On this page, you will find committees currently being led by Communications team.

Updated information will be regularly provided here.

If you have a question about a Communications committee or policy, contact Tara Romanella, associate vice president, Communications, via email.

EXTERNAL INCIDENT RESPONSE COMMITTEE

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External
Incident Response
Committee

Charge: The External Incident Response Committee was established in Spring 2024 to deliberate and provide guidance on Adler University’s response to external events that may garner public attention locally, nationally, or globally. The Committee’s purpose is to assess and determine the when, the how, and the why the University responds to occurrences beyond its control or influence.  

Meet the Committee

• Tara Romanella, Committee chair
  Associate vice president, Communications

• La’Shawna Anderson
  Program manager, Center for Diversity and Inclusion

• Nardeen Awadalla, Psy.D.
  Clinical faculty, Adler Community Health Services

• Neil Bockian, Ph.D.
  Professor, Clinical Psychology

• Marianne Cabrera, Ph.D.
  Program director, Organizational Leadership, Online

• Christena Gunther
  Assistant director, Disability Services and Student Affairs

• Mary Laundry
  Director, Student Affairs

• Heather Miller
  Public relations director, Communications

• Susanne Milner
  Manager, Student Services

• Jeanne Porges
  Student and ASG president

• Cheryl Richardson
  Associate vice president, Academic Affairs

• Brianna Savage
  Manager, Community Action and Engagement

• Shannon Thomison, Ph.D.
  Academic advisor, DSEAA

Committee Readings

• Article from Inside Higher Ed. published on Sept. 11.  
• Harvard
• U Toronto
• UW Madison
• Central Michigan
• University of Iowa (scroll down)  
• University of Colorado, Boulder
• University of Virginia
• University of Calgary – Institute for Public Health
• University of Houston  
• U Chicago – Kalven Report

Meeting Dates

• May 21
• June 18
• Oct. 9
• Next meeting: Oct. 30