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Ashley Reid

Ashley Reid currently serves as interim associate vice president of student affairs, where she oversees associate and assistant deans, student rights and responsibilities as well as serves as a Posse Mentor and Deputy Title IX coordinator. Prior to her current appointment, Reid was elevated to associate director of athletics and chair of the physical education department in July 2019. In that role, Reid was involved with all of the athletic department’s day-to-day operations while also serving as a sport supervisor for 12 of the school’s 23 varsity teams. She completed her B.A. and M.A. in education at Walsh University, where she also was a four-year starter for the Division II women’s basketball program and left as the second all-time leading scorer and was a first-team all-American Mideast Conference selection three times. In 2011, she was inducted into Walsh’s Athletic Hall of Fame.

Carolyn Ciriegio

Degrees B.A. in Communication Studies, The College of Wooster ’08

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Jenna Smith

Jenna Smith ’22 is Sociology major and Religious Studies minor from Vermilion, Ohio, and spent her final year at Wooster researching social justice and community formation within local Faith-Based Organizations. On campus, she spent time singing with Wooster Chorus, A Round of Monkeys, and COWBelles a cappella, was a member of the Ultimate Frisbee team, held two APEX Fellowships, and enjoyed working for the Office of Admissions as a Lead Tour Guide. She will continue her love for sustainable agriculture at Solidarity Urban Farms post-graduation and will promote produce access and coordinate community programming in Lorain, Ohio. She is incredibly grateful for her Wooster community and hopes to continue relationships with friends, faculty, staff, and mentors moving forward.

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Darius Scott Dixson ’13

Darius Scott Dixson ’13, known as “DIXSON” professionally, is a singer, songwriter, and producer who plays 11 instruments. He stepped into the national spotlight in 2016 as part of Pharrell’s team on NBC’s The Voice. Shortly after he left the show, he was signed by record label Roc Nation and has since collaborated with notable musicians, including Kim Burrell, Peter CottonTale, Chance The Rapper, Vic Mensa, Pharrell Williams and Beyoncé Knowles-Carter. He also more recently worked with Justin Bieber on the acoustic version of the hit track, “Holy.” And in 2021, he wrote and produced his first solo album with Roc Nation, entitled “Darling,” releasing singles such as “Summertime. Fine,” “Aura,” and “BIG BRAVE MAN”—a song dedicated to his father who passed away in 2019.

In 2022, DIXSON received an Oscar nomination in the Best Original Song category for the music and lyrics of “Be Alive” from the motion picture King Richard, alongside Beyoncé. The song plays during the credits for the film that focuses on the story of the father of tennis superstars Venus and Serena Williams.

A POSSE Scholar from Atlanta, DIXSON graduated from Wooster in 2013, with a self-designed major in arts and media management. While at Wooster, he was part of several ensembles including the Wooster Chorus, The Wooster Fragments, the Wooster Jazz Ensemble, and he served as the music director of his on-campus band, Freddie Cool. In 2010, he became a brother of Xi Chi Psi and also a member of the Black Student Association. In 2011, DIXSON studied abroad in Paris, concentrating in French business and fashion merchandising. As a student, he held internship roles at MTV, The National Conference of Black Mayors, and was a founding team member of the streetwear brand, KITH.

He began his senior year at the peak of the SoundCloud era and worked with advisor Denise Bostdorff, professor of communication studies, to complete an Independent Study that examined how film can be used to instruct independent music artists on branding and promotion, including a short documentary called The Grey Area, a compilation of interviews with independent music artists, music industry executives, music producers, songwriters, and entertainment lawyers sharing his passion for educating independent music artists on the best practices in promotion and branding.

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Emily Armour

As an Educational Technologist Emily is responsible for advancing the use of technology for faculty, students, and staff. She assists faculty in identifying, selecting, […]

Shelly Weiss Storbeck

Shelly has one of the most widely recognized names in the field of executive recruitment, having recruited senior leaders for America’s most prestigious colleges and universities. She has led Storbeck Search as an independent firm since 2007.

Recently, she has conducted presidential searches for Michigan State University and the University of Pittsburgh, and Carleton, Colorado, Haverford, Skidmore, and Reed colleges. In her career she has conducted more than 500 searches for public and private universities, liberal arts colleges, independent schools, and nonprofit organizations.

Shelly’s prior positions in executive search include: Managing Director of the education practice of A.T. Kearney; and, senior associate and administrative officer of the education practice at Korn/Ferry International.

Shelly writes, speaks, and consults on issues relating to higher education across the United States. She contributed to a series of seminars and ultimately a book about the liberal arts, Remaking College: Innovation and the Liberal Arts (Johns Hopkins University Press). She has served as chair of the American Council on Education (ACE) Executive Search Roundtable and is a member of the ACE Women’s Network. In 2021 she received the ACE Donna Shavlik Award in recognition of her commitment to advancing women in higher education and ensuring women’s equitable representation across the leadership pipeline.

Prior to entering the search industry, Shelly served as Assistant to the President for Educational Affairs at Haverford College. In that post, she gained experience in all senior administrative searches and chaired Haverford’s Middle States Accreditation Process. Shelly taught English at the Baldwin School (Bryn Mawr, PA) and English and religion at Phillips Academy (Andover, MA). She is also a former member of the Yale Parents Annual Fund.

Susan VanGilder

In her 25-plus years in executive search, Susan has identified and recruited leaders for a wide variety of institutions in the education and nonprofit sectors, in the US and abroad.

She has conducted searches for presidents, provosts, vice presidents, and administrative and academic deans of colleges and universities, as well as senior leaders of museums, foundations, and other nonprofit organizations.

Susan brings a knowledgeable and well-rounded perspective to the search process, having held several key roles at Storbeck Search since the firm’s founding.

Previously, Susan worked in the education practices of A.T. Kearney and another international executive search firm. Susan is currently based in the Washington, D.C., area but has lived and worked in Hawaii, Germany, and Belgium.

Susan’s prior work experience includes managing the information center at the Council for Advancement and Support of Education

(CASE) and serving as liaison to its board committee on career opportunities for minorities and women. During her tenure at CASE, she coordinated numerous career development conferences for college, university, and independent school advancement officers.

Peter Sundman ’81

Presidential Search Committee Chair

Peter Sundman ’81, alumnus and trustee, served as the chief executive officer of ClearBridge Advisors in New York, the largest stock-fund division of Legg Mason, a global asset management firm until 2011. Sundman joined ClearBridge in December 2008 and was previously chief executive of Neuberger Investment Management’s fund division. He joined Neuberger Berman in 1988 as director of institutional sales and held positions of increasing responsibility in both the mutual fund and institutional business at the firm. He was a member of the five-person executive committee that took Neuberger public and subsequently sold the business to Lehman Brothers. From 1982 to 1987, he was at Traveler’s Insurance Company in the asset management and pension services area. Sundman, who earned his degree at Wooster in history, has served as a trustee since 2003 and has previously served on a leadership group in the New Your area. He established the Sundman Endowed Scholarship at Wooster in 2014 to benefit students in study abroad programs. He also serves as a Board of Trustees member for Artisan Partners Funds, Frost Valley YMCA, and the Institute for the International Education of Students.

Mark Goodman ’90

Mark Goodman, alumnus and trustee, is Chairman of the Colorado Nut Holding Company. In addition, Mr. Goodman also advises and consults with select companies and institutions on global branding and marketing. Previously, Mr. Goodman served as the Chief Executive Officer of the Boyer Coffee Company. A former economic and foreign policy advisor to Senator Edward Kennedy, Goodman has held significant leadership positions at Fortune 100 and 50 companies including Executive Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer for Walmart/Sam’s Club and Corporate Vice president of U. S. Strategy and Operations for the McDonald’s corporation. At Wooster he earned his degree in philosophy and has served as a trustee since 2016. He also serves on the Board of Trustees of Tufts University in Medford, Massachusetts, where he earned his master’s degree in analytic philosophy. He also serves on the board of directors for Pinnacol Insurance Company Bellco Credit Union and Delta Dental Insurance Company, Colorado.

Ken Aldridge ’90

Ken Aldridge ’90, alumnus and trustee, is the head of Wilmington Friends School in Delaware. He earned his degree in chemistry at Wooster and received a Master of Chemistry Education from the University of Pennsylvania. Aldridge has served in a number of roles throughout his teaching and administrative career including science teacher, swimming and tennis coach, and assistant dean of students at George School where he received the Price Teaching Chair Award for Young Faculty. He was middle school principal at Germantown Friends where he previously was head of the science department and received the American Chemical Society’s (Philadelphia Section) Excellence in Teaching Award. He also serves a number of other boards and organizations. Previously serving Wooster as president of the Alumni Board from 2016-19, he has been a trustee since 2021. He has also served as an alumni board member, reunion ambassador, and a member of the Parent’s Leadership Council.

John S. Wilson ’78

John S. Wilson ’78, Alumnus and Trustee, retired as a Lead Economist of the World Bank Group and is Founder of the John Sullivan Wilson Family Fund of the Cleveland Foundation.

At the World Bank, he served in the Development Research Group and the Infrastructure Vice Presidency, providing leadership in operations around the world on trade and development issues. Wilson previously served as Vice President for Technology Policy at the Information Technology Industry Council in Washington, D.C. and as a Senior Staff Officer at the U.S. National Academy of Sciences and National Research Council.

He was Adjunct Professor of International Affairs at Georgetown University and a Visiting Fellow at the Institute for International Economics and also Columbia University. Wilson earned his degree in history at Wooster and has served on the Board of Trustees since 2021. Previously, he served the College as a member of the Alumni Board from 2016 to 2019, and he has also served as a student mentor and an admissions event host.

Sandeep Bhatia ’89

Sandeep Bhatia ’89, current president of the Alumni Association and alumni trustee, is President of Om Consulting Group. He has served previously on the Alumni Board, including as an Alumni Trustee from 2009 to 2015. Bhatia came to Wooster from Kolkata, India in 1985 and earned his degree in Economics. His career has been in IT and Business consulting with utility industry clients across the U.S. He is a Board member at the Nature Center at Shaker Lakes and also a member of the North Coast Angel Fund of North Coast Ventures. He previously worked at PwC, Arthur Andersen and BearingPoint. He has volunteered for Wooster at admissions and alumni events in the Cleveland area and participated in Wooster’s International Host Family program as a student and as a host family.

Christopher Causey ’85

Christopher Causey ’85, alumnus and trustee, is serving as chair of the Interim Presidential Search Committee in addition to his role as a member of the Presidential Search Committee. He is a corporate board member and principal of the Causey Consortium with 25 years of experience within healthcare’s financing and care delivery industry segments. In addition to his consulting practice, Causey has served on the Board of Directors of two biotechnology companies. Since 2003, he has been a director at United Therapeutics Corporation, a biotechnology company focused on the development and commercialization of therapeutic products for patients with chronic and life-threatening diseases. Previously, he served as a senior marketing officer for a variety of healthcare companies, including Allina Health System and Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota. He was also a member of the board of directors of Data Sciences International Inc., a private company that develops wireless physiological monitoring solutions, from 2008 to 2013. He earned his degree in psychology at Wooster and and later an M.B.A. at The George Washington University. He has been a member of the Board of Trustees since 2015. He has also served as a member of the Alumni Board at the College as well as an alumni admissions representative and Scots in Service leader.

Sarah Sobeck

Sarah Sobeck is a professor of chemistry and associate dean for experiential learning. In her role as dean of experiential learning, she supports professional development for faculty and staff, and provides leadership in experiential education initiatives on campus. She completed her B.S. at Marquette University in chemistry and mathematics and her Ph.D. at University of Minnesota in physical chemistry. Her research explores the chemistry induced by UV or visible light on model organic systems, including UV-absorbers used in personal care products and colorants used in art.

Anne Wilson ’73 P’05

Anne Wilson ’73 P’05, alumna and trustee, was the president of the Association of Presbyterian Church Educators (APCE) from 2014 through 2018. A retired Christian educator, she continues to be active within the organization. She co-chaired the annual conference for the APCE in 2019, and in 2021 and 2022 she served as a leader in planning virtual events for the association in February of 2021 and 2022. She was awarded APCE’s SUSTAIN Life Achievement Award in 2017. Prior to her role with APCE, she retired from Northwoods Presbyterian Church in Houston in 2009, where she served as the director of children and family ministry. She has also served as a member of the Board of Trustees of the Texas Presbyterian Foundation, Johnson C. Smith Theological Seminary, Presbyterian Pan American School and the Presbyterian Association of Musicians, a member of the Synod of the Sun Permanent Judicial Commission, and as treasurer and president for the South Central region of Association of Presbyterian Church Educators. She earned her degree in mathematics at Wooster and has been a member of the Board of Trustees since 2019. Wilson served a term as a member of the Alumni Board, as President of the Alumni Board, and as an Alumni Trustee. In 2019 she and her husband, Butch Wilson ’73, were recognized with the John D. McKee Alumni Volunteer Award.

Amanda Iskin ’24

Amanda Iskin, born in Sao Paolo, Brazil, is a member of The College of Wooster Class of 2024. She is pursuing a major in economics. On campus she is involved with Latinas Unidas and Women and Gender Minorities in Economics (WWGME). Her favorite part of being at Wooster is the diverse group of people that she has met and the connections she has made.

Noah Golovan ’23

Noah Golovan is from Hunting Valley, OH, and is a member of The College of Wooster Class of 2023. He is pursuing majors in Philosophy and Political Science. On campus he is involved with Scot Council and serves as chair of the Outreach and Charter Committee. He is the captain of Men’s Swimming and Diving. His favorite part of being at Wooster is the vibrant and diverse community.