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Committees

The following committees have or will continue to guide LMS discussions and operations for the campus moving forward.

LMS Executive Committee

  • Beth Corry, Associate Vice President & Controller
  • J. Brice Bible, Vice President and Chief Information Officer
  • Graham Hammill, Vice Provost for Academic Affairs and the Dean of the Graduate School
  • Evviva Lajoi, Vice Provost, University Libraries
  • Carol Van Zile-Tamsen, Associate Vice Provost, Curriculum, Assessment and Teaching Transformation
  • Ann Bisantz, Dean of Undergraduate Education, Professor of Industrial and Systems Engineering
  • Jessica Kruger, Director, Teaching Innovation and Excellence, School of Public Health and Health Professions 
     Clinical Assistant Professor, Department of Community Health & Health Behavior
  • Kelly Kenline, Assistant Vice President, IT Portfolio Management

*Valerie Nesset, Associate Professor, Information Science, also served on this committee until her retirement in 2022.

The Executive Committee consists of leaders of the three sponsoring units for the LMS Review, Academic Affairs, UBIT and University Libraries, along with a representative of University Business Services and the co-chairs of the LMS Review Committee.

From July 2021 to April 2022, this committee oversaw the review process culminating in our university's ultimate selection of Brightspace by D2L. We thank the members listed below for their service to this important initiative.

Member Email Role Subcommittee
Ann Bisantz bisantz@buffalo.edu Member Instructor
Erin Brunelle erinbrun@buffalo.edu Member

 Student
John Cerne jcerne@buffalo.edu Member Instructor
Dianna Cichocki diannaci@buffalo.edu Member Instructor
Michelle Connolly mdc45@buffalo.edu Staff Support Student (Facilitator)
Kelly Durand kellyd@buffalo.edu Member Tech/Admin (Chair)
Mark Greenfield markgr@buffalo.edu Member Tech/Admin
Jessica Kruger jskruger@buffalo.edu Member Instructor (Chair)
Jennifer Meka meka2@buffalo.edu Member Instructor
Cathleen Morreale cwalther@buffalo.edu Member Student
Valerie Nesset vmnesset@buffalo.edu Co-Chair Instructor (Facilitator)
Alice Nightingale alicenig@buffalo.edu Member Instructor
Dawn Reed dawnreed@buffalo.edu Member Student
Lance Rintamaki rlance@buffalo.edu Member Student
Bryan Sajecki bsajecki@buffalo.edu Member Student (Chair)
Claire Schen cschen@buffalo.edu Member Instructor
Carol Van Zile-Tamsen cmv3@buffalo.edu Co-Chair Tech/Admin (Facilitator)
Cheri Weber ubmcheri@buffalo.edu Member Tech/Admin
Rob Wright rwright@buffalo.edu Member Tech/Admin
Jennifer Schecter Powrie jaschech@buffalo.edu Member Student
Nick Singh nsingh34@buffalo.edu Member Student
Austin Wolfgang awolfgan@buffalo.edu Member Student

LMS Implementation Advisory Committee

Member Unit
John Cerne College of Arts and Sciences
Amanda Ramia Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences
Martha Bohm School of Architecture and Planning
Joseph Gambacorta School of Dental Medicine
Alice Nightingale School of Engineering and Applied Sciences
Dianna Cichocki School of Management
Cheryl Oyer School of Nursing
Jessica Kruger School of Public Health and Health Professions
Kathy Boje School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences
Kathryn Kendall School of Social Work
Jennifer Austin Graduate School of Education
James Milles School of Law
Kelly Kenline UBIT
Chris Clune UBIT
Mary Henesey Equity, Diversity, Inclusion
Bryan Sajecki University Libraries
Cheri Weber Business Services