GETTYSBURG COLLEGE - Key Persons
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- Title IX Director, President 's Office
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- Associate Director of Financial Aid
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- Executive Director of the Garthwait Leadership Center / Garthwait Leadership Center
Andy Hughes is a thoughtful and passionate leadership educator who strives to empower others to see their potential for leadership and to make a positive difference. For more than fifteen years, Andy has worked with hundreds of students, professionals, and organizations inspiring them to perform to their best ability.
As the founding director of the Garthwait Leadership Center at Gettysburg College in Gettysburg, PA, Andy is committed to building an exceptional leadership center that serves as a model for how to prepare young people for leadership in the 21st century within the liberal arts environment.
Andy earned a bachelor's degree majoring in English literature from Spring Hill College in Mobile, Ala., a master's degree in educational leadership from the University of Central Florida in Orlando, and a PhD. in Administration and Leadership Studies from Indiana University of Pennsylvania. His research and passions
Hughes grew up in Broomfield, England and moved to New Orleans, LA more than 20 years ago. He is a passionate Tottenham Hotspurs Football Club supporter, an avid kayaker and hiker, and loves visiting his nephews & nieces. Andy lives in Harrisburg, PA with his wife Annie and dog Shelby.
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- Executive Dean for Administration, Harvard Business School / Boston, Massachusetts
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- Employee Benefits Executive Consultant
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- Vice President for Enrollment and Educational Services
- VP for Enrollment and Educational Services, Enrollment & Educational Services Office
Carey Thompson comes to Gettysburg with 38 years of experience in college admissions, enrollment, communications, career services, and student financial aid. Previously, Thompson served as Vice President for Enrollment and Communications and Dean of Admission for Rhodes College. His previous roles include overseeing admissions, career services, and student financial planning at Centre College, and leading the admissions team at his alma mater, Furman University.
Throughout his career, Thompson has gained a deep understanding of and appreciation for the admissions process, including serving on the Board of Directors and as President of the Board of Directors for the Common Application. Thompson is recognized broadly for his transformative initiatives at three liberal arts colleges, his deep commitment to diversity and accessibility, and his ability to successfully steer institutional enrollment strategies in the face of dramatic change.
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- Assistant Director of Human Resources, Human Resources Office
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- Retired Senior Vice President
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- Associate Director of Admissions and Coordinator of International Recruitment
- Representative for International Students
Danielle serves as the regional representative for International Students, except those from Southeast Asia, Nicaraugua, and Costa Rica.
David serves as the regional representative for Delaware and Southeastern Pennsylvania.
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- Vice President of College Life
With over twenty years' experience as a leader and strategic partner in student affairs, Dr. Anne Ehrlich is deeply committed to student development and a passionate advocate for the transformational potential of a residential liberal arts college. As the Vice President of College Life and Dean of Students, she provides vision and oversight for a wide array of student-centered programs and services that foster an engaging and inclusive campus climate and prepare students for life after Gettysburg. Previously, Anne served as the Vice President for Student Development at Knox College, and also held positions in student affairs at Woodbury University, Whittier College, and the University of Michigan.
Anne earned an Ed.D. from the University of California, Los Angeles, an MSW from the University of Michigan, and a BA in psychology from the University of California, San Diego. She has conducted research on the impacts of living learning communities throughout her career, and has presented nationally on topics including supporting student mental health, developing inclusive campus communities, and assessment in student affairs.
Dr. Eloisa Gordon-Mora serves as Gettysburg College's Chief Diversity Officer. She is responsible for advancing the institution's diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) priorities into the future.
Dr. Gordon-Mora was the inaugural University Diversity and Inclusion Officer at the University of Nevada, Reno (UNR) from 2019-2022. She has over 25 years professional experience in the areas of diversity, equity, inclusion, social justice, and civic and democratic engagement.
Before joining UNR, she was Dean of the School of Social Science, Humanities, and Communication at Universidad Ana G. Méndez (UAGM) and Vice President for Academic Affairs at Universidad del Sagrado Corazón, both in San Juan, Puerto Rico.
Prior to relocating to Puerto Rico, she was Vice President for Government Affairs at Safe Horizon; the first full-time Executive director of the philanthropic organization, Daphne Foundation; and the Executive Director of El Barrio Popular Education Program, an academically recognized, action-based research project of the Center for Puerto Rican Studies at Hunter College-all based in New York City.
On a national level, she was selected as one of "35 Outstanding Women in Higher Education" by Diverse: Issues in Higher Education in 2020. At the regional level, she is one of two Nevada-wide higher education representatives of the Northwest Commission of Colleges and Universities' Equity Council, as well as an Equity Leader at the Nevada Complete College Alliance at the state level. In 2021, she was invited to join the boards of both the Community Foundation of Northern Nevada and Northern Nevada Marches Forward, where she currently serves.
As an educator and political scientist, she has focused on poverty and globalization, community organizing and urban politics, post-authoritarian/delegative democracies, and politics in Latin America and the Caribbean. She has taught at Bates College in Lewiston, ME; Universidad de la Frontera in Temuco, Chile; Marymount Manhattan College and Eugene Lang College of the New School for Social Research, both in New York City; and at UAGM. Her research interests include higher education, diversity and inclusion, democratic theory, social violence, and post-colonial and post-structuralist literature.
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- Provost and Professor of Psychology
Dr. Jamila Bookwala, Provost and Professor of Psychology, joined Gettysburg College in July 2023. She is the former Dean of the Faculty at Lafayette College in Easton, PA. Dr. Bookwala serves as a member of the President's Council and joins the College as a Professor of Psychology. Dr. Bookwala has a wealth of administrative leadership experience in the areas of hiring and retaining a talented and diverse faculty; promoting excellence in teaching and scholarship; overseeing orientation and development programs for first-year faculty and leadership training for department heads and chairs; and faculty mentoring, development, and recognition programs. She also has experience in fostering high-impact and experiential learning opportunities-both inside and outside the classroom-and has played a significant role in curricular growth, assessment, and revision. She was recognized twice with the Daniel H. Weiss Award for Leadership and Vision for her collaborative work toward reaccreditation by the Middle States Commission on Higher Education and as a member of a strategic task force during the COVID-19 pandemic at Lafayette.
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- Vice President of Information Technology
- Vice President for Information Technology
Dr. Rodney S. Tosten is the Vice President of Information Technology. Rod graduated from Gettysburg College with a B.A. in Mathematics in 1985 and returned in 1990 to teach computer science in the Department of Mathematics and Computer Science. Rod's research interests revolve around distributed processing, database and distributed applications on the World Wide Web, and the Java language environment. Rod received his M.S. in Computer Science from West Virginia University and his Ph.D. in Information Technology and Engineering from George Mason University.
Ryan has a B.A. in Biology from Hampshire College, and a Ph.D. in Biology from Harvard University, where he worked in the Museum of Comparative Zoology under its director, James Hanken. He has postdoctoral training from Dalhousie University in the lab of Brian Hall and worked as a Science Policy Fellow through the American Association for the Advancement of Science on energy and environmental policy at the Department of Energy's Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy. Ryan's research on amphibian development, ecology, and evolution has been funded by the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation, the U.S. Fulbright Program, the National Science Foundation, and Sigma Xi. He teaches courses on Ecology, Evolution, Developmental Biology, Amphibian Conservation, Symbiosis, Morphology, and Regeneration for Gettysburg College. He is affiliate faculty with Gettysburg's Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Major, an advisory member of Gettysburg's Public Policy Major, as well as a research associate at the American Museum of Natural History.
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- Executive Assistant, President 's Office
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- Admissions Counselor
- Representative for the Central Hudson Valley
Emily serves as the regional representative for the Central Hudson Valley (NY), Connecticut, and Rhode Island.
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- Chief Executive Officer, TriplePoint MEP / Columbus, Ohio
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- Administrative Services Assistant, Human Resources Office
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- Chief Communications and Marketing Officer
- Executive Director of Communications and Marketing
Jamie Yates serves as the executive director of communications and marketing at Gettysburg College. In this role, she leads the College's holistic and integrated marketing efforts that are designed to enhance the College's brand visibility and reputation. Prior to this role, Jamie served as the director of communications and media relations at Gettysburg College where she directed the College's news and content strategies while serving as the College's lead spokesperson. Prior to coming to Gettysburg, Jamie served as the director of communications for the Pennsylvania Commission for Community Colleges where she advocated on behalf of the state's 14 community colleges at a state and federal level. Previous to that role, she served as a deputy press secretary and spokesperson for the Rendell administration.
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- Executive Director of Human Resources, Human Resources Office
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- Associate Director of Human Resources, Human Resources Office
Kate serves as the regional representative for Nevada, Northern New Jersey, Southern California, and Utah.
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- Assistant Director of Admissions
Katie serves as the regional representative for Alaska, Central and Southern New Jersey, Hawaii, Idaho, Montana, Northern California, Oregon, Washington, and Wyoming.
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- Chief of Staff / Strategic Advisor to the President, President 's Office
- Chief of Staff and Strategic Advisor to the President
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- Administrative Services Assistant, Human Resources Office
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- Associate Director of Admissions
Laura serves as the regional representative for Baltimore and North Carolina.
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- Senior Assistant Director of Admissions
Luke serves as the regional representative for Massachusetts, Ohio, Upstate New York, and Western Pennsylvania.
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- Associate Director
- Coordinator
- Representative for the District of Columbia
Maddie serves as the regional representative for the District of Columbia, Maryland (except Baltimore), Kentucky, Virginia, and West Virginia.
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- Representative for Central
- Senior Associate Director of Admissions and Sunderman Conservatory Liaison
Mary serves as the regional representative for Central and Northeastern Pennsylvania.
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- Human Resources Information Systems Manager, Human Resources Office
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- Interim Chief Financial Officer
Mike came out of a short retirement to serve as our interim CFO. Mike spent almost 20 years at Susquehanna University, with his final position being Executive Vice President. Upon his retirement, Mike was granted emeritus status as Assistant Treasurer to the Board of Trustee.
Prior to Susquehanna, Mike was at Elizabethtown College and before that he spent nine years with Deloitte in their Baltimore office.
Mike earned his B.S. in accounting from Penn State and his M.S. in finance from Johns Hopkins University.
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- Administrative Assistant / Garthwait Leadership Center
Omar serves as the regional representative for Alabama, Arkansas, Arizona, Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Long Island, Mississippi, South Carolina, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Tennessee, and Texas.
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- Executive Assistant to the President, President 's Office
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- Director Garthwait Leadership Center, Garthwait Leadership Center
Garthwait is the third-generation business owner and credits his leadership skills to his experience at Gettysburg and time spent with his father and grandfather. The Garthwait Family name is the 37th to be engraved on the Benefactors Wall, which recognizes individuals and organizations that have contributed $1 million or more to the College.
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- President
- President of Gettysburg College / Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
- President, President 's Office
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- Assistant Director for Leadership Development, Garthwait Leadership Center
Sam Anderson (he/him/his) brings his passion for civic engagement and transformative leadership models to the Garthwait Leadership Center and the Eisenhower Institute as Assistant Director for Leadership Development. He strives to support students' development through the creation of capacity-building co-curricular experiences, mentorship, and by fostering an equitable and inclusive environment. Sam believes that by emphasizing leadership for change and civic engagement in tandem with each other, leadership becomes a transformative tool and empowers students as change agents and active participants in democracy.
Before joining the Gettysburg College Community in 2023, Sam graduated from the University of Michigan with his master's degree in higher education from the Center for the Study of Higher and Postsecondary Education. Sam earned his bachelor's degree in political science from Goucher College in Towson, Maryland. Sam is actively involved with the Difficult Dialogues National Resource Center, a nonprofit organization committed to advancing innovative dialogic practices to contribute to transformative change among higher education institutions and their partners.
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- Chief Philanthropy Officer
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- Senior Associate Director of Admissions and Coordinator of Technical Operations
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- Functional Analyst / Manager of Technical Operations
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- Vice President for College Advancement
Tres Mullis comes to Gettysburg after a successful 25-year career in higher education. Most recently, he served as executive director of university development at Washington and Lee University, where he led a $500 million fundraising campaign.
Previously, Mullis led fundraising efforts at the Peabody College for Education and Human Development at Vanderbilt University, and the alumni relations and development program at Austin Peay State University. He also worked in development for his alma mater, Stetson University.
Mullis first became involved with the college in 2013 when he was asked to observe and make recommendations for Gettysburg's parent fundraising program.
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- Associate Director of Admissions, Coordinator of Diversity and Inclusion, and Counselor Engagement Coordinator
Tyra serves as the regional representative for Illinois, Indiana, Philadelphia, NYC, Westchester County (NY), Michigan, Wisconsin, Puerto Rico, Nicaragua, and Costa Rica.
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- Senior Assistant Director of Admissions
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- Counselor
- Representative for Maine, Massachusetts
Email: zdebesch@gettysburg.edu Zach serves as the regional representative for Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Vermont, and Southeast Asia.