2002-03 Officers and Board of Directors

Ned Lovell, President.
Ned, an active member and supporter of SACCR activities for the past eight years, became President of the organization at the close of the conference in Hot Springs, Arkansas. Ned served as Local Arrangements Chair for the SACCR Conference at Whispering Woods in Olive Branch, Mississippi. As President-Elect he put together an outstanding program for the Hot Springs Conference. Ned recently retired from his position as professor and department head. Now that he has emeritus status he is playing a little more golf and working half-time with the University.

Ned coordinates special projects relating to the community college graduate program and is involved in administering several grants. He reports to the Dean of the College of Education and works the rest of the time with the Stennis Institute of Government. One of his most important projects is implementing the Mid-South Partnership for Rural Community Colleges funded by the Ford Foundation. The Partnership has developed two graduate degrees for community college leaders and is developing two more graduate degrees including a Master of Arts degree for future community college instructors. Ned is also planning the Tenth Annual Mid-South Community College Fellowship Program for the 2003-2004 academic year. The 2002 leadership retreat sponsored by the fellowship program attracted community college employees from six states. In addition to Mississippi, participants from Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana, Texas, and Tennessee were involved in the week-long workshop. Ned is hopeful that the program will continue to attract attendance from multiple states.

Lovell's previous experience includes work at a teacher training college in Nigeria for two years while serving as a Peace Corps Volunteer. He also has served as a professor at Illinois State University and Stetson University in Florida. Other education experiences include serving as a teacher and administrator in various public school districts in Florida and working with the Florida Department of Education. He is author and co-author of three Phi Delta Kappa Fastbacks. The latest Fastback is entitled The Under-representation of Minority Administrators and Faculty in Community Colleges.

Ned holds a Bachelor's degree in Social Science Education from The University of Florida and a Ph.D. in Education Administration from Florida State University.

As President of SACCR Ned has two major goals for the organization. One is to increase membership. This will require that SACCR members encourage their professional friends to attend and participate in the annual meeting. We must also provide a meaningful conference that will make people feel that they must attend each year. His second goal is to involve relevant regional and national organizations in its annual meetings. SACS, the Rural Community College Alliance, and SREB all played key roles in the Hot Springs conference. Such representations increase our visibility. Make your plans now to attend and participate in the 2003 St. Petersburg conference.

Jonnie Blair, President-Elect and Program Chair.
Jonnie Blair, a relative newcomer to SACCR will serve as Program Chair for the 2003 SACCR conference in St. Petersburg. He has spent thirty years in higher education both as a faculty member and administrator. His experience includes work in institutional research, assessment and long range planning, institutional administration, business affairs, personnel management, teaching and academic and business computing. He has been a successful fundraiser and administrator for federal, state and private sector funding.

Jonnie came to Hopkinsville Community College in 2002 where he serves as Associate Dean for Academic Affairs. From 1997-2002 he served as Director of Planning and Research at Somerset Community College where he installed an objective based PME system and trained all administrators in MBO, planning and management. He also authored a planning manual and a fact book for the college. Jonnie assisted Somerset Community College in completing a successful SACS Self-Study. The College received only six recommendations, and no recommendations for planning, research, or institutional effectiveness.

Jonnie holds degrees from Morehead State University, University of Kansas, and the University of Kentucky with concentrations in biology and higher education administration. He studied planning and research at the National Laboratory for Higher Education.

His goals as program chair for the St. Petersburg conference include: (1) build SACCR membership through promotion of the conference, (2) provide a notable program of presentations (3) plan activities and events that will assure that everyone attending the annual meeting will have a good time, (4) expand the scope of two-year college research information by encouraging collaborative activities among two-year colleges and research universities, and (5) provide a forum for researchers to present their work.

Michael Quanty, Immediate Past-President.
Mike Quanty is a senior researcher and professor of psychology at Thomas Nelson Community College in Hampton, Virginia. He has been with the college since 1981. Prior to that, he was a research and evaluation specialist at Johnson County Community College in Overland Park, Kansas. While earning his Ph.D. in social psychology at the University of Missouri, his research interests included cognitive dissonance, prejudice, stress, and aggression. These topics provided a solid background for a career in community college administration.

Now, as a faculty member and occasional institutional researcher, he teaches about his earlier interests and researches transfer success, developmental studies, and other topics related to institutional effectiveness. When not occupied in these matters, he enjoys a variety of outdoor and indoor activities, ranging from white water rafting to backgammon. He is also the Vice-president of the Hampton Roads Brewing and Tasting Society.

Annabelle Lewis, Secretary.
Dr. Lewis is a graduate of Concord College, East Tennessee State University and Colorado State University. She currently serves as Director of Institutional Planning and Effectiveness at Augusta Technical College in Augusta, GA. She spent the last 16 years in various positions in postsecondary education. These professional experiences include: Vice President of Instruction at Chattahoochee Technical College; Campus Dean at Coconino Community College in Arizona; and, District Dean and Campus Dean at Mohave Community College in Arizona.

Dr. Lewis has been a member and officer of numerous professional and community organizations including: Work Force Recruitment and Job Training Council with the Arizona Department of Commerce; Kingman Arizona Airport Authority, Inc.; Arizona Peace Officers Standards and Training Board; Arizona Academic and Occupational Administrators Associations; and, lifetime member of American Association of University Women.




Jan Schwartz, Treasurer.
Jan Schwartz, also a newcomer to SACCR, has been elected to a two-year term as Treasurer of the organization. She is Director of Planning, Research and Evaluation for Hillsborough Community College in Tampa, Florida. Her responsibilities include institutional research, enrollment planning and program evaluation. She has been with the college since February 2000. Prior to working in higher education, she was the Director of Evaluation for the Pinellas County Schools in Largo, Florida.

Jan has twenty years experience in three Florida public school systems with an emphasis on program evaluation and accountability. Her areas of concentration included evaluation, planning, grant writing, research, accountability and testing. She serves as an instructor in statistics and educational issues for National Louis University, based in Wheeling, Illinois. She received her doctorate from the University of South Florida in the area of educational research and measurement. She has been a member of the Florida Educational Research Association for fifteen years where she also served as President. She is a member of the Management Information Systems Advisory Task Force (MISATFOR) in Florida, and the American Association of Women in Community Colleges (AAWCC). Her objective as Treasurer will be to keep SACCR on a sound financial base. In addition to her duties as Treasurer, she will serve as Local Arrangements Chair for the St. Petersburg conference.


Bruce Bartek, Member-at-Large (Membership Coordinator).
Bruce has been a member of SACCR since 1994 and has made presentations at both the 1999 and 2000 SACCR Conferences. He holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in English from Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University and a Masters of Education in Educational Program Evaluation from the University of Virginia.

Bruce is Coordinator of Institutional Research at J. Sargeant Reynolds Community College in Richmond, Virginia. JSRCC is the third largest of Virginia's 23 community colleges. He has worked at JSRCC since 1981, starting his career as a research assistant in the Office of Curriculum and Educational Planning. Over the years the office's name has changed as new areas of responsibility were added. The office, now called Academic Services and Research, includes the functional areas of Institutional Research, Academic Program and Administrative Unit Assessment, and Curriculum and Strategic Planning. While each staff member has a defined area of responsibility, in reality, daily work crosses boundaries , so Bruce is involved with all these areas.

In addition to his normal responsibilities, Bruce currently serves on his college's PeopleSoft Deployment Team as they get ready to "go live" during the fall semester with a new Student Information System. He is also overseeing the development of a PC-based application designed to provide division chairs and executive officers with accurate daily reports on faculty workloads and instructional budget expenditures.

In the late 1980's Bruce served several terms as the community college representative to the Virginia Association for Management Analysis and Planning(VAMAP), the state level AIR Group in Virginia. In this capacity, he helped plan the group's annual fall conference. In 1991, he served as co-coordinator for VAMAP's spring one-day meeting. Outside his college activities, Bruce devotes considerable time volunteering with a local Humane Society, which has led to his amassing a critter collection that includes two large hairy dogs and four cats.

As Coordinator for Membership his goal will be to work with all state coordinators to make SACCR more visible and to increase membership. He will help the secretary and the treasurer to extend membership opportunities to new members and membership renewals for former members.

Kathryn Hornsby, Member-at-Large (Program Coordinator).
Kathryn joined SACCR in 1997 and has served as the SACCR Georgia State Coordinator since 1997. She is Manager of Accountability and Institutional Effectiveness for the Georgia Department of Technical and Adult Education. In this role, her major responsibilities are managing Georgia's Performance Accountability System and the Carl D. Perkins grant. She is a member of the Georgia Education Information Steering Committee, Georgia Postsecondary Education Data Committee, and will be on the Postsecondary Indicators Advisory Panel for the Georgia Office of Education Accountability. She is also a member of the Georgia Association of Institutional Research, Planning, Assessment and Quality (GAIRPAQ) and the Association of Institutional Research (AIR). She received her Bachelor of Science in Social Studies Education from Auburn University and her Master of Arts in Sociology from Georgia State University. Currently, she is working towards a Ph.D. in Higher Education at Georgia State University.

Edith (Edie) Carter, Editor.
Edie will, once again, serve as the Editor for the SACCR Newsletter, a duty she has performed for more years than she cares to remember.

A long time member of SACCR, Edie received her Ph. D. in Educational Research from Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (Virginia Tech). When not applying the blue pencil to the SACCR newsletter, Edie serves as Assistant Professor of Educational Studies at Radford University.

Lisa Kleiman, Web Master.
Lisa is Director of Institutional Effectiveness at Tidewater Community College. She has worked at TCC since 1979, starting her career as a research associate in the Office of Institutional Research. Over the years, she served as Coordinator of Institutional Research and later Director of Institutional Research. In 1999, the new president of the college reorganized and named her Director of Institutional Effectiveness reporting directly to the president. The Offices of Institutional Research and Student Outcomes Assessment comprise TCC's Office of Institutional Effectiveness and report to her. Her degrees include a Bachelors of Science in business administration and a Master of Arts Degree in economics from Old Dominion University in Norfolk, VA.

Lisa is a longtime member of SACCR and most recently served as Local Arrangements Chairperson for the 28th annual conference held in Norfolk, VA. She has also served as "at-large" member on the SACCR board and the Virginia state coordinator.