AI Presidential Fellows Program 2025 Cohort

Charles Knurek
Campus Director of IT
Asnuntuck

Bonnie Solivan
Instructor D&E Tech Campus Lead Coordinator
Asnuntuck

Odile Dilone
Campus Director of Workforce Development and Continuing Education
Capital

Saaid Elhadad
Professor of Computer Networking/Cyber Security Program Coordinator
Capital

Michelle White
Professor of Sociology
Capital

Nicholas D’Agostino
Director of Equity and Civil Rights
College Office

Cynthia Isales
Compliance Officer
College Office

Alexa Shelton
Director of Organizational Communications
College Office

Christopher Amoako-Kwaw
Guided Pathways Advisor I
Gateway

Monica Madeux
Interim Workforce Development and Continuing Education Assistant
Gateway

Kristina Veselak
Associate Professor of Criminal Justice and Sociology
Gateway

Frederick Tapper
IT Tech II
Housatonic

Farshad Ravanshad
Professor of Computer Science
Housatonic

Stephane Kirven
Assistant Professor of Criminal Justice
Housatonic

Mehrdäd Fäézi
Professor of Engineering/ Industrial Technology
Manchester

Negussie Tirfessa
Professor of STEM
Manchester

Yoli Bergstrom-Lynch
Librarian
Manchester

Kimberly Hogan
Campus CEO
Middlesex

Hilary Phelps
Disability Support Services Coordinator
Middlesex

Kegan Samuel
Professor of Mathematics
Middlesex

Phillip Fox
Program Director of New Media
Middlesex

Robert Sheftel
Director of Academic Support Center
Naugatuck Valley

Peter Angelastro
Professor of Biology
Naugatuck Valley

H. Justin Moore
Campus Dean of Faculty
Naugatuck Valley

Allen Deane
IT Tech II
Northwestern

John Jagtiani
Associate Professor and Program Coordinator of Computer Science
Northwestern

Ezechiel Dominique
Academic Division Director, Nursing
Norwalk

Mobin Rastgar Agah
Professor of Engineering
Norwalk

Mario Haimindra
Campus PR Coordinator
Norwalk

Tamara Greer
Librarian
Quinebaug Valley

Brian Keiser
Guided Pathways Advisor II
Three Rivers

Andrew Marvin
Professor of English and Communications
Three Rivers

Adrianne Dunham
Director of Educational Technology
Tunxis

James Schlatter
Professor of English
Tunxis

Michael Zych
Media Specialist, Library and Instructional Technologies
Tunxis