Steering Committee Members

The university-wide steering committee for Tufts Beyond 175 includes representation from every school proportional to each school’s size and members from central administration and the Faculty Senate. In addition to providing guidance on the nature and structure of the surveys and the focus groups, the steering committee is charged with helping prioritize the data and the feedback as they’re coming in, and the goals as they're being shaped. 

  1. J. Hellen Amuguni, Associate Professor, Department of Infectious Disease and Global Health, Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine
  2. Nisreen Bagasra, Chief Procurement Officer
  3. Laurie Baise, Professor and Chair of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Tufts University School of Engineering
  4. Helen Boucher, Dean, Tufts University School of Medicine
  5. Kara Charmanski, Executive Associate Provost, Office of the Provost
  6. J.P. de Ruiter, Professor of Psychology, School of Arts and Sciences and Professor of Computer Science, School of Engineering, University Faculty Senate Representative
  7. Catherine Freudenreich, Professor and Chair of Biology, School of Arts and Sciences
  8. Caroline Genco, Provost and Senior Vice President, Chair
  9. Charles Inouye, Professor and Chair, International Literary and Cultural Sciences, School of Arts and Sciences
  10. Kelly Sims Gallagher, Dean, The Fletcher School
  11. Partha Ghosh, Professor of the Practice, Gordon Institute
  12. Erin Hennessy, Director of ChildObesity180, Associate Professor, Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy
  13. Peter Levine, Associate Dean for Academic Affairs and Lincoln Filene Professor of Citizenship and Public Affairs, Tisch College
  14. Karen Mulder, Executive Director, Office of University Strategy and Program Development
  15. Lili Palacios-Baldwin, Deputy General Counsel for Labor, Employment and Litigation
  16. Marty Ray, Vice President for Strategic Initiatives and Chief of Staff to the President, Project Manager
  17. Mike Rodman, Vice President, University Communications and Marketing
  18. Jonathan Schwartz, Executive Director of Campaign Management and Strategic Advisor, Division of University Advancement
  19. Rev. Elyse Nelson Winger, University Chaplain
  20. Thanos Zavras, Chair, Public Health and Community Service, Assistant Dean for Faculty Advancement, Tufts University School of Dental Medicine