Faculty

Diane Gayeski
Program Director and Faculty Expert

Diane Gayeski '74 is internationally recognized for her work as a professor, scholar and consultant in organizational learning and communication, business performance improvement, and educational technologies. She is currently serving as Interim Dean of Graduate and Professional Studies while maintaining her role as professor in the Department of Strategic Communication in the Roy H. Park School of Communications at Ithaca College and has taught for 30 years. In addition, she has led over 300 projects for clients worldwide to help them assess and adopt new communication technologies and management systems. The author of 13 books and scores of articles, Professor Gayeski is a frequent speaker at conferences and executive briefings and has been quoted in the Wall Street Journal, Business Week, Corporate University Review, Training Magazine, and ComputerWorld. Her latest book, Managing the Communication Function, will be a resource for this program.

Howard Kalman
Faculty Expert and Online Facilitator

Howard K. Kalman is Associate Professor and Chair of the graduate program in Strategic Communication, in the Roy H. Park School of Communications at Ithaca College. Howard has more than 7 years experience designing, developing, and managing technical training programs for Fortune 500 firms. He has authored or co-authored articles on process mapping, knowledge management, and instructional strategies and contributed to Designing Effective Instruction (5th ed), a widely-used instructional design textbook. Howard is also a consulting editor for Performance Improvement Quarterly (PIQ). He teaches courses in learning systems, project management, performance technology, and strategic planning. Howard holds a Ph.D. in Instructional Systems Technology from Indiana University.

Kurt Komaromi
Online Facilitator

Kurt Komaromi is an Instructor of Marketing and Integrated Marketing Communications in both the Business School and the Roy H. Park School of Communications at Ithaca College. He teaches courses in principles of marketing, internet marketing, strategic communication and public relations. In addition to his teaching responsibilities, Kurt is Principal of Communication Design Group, LLC, a consultancy providing marketing services and sales training to clients across North America. His corporate career included positions as Area Sales Manager, Director of Marketing and Vice-President Sales and Marketing with companies such as American Hospital Supply, Merck KGaA and Abbott Laboratories. Kurt holds a master's degree in Communications from Ithaca College along with an undergraduate degree from the University of Notre Dame.

Stu Katz
Online Facilitator

After working in sports television for 4 years after graduating from Ithaca College Stu Katz looked for and found a position in the corporate communications department of a large multinational corporation, which was Sandoz (now Novartis) Pharmaceuticals. He was manager of the video production facilities and also responsible for staging large meetings and special events. After 7 years Stu left to create Elm City Communications as a consulting and electronic media production company specializing in healthcare topics. Since 1995, Stu has led the Elm City Communications team in providing services to a growing list of clients in the areas of sales training, corporate image management, crisis communications, medical education, meetings/events and more, earning several national awards. Along the way Stu earned a M.A. in Corporate and Public Communications from Seton Hall University. In addition to his industry work, he also teaches the Meeting & Event Management course in the Department of Strategic Communication in the Roy H. Park School of Communications at Ithaca College.