Presidential Search Committee Members Selected

January 8, 2020 Suzanne Seldes

(FORT PIERCE, FL) The IRSC District Board of Trustees has finalized membership to its Presidential Search Committee. Committee members represent the diversity of the Indian River State College population and the College’s service district of Indian River, Martin, Okeechobee and St. Lucie counties. Committee members will assist in developing posting materials, reviewing applications, and completing various other search processes, ultimately leading to the recommendation of a final pool of candidates to the Board of Trustees.

Presidential Search Committee membership:

IRSC Board of Trustees

Vicki Davis, Search Committee Chairperson, Martin County
Sandra Krischke, Search Committee Co-Chair, St. Lucie County
Jose Conrado, Indian River County
Susan Caron, St. Lucie County
Mark Feurer, Indian River County
Tony George, Martin County
Christa Luna, Okeechobee County
Brant Schirard, St. Lucie County

IRSC Foundation Board

Mike Adams, St. Lucie County
Susanne Clemons, Okeechobee County

Community Members

Ted Astolfi, CEO/President, Economic Council of Martin County, Martin County
Frank Irby, former CEO of Raulerson Hospital, Okeechobee County
Larry Lee, Business Owner and former State Representative, St. Lucie County
Laura Zorc, Chair, Indian River County School Board, Indian River County

IRSC Faculty

Jennifer Capers, Ph.D., Professor, Biological Sciences
Daphne Cooper, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Social Sciences
Armon Copeland, D.N.P., Assistant Professor, Nursing
Herbert Ricardo, Ph.D., Professor, School of Business

IRSC Administration Representative

Adriene Jefferson, Equity Officer, Title IX Coordinator and Administrative Director of Northwest Center

IRSC Career Service/Staff Representative

Cynthia Bruin, Director of Grants Development

IRSC Student Representative

Jacqueline Zamora, IRSC Student and Peer Tutor

Additionally, the Board of Trustees appointed the following staff to support the Committee:

Richard V. Neill Jr., College Attorney
Suzanne Parsons, Secretary to the Board of Trustees