2025–2026 Core Committee

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Carl S. Moore

President

Executive Fellow for Learning Innovation at PROPEL and President of Youniversal Luv Unlimited

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Christine Rener

Past-President

Vice Provost for Instructional Development and Innovation
Director, Robert and Mary Pew Faculty Teaching and Learning Center &
Associate Professor of Chemistry
Grand Valley State University

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Jon Iuzzini

President-Elect

Associate Vice President, Faculty Development & Learning Innovation
Howard Community College

Gloria Niles
Gloria Niles

Chair of Finance Committee

Director of Distance Education & Coordinator, Office of Professional Development and Academic Support (OPDAS)
University of Hawai’i

Danielle Gabriel
Danielle Gabriel

Executive Director
Ex-Officio Member

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Claudia Cornejo-Happel

2024–2027

Director of Center for Teaching and Learning Excellence
Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University

Teresa Focarile
Teresa Focarile

2023–2026

Associate Director for Educational Development, Center for Teaching and Learning
Boise State University

Patricia Guillen
Patricia Guillen

2023–2026

Director, Instructional Services, Maricopa Center for Learning and Innovation
Maricopa Community Colleges

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Scott Hicks

2024–2027

Professor of English
University of North Carolina at Pembroke

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Rachel Horak

2024–2027

Senior Specialist in Education
American Society for Microbiology

Cait Kirby
Cait Kirby

2023–2026

Associate Director, Rice Center for Teaching
Williams College

Thomas Laughner
Thomas Laughner

2023–2026

Director, Teaching and Learning Center
University of Tennessee Health

Tammy McCoy
Tammy McCoy

2023–2026

TA Development and Future Faculty Specialist, Center for Teaching and Learning
Georgia Institute of Technology

Bonnie Mullinix
Bonnie Mullinix

2023–2026

Research Fellow, Centre for Integration of Research, Teaching and Learning
University College Cork, Cork Ireland

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Sara Nasrollahian Mojarad

2024–2027

Associate Director at the Center for Teaching
University of Iowa

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Ruth Poproski

2024–2027

Associate Director for Teaching and Learning, 
University of Georgia

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Shelley Reid

2025–2028

Director for Teaching Excellence, Stearns Center for Teaching & Learning,
Associate Professor, Department of English,
George Mason University

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Elina Salminen

2024–2027

Assistant Director for Educational Development
Washington University in St. Louis

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Adriana Signorini

2024–2027

Educational Assessment Coordinator, Center for Engaged Teaching and Learning
University of California, Merced

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Lindsay Wheeler

2025–2028

Senior Associate Director, Center for Teaching Excellence,
Associate Professor, General Faculty,
University of Virginia

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Kritika Kanchana Yegnashankaran

2025–2028

Senior Associate Director, Center for Teaching & Learning,
Stanford University

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Todd Zakrajsek

2025–2028

Associate Director of the Faculty Development Fellowship,
Department of Family Medicine,
University of North Carolina School of Medicine

About the Core Committee

The activities, affairs, and property of the POD Network are overseen by a board of directors known as the Core Committee. The Core Committee consists of elected members of the POD Network membership and includes the President, President Elect, and Past President. Additionally, the Executive Director is an ex-officio member of Core. Members are elected for 3-year terms by a vote of the POD Network membership. New members are elected each year to maintain the Core membership to a total of 21 individuals. Incumbent members of the Core Committee must wait at least one year before being candidates for another term.

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