2020-2021
Faculty Senate
Palmetto College Faculty Senate Executive Committee
Position Name Campus
Chair Ernest Jenkins Lancaster
Chair Elect Vacant
Secretary Steven Lownes Union
Member-at-Large David Dangerfield Salkehatchie
Member-at-Large R. Mac Jones Columbia
Member-at-Large Bianca Rowlett Sumter
Past Chair Christine Sixta Rinehart Union Faculty Senate Manual Liaison Andy Yingst Lancaster
Palmetto College Faculty Senate Delegation
3 Year Term
Minimum of 3 senators per campus, 1 additional senator for each 100 full-time equivalent students above 300 enrolled for fall semester
Name Campus Term Ending Year Alternate
Susan Elkins - - ex officio
John Catalano - ex officio
Ron Cox Columbia - ex officio
Walt Collins Lancaster - ex officio
Chris Nesmith Salkehatchie - ex officio
Mike Sonntag Sumter - ex officio
Randy Lowell Union - ex officio
Shelley Jones Columbia 2023
Patrick Saucier Columbia 2021
Julia Elliott Columbia 2021
John Abdalla Columbia 2021 alternate
Brittany Taylor-Driggers Lancaster 2021
Jerrod Yarosh Lancaster 2023
Peter Seipel Lancaster 2021
Bettie Obi Johnson Lancaster 2022
Li Cai Lancaster 2022
Stephen Criswell Lancaster 2021
Andy Yingst Lancaster 2023
Kate Holland Lancaster 2021 alternate
David Hatch Salkehatchie 2021
Sarah Miller Salkehatchie 2021
Francis Burns Salkehatchie 2022
Melissa Rack Salkehatchie 2022
David Dangerfield Salkehatchie 2022
Jutsin Mogilski Salkehatchie 2023
Marquita Watkins Salkehatchie 2021 alternate
Kirsten Iden Salkehatchie 2021 alternate
Santosh Nandi Sumter 2021
Blane DaSilva Sumter 2021
Mark Roberts Sumter 2022
Katie Klik Sumter 2023
Matthew Holley Sumter 2023
Kristina Grob Sumter 2022
Dan Kiernan Sumter 2021 alternate
Sher Chhetri Sumter 2021 alternate
Lee Morris Union 2021
Jennifer Emswiler Union 2022
Greta Bailey Union 2023
Kevin Torres Union 2021
Andrew Pisano Union 2021 alternate
Palmetto College Faculty Senate Rights and Responsibilities Committee
Standing Committee – 1 Year Term
Name Campus Term Ending Year Chair
Julia Elliott Columbia 2021
Andy Yingst Lancaster 2021
Li Cai Lancaster 2021
Sarah Miller Salkehatchie 2021 Chair
Justin Mogilski Salkehatchie 2021
Mark Roberts Sumter 2021
Santosh Nandi Sumter 2021
Greta Bailey Union 2021
Palmetto College Faculty Senate Welfare Committee
Standing Committee – 1 Year Term
Name Campus Term Ending Year Chair
Shelley Jones Columbia 2021
Brittany Taylor-Driggers Lancaster 2021
Peter Seipel Lancaster 2021 Chair
Bettie Obi Johnson Lancaster 2021
Francis Burns Salkehatchie 2021
TBA Salkehatchie 2021
Kristina Grob Sumter 2021
Katie Klik Sumter 2021
Palmetto College Faculty Senate System Affairs Committee
Standing Committee – 1 Year Term
Name Campus Term Ending Year Chair
Patrick Saucier Columbia 2021
Jerrod Yarosh Lancaster 2021
Stephen Criswell Lancaster 2021
David Hatch Salkehatchie 2021 Chair
Melissa Rack Salkehatchie 2021
Matthew Holley Sumter 2021
Blane DaSilva Sumter 2021
Lee Morris Union 2021
Jennifer Emswiler Union 2021
Palmetto College Faculty Senate Research and Productive Scholarship Committee
Special Committee – Staggered 2 Year Term
Name Campus Term Ending Year Chair
John Abdalla Columbia 2021
Shelley Jones Columbia 2021
Claudia Heinemann-Priest Lancaster 2021
Suzanne Penuel Lancaster 2021
Justin Mogilski Salkehatchie 2022
Rod Steward Salkehatchie 2022
Bianca Rowlett Sumter 2022
Andy Kunka Sumter 2021
Andrew Pisano Union 2021
Kevin Torres Union 2022
Lee Morris Union 2021 Chair
Provost’s Palmetto College Advisory Council
Special Committee – Staggered 2 Year Term
Name Campus Term Ending Year Chair
Shelley Jones Columbia 2021
Julia Elliott Columbia 2021
Fran Gardner Lancaster 2022
Stephen Criswell Lancaster 2021
David Dangerfield Salkehatchie 2021
Francis Burns Salkehatchie 2022
Kajal Ghoshroy Sumter 2022
Andy Kunka Sumter 2021
Helene Maire-Afeli Union 2022
Christine Sixta Rinehart Union 2021
Palmetto College Faculty Senate Academic Advisory Committee
Special Committee – Staggered 2 Year Term
Name Campus Term Ending Year Chair
Steve Lowe (ex-officio) Chair
Bryan Love (AD) Salkehatchie 2022
Maggie Aziz (AD) Union 2021
Ron Cox (appointed) Columbia 2022
Lisa Hammond (appointed) Lancaster 2021 Ray McManus (appointed) Sumter 2021
Mary Hjelm Columbia 2021
Suzanne Penuel Lancaster 2022
Carmela Gottesman Salkehatchie 2022
Katie Klik Sumter 2022
Avery Fouts Union 2021
Columbia Faculty Senate Delegation
Standing Committee of the PCC Faculty– 3 Year Term, 10% of Faculty Voting
Name Campus Term Ending Year
Mary Hjelm Columbia 2021
Steven Campbell Lancaster 2021
Stephen Criswell Lancaster 2021
Shemsi Alhaddad Lancaster 2022
Brittany Taylor-Driggers Lancaster 2023
Alan Kanapala Salkehatchie 2022
Bryan Lai Salkehatchie 2023
Santosh Nandi Sumter 2022
Pearl Fernandes Sumter 2023
Wanda Fenimore Sumter 2023
Jennifer Emswiler Union 2023
Columbia Faculty Senate Committee on Libraries
Columbia FS – 3 Year Term
Name Campus Term Ending Year
Rebecca Freeman Lancaster 2023
Columbia Faculty Senate Committee on Curricula and Courses
Columbia FS – 3 Year Term
Name Campus Term Ending Year
Lee Morris Union 2023
Columbia Faculty Senate Committee on Welfare
Columbia FS – 3 Year Term
Name Campus Term Ending Year
Columbia Faculty Senate Academic Excellence and Student Experience
(Formally Academic Affairs and Faculty Liaison)
Columbia FS – Nominee Recommended to President (Typically PCCFS Chair) - 1 Year Term
Name Campus Term Ending Year
Ernest Jenkins Lancaster 2021
Columbia Faculty Senate Committee on Instructional Development
Columbia FS – 3 Year Term
Name Campus Term Ending Year
Stephen Criswell Columbia 2021
Columbia Faculty Senate Special Committee – Conflict of Interest
Columbia FS – 3 Year Term
Name Campus Term Ending Year
Noni Bohonak Lancaster 2021
Local Campus Tenure and Promotion Committee
Standing Committee – 1 Year Term (at least 5 members)
Name Campus Affiliation Associate/Full
Columbia Local Committee (No Candidates)
Lancaster Local Committee
Chris Bundrick - chair Lancaster Associate
Fernanda Burke Lancaster Associate
Elizabeth Easley Lancaster Associate
Nick Lawrence Lancaster Associate
Angela Neal Lancaster Associate
Todd Scarlett Lancaster Associate
Lancaster AdHoc Committee
Li Cai Lancaster Full
Stephen Criswell Lancaster Full
Julia Elliott PC Columbia Full
Annette Golonka Lancaster Full
Sarah Sellhorst - chair Lancaster Full
Salkehatchie Local Committee
Carmela Gottesman Salkehatchie Associate
Eran Kilpatrick Salkehatchie Full
Bryan Lai Salkehatchie Full
Bryan Love Salkehatchie Associate
Dutch Mehlenbacher Salkehatchie Full Sarah Miller - chair Salkehatchie Full
Fidele Ngwane Salkehatchie Associate
Rod Steward Salkehatchie Associate
Sumter Local Committee
Mary Ellen Bellanca -chair Sumter Full
David Decker Sumter Associate
Pearl Fernandes Sumter Full
Hayes Hampton Sumter Full
Rebecca Hillman Sumter Full
Andrew Kunka Sumter Full
Ray McManus Sumter Full
Damien Picariello Sumter Associate
Michele Reese Sumter Full
Union Local Committee
Chris Bundrick Lancaster Associate
Avery Fouts - chair Union Associate
Hayes Hampton Sumter Full
Bryan Lai Salkehatchie Full
Matt Rashotte PC Columbia Associate
Palmetto College Tenure and Promotion Committee
Standing Committee – 1 Year Term
Name Campus Associate/Full
Mary Hjelm Columbia Full
R. Mac Jones Columbia Associate
Bettie Obi Johnson Lancaster Full
Shemsi Alhaddad Lancaster Associate
Eran Kilpatrick Salkehatchie Full
Fidele Ngwane Salkehatchie Associate
Pearl Fernandes Sumter Full
Damien Picariello Sumter Associate
Steve Lowe Union Full
Avery Fouts Union Associate
Palmetto College Grievance Committee
Standing Committee – 1 Year Term
Name Campus
Shelley Jones Columbia Andy Yingst Lancaster David Hatch Salkehatchie Hennie van Bulck Sumter Christine Sixta Rinehart Union
Local Campus Faculty Organization Chairs
Standing Committee – 1 Year Term
Name Campus
R. Mac Jones Columbia Dana Lawrence Lancaster Ahron Mack Salkehatchie Michele Reese Sumter Jennifer Emswiler Union