Meet the Flock

• Anastasiia Gubina TV, Photography & Digital Media major '28 and Student Health Ambassador
• Emmy LoBrutto (Chair) Case Manager, Office of Case Management
• Ian Moore Director, Student Accessibility Services
• Jim Riegel Academic Services Coordinator, Humanities and Sciences
• John Fracchia Career Engagement and Technology Specialist, Career Services
• Mack Rovenolt Administrative Assistant, Center for Equity, Inclusion & Belonging
• Nate Fontaine Residence Director, Residential Life and Student Conduct and Community Standards

• Amy Frith Faculty, Health Sciences and Public Health
• Katelyn Towner SUNY Binghamton MSW graduate intern, Center for Health Promotion, MSW'27
• Laura Davis Assistant Dean, Student Life & Engagement
• Matt Mogck (Co-Chair) Graduate student Exercise Science and Mental Performance program
• Ninjin Tumurbat (Co-Chair) Psychology and Education Studies '26

• Bill Kerry Executive Director, Buildings and Grounds, Office of Facilities
• Brian Petersen Director, Center for Counseling & Psychological Services (CAPS)
• Dawn Kline Associate Dean of Student Success, Academic Success Center
• Jenny Pickett Associate Director for Operations and Compliance for Student Affairs and Campus Life
• Katelynn Barr Interim Assistant Director, Staff and Programs, Residential Life and Student Conduct and Community Standards
• Phil Garin Assistant Counsel, Legal Affairs
• Rebecca Cogan Carroll Director, ICare and Student Support
• Samm Swarts Assistant Director, Emergency Preparedness and Response, Public Safety & Emergency Management
• Scott Garin Executive Director, Public Safety & Emergency Management
• Tom Dunn Director and Deputy Chief, Public Safety & Emergency Management
• Tyler Heisey Associate Director, Intercollegiate Athletics

• Amy Huang (Co-Chair) Career Engagement Specialist, Center for Career Exploration and Development
• Asata Rothblatt Gender Studies '26, and Student Health Ambassador
• Barbie Bargher Director of Student Financial Servcies
• Catherine Michael (Co-Chair) Communications Librarian
• Emilia Lyons Music Education '29
• Frankie Weisse Public Health '28, HSHP SGC senator and Assistant VP of Academic Affairs
• Jacquelyn Reaves Journalism and Legal Studies '27, and Student Health Ambassador
• Jessica Santiago (Chair) Student Success Coach, Center for Student Success
• Kennedy Walls Communication Strategy & Design '26

• Jonathan Chalmers (Co-Chair) Career Engagement Specialist, Center for Career Exploration and Development
• Kayla Katsman (Co-Chair) Health Promotion Specialist, Center for Health Promotion

• Melodye MacAlpine Associate Dean, Roy H. Park School of Communications

• Brian Petersen Director, Center for Counseling & Psychological Services (CAPS)
• Michelle Goode Director, Center for Health Promotion (Through November 2025)

Please complete this form if you would like to join the Mental Health Flock. The subcommittees for the team this year are;

Communications subcommittee: Group is at capacity (Meetings Friday at 10am) 
(A) Create campaign materials for the Mental Health Flock GEESE initiative (posters, stickers, social media, etc.) (B) Coordinate communications about the GEESE initiative 

Data Analytics subcommittee: (Meetings Monday 3pm to 3:30pm) 
(A) Work with the datasets available and collected data to help inform the Mental Health Flock work (B) Develop communication strategies and implement to inform the campus community 

Environmental Scan subcommittee: (Meetings to begin in October - timing TBD) 
(A) Using best practices develop an Ithaca College specific checklist for environmental mental health (B) Work with relevant campus partners to develop protocol to implement environmental scan

Mental Health Awareness Events subcommittee (Meetings Thursdays 11:30am to 12:30pm) 
(A) Plan, Promote, and Implement Mental Health Screening Day events (1 per semester) (B) Create Stop and Breathe schedules and promote self-care events to the campus community 

You Can Help subcommittee (Meetings Monday 10am to 11am) 
(A) Schedule and promote the JED You Can Help trainings with a goal to increase the percentage of the campus community trained (B) Update slide content to keep information current and relevant to the population (C) Work with the Data Analytics subcommittee to develop a survey tool for the training

Communications subcommittee

• Emmy LoBrutto (Chair) Case Manager, Office of Case Management
• Ian Moore Director, Student Accessibility Services
• Jim Riegel Academic Services Coordinator, Humanities and Sciences
• John Fracchia Career Engagement and Technology Specialist, Center for Career Exploration and Development
• Mack RovenoltAdministrative Assistant, Center for Equity, Inclusion & Belonging
• Nate Fontaine Residence Director, Residential Life and Student Conduct and Community Standards

Mental Health Awareness Events subcommittee

• Amy Huang Career Engagement Specialist, Center for Career Exploration and Development
• Ashley Troutman (Fall 2024) IT Project Coordinator, Information Technology & Analytics
• Catherine Michael (Chair) Communications Librarian
• Jessica Santiago Student Success Coach, Center for Student Success
• Rachel Ng (Chair) Student, '25 Psychology
• Sara Dingee (Chair) Program Coordinator, CSTEP, Office of Access, Opportunity, and Achievement

• Sienna Berkheiser Student, '26 Psychology

Additional MH Flock members: 

• Jonathan Chalmers Career Engagement Specialist, Center for Career Exploration and Development
• Kayla Katsman Health Promotion Specialist, Center for Health Promotion
• Melodye MacAlpine Associate Dean, Roy H. Park School of Communications
• Yen Wu MSW Graduate Intern, Center for Health Promotion

Mental Health Flock Chairs

• Brian Petersen Director, Center for Counseling & Psychological Services (CAPS)
• Michelle Goode Director, Center for Health Promotion

• Emmy LoBrutto (Chair) Case Manager, Office of Case Management
• Ian Moore Director, Student Accessibility Services
• Jim Riegel Academic Services Coordinator, Humanities and Sciences
• John Fracchia Career Engagement and Technology Specialist, Career Services 

• Alison Thomas Area Office Operations Assistant, Residential Life and Student Conduct and Community Standards
• Catherine Michael (Chair) Communications Librarian
• Lauren Hoffman Program Coordinator, Recreation Services
• Mullen Quaye, Student, '24 Public and Community Health
• Perry Kozak, Residence Director, Residential Life and Student Conduct and Community Standards
• Rachel Ng (Chair) Student, '25 Psychology
• Ryan McCarty Housing Specialist, Residential Life and Student Conduct and Community Standards
• Sara Dingee (Chair) Program Coordinator, CSTEP, Office of Access, Opportunity, and Achievement

• Jonathan Chalmers Career Engagement Specialist, Center for Career Exploration and Development

• Dan DeCaria 

  Associate Director, Student Experience Marketing and Communications

• Kyla Eisman Student Health Ambassador, '26 Health Science and pre-medicine
• Theresa Gustaveson (Chair) Health Promotion Specialist, Center for Health Promotion

• Susan Adams Delaney Associate Professor and Chair,  Writing Department
• Jonathan Chalmers Career Engagement Specialist, Center for Career Exploration and Development
• Michelle Goode (Chair) Director, Center for Health Promotion
• Tyler Heisey Associate Director, Intercollegiate Athletics
• Eric Machan Howd Director, Extended Studies
• Brian Petersen Director, Center for Counseling & Psychological Services (CAPS)
• Amy Quan Assistant Professor, Writing Department and Ithaca Seminar Program Coordinator

• Brian Petersen Director, Center for Counseling & Psychological Services (CAPS)
• Michelle Goode Director, Center for Health Promotion