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CONFERENCE FEATURE
CHAIR ACADEMY CHAIR ACADEMY
AWARD RECIPIENTS AWARD RECIPIENTS
Recognizing the Gary Filan Excellence in Leadership Award Recipients Recognizing the Chair Academy Director’s Award Recipients
DEB WALSH Carl Haynes
Deb Walsh is Director of College Professional Development at Chippewa Valley Technical College and
Coordinator for the Wisconsin Leadership Development Institute (WLDI), an extensive leadership de- Dr. Carl E. Haynes became Tompkins Cortland Community College’s third president May 24, 1995,
velopment program that develops leaders at the sixteen Wisconsin Technical Colleges. Deb serves on having previously served in several positions at the college dating back to 1969. With his guidance,
a statewide Wisconsin Technical College System team to facilitate the transition to Wisconsin’s Faculty the college community has committed itself to learning-centered initiatives focused on student
Quality Assurance System, putting processes in place to assure quality instruction through the selection, success. He will retire from the college on August 31, 2017, completing the longest presidency in
development, and evaluation of full-time and adjunct faculty. Deb’s desire to develop future talent for the college’s history.
higher education specifc to teaching and learning, leadership, and organizational development brought
her to her current role, having served as a faculty member and program coordinator for twenty years. During Haynes’ tenure, the college has been recognized as a leader in online learning, technology
While a program coordinator and faculty member, Deb led the development and implementation of integration, and international education. Since 2005, the college has been named a top Digital
accelerated and online management programs, directed at the working adult. She prepared numerous Community College six times by the Center for Digital Education and the American Association of
students for leadership roles in both the business and non-proft sectors. Deb developed a passion for Community Colleges. Dr. Haynes has also been a featured speaker at several national and
creating learning designs, methods, and environments that facilitate learning for all students. This pas- international conferences, where he focuses on the innovative concept driving the college’s
sion led Deb to engage in research on the efectiveness of brain-based teaching and learning. Deb has successful Global Connections program. The college has more than 30 partnerships in more
consulted with academic leaders on brain-based teaching and learning, and has presented brain-based than 20 countries, with agreements that typically send international students from their home
teaching workshops, and has been a keynote speaker on these topics, reaching over 1500 faculty and college to Tompkins Cortland for an associate’s degree, then to an American four-year college
academic leaders.
for a bachelor’s degree.
MATT MULLER
Matthew Zanoni Müller was born in Bochum, Germany, and grew up in Eugene, Oregon and Upstate
New York. After graduating from Hawthorne Valley High School, Matthew enrolled at Clark University CHAIR ACADEMY
in Worcester for a year before transferring to Emerson College in Boston, where he earned his BA in
creative writing and literature.
In 2010, Matthew graduated with an MFA in Fiction Writing from Warren Wilson College in Asheville,
North Carolina, and subsequently began teaching at Columbia-Greene Community College in Hudson, AMBASSADORS
New York, where he stayed for the next three years. After moving to Massachusetts and working as an
adjunct, Matthew became an Assistant Professor of English at Berkshire Community College in 2014.
Matthew has also been involved in the family court system, teaching a literature class through a program Recognizing the Chair Academy’s Newest Lifetime Member
he helped to start called Enhancing Families Through Literature, which seeks to foster healthy co-parent-
ing interactions through engagement with literature. He also co-founded Berkshire Community College’s
Writing Center, and recently helped to launch BCC’s frst Undergraduate Scholars Conference. He has PETER VAN AMELSFOORT
also been active in his union, and has been the high school alignment liaison to local school districts. In
April of 2014, his frst book, Drops on the Water: Stories About Growing Up from a Father and Son, was
published by Apprentice House press at Loyola University in Maryland. Peter van Amelsfoort is currently Director of the Center for International Projects at
Koning Willem l College, the Netherlands. In this role he assists faculty to increase the
international components of the students’ curriculum.
CHAIR ACADEMY SPONSORSHIP AWARDS PROGRAM Peter has been involved in the Chair Academy since 1993: as a participant in the annual
Chair Academy Conference and as a participant in the 1996 class. He performed as a
The Academy has supported the need for advancing leadership training at post-secondary (PS) institutions since ofering its presenter and has organized the International Leadership program several times in the
frst year-long program in 1994. More recently, the Chair Academy established a program to assist a select number of leaders Netherlands.
further their training with the support of a funded sponsorship program. Sponsorship is awarded based on criteria connected
to three primary variables: merit, needs of the individual and/or needs of the Chair Academy. In 2009, a sponsorship account Since 1994 Peter has coordinated a two-week reciprocal exchange program for faculty
was established to cover sponsorship needs. The sponsorship account is funded by a portion of program participant fees and and staf between colleges in the Netherlands and community colleges in several states in
allocated with permission of the Executive Director and/or the Associate Director. the USA.
www.chairacademy.com/conference/sponsorship.html
He is also involved in many European projects both for students, faculty, and staf.
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CHAIR ACADEMY CHAIR ACADEMY
AWARD RECIPIENTS AWARD RECIPIENTS
Recognizing the Gary Filan Excellence in Leadership Award Recipients Recognizing the Chair Academy Director’s Award Recipients
DEB WALSH Carl Haynes
Deb Walsh is Director of College Professional Development at Chippewa Valley Technical College and
Coordinator for the Wisconsin Leadership Development Institute (WLDI), an extensive leadership de- Dr. Carl E. Haynes became Tompkins Cortland Community College’s third president May 24, 1995,
velopment program that develops leaders at the sixteen Wisconsin Technical Colleges. Deb serves on having previously served in several positions at the college dating back to 1969. With his guidance,
a statewide Wisconsin Technical College System team to facilitate the transition to Wisconsin’s Faculty the college community has committed itself to learning-centered initiatives focused on student
Quality Assurance System, putting processes in place to assure quality instruction through the selection, success. He will retire from the college on August 31, 2017, completing the longest presidency in
development, and evaluation of full-time and adjunct faculty. Deb’s desire to develop future talent for the college’s history.
higher education specifc to teaching and learning, leadership, and organizational development brought
her to her current role, having served as a faculty member and program coordinator for twenty years. During Haynes’ tenure, the college has been recognized as a leader in online learning, technology
While a program coordinator and faculty member, Deb led the development and implementation of integration, and international education. Since 2005, the college has been named a top Digital
accelerated and online management programs, directed at the working adult. She prepared numerous Community College six times by the Center for Digital Education and the American Association of
students for leadership roles in both the business and non-proft sectors. Deb developed a passion for Community Colleges. Dr. Haynes has also been a featured speaker at several national and
creating learning designs, methods, and environments that facilitate learning for all students. This pas- international conferences, where he focuses on the innovative concept driving the college’s
sion led Deb to engage in research on the efectiveness of brain-based teaching and learning. Deb has successful Global Connections program. The college has more than 30 partnerships in more
consulted with academic leaders on brain-based teaching and learning, and has presented brain-based than 20 countries, with agreements that typically send international students from their home
teaching workshops, and has been a keynote speaker on these topics, reaching over 1500 faculty and college to Tompkins Cortland for an associate’s degree, then to an American four-year college
academic leaders.
for a bachelor’s degree.
MATT MULLER
Matthew Zanoni Müller was born in Bochum, Germany, and grew up in Eugene, Oregon and Upstate
New York. After graduating from Hawthorne Valley High School, Matthew enrolled at Clark University CHAIR ACADEMY
in Worcester for a year before transferring to Emerson College in Boston, where he earned his BA in
creative writing and literature.
In 2010, Matthew graduated with an MFA in Fiction Writing from Warren Wilson College in Asheville,
North Carolina, and subsequently began teaching at Columbia-Greene Community College in Hudson, AMBASSADORS
New York, where he stayed for the next three years. After moving to Massachusetts and working as an
adjunct, Matthew became an Assistant Professor of English at Berkshire Community College in 2014.
Matthew has also been involved in the family court system, teaching a literature class through a program Recognizing the Chair Academy’s Newest Lifetime Member
he helped to start called Enhancing Families Through Literature, which seeks to foster healthy co-parent-
ing interactions through engagement with literature. He also co-founded Berkshire Community College’s
Writing Center, and recently helped to launch BCC’s frst Undergraduate Scholars Conference. He has PETER VAN AMELSFOORT
also been active in his union, and has been the high school alignment liaison to local school districts. In
April of 2014, his frst book, Drops on the Water: Stories About Growing Up from a Father and Son, was
published by Apprentice House press at Loyola University in Maryland. Peter van Amelsfoort is currently Director of the Center for International Projects at
Koning Willem l College, the Netherlands. In this role he assists faculty to increase the
international components of the students’ curriculum.
CHAIR ACADEMY SPONSORSHIP AWARDS PROGRAM Peter has been involved in the Chair Academy since 1993: as a participant in the annual
Chair Academy Conference and as a participant in the 1996 class. He performed as a
The Academy has supported the need for advancing leadership training at post-secondary (PS) institutions since ofering its presenter and has organized the International Leadership program several times in the
frst year-long program in 1994. More recently, the Chair Academy established a program to assist a select number of leaders Netherlands.
further their training with the support of a funded sponsorship program. Sponsorship is awarded based on criteria connected
to three primary variables: merit, needs of the individual and/or needs of the Chair Academy. In 2009, a sponsorship account Since 1994 Peter has coordinated a two-week reciprocal exchange program for faculty
was established to cover sponsorship needs. The sponsorship account is funded by a portion of program participant fees and and staf between colleges in the Netherlands and community colleges in several states in
allocated with permission of the Executive Director and/or the Associate Director. the USA.
www.chairacademy.com/conference/sponsorship.html
He is also involved in many European projects both for students, faculty, and staf.
20 LEADERSHIP Vol. 23.1 Spring/Summer 2017
Client: The Chair Academy Job: Leadership_Journal_23.1 Spring/Summer 2017 Final size: 8.5” x 11” Colors: CMYK Bleeds: Yes
Created by: Goldfsh Creative - Laura Dvir • 602.349.2220 • LAURA@GOLDFISHCREATIVE.NET
