The Great Lakes Colleges Association, Inc. was chartered in the state of Michigan and incorporated as a 501(c)(3) non-profit in 1962, and works on behalf of the thirteen member colleges located in Indiana, Michigan, Ohio, and Pennsylvania.
Our Mission
The mission of the Great Lakes Colleges Association is to take actions that will help strengthen and preserve our colleges; and by being a leading force on behalf of education in the tradition of the liberal arts and sciences. Rich in tradition, GLCA will continue to enhance our colleges by leading as new areas of opportunity and challenge emerge.
Leadership Groups
The Board of Directors is the primary governing body of the Great Lakes Colleges Association and consists of the presidents of the member colleges, the chair of the Deans’ Council, three faculty representatives of the Academic Council, and the President of the Association, ex officio. The Board approves the programs and projects undertaken by the Association and sets the annual budget.
Mauri Ditzler
President
Albion College [Vice Chair]
Hilary Link
President
Allegheny College
Thomas Manley
President
Antioch College
Adam Weinberg
President
Denison University [Secretary/Treasurer]
Mark McCoy
President
DePauw University
Anne Houtman
President
Earlham College
Matthew Scogin
President
Hope College
Jorge G. Gonzalez
President
Kalamazoo College
Sean Decatur
President
Kenyon College [Chair]
Carmen Twillie Ambar
President
Oberlin College
Rockwell Jones
President
Ohio Wesleyan University [Past Chair]
Gregory Hess
President
Wabash College [Executive Committee Member-at-Large]
Sarah Bolton
President
The College of Wooster [Executive Committee Member-at-Large]
Charles Stinemetz
Deans’ Council Chair
Provost
Ohio Wesleyan University
Beth Choate
Academic Council Representative
Allegheny College
Alyssa Cheadle
Academic Council Representative
Hope College
Michael McDonald
President
GLCA
The Chief Academic Officers of the member colleges meet twice annually to review existing and consider new programming related to faculty, curricular and pedagogical development.
Marc Roy
Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs
Albion College
Ron Cole
Provost and Dean of the College
Allegheny College
Lori Collins-Hall
Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs
Antioch College
Kim Coplin
Provost
Denison University
Dave Berque
Interim Vice President for Academic Affairs
DePauw University
Becky Thomas
Vice President for Academic Affairs and Dean of the Faculty
Earlham College
Cady Short-Thompson
Provost
Hope College
Danette Ifert Johnson
Provost
Kalamazoo College
Joe Klesner
Provost
Kenyon College
David Kamitsuka
Acting Dean
Oberlin College
Charles Stinemetz
Provost
Ohio Wesleyan University [Chair]
Scott Feller
Dean of the College
Wabash College
Lisa Perfetti
Provost
The College of Wooster
The Academic Council consists of two faculty from each member college. Academic Council discusses issues of importance to faculty across the campuses and advises the Board, Deans’ Council, and GLCA staff on current and emerging issues of importance for faculty. Members share Council discussions with their campus community. Three members serve on the Board of Directors.
Vanessa McCaffrey
Associate Professor of Chemistry
Albion College
Dan Jaqua
Assistant professor of Economics and Management
Albion College
Caryn Werner
Professor of Mathematics
Allegheny College
Beth Choate
Assistant Professor of Environmental Science
Allegheny College
Lara Mitias
Associate Professor of Philosophy
Antioch College
Brian Kot
Assistant Professor of Biology and Environmental Science
Antioch College
Catie Heil
Digital Curation Librarian
College of Wooster
Garrett Thomson
Professor of Philosophy
College of Wooster
Sherry Mou
Professor of Modern Languages
DePauw University
Jeff Hansen
Professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry
DePauw University
Lori Watson
Professor of Chemistry
Earlham College
Rajaram Krishnan
Professor of Economics
Earlham College
Lora Kolean
Assistant Professor of Music
Hope College
Alyssa Cheadle
Assistant Professor of Psychology
Hope College
Brittany Liu
Associate Professor of Psychology
Kalamazoo College
Chris Ludwa
Assistant Professor of Music
Kalamazoo College
Carolin Hahnemann
Professor of Classics
Kenyon College
Juan De Pascuale
Associate Professor of Philosophy
Kenyon College
Elizabeth Hamilton
Associate Professor
Chair of German Languages and Literatures
Oberlin College
Annemarie Sammartino
Associate Professor of History
Oberlin College
Derek Mong
Assistant Professor of English
Wabash College
James Brown
Professor of Physics
Wabash College