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Brandi Ahlers
Assistant Director of Transfer and Adult Admissions
Ruby Batimana
Batimana is currently serving as the Evaluator for the SAMHSA grant in partnership with The Robert Young Center/UnityPoint. She also teaches for Orion Technical College.
Brenda Boleyn
Professor of early childhood and elementary education.
Malia Duffy, MSN-FNP, MSPH
Malia Duffy is a Family Nurse Practitioner with a Master of Science in Public Health. She earned degrees from Simmons College, Johns Hopkins University, and Harvard University where she was a Presidential Scholar.
Maritza Espina, PhD
Professor of Management
Joe Golden
Master of Public Health Program Coordinator
Jill Holubetz
Senior Admissions Counselor
Tori Kelley
Accounting Coordinator
Bill McAleer
Academic and Career Planning Coach
David O'Connell, DBA
Professor in management.
Jie Peng, PhD
Dr. Peng teaches a wide array of undergraduate and graduate business courses as well as being an accomplished researcher in Business Statistics, Quantitative Research, and Decision Science.
Jasmine Raya
Admissions Counselor
Jennifer Schmidt-McCormack
Jennifer is the Coordinator of Success Programs
Melissa Sharer
Director of the Master of Public Health program and Assistant Professor.
Becky Stremlow
Becky is the director of Transfer Admissions
Ethan Smith
Ethan is an Admissions Counselor
Liang Zhao, PhD
Dr. Zhao teaches a variety of marketing courses at undergraduate and graduate levels.
Rebecca Arnold
Rebecca Arnold, MPH, brings 20 years of global health experience, from grassroots to national levels. Areas of expertise include social and behavior change; capacity strengthening; and management and leadership.
Gene Bechen, PhD
Teaches courses in child and adolescent development, secondary teaching methods, and middle school education.
John Bowser
Adjunct professor and Research and Evaluation Consultant for the Master of Public Health program.
Dan Ebener
Dr. Dan Ebener has been practicing leadership and developing leaders in churches, businesses, and nonprofits since 1975.
Monica Forret, PhD
Monica is professor and director of the DBA program.
Emily Hannon
Senior Admissions Counselor
Melissa Judd
Melissa is the Curriculum Library Assistant.
Sarah Luebke
Ms. Luebke teaches in the undergraduate marketing program.
Jill McNamara
Assistant Comptroller
Jennifer Palar
Dr. Palar teaches courses in strategy, leadership, organizational behavior, human resources, and employment law.
Mike Poster
Vice President for Finance
Angela Rekers-Power
Dr. Rekers teaches in the Early Childhood Education program. Her specialty is in inclusive practice, education and community partnerships, and outdoor learning and play.
Tracy Schuster-Matlock
Dr. Schuster-Matlock provides leadership, supervision, and strategic direction for the direct reporting areas, including, but not limited to: university assessment of student learning and course evaluations, HLC regional accreditation and compliance measures, and institutional research.
Erin Sodawasser-Hermiston
Erin Sodawasser-Hermistion is the Clinical Instructor for the Applied Practicum Experience in the Master of Public Health Program.
Erica Thomas, DHEd, CHES
Teaches nutrition and wellness concepts courses, as well as exercise physiology lab.
Edwin Ubeda, PhD
Teaches English as Second Language (ESL) endorsement courses. He has worked for six years as an elementary bilingual teacher and adult ESL instructor.
Trish Zinger
Administrative Assistant for the Education Department.
Chris Barnum
Professional interests include racial disparity in police traffic stops, social identity theory, statistics, and others.
Dale Blesz, PhD
Teaches undergraduate courses in educational psychology and child and adolescent development, and graduate courses in special education.
Colleen Doak
A faculty member in the Master of Public Health program, Dr. Doak researches how public health messages impact the physical and social health of a community.
Stephanie Erps
Stephanie is a Lecturer in the Educator Preparation Program.
Jessica Greenwald, PhD
Dr. Greenwald teaches DBA courses in the field of Organizational Behavior as well as Statistical Techniques II and III. Her research interests are in work motivation.
Laurie Harrison
Provides academic advising support to adult students pursuing undergraduate degrees.
Jeff Karll
Admissions Recruiter, Accelerated Programs for Adults
Taylor Kilgus
Taylor is the Student Employment Manager.
Anthony Morales
Tony is an adjunct instructor in the Sales and Marketing Department and also teaches classes for SAU Professional Development.
Molly Pancratz
Director of First-Year Admissions
Amy Puck
Accounting Coordinator
Sarah Rissler, PhD
Sarah is the Director of Student Success in the Student Success Center.
Jason Senjem
Teaches management courses at undergraduate, MBA, and DBA levels which include strategy, organizational behavior, HR, entrepreneurship, and sustainability.
Tinette Stoner
Tinette is the Assistant Director of Student Success.
Melissa Tronnes
Melissa provides administrative support for the Academic and Career Planning Center and coordinates advisor assignments.
Tanya Volkova, PhD
Teaches math education

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