Apr 21, 2026  
2025-2026 DCC Catalog 
  
2025-2026 DCC Catalog

Curriculum Advisory Committees



Accounting

Tina Chirico, Anderson Center for Autism

Carol Friedman, Marist University

A. Rief Kanan, SUNY New Paltz

Roxie Tymkewycz, CFO, Community Foundations of the Hudson Valley

Architecture and Construction Management

Rick Alfandre, President, Alfandre Architecture

Christopher Boston, Buildings Design Administrator, Dutchess County Department of Public Works

Jay Diesing, Mauri Architects PC

Ciro Interrante, CIA Architect

Carlo Mazzarelli, Mazzarelli Architecture & Planning

Michael McCormack, Architect, Liscum McCormack Van Voorhis

Christian Meyer, Meyer Contracting Corp.

Giovanni Palladino, Kirchhoff Companies

Richard Tompkins, Mauri Architects PC

Raymond Van Voorhis, Architect, Liscum, McCormack Van Voorhis

Christie Wheate Billeci, CWB Architect

Kathryn Whitman, Principal Owner, Kathryn Whitman Architecture

Business Administration

William Harwood, Retired DCC Faculty

Dan Jenkins, H.G. Page & Sons

Cynthia Marsh-Croll, Program Director, Women’s Enterprise Development Center

Eileen Murphy, Associate Dean & Director of Undergraduate Programs, Lubin School of Business, Pace University

Renee Richard, Director of Business Retention & Expansion, Think Dutchess Alliance for Business

Career & Technical Education Council

Josayne Anderson-Tejera, EEO and Inclusion Officer, Dutchess County Human Resources

Mary Jane Bertram, Regional Director, Hudson Valley Workforce Development Institute

Harold King, Executive Vice President, The Council of Industry of Southeastern New York

Jeanne Lipscomb, Supervising Labor Services Representative, New York State Department of Labor

LaQuesha Matthews-Reed, Employment Specialist, New York State Education Department - ACCESS-VR

Louise McLoughlin, Executive Director, Dutchess County Workforce Investment Board

Adam J. Podpora, Operation Services Engineer, Central Hudson Gas & Electric

Brian Zeidan, Director of Development, The Brookmeade Community

Clinical Laboratory Technician

Jeanne Cassella Knox, Laboratory Manager, Health Alliance Hospital

Dee Croft, Lab Manager, MidHudson Regional Hospital

Jennifer Dittmann, Blood Bank Supervisor, MidHudson Regional of Westchester Medical Center

Joline Frey, Lab Manager, MidHudson Regional Hospital

Melinda Lee, Nuvance Health at Vassar Brothers Medical Center

Dr. Deborah Mautone, Retired Part-time Faculty, Dutchess Community College

Lorraine Murphy, DCC MLT alumnus

Alice Omichi, MidHudson Regional Hospital

Terrence Paskell, Marist University

Hannah Roth, Clinical Lab Technician, Nuvance Health at Vassar Brothers Medical Center

Mary Van Demark, Marist University

Computer Information Systems

Bryan Golden, Consultant, Custom Computer Software, Carmel

Daniel Hu, IBM

Tina M. Tarquinio, Systems Offering Manager, IBM Systems Group

Criminal Justice

Armil DeGuzman, New York State Police Troop K

Kirk Imperati, Undersheriff, Dutchess County Sheriff’s Office

Ryan LeGrady, Attorney, Former DC Sr. Assistant D.A.

Lori Mikus, Probation Officer I., Dutchess County Probation

Dr. Steven W. Minard, Retired City of Poughkeepsie Correction Officer

Chion Scott, Police Compliance and Public Relations

John Watterson, Dutchess County Sheriff’s Office

Early Childhood

Tammy Corcoran, Site Manager, MidHudson Regional Early Education Center

Sandra Kraich, Director, Louis Greenspan Day Care Center, Dutchess Community College

Monica Lee, Education Service Coordinator, Astor Early Childhood Program

Carol Murray, Director, ABL Day Care Center, Bard College

Shawn Prater-Lee, Child Care Teacher, BOCES

Jeanne Wagner, Executive Director, Dutchess County Child Development Council, Inc.

Electrical Technologies

William Cox, The Solar Energy Consortium (TSEC)

Christian William Ecker Jr., Retired Verizon

Dr. Anveeksh Koneru, Electrical Engineering Technology Program, Excelsior University

Dave Leary, Ebara Technologies, Inc.

Nathan Newland, Paragon Energy Solutions

Adam J. Podpora, Engineer, Central Hudson Gas and Electric

Gerald Wagner, Wagner Technical Services, Inc.

Hospitality & Tourism

Kaycee Darby, Director of Sales & Marketing, Mirbeau Inn & Spa Rhinebeck

Seif Fakhoury, General Manager, Marriott International

Human Services

Karen Barone, Recreation Specialist, Manor at Woodside

Jacqueline Capra, CASAC-T, Step One Family and Child Counseling

Alissa DeLucia, Residential Coordinator, Grace Smith House, Brookhaven Program

Nancy Dingee, Special Education Teacher, Poughkeepsie Middle School

Cathy Johnson, General Manager, Hyatt House

Patricia Lamanna, Field Supervisor Emeritus, Dutchess Community College

Indira Naidu, Director of Sales & Marketing, Hampton Inn & Suites

Katherine Raynor, Instructor, SUNY New Paltz

Samantha Riley, Family Resource Program Director, Community Action Partnership for Dutchess County

Music Academy

Deborah Contini, Retired Music Instructor and Performer

Melissa Dvozenja-Thomas, Marketing & Development Coordinator, Arts Mid-Hudson

Jennifer Henion, Vice President, Northern Dutchess Symphony Orchestra Board

Richard Simons, Founder & Music Director, Cortlandt Chamber Orchestra

Nursing

Miriam Arroon, Regional Clinical Director & Infection Preventionist, Infinite Care

Lore Bogolin, VP Patient Care Service; Chief Nurse Officer, Vassar Brothers Medical Center

Lisa Cerniglia, Nursing Professional Development Specialist, HealthQuest, Vassar Brothers Medical Center

Susanne Curry, AVP Clinical Practice, Montefiore St. Luke’s Cornwall

Kathleen Hickman, Dutchess Ambulatory Surgical Center

Claude Porter, Jr., Coordinator of Staff Development, Anderson Center for Autism

Katherine Spiliotis, Professional Development - Unit Specialist, Putnam Hospital

Linda Taylor, Director of Acute Care, Northern Dutchess Hospital

Christina Watson, MSN, RN, CMSRN, ONC, CHPN, Clinical Experience Coordinator, Nuvance Health

Jason Wertheim, Vice President of Patient Services, Hudson Valley Hospice

Paralegal

Lorenzo Angelino, Attorney, Law Offices of Lorenzo L. Angelino

Paramedic

Samantha Brandt, New York State Police

Isaac Bruck, M.D., Ph.D., Attending ER Physician, Medical Director, MidHudson Regional Hospital of Westchester Medical Center

Anthony W. Champion, Fire Chief, LaGrange Fire District

Seth Goldstein, EMT-P, Arlington F.D.

Graeme Hardy, Danbury EMS

George Hemroth, Non-Paramedic Member

Nelson Machado, Operations Chief, MLA Management

John Mahoney, Emergency Response Coordinator, Department of Emergency Response Dutchess County

Charles T. Mitzel, Director of Safety & Emergency Management, WMC Health/Health Alliance Hospital

David O’Brien, Retired PA-C, EMT-P, Community Foundations of the Hudson Valley

Sean O’Brien, Empress EMS

Mark Papish, M.D., Medical Director, MidHudson Regional Hospital

Richard Parrish, Emergency Service Coordinator-UC/HAHV, Kingston Hospital

Fannie Raffaele, Citizen Representative

Stephen Sculley, LifeNet of NY/ Air Methods

Andrew Tarasoff, NHDP-BC, NRP, Manager, Operations, Ambulnz by DocGo

Cathi Tegtmeier, (Retired) Assistant Commissioner for Community Health, Dutchess County Department of Behavioral and Community Health, Medical Reserve Corps

David Templeton, MD, Mid-Hudson Regional Hospital

David A. Violante, EMT-P, Arlington Fire District

Daniel Wolf, Attending Physician and EMS Medical Director, Vassar Brothers Medical Center