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.

Alex manages the operations of Five College Dance (FCD), with regular interaction with FCD faculty, supervision of FCD staff members.

As a member of the academic programs team, Rebeccas works to promote academic collaboration among member institutions.

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 the work of NAIS faculty in providing development guidance and structural support for the new curricular components of the Mellon Foundation NAIS grant.

The administrative assistant 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 project participants’ 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 Mellon Foundation, with the goal of laying the foundation for a next-generation collections management system that supports broader integration and discoverability of collections.  

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.

Rachel Beth supports the work of NAIS faculty in providing development guidance and structural support for the new components of the Mellon Foundation NAIS grant.

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.

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 provides IT support for Five College staff.

Maria also directs Five College Net, LLC and works with IT leaders from the member institutions of the consortium.

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

Ruth develops and implements related programs and manages the captive insurance program for the four colleges (Amherst, Hampshire, Mount Holyoke, and Smith) and our organization.

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.