Five College Consortium

Sarah Pfatteicher (542-4009), Executive Director, 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.

Day-to-day operations of Five Colleges are carried out by the following staff, most of whom may be reached at the Five College center at 97 Spring Street in Amherst, MA 01002, (413) 542-4000.

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B. Omar Acevedo (542-4013) is the strategic engagement specialist. He supports all Five College events.

Matthew Adelson (585-3793)  production manager for the Five College Dance Department, with offices at Smith College.

Ezekiel Baskin is the academic programs administrative assistant.

Cindy Bright (542-4024) is program coordinator for the Five College Coastal and Marine Sciences Program, with her office at the Five College center.

Debra Butler is the Native American and Indigenous Studies (NAIS) Curriculum Development Fellow. She supports the work of NAIS faculty in providing development guidance and structural support for the new curricular components of the Mellon Foundation NAIS grant.

Karla Carruth (542-5264) is the Hindi and Urdu teaching assistant at the Five College Center for World Languages. Karla implements a language learning curriculum for Hindi and Urdu.

Hilary Caws-Elwitt (542-4022) is an IT Analyst. Her responsibilities include website administration and supporting the museum collections database.

Justin Chen is the post-baccalaureate technologist. He provides IT support for FCI staff.

Hayley Culver (542-5264) is program assistant for the Five College Center for World Languages.

Bea Cusin (538-2275) is the administrative assistant for sponsored projects.

Carla Da Silva (542-4001) is the business and operations assistant.

K. Dymek (538-2344) is administrative assistant for Risk Management based at Mount Holyoke College.

Carrie Evans is the data specialist for the Mellon Collections Management Commons Project.

Tisha Ferguson (585-3756) is office manager for the Five College Learning in Retirement Program with offices at Smith College.

Jason Fuller (542-5575)  is the collection manager for the Five College Library Repository Collection.

Toby Hall (542-4003) Five College Accounting and Benefits Coordinator.

Julie Holt (542-4009) is executive assistant, providing administrative support to the executive director. She also serves as receptionist and office manager.

Theo Hull (542-5264) is program assistant for the Five College Center for World Languages.

Achaetey Kabal (585-3793) is interim assistant production manager in the Five College Dance Department with offices at Smith College.

Kevin Kennedy (542-4017) director of strategic engagement, 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. Kevin can be contacted for questions about events sponsored by Five Colleges.

Agnes Kimokoti is the Swahili mentor for the Five College Center for World Languages.

Janitza Matta (538-2731) is insurance claims specialist for the Five College Risk Managment office, based at Mount Holyoke.

 Yvette Morneau (542-4002) CPA, is director of business services and treasurer.

Shonda Pettiford (542-4012) is the director of operations responsible for FCI internal operations, human resources, and facilities management. Shonda also serves as assistant treasurer.

Danielle Phillips is program coordinator, Diverse Teacher Workforce, and provides operations, communications, and administrative support to the Pathways for Diverse Paraprofessionals project.

Martha Potyrala (559-6622) is the Five College Dance Program Coordinator. Martha supports the organizational and business management of the Five College Dance department.

Anne Prescott (585-3751) is director of the Five College Center for East Asian Studies at Smith College. She 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.

Ruth Rauluk is director of risk management in the Five College Risk Management office, based at Mount Holyoke College. For the four colleges (Amherst, Hampshire, Mount Holyoke, and Smith) and FCI, Ruth develops and implements related programs and manages the captive insurance program.

Ray Rennard (542-4011) is director of academic programs. He provides oversight and management of the Consortium's academic partnerships and programs.

Alex Ripp (559-6622) is director of Five College Dance.

Rachel Beth Sayet is the Native American and Indigenous Studies (NAIS) Community Development Fellow. She supports the work of NAIS faculty in providing development guidance and structural support for the new components of the Mellon Foundation NAIS grant.

Randy Sexton is Five College messenger.

Marla Solomon (542-4018) is director of Five College Partnership Programs.  She builds and maintains relationships among school teachers and administrators in the Pioneer Valley and faculty members and administrators at the Five College consortium.

Rebecca Thomas (542-4023) is the academic programs coordinator.

Maria Toyofuku (542-4014) is director of Information Technology (IT) and enterprise initiatives for Five Colleges, Incorporated and its subsidiary Five College Net, LLC. She works closely with IT leaders from the member institutions of the consortium.

Matt VanHeynigen (542-4010) is director of development and sponsored programs. He 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 Wang (585-3751) program assistant for the Five College Center for East Asian Studies at Smith College.

Janna White (542-4052) is director of the Five College Center for World Languages.