The Five Colleges of Ohio collaborates through its committees which help inform our priorities, initiate and conduct joint projects, and oversee the project of consortial grants. The Committee Guidelines and Charges outlines the purpose of each committee and the general responsibilities with which they are charged.
Consortial committees include the following:
Ohio Five Board
Carmen Twillie Ambar, President, Oberlin College (Chair)
Adam Weinberg, President, Denison University
Jeff Bowman, Acting President, Kenyon College
Rock Jones, President, Ohio Wesleyan University
Wayne Webster, Interim President, College of Wooster
Standing Committees
David Kamitsuka, Dean, College of Arts & Sciences, Oberlin College (Chair)
Kim Coplin, Provost, Denison University
Sheryl Hemkin, Acting Provost, Kenyon College
Karlyn Crowley, Provost, Ohio Wesleyan University
Lisa Perfetti, Provost, College of Wooster
Veerendra Lele, Interim Associate Provost for Diversity, Denison University
Ted Mason, Associate Provost for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, Kenyon College
Elizabeth Hamilton, Associate Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences, Oberlin College
Dawn Chisebe, Interim Chief Diversity Officer, Ohio Wesleyan University
Ivonne García, Former Chief Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Officer, The College of Wooster
Leslie Wingard, Interim Chief Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Officer, The College of Wooster
The Deans and Chiefs of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion are committed to exploring ways the colleges can help each other develop and advance efforts to cultivate and promote diversity on our campuses in all of its various forms.
Ronald Griggs, Vice President for Library and Information Services, Kenyon College (Chair)
Liv Gjestvang, Chief Information Officer, Denison University
Marcel Mutsindashyaka, Chief Information Officer, Oberlin College
Brian Rellinger, Associate Provost for Academic Support & Chief Information Officer, Ohio Wesleyan University
Ellen Falduto, Chief Information and Planning Officer, College of Wooster
BethAnn Zambella, Director of Libraries, Denison University (Chair)
Amy Badertscher, Associate Vice President for LBIS and Library Director
Valerie Hotchkiss, Director of Libraries, Oberlin College
Dee Peterson, Director of Libraries, Ohio Wesleyan University
Makiba Foster, Librarian of the College, College of Wooster
Rebecca Vazquez Skillings, Vice President for Finance and Administration, Oberlin College (Chair)
David English, Chief Financial Officer, Vice President for Finance & Management, Denison University
Todd Burson, Vice President for Finance, Kenyon College
Ian Smith, Vice President for Facilities, Planning and Sustainability, Kenyon College
Maura Donahue, Vice President for Finance and Administration, Ohio Wesleyan University
James Prince, Vice President for Finance and Business, College of Wooster
Active Consortial Working Groups
Library Subcommittees
The Five Colleges of Ohio Libraries has four subcommittees and working groups focused on a variety of common interests including digital scholarship, cataloging and metadata, and access services. Membership in these groups changes regularly.
Subcommittees include the following:
- Access Services Subcommittee
- Collection Services Subcommittee
- Curricular Engagement Subcommittee
- Digital Collaborations Group
- Digital Stewardship Subcommittee
Active peer groups have established collaborations in environmental health and safety, information technology, library systems and services, and risk management. Current initiatives and recent meetings involve annual dance workshops for students and faculty, diversity in the classroom programs, facilities and physical plant operations, human resources shared contracts and best practices, international education and study away programs, procurement including implementation of a consortial eProcurement system, safety and security coordination, and Title IX compliance.