SHP Strategic Plan Committees

2025-2030

Steering Team (Co-Chairs Alma Merians, Karen Shapiro)

Charge: Serve as key decision makers and ambassadors for the strategic planning process; Lead efforts to solicit, analyze, and share input from stakeholders; support efforts to align unit, department, school, and institutional priorities; translate into the strategic priorities, goals, and objectives for SHP 2025-2030

• Jeff DiGiovanni – Dean, Rutgers School of Health Professions
• Nora Barrett – Vice-Chair Psychiatric Rehabilitation and Counseling
• Laura Byham-Gray, Vice-Chair Clinical Nutrition
• Barbara DeMarco – Senior Associate Dean for Education; Interim-Chair, Interdisciplinary Studies
• Kenneth Gill – Chair, Psychiatric Rehabilitation and Counseling; Associate Dean, Faculty Development
• Nancy Kirsch – Chair, Rehabilitation and Movement Sciences
• Matthew McQuillan – Chair, Physician Assistant Studies and Practice
• Alma Merians (Strategic Planning Co-Chair); Associate Dean, IPE and Strategic Initiatives
• Antonina Mitrofanova – Associate Dean, Research
• Stanley Ort – Interim Chair, Clinical Laboratory and Medical Imaging Sciences
• Karen Shapiro (Strategic Planning Co-Chair); Vice-Dean, Finance and Administration
• Shankar Srinivasan – Chair, Health Informatics
• Bianca Thompson-Owen – Associate Dean, Enrollment Management
• Jane Ziegler – Interim Chair, Clinical Nutrition

Survey Committee

Charge: Design and deploy a series of surveys to engage faculty, staff, and students and inform the strategic planning process. To analyze survey results and provide reports to the steering team.

• Joy Jia (MSST)
• Pamela Rothpletz-Puglia (MSST)
• Alma Merians
• Karen Shapiro

Coordinating Committee

Charge: Coordinate all aspects of the Strategic Planning process to ensure goals and timelines are met.

• Alma Merians
• Karen Shapiro
• Jeffrey DiGiovanni
• Christine Goldthwaite
• Ralph Gigliotti

Benchmarking Committee

Charge: Collect and present internal and external data to the steering team to support decision-making during the SP process.

• Jeff DiGiovanni
• Karen Shapiro
• Barbara DeMarco
• Winston Watson
• Bianca Thompson
• Cindy Merlino