree in anthropology. Guzmán was a Posse Scholar and deeply involved in a wide array of extracurricular activities, including the Organization of Latinos/as, Concerned Black Students, Multicultural Leadership Council, Grinnell Singers, and Queer People of Color. She currently serves as the director of policy and advocacy at Aunt Martha's Health & Wellness, a nonprofit organization serving over 105,000 children and adults in more than 600 Illinois communities. The organization provides primary and family health care, including behavioral health, pediatrics, family planning, parent support, and women's health. She previously served as campaign director for the Healthy Illinois Campaign, a statewide coalition committed to fighting for health care for all people in Illinois, regardless of their immigration status.
Guzmán's passion for health care, community, and helping others grew out of her family's experiences immigrating to the United States from El Salvador to escape the Salvadoran Civil War and their experiences navigating services as a multi-immigration status family on public benefits. Guzmán's interest in health care for all, immigration, racial equity, and an overall vision of a better Illinois for disenfranchised communities has led her to participate on the boards of the Chicago Women's March, New Leaders Council Chicago, Health and Medicine Research Policy Group, and ACA Consumer Advocacy.
Guzmán was active in many organizations, clubs, and events while a student at Grinnell; upon graduation, she continued to serve the College as a member of the Alumni Council, her Reunion Committee, as an admission volunteer, and as a member of the Multicultural Alumni Reunion Committee. Guzmán received the Pioneer Alumni Award in 2017, which recognizes and celebrates noteworthy young alumni for their achievements within 10 years of their graduation.
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- Associate Director Alumni and Donor Relations for Reunion Programs
Originally from Uganda, Ham Serunjogi graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree in economics from Grinnell College in 2016. While attending Grinnell, he was a member of the swimming and diving team, active with AppDev, and he gained valuable business experience as the Student Government Association Treasurer. In that role, he oversaw a $500,000 annual budget and managed a payroll for 100 student employees.
After graduation, Serunjogi moved to Dublin, Ireland, where he led Facebook's partnerships with some of its larger clients in Europe. He left that job in 2018 and moved to the San Francisco Bay Area to work full time as the CEO of Chipper Cash, a venture-capital-backed financial technology company that he co-founded with fellow Grinnell graduate Maijid Moujaled '14. Both had the desire to make a positive impact on their home continent of Africa by leveraging technology and entrepreneurship. They were also both part of the team that launched Pioneer Weekend, an annual innovation and pitch competition which they have continued to support with a $50,000 grant via the Ham Serunjogi and Maijid Moujaled Fund for Entrepreneurship.
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- Director of Emergency Management and Risk Mitigation, Data Privacy Officer
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- Professor of Nations and the Global Environment
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- Coordinator of Student Disability Resources
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- Vice President of Human Resources
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- Interim Vice President of Student Affairs
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- Director of Dining Services
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- Antitrust Partner at Stinson LLP
Jeetander Dulani is an antitrust partner at Stinson LLP in Washington, D.C., where he represents leading public and private companies in global antitrust matters, government investigations, and complex litigation and appeals.
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- Director, Donald and Winifred Wilson Center for Innovation & Leadership
- Professor
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- Coordinator of Commencement and Conferences
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- Associate Professor
- Director of Collegium Musicum
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- Administrative Assistant III
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- Director of Annual Giving
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- Interim Chief Information Officer
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- Vice President of Enrollment, Dean of Admission and Financial Aid
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- Applied Music Associate
- Film and Media Studies
Jon R. Gray graduated from Grinnell College in 1973 with a Bachelor of Arts degree in American studies. After Grinnell, he graduated from the University of Missouri-Kansas City (UMKC) School of Law in 1976, where he was Chief Justice of the UMKC Moot Court Board and Chief Justice of the UMKC Student Court. In 1986, Missouri Governor John Ashcroft appointed Gray, then 35, to the 16th Judicial Circuit of Missouri as a Circuit Judge. He was retained in office by voters for four additional terms over the next 20 years. Gray presided over civil, criminal, and family court matters. He retired from the bench in 2007 and on the same day, began his current position with the international litigation firm of Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP as a partner in its Kansas City office. He offers mediation and arbitration services to parties involved in civil disputes.
While attending Grinnell, Gray participated in theatre, athletics, was a member of Concerned Black Students, and received the President's Award for his role in the Grinnell College Black Arts Ensemble. His involvement and service to Grinnell continued after graduation. He has served as a member of the Alumni Council, an admission volunteer, and a speaker for the Wilson Center.
Gray's passion and commitment to philanthropy and community service are evident in his nonprofit board service, which includes the Greater Kansas City Community Foundation, the Health Care Foundation of Greater Kansas City, Swope Community Enterprises, the Lyric Opera of Kansas City, Truman Medical Centers, the Spofford Home for Children, the Kansas City Neighborhood Alliance, the Urban League of Greater Kansas City, the UMKC Law Foundation, the Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts Ensemble Group, the Kansas City Repertory Theater and the Shook, Hardy & Bacon Foundation. His statewide service includes gubernatorial appointments to the Jackson County Sports Complex Authority and the Missouri Citizens' Commission on Compensation for Elected Officials. He is a life member of the NAACP and of Theta Boule' of Sigma Pi Phi Fraternity.
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- Professor
- Social Studies and Data Services Librarian / Director of DASIL
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- President, CEO, and Chair of the Claude W
Gosselink is president, CEO, and chair of the Claude W. and Dolly Ahrens Foundation, which was established by her grandfather. She also has served on the board of the Ahrens Park Foundation since 1998 and currently is its assistant treasurer. She has worked for the Ahrens Foundation since 2001 and has served as a director for several other Grinnell organizations, including the Galaxy Youth Center, Grinnell Chamber of Commerce, Grinnell Regional Medical Center Foundation, Iowa Council of Foundations, and Mayflower Community Foundation.
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- Chief of Staff
- Executive Assistant to the President
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- Director / Lead Teacher of the Preschool
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- Human Resources and Title IX Generalist
Kathryn Mohrman of Chevy Chase, Maryland is a retired professor in the School of Public Affairs at Arizona State University (2015). Prior to working at Arizona State University, Kathryn was the executive director of the Washington Program, Johns Hopkins University, Hopkins Nanjing Center, School of Advanced International Studies from 2003-08. Kathryn spent the 2002-2003 academic year as a Fulbright Professor in the Department of Government and Public Administration at the Chinese University of Hong Kong.
Kathryn was president of Colorado College from 1993-2002 and dean for Undergraduate Studies at the University of Maryland at College Park from 1988-1993. Other experience includes serving as associate dean of the undergraduate college at Brown University, director of national affairs at the Association for American Colleges, and guest scholar at the Brookings Institution. She has taught public policy courses at several U.S. and Asia Universities. Kathryn received an M.A. in history from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, and a Ph.D. in public policy analysis from George Washington University. She holds the Doctor of Law honorary degree from Colorado College and Grinnell College where she served as a Trustee from 1980-1993.
Kathryn served on the board of directors for the National Committee on United States-China Relations.
Kathryn received a bachelor's degree in history from Grinnell College in 1967 and was the recipient of the Woodrow Wilson Fellowship. She also received an Alumni Award in 1977 and the Outstanding Young Woman Award in 1981. Kathryn created the Kathryn Mohrman '67 MAP Fellowship Fund. The fellowship fund is used to support advanced student research or special projects administered through the MAP program within the Departments of History and Political Science. Kathryn is an avid photographer and has had her work on display at the ASU's library.
After completing his B.A. from Grinnell College in history in 1980, Keith Jantzen went on to earn an M.B.A. from UCLA in 1985. He has held leadership positions at Hewlett-Packard and Intuit in data sciences and analytics, global market segmentation, data privacy for financial institutions, and program management. The focus of his career has been on developing and implementing processes and policies for the capture, management, and ethical use of information to improve business decisions, particularly in the areas of sales and marketing. During his career, Keith has also held positions in nonprofit organizations, including Stanford University's Development Office and executive director of a professional string quartet. Now retired, Keith spends his time volunteering with Stanford University Museums and is the board chair of Chanticleer, the 12-member male vocal ensemble. He has also been a member of the Silicon Valley Executive Committee for Human Rights Watch for more than five years.
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- Administrative Assistant II
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- Administrative Assistant I
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- Senior Vice President at Wells Fargo
Kristin Stout presently serves as a senior vice president at Wells Fargo, working within the technology risk management organization. She has previously managed development teams (web services and rules development), and data and project management organizations within technology; also within IT, she has worked on strategic and regulatory initiatives in IT operations and governance, and on IT strategy. Previously, she worked in the consumer lending business, delivering strategic initiatives, and working in strategy and communications, in a mix of leadership and individual roles.
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- Virtual Contracted Psychologist
Laura (Carter) Sander is a financial professional who has worked in the nonprofit, for-profit, and public sectors with a focus on higher education. She joined Suffolk University as senior vice president for finance and administration and treasurer in 2016. Sander had previously served as chief financial officer and treasurer at Whitehead Institute, a nonprofit biomedical research organization affiliated with MIT, and as assistant treasurer at Harvard University. In prior roles as vice president at both Moody's Investors Service and at J.P. Morgan, Sander focused on higher education and nonprofit institutions. Her earlier experience included serving as an analyst at the Congressional Budget Office.
In addition to her bachelor's from Grinnell College, Sander holds a master of public policy degree with a focus on finance from the Harvard Kennedy School. She is a certified treasury professional and volunteers as a trustee and treasurer of the Commonwealth School (Boston). Sander previously served as a director and treasurer of the Boston Consortium for Higher Education and as a commissioner for the New England Commission of Higher Education.
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- Academic Support Assistant II
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- Education Professions Career Community Director
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- Dining Workforce Program Manager
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- Senior Lecturer in Biology
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- Chairman in Gender, Women 's and Sexuality Studies
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- Registrar Operations Specialist
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- Assistant Professor
- Head Women 's Softball Coach Assistant Volleyball Coach
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- Associate Director of First - Generation and Low - Income Programs
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- Myra Steele Professor of Natural Sciences and Mathematics
- Professor
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- Vice President for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion and Chief Diversity Officer
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- Lecturer and Director of Forensic Activities & Club Sports
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- Associate Professor
- Librarian of the College
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- Director of Payroll and Student Employment
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- Assistant Director of Annual Giving - Class Fund Director Prog
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- Studio Art Technical Assistant
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- Director of Strategic Communications and Media Relations
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- Director of Board Relations
- Secretary of the College
- Secretary of the College Director of Board Relations
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- Assistant Dean of Student Success
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- Supervisor, Academic Administrative Support / African Diaspora Studies / Institutional Review Board
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- Applied Music Associate Lecturer
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- Chairman
- Retired Senior Managing Director at TIAA
Kahn is a retired senior managing director at TIAA, a national financial services organization and the leading provider of retirement services in the academic, research, medical, and cultural fields. He played a principal role in mergers and acquisition activities and also served as president and chief executive of TIAA subsidiary Kaspick & Co., and chief operating officer in launching TIAA's third-party asset management business, TCAM. Prior to TIAA, he held leadership positions with National Westminster Bank and Raytheon Co. Having served on the boards of Kaspick & Co., TIAA Charitable, and Covariance Capital Management, Kahn also has worked on community outreach efforts for nonprofit organizations including Wellstone Action and the Long Island Progressive Coalition. He has sponsored more than 40 summer internships for Grinnell College students while mentoring many other Grinnell students and young alumni. He has actively supported the College's efforts to engage alumni in the New York City area. Kahn has a bachelor's degree in music from Grinnell. He is married to Virginia Munger Kahn '76.
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- Manager of Access Services
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- Assistant Director of Intercultural Affairs, LGBTQIA Student Specialist
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- Vice President of Community Engagement and Strategic Planning
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- Myra Steele Professor of Natural Sciences and Mathematics
- Professor
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- Chief of Staff
- Vice President of Administration
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- Associate Vice President for Finance and Assistant Treasurer
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- President of JohnRyan, Inc
Nancy Radermecher is president of JohnRyan, Inc.., a retail marketing agency specializing in financial services. As a result of a semester in French at Grinnell, she developed a lifelong love for travel and international business, spending more than two decades in Madrid and serving banking clients in 40 countries. Nancy has been a speaker and author of articles related to retail banking marketing and holds a US patent for a business process related to retail marketing technology. Nancy is a volunteer and advisory board member of the Minneapolis chapter of Minds Matter, which supports driven students from low-income families in their college preparation and selection process.
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- Human Resources Program Coordinator
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- Admission Data & Operations Administrator
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- Research Compliance Manager
Disch-Bhadkamkar of Palo Alto, California, is a finance executive and board member proficient in financial strategy, investment management, and capital markets. She is emerita managing director and chief financial officer, Stanford Management Company.
During her tenure at Stanford, Disch-Bhadkamkar was treasurer for the university and led public debt offerings, oversaw treasury operations, and served on the investment committee for the retirement plans.
Prior to joining Stanford, she was a vice president at J.P. Morgan and advised technology companies on financing strategies.
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- Professor of Neuroscience Professor of Biology, Chair Faculty Council
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- Senior Associate Director of Admission and Coordinator of Strategic Partnerships
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- Associate Director of Operations for Data, Analysis, and Reporting
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- Director of Conference Operations and Events
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- Assistant Vice President for Facilities Management
- Representative of Facilities Management
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- Vice President for Power Generation, Great River Energy
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- Manager of Athletic Equipment Rooms and Equipment Manager
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- Library Access Services Assistant
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- Senior Director, STEM Career Communities & Analytics
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- Dean of Religious Life and Chaplain / Rabbi
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- Program Manager, Community Enhancement and Engagement
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- Enrollment Systems and Analytics Manager
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- Administrative Assistant to the Librarian of the College
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- Associate Professor
- Acquisitions and Discovery Librarian
Floyd received an M.S. from the University of London and an M.B.A. from Stanford University. She is chief of staff for the chairman of Intel Corp. During her tenure at Intel, Floyd also worked in the office of the chief financial officer and as director of investor relations. Before joining Intel, she was an investment banker specializing in corporate finance for technology companies. She also was a member of the Grinnell College Board of Trustees from 1986 to 1994.
Walter has worked in all three branches of the federal government for more than 25 years. She earned a B.A. at Grinnell, a J.D. from the University of Minnesota's School of Law, and an M.P.A. from the Harvard Kennedy School of Government. She currently serves as general counsel of the Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts, the first woman to hold this position. Prior to that, she served as director of the U.S. State Department's global Office of Information Programs and Services.
She also held various positions spanning more than a decade at the U.S. Department of Justice, including as acting assistant attorney general for legislative affairs and as the first executive officer of its National Security Division, which she helped plan and establish in 2006. During her time on Capitol Hill, she worked for then-Sen. Joe Biden Jr. and the late Sen. Daniel Patrick Moynihan. She co-authored "Linking Security Assistance and Human Rights" for the Lawyers Committee on Human Rights as part of its 1988 Project on Human Rights and U. S. Foreign Policy. In 2007, Walter received the Attorney General's Award for Excellence in Furthering the Interests of U.S. National Security.
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- Professor of International Economics
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- Coordinator, Assistive Technology
- Team Coordinator
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- Access Support Specialist
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- Recruitment and Program Coordinator
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- Associate Professor
- Director, Center for the Humanities
Steve Sandquist graduated from Grinnell College with a Bachelor of Arts degree in history. Following Grinnell, he earned his Juris Doctor from the University of Iowa College of Law in 2000. Currently, Sandquist is the president of United Contractors, Inc., a multi-state highway construction company based in Johnston, Iowa. Sandquist also serves on the Board of Governors for the Associated General Contractors (AGC) of America. AGC is the leading association for the construction industry, representing over 27,000 firms across the United States. Sandquist is a lifelong Iowan, where Des Moines is his current home.
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- Applied Music Associate / Bass
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- Lecturer / Director, Museum of Art
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- Assistant Dean and Director of Corporate, Foundation, and Government Relations
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- Registrar Systems Specialist
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- Curator of Academic and Community Outreach
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- Associate Professor
- Associate Dean of Curriculum and Academic Programs
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- Admission Marketing and Communications Manager
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- Director of Academic Support for Writing & Speaking
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- Coach
- Management Consultant
Tobi Klein Marcus, Ph.D., is a coach and management consultant whose practice primarily focuses on executive coaching, board and leadership development, and strategic facilitation. She works with nonprofit organizations as well as corporate enterprises. Her coaching practice focuses on both senior and emerging leaders across a range of sectors. Tobi is a Women in Management group facilitator at Stanford University's Graduate School of Business. She also serves as a senior Banyan affiliate with BanyanGlobal, family business advisors.
Tobi holds a bachelor's with a major in sociology from Grinnell College. She earned her master's from the London School of Economics and Political Science and a doctorate in sociology from the University of Bristol.
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- Department Chair of Russian, Central European, and Eurasian Studies
- Professor
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- Teacher Education Program
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- Assistant Chief Diversity Officer for Intercultural Student Life
Ed Senn of Washington, D.C,. retired as vice president of state government relations with Verizon Communications, concentrating on state public policy issues across the country. Prior to joining Verizon in 1996, Ed worked as the federal lobbyist for NYNEX, Bell Atlantic from 1991-96. He spent ten years on Capitol Hill as the Legislative Director for Congressman Tom Tauke (R-IA), focusing on energy, environment, and telecommunications legislation. After graduating from Grinnell, Ed was a field organizer for John Anderson's 1980 presidential campaign in Boston, Austin, Kansas City, and Pittsburgh.
Ed is a past president of the Grinnell College Alumni Council. Ed served as a GRASP volunteer, on his class committee, and has provided internships and externships for students while at Verizon. Ed previously served as a Grinnell College Innovator for Social Justice Prize reviewer and a mentor for both students in the Grinnell-in-Washington program and for recent alumni via GrinnellLink D.C. He established the Jenny Erickson Endowed Scholarship, the John and Emily Pfitsch Scholarship, and the Katie Brown Anderson '49 and Mary Lou Brown '56 Experiential Learning Endowed Fund. Ed was also a major donor to the Richard T. Cervene '51 Scholarship and the Luther and Jenny Erickson Endowed Professorship within the Chemistry Department. He joined the Grinnell Board of Trustees in 2016.
Ed is active in the St. Andrew's Society, Sons of the American Revolution, the Society of Colonial Wars, the Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War, and the Descendants of the Signers of the Declaration of Independence. He is also an avid cyclist on RAGBRAI, the Register's Annual Great Bike Ride Across Iowa, having completed twelve rides, including the last six with the Grinnell alumni group. Ed is a co-owner with his sister and nieces of Ketchen Place Farm in Rock Hill, South Carolina, where they breed and raise warm-blood thoroughbred horses.
Ed received a bachelor's degree in biology from Grinnell College in 1979 and has done graduate work in telecommunications studies at George Washington University.
Job Titles:
- Chairman, Professor of Political Science
Job Titles:
- Financial Assistant III - Student Accounts