Staff Contacts

Sarah is responsible for all of the consortium's programs. Sarah meets regularly with Five Colleges leadership groups to plan, strategize, and evaluate the work of the consortium.

Working with professional staff members and students, Matthew supports a rich interactive artistic/academic environment by managing Five College Dance performances and productions across the five campuses.

Cindy organizes and manages all aspects of the Five College Coastal & Marine Sciences program. Cindy conducts program outreach, supports student advising, and  coordinates students' field research.

Karla implements a language learning curriculum for Hindi and Urdu.

Aubrey provides production management support for Five College Dance events on multiple campuses.

Anca works as part of a team that trains and supports foreign language teaching assistants (FLTAs) and conversation partners for Five College Center for World Languages (FCCWL) courses.

Theo provides educational, logistical, and administrative support for Five College Center for World Languages (FCCWL) course and other activities.

Agnes conducts individual tutorials and small group conversation sessions with students in elementary, intermediate, and advanced levels of Swahili on all Five College campuses.

Ray provides oversight and management of the Consortium's academic partnerships and programs.

April provides broad support in overseeing cross-campus academic programs and developing new academic collaborations.

Megan provides educational, logistical, and administrative support for Five College Center for World Languages (FCCWL) course and other activities.

Nell provides general administrative support to the Director of Academic Programs, with particular emphasis on creating and maintaining records for programs and initiatives managed by the Five Colleges Academic Programs Office.

Janna directs and manages the Five College Center for World Languages' programs and curricular development projects, supervises the Center's staff, and administer the Center’s initiatives. Janna serves as part of FCI’s academic programs team, and contributes to overall leadership of FCI’s academic programs.

Toby handles accounts payable, accounts receivable, payroll, benefits administration, and business office records.

Yvette holds fiduciary responsibility for all of FCI's financial matters, and brings vision to the Consortium's cooperative and collaborative endeavors. Yvette serves as a senior leader for FCI and its subsidiary Five Colleges Net, LLC.

Debra supports faculty in offering coursework and co-curricular opportunities in NAIS and helps to cultivate a community of scholars as part of the NAIS "Gathering at the Crossroads" project. Supported by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, this project aims to build a model of collaborative teaching and learning for Native American and Indigenous Studies.

Bea provides broad administrative support to FCI’s development office, with specific emphasis on grant-supported projects, including the Five College Collections Management Commons project and the Five College Native American and Indigenous Studies (NAIS) Project.

Carrie works as a member of the Museum Collections Management Commons (MCMC) project. Carrie is investigating how our member institutions' current collections management systems are implemented and is analyzing the state of their data, documentation, and logistics related to the project. This project is funded by a grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.  

Danielle is responsible for overall project management, coordination of participant resources and services, and support to the Diverse Teacher Workforce Coalition/Paradigm Shift leadership team. This project strengthens the pipeline for Black and Latinx paraeducators to become licensed K-12 teachers in western Massachusetts public schools.

Anne manages programs to support teaching about East Asia in K-12 schools and builds relationships among faculty members and programs at the college level. Anne also leads study tours to East Asia.

Erin leads the Museum Collections Management Commons (MCMC) project, with the goals of thoroughly reviewing the current state of our member institutions' museum collections databases and planning for the museums' next generation collections management system. This project is funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.

Rachel Bethworks with campus leaders and others to connect the curricular components of the NAIS “Gathering at the Crossroads” project to the people and structures necessary for the curriculum to be successful. Supported by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, this project aims to build a model of collaborative teaching and learning for Native American and Indigenous Studies.

Matt identifies and manages external funding and supervises externally-facing programs, including Five College Partnership Programs, the Five College Center for East Asian Studies, and the Five College Learning in Retirement Program.

Rachel provides program support including bookkeeping, payment processing, newsletter editing, website content management, and contact with faculty and K-12 teachers.

Mindi provides operational support for the Five College Learning in Retirement (LIR) program which engages intellectually-curious individuals in lifelong learning.

Julie provides administrative support to the executive director and other members of FCI's leadership team. Julie also serves as receptionist and office manager.

Hilary's responsibilities include website administration and supporting the museum collections database.

Joarvi works with the FCI IT Team to provide IT support and develop IT resources for FCI staff; she also supports Five College IT projects and initiatives.

Maria provides IT leadership for Five Colleges, Incorporated, and manages its subsidiary Five College Net, LLC. She is responsible for FCI's IT infrastructure and digital assets, and works closely with IT leaders from each of the member institutions.

Carla supports administrative services including human resources, facility management, business services, and records management.

Jason oversees and manages the physical organization, care, and delivery of materials in the Five College Library Repository Collection.

Shonda is responsible for internal operations, human resources, and facilities management. Shonda also serves as assistant treasurer.

Randy transports intercampus mail and library materials among the five member institutions, and the Five College Library Repository Collection locations.

K. manages and administers the Office of Risk Management’s insurance policies and claims, including the record-keeping associated with these policies or programs.

Ruth oversees the Five College Office of Risk Management; manages the insurance and risk management programs for the four colleges (Amherst, Hampshire, Mount Holyoke, and Smith) and FCI; and serves as COO of the Collegiate Catalyst Fund, LLC captive insurance program.

Omar manages content for the Five College website and supports all Five College events.

Kevin is the public relations officer for Five Colleges. His administrative responsibilities include work with committees in such areas as admissions, museum collaboration and student affairs, and as advisor to the Five College Student Coordinating Board.