FGCU celebrates employee milestones for June, July and August 2025.
August 18, 2025
RETIREMENTS
Dr. Jon Brunner, senior director of Counseling & Wellness Services, retired June 13. He worked at FGCU for over 28years.
Teresa Clark, enrollment assistant II for the Office of Records and Registration, retired June 6. She worked at FGCU for over 7 years.
Nadia Payne, data management analyst II for the Office of Research & Sponsored Programs, retired June 3. She worked at FGCU for over 8 years.
Regina Beard, associate dean of Research & Engagement, retired July 2. She worked at FGCU for over 10 years.
Beverly Brown, director of operations for the Office of the President, retired August 1. She worked at FGCU for over 10 years.
Dr. Myra Mendible, professor in the department of language & literature, retired August 6. She worked at FGCU for 28 years.
YEARS OF SERVICE
Celebrate your fellow Eagles who have reached new career milestones in June, July and August. Information on this list was provided by Human Resources.
JUNE
25 Years
- Dr. Elizabeth Murray | Assistant Dean, Marieb College of Health & Human Services
20 years
- Lorie Antonio | Assistant Director of Academic Advising, Lutgert College of Business
- Mara Domingues | Technical Support Coordinator, Office of the Registrar
- Rebecca Jones | Director of Early College Programs, Academic Affairs
15 Years
- Nicole Black | Assistant Director, Information Technology
- Tonjua Davis | Security Guard II, University Police
10 Years
- Erik Allard | Applications Programmer Analyst II, Enterprise Applications
- Precious Gunter | Chief Ethics & Compliance Officer and Title IX Coordinator, Office of Institutional Ethics & Compliance
- Dodie Jeter | Assistant Director, Adaptive Services
5 Years
- Dr. Suzanne Dugger | Professor, Department of Counseling
1 Year
- Dr. Leisha Cali | Director of FGCU Intensive English Language Program, Global Engagement Office
- Molly Capiga | Assistant Director of Media & Public Relations, University Marketing & Communications
- Emily Chavez Nunez | Assistant Director for Residence Life, Academic Initiatives & Assessment, Housing & Residence Life
- Daniel Chavez Nunez | Assistant Director for Residence Life Operations, Housing & Residence Life
- Jessica DeCastro | Coordinator II of Waterfront & Adventures, University Recreation Aquatics
- Danielle Drew | Student Success Counselor, Exploratory Advising
- Matthew Fencil | Immunizations Records Specialist, Student Health Services
- Dr. Tyler Fisher | Dean, Honors College
- Caitlyn Gastfield | Assistant Director, Fraternity & Sorority Life
- AJ Henderson | Sport Programs Coordinator II, University Recreation & Wellness
- Angela Kermeur | Grants Support Specialist II, The Water School
- Rachel Kipfinger | Coordinator of Fitness Programs II, University Recreation & Wellness
- Kristen Lawson | Digital Media Manager, WGCU
- Melissa MacNeill | Student Success Counselor, College of Arts & Sciences
- Emily McDaniel | Undergraduate Admissions Processor I, Transfer Articulation & Admissions Processing
- Mary Nash-Reasner | Literacy Coach I, Early Literacy and Learning Model
- Brianna Nordelo | Grant Coordinator II, Research & Sponsored Programs
- Rubi Olvera Chavarria | Coordinator, University Communications & Media Relations
- Kevin Smith | Multimedia Journalist, WGCU
- Mike Stavely | Fire and Life Safety Inspector, Environmental Health & Safety
- Courtney Telfort | Health Promotions Coordinator, Prevention & Wellness Services
- Dan Teliski | Assistant Athletics Director for Compliance, Office of Ethics & Compliance
- Abbigail Thelen | Police Communications Operator II, University Police
- Saqoya Wilson | Coordinator, Student Conduct
- Susan Wulber | Foundation Accounting Manager, University Advancement
JULY
30 Years
- Susan Baurer | Administrative Assistant II, Marieb College of Health & Human Services
20 Years
- Christina Jordan | Advising Director, Marieb College of Health & Human Services
15 Years
- Valerie Garcia-Rea | Senior Director, TRIO Student Support Services Programs
10 Years
- Dr. Vivek Bhargava | Associate Dean, Lutgert College of Business
- Dr. Adam McCabe | Staff Psychologist II, Counseling & Wellness Services
- Dr. Clay Motley | Dean, College of Arts & Sciences
- Megan Paulin | Business Manager II, College of Arts & Sciences Business
5 Years
- Oscar Jimenez | Undergraduate Admissions Processor II, Transfer Articulation & Admissions Processing
1 Year
- Amber Cowart | Assistant Strength & Conditioning Coach, Athletics
- Thomas Dinsmore Jr. | Athletics Grounds Superintendent, Physical Plant
- Arthur Dolecki | Food Service Maintenance Mechanic, Business Services
- Morgan Ellerbe | Immunizations Records Specialist, Student Health Services
- David Garrett | Small Business Consultant I, Small Business Development Center
- Lacey Hiatte | Instructional Designer I, Digital Learning
- Cherlyn Hui | Administrative Specialist II, Lucas Center
- Autumn Kasal | Coordinator of Outreach Programs, TRIO and Outreach Programs
- Amanda Lehrian | Hendry and Glades County Regional Partnership Coordinator, Innovative Education & Partnerships
- Dr. William McDowell | Dean, Daveler & Kauanui School of Entrepreneurship and Mark Ain Endowed Chair of Entrepreneurship
- Ashley McHugh | Events Coordinator II, Events & Special Projects
- Joshua Molino | Head Coach, Men's Tennis
- Laura Piccione | Counselor, Graduate Admissions
- Janet Reeder | Administrative Specialist II, Lutgert College of Business
- Angel Segura | Small Business Consultant I, Small Business Development Center
- Rodman Smith | Laboratory Coordinator II, Department of Computing & Software Engineering
- Yesenia Villegas Vera | Intake Coordinator, TRIO Student Support Services Programs
- Melissa Wendel | Director of Procurement Services, University Controller
AUGUST
25 Years
- Dr. Duane Dobbert | Professor, Department of Justice Studies
- Patricia Fay | Art Program Coordinator/ Ceramics Professor, Bower School of Music & the Arts
- Dr. Michael Fauerbach | Professor, Department of Chemistry & Physics
- Dr. Debra Giambo | Program Coordinator/Professor, Department of Teacher Education and Learning Sciences
- Dr. Raj Srivastava | Chair/Professor, Lutgert College of Business
20 Years
- Caroline Campbell | Degree Works Analyst, Office of the Registrar
- Barry Cavin | Professor, Bower School of Music & the Arts
- Dr. Michael Cole | Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science, Public Administration & History
- Dr. Peng Feng | Mathematics Professor, Department of Mathematics
- Jennifer Goen | Director, Government Relations
- Dr. Travis Jones | Professor, Department of Economics & Finance
- Dr. Margaret Hambrick | Director/Professor, Department of Communication & Philosophy
- Dr. Mustafa Mujtaba | Associate Professor, Department of Biological Sciences
- Dr. Marta Ramos | Assistant Professor, Spanish, Department of Language & Literature
- Dr. Joanna Salapska-Gelleri | Department Chair of Psychology, Professor, College of Arts & Sciences
- Dr. Pamela St. Laurent | Instructor II, Department of Health Sciences
- Amy Towne | Instructor II | Department of Language & Literature
- Barbara Tymczyszyn | Program Director/ Instructor III, Department of Rehabilitation Sciences
- Heather Walsh-Haney | Program Coordinator/Professor, Department of Justice Studies
- Andrew Wilkinson | Instructor III, Department of Ecology & Environmental Studies
- Dr. Hulya Yazici | Professor, Department of Information Systems, Analytics & Supply Chain
15 Years
- Dr. Trent Brown | Music Performance Program Coordinator, Professor of Conducting, Bower School of Music & the Arts
- Rachel Campbell | Instructor II, Department of Chemistry & Physics
- Dr. Ju Chou | Professor, Department of Chemistry & Physics
- Carol Clabaugh | Literacy Coach II, Early Literacy and Learning Model
- Dr. Alberto Condori | Mathematics Professor, Department of Mathematics
- Dr. Dean Croshaw | Program Coordinator/ Evolutionary Biology Professor, Department of Biological Sciences
- Dr. Kevin Davies | Associate Professor, Department of Chemistry & Physics
- Dr. Melodie Eichbauer | Professor, Department of Political Science, Public Administration & History
- Dr. Delphine Gras | Associate Professor of French, Department of Language & Literature
- Felicia Goulet-Miller | Instructor III, Department of Biological Sciences
- Conan Griffin | Instructor III, Department of Language & Literature
- Julianna Griffin | Instructor III, Department of Language & Literature
- Gene Hoyt | Instructor III, Department of Information Systems, Analytics & Supply Chain
- Suzanne Ries | Senior Director, University Recreation & Wellness
- Dr. Hootan Shambayati | Chair of the Department of Political Science & Public Administration, Associate Professor of Political Science & Government, College of Arts & Sciences
- Megan Turner | Literacy Coach I, Early Literacy and Learning Model
- Dr. Laura Wright | Training Director, Counseling & Wellness Services
- Dr. Charles Xiaoxue Wang | Chair of the Department of Teacher Education & Learning Services, College of Education
10 Years
- Shannon Acosta | Director of Graduate Programs, Academic Programs & Curriculum Development
- Dan Bacalzo | Theatre Program Coordinator /Associate Professor of Directing & Theatre Production, Bower School of Music & the Arts
- Loren Bishop | Instructor I, Department of Language & Literature
- Dr. Elizabeth Bouldin | Associate Professor, Department of Political Science, Public Administration & History
- Dr. Ingrid Buckley | Associate Professor, Department of Computing & Software Engineering
- Dr. David Cox | Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology
- Dr. Rodney Dennison | Academic Advisor III, College of Arts & Sciences
- Dr. Ashley Danley | Associate Professor, Department of Bioengineering, Civil Engineering and Environmental Engineering
- Chad Evers | Instructor II/Naturalists Program Facilitator, Department of Ecology & Environmental Studies
- Dr. Heather Humann | Instructor II, Department of Language & Literature
- Dr. Harry “Trip” Knoche | Assistant Professor, Department of Management
- Dr. Kerry Lee | Coordinator/Associate Professor of Cellular Biology & Histology, Department of Biological Sciences
- Dr. Jenny Manegold | Chair of the Department of Management/Associate Professor, Lutgert College of Business
- Sandra Mattoni | Instructor II, Department of Language & Literature
- Dr. Bethany Petry | Assistant Professor, Department of Communication & Philosophy
- Dennis Reffler | Information Systems Administrator, Housing
- Dr. Huijiao Sun | Instructor II, Department of Chemistry & Physics
- Dr. Kyle Szabo | Associate Professor, Bower School of Music & the Arts
- Kristine Tullo | Instructor II, Department of Language & Literature
- Elizabeth Weatherford | Instructor II | Department of Language & Literature
- Barbara Wright | Instructor II, Department of Language & Literature
- Lori Zallie | Administrative Specialist, Physician Assistant Studies
5 Years
- Dr. Michelle Angeletti | Professor, Department of Health Sciences
- Dr. Maria Barbero | Assistant Professor, Department of Integrated Studies
- Nicholas Bianco | Instructor II, Department of Mathematics
- Dr. Krista Bixler | Program Coordinator/Assistant Professor, Department of Leadership, Counseling, & Human Development
- Dr. Stefan Carpenter | Assistant Professor, Department of Ecology & Environmental Studies
- Dr. Craig Claybaugh | Associate Professor, Department of Information Systems, Analytics & Supply Chain
- Kelly Cosgrove | Student Success Counseling Specialist, Exploratory Advising
- Dr. Sean Hall | Assistant Program Director/Assistant Professor of Counseling, Department of Counseling
- Dr. Katheryn Knutson | Assistant Professor, Physician Assistant Studies
- Lauren Leister | Deputy Athletics Director, Chief Operating Officer/Senior Woman Administrator, Athletics
- Sarah Peterson | Instructor I of Exercise Science, Department of Rehabilitation Sciences
- Dr. Melissa May | Program Coordinator/Assistant Professor, Department of Marine & Earth Sciences
- Kristin Mellian | Assistant Professor, Bower School of Music & the Arts
- Jessica Meza | Assistant Director of Transfer Admissions, Non-Traditional & Transfer Student Admissions
- Sarah Peterson | Instructor I of Exercise Science, Department of Rehabilitation Sciences
- Dr. Rachel Rotz | Program Coordinator/Assistant Professor, Department of Marine & Earth Sciences
- Dr. Piyush Shah | Assistant Professor of Supply Chain Management, Department of Information Systems, Analytics & Supply Chain
- Dr. Elizabeth Templeton | Clinical Assistant Professor of Physical Therapy, Physical Therapy Program
- Dr. Nate Turcotte | Assistant Professor, Department of Teacher Education and Learning Sciences
- Dr. Ally Zhou | Director of Professional & Cultural Education/ Professor of TESOL, Innovative Education & Partnerships
1 Year
- Marco Antonio Acosta | Interim Program Director of Colloquium/Visiting Instructor I of Integrated Studies, Department of Integrated Studies
- Dr. Mona Afifi | Assistant Professor of Construction Management, Department of Construction Management
- Dr. Ece Alim | Visiting Assistant Professor of Biology, Department of Biological Sciences
- Elizabeth Andarge | Culture & Connections Desk Multimedia Journalist, WGCU
- Humberto Arevalo | Coordinator, Testing Services
- Dr. Jieyi Bao | Assistant Professor of Construction Management, Department of Construction Management
- Dr. Petra Besenhard | Instructor I of Economics, Department of Economics & Finance
- Darla Billington | Digital Marketing Specialist, University Marketing & Communications
- Renae Bullock | IT Client Services Specialist I, University Help Desk
- Dr. Murat Can | Visiting Instructor I of Accounting, Department of Accounting
- Kyra Cardillo | Visiting Instructor I of Composition, Department of Language & Literature
- Dr. Charla Chailland | Assistant Professor of Elementary Education, Department of Teacher Education & Learning Sciences
- Teresa Collazo | Administrative Specialist, Department of Rehabilitation Sciences
- Dr. Ugo Coppola | Assistant Professor of Developmental Biology, Department of Biological Sciences
- Amy Court | Local Sponsorship Account Manager, WGCU
- Annie Crouch | Engagement and Events Coordinator I, Student Support Services
- Dr. Sudip Dhakal | Assistant Professor of Software Engineering, Department of Computing & Software Engineering
- Laura Dowden | Event Planner/Scheduler I, Campus Reservations
- Em Farmer | Research Impact Librarian, University Library Research, Scholarship & Instruction
- Dr. Steven Fiester | Visiting Assistant Professor of Biology, Department of Biological Sciences
- Dr. Zoe Fryer | Instructor I of Political Science, Department of Political Science, Public Administration & History
- Julie Furrow | Assistant Professor, DNP Adult-Gerontology Family Nurse Practitioner, School of Nursing
- Benjamin Gallegos | Visiting Clinical Assistant Professor of Special Education, Department of Teacher Education & Learning Sciences
- Craig Greenwood | Assistant Director, Business Services
- Tyler Gibson | Instructor I of Communication, Department of Communication & Philosophy
- Dr. David Hage | Assistant Professor of Social Work, Department of Social Work
- Hannah Harley | Assistant Professor of Art and Community Engagement, Bower School of Music & the Arts
- Sarah Hufford | Administrative Assistant II, Information Technology Services
- Thuan Huynh | Instructor I of Mathematics, Department of Mathematics
- Dr. Bryan Ijames | Assistant Professor of Music, Bower School of Music & the Arts
- Karen Jean-Baptiste | Traffic Manager I, WGCU
- James Josue | Instructor I of Composition, Department of Language & Literature
- Flor Victoria Juarez | Lead Teacher, NCEF Early Childhood Development Center
- Haley Keller | Visiting Instructor I of Digital Media Design, Daveler & Kauanui School of Entrepreneurship
- Sara Kelly | Instructor I of Composition, Department of Language & Literature
- Dr. Stefanie Kempton | Assistant Professor of Journalism, Department of Communication & Philosophy
- Jonathan King-Cretot | Visiting Instructor I of Entrepreneurship, Daveler & Kauanui School of Entrepreneurship
- Dr. Gyebi Kwarteng | Assistant Professor of Accounting, Department of Accounting
- Dr. Heena Lakhani | Assistant Professor of STEM Education, Department of Teacher Education & Learning Sciences
- Dr. Zheng Li | Assistant Professor of Quantitative Ecology/Ecosystem Modeling, Department of Ecology & Environmental Studies
- Dr. Hanna Lipsey | Visiting Assistant Professor of History, Department of Political Science, Public Administration & History
- Lia Lukkarinen | Instructor I of PGA Golf Management, PGA Golf Management
- Jennifer Marsico | Coordinator II, Environmental Health & Safety
- Dr. Kimberly Mayes | Assistant Professor of Social Work, Department of Social Work
- Dr. Michael McCormick | Assistant Professor of Neuroscience, Department of Psychology
- Jaley Montgomery | Assistant Professor of Music Therapy, Bower School of Music & the Arts
- Anthony Myles | Marketing Coordinator, Small Business Development Center
- Paul Myrin | Instructor I of Mathematics, Department of Mathematics
- Lucy Papp | Visiting Assistant Professor of Justice Studies, Department of Justice Studies
- Tara Peburn | Visiting Instructor I of Anatomy & Physiology, Department of Rehabilitation Sciences
- Dr. Sofia Prysmakova | Assistant Professor of Public Administration, Department of Political Science, Public Administration & History
- Dr. Aparajita Rajwade | Assistant Professor of Environmental Education, Department of Ecology & Environmental Studies
- Kathryn Robinson Kinsey | Strategic Projects Manager, University Marketing & Communications
- Dr. Nurettin Sahiner | Associate Professor of Bioengineering, Department of Bioengineering, Civil Engineering & Environmental Engineering
- Felicha Saintine Joseph | Academic Support Coordinator, FGCU R.I.S.E
- Dr. Lindsay Schofield | Director of Early Childhood Development Centers, College of Education
- Dr. Ehab Shaheen | Instructor II of Construction Management, Department of Construction Management
- Dr. Seungho Shin | Assistant Professor of Finance, Department of Economics & Finance
- Cassidy Soistman | Assistant Athletic Trainer II, Athletics
- Meaghan Stocks | Physician Assistant, Student Health Services
- Dr. Sushmita Sinha Roy | Assistant Professor of Mathematics, Department of Mathematics
- Scott Swiatek | IT Inventory Specialist, Information Technology
- Dr. Thomas Swiersz | Visiting Instructor I of Mathematics, Department of Mathematics
- Dr. Marzhan Sypabekova | Assistant Professor of Bioengineering, Department of Bioengineering, Civil Engineering & Environmental Engineering
- Amelia Tayeh | Visiting Instructor I of Construction Management, Department of Construction Management
- Sydney Tipayaosoth | Registered Nurse II, Student Health Services
- Dr. Alberto Tonero | Visiting Instructor I of Physics, Department of Chemistry & Physics
- Dr. Matt Ware | Assistant Professor of Conservation Biology, Department of Biological Sciences
- Dr. Armineh Zohrabian | Program Director and Associate Professor of Health Sciences, Department of Health Sciences
