General Notice: Only the individuals identified on this webpage are authorized to sign or enter into any binding agreements on behalf of the College. In addition to the President and Vice Presidents, the individuals listed below are those to whom signatory authority has been specifically delegated, for specific types of contracts (see Active Signatory Authority Delegations Chart, below). Pursuant to College governance policies, the president delegates signatory authority to all vice presidents, who in turn may individually delegate signatory authority to others under their supervision in order to increase the efficiency of the College's operations. For more information, please refer to the Contract Review and Approval Policy.
College Signatories
Signatories' Responsibilities
In accordance with the Policy, all Authorized Signatories are responsible for:
- Acting in the best interest of the College
- Affirming a prudent contract purpose and appropriate planning by the 'contract owner'
- Making approval decisions based on informed risk assessments
- Compliance with 2.41 Contract Review and Approval Policy
- Signing contracts only within the scope of their designated dollar limits and contract types.
List of Currently Authorized Signatories, updated July 30, 2026
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Contract Signatories
Office of the President
President La Jerne Terry CornishDelegate Title: Executive Assistant to the President
Contract Type: Speakers/performances, use of off-campus facilities, and related services for college-sponsored programs. Other programs, software, and services related to the Office of the President.
Dollar Limit: $25,000.00
Division of Academic Affairs
Melanie Stein, Provost and Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs
Delegate Title: Director, Career Services
Contract Type: Contracts related to activities and events sponsored by the Career Center; travel, event, and other contracts related to speakers, services, and experiential learning.
Dollar Limit: $50,000.00
Delegate Title: Associate Dean, School of Health Sciences and Human Performance
Contract Type: Affiliation and experiential learning; speakers/ performances; contracts for the use of off-campus facilities and related services for College-sponsored programs.
Dollar Limit: $10,000.00
Delegate Title: Associate Provost, Academic Programs, Provost and Academic Affairs
Contract Type: Affiliation and experiential learning; speakers/performances; contracts for the use of off campus facilities and related services for college-sponsored programs; functions and operations within the Academic Affairs Division.
Dollar Limit: $50,000.00
Delegate Title: College Librarian
Contract Type: Contracts for the acquisition of materials to be included in the library collection, including books, periodicals, etc.
Dollar Limit: $50,000.00
Delegate Title: Director, Sponsored Research and Corporate Foundation Relations
Contract Type: Sponsored grant and contract proposals and bids; sponsored grants and contracts, including subcontracts for collaborative research issued by the College for services under a prime contract; other agreements or contracts that relate directly to the responsibilities and functions of research and sponsored programs but do not impose financial obligations on the College.
Dollar Limit: $25,000.00
Delegate Title: Associate Provost, Graduate and Professional Studies
Contract Type: Affiliation and experiential learning; speakers/ performances; contracts for the use of off-campus facilities and related services for college-sponsored programs; functions and operations within the Academic Affairs Division.
Dollar Limit: $50,000.00
Delegate Title: Interim Dean, School of Health Sciences and Human Performance
Contract Type: Affiliation and experiential learning; speakers/ performances; contracts for the use of off-campus facilities and related services for College-sponsored programs.
Dollar Limit: $25,000.00
Delegate Title: Associate Provost. Faculty Affairs
Contract Type: Affiliation and experiential learning; speakers/ performances; contracts for the use of off-campus facilities and related services for college-sponsored programs; functions and operations within the Academic Affairs Division.
Dollar Limit: $50,000.00
Delegate Title: Associate Dean of Faculty and New Initiatives, School of Humanities and Sciences
Contract Type: Affiliation and experiential learning; speakers/ performances; contracts for the use of off-campus facilities and related services for College-sponsored programs.
Dollar Limit: $25,000.0
Delegate Title: Dean, School of Music, Theatre and Dance
Contract Type: Affiliation and experiential learning; speakers/performances; contracts for the use of off-campus facilities and related services for College-sponsored programs.
Dollar Limit: $25,000.00
Delegate Title: Associate Dean, School of Health Sciences and Human Performance
Contract Type: Affiliation and experiential learning; speakers/ performances; contracts for the use of off-campus facilities and related services for College-sponsored programs.
Dollar Limit: $10,000.00
Delegate Title: Executive Director, Center for Student Success and Retention
Contract Type: Contracts related to the operations of the Center for Student Success and Retention within the Marketing and Enrollment Strategy Unit.
Dollar Limit: $25,000.00
Division of Student Affairs and Campus Life
Stanley Bazile, Vice President for Student Affairs and Campus Life
Delegate Title: Director, Office of Religious and Spiritual Life
Contract Type: Contracts related to activates and events for the Office of Religious and Spiritual Life including travel, events, and other experiential learning; agreements authorizing independent entities to collaborate with the Office of Religious and Spiritual Life as on-campus affiliate organizations.
Dollar Limit: $25,000.00
Delegate Title: Director, Intercollegiate Athletics
Contract Type: Athletic event contracts; contracts with athletic officials such as referees, umpires, and similar workers at athletic event
Dollar Limit: $50,000.00
Delegate Title: Director, Campus Center
Contract Type: Contracts related to activities and events sponsored by the Campus Center; travel, event, and other contracts related to speakers, services, and experiential learning.
Dollar Limit: $25,000.00
Delegate Title: Director, Center for LGBT Education, Outreach & Services
Contract Type: Contracts related to activities and events for the Center for LGBT Education, Outreach & Services including travel, events, and other contracts related to service and experiential learning.
Dollar Limit: $25,000.00
Delegate Title: Assistant Dean of Student Life and Engagement
Contract Type: Affiliation and experiential learning; speakers/ performances; contracts for the use of off-campus facilities and related services for College-sponsored programs.
Dollar Limit: $50,000.00
Delegate Title: Director, Public Safety and Emergency Management
Contract Type: Transportation for events, Third Party Security for events, or other security related needs of the College.
Dollar Limit: $50,000.00
Delegate Title: Dean of Students
Contract Type: Affiliation and experiential learning; speakers/ performances; contracts for the use of off-campus facilities and related services for College-sponsored programs. Other programs, software, and services related to the Office of the Dean of Students.
Dollar Limit: $50,000.00
Delegate Title: Director, Student Leadership & Involvement
Contract Type: Contracts related to activities and events sponsored by student organizations; travel, events, and other contracts related to service and experiential learning.
Dollar Limit: $25,000.00
Delegate Title: Executive Director of Student Equity & Belonging and Director of Center for LGBT Education, Outreach and Services
Contract Type: Contracts related to Unity Center, LGBT Center, Office of Religious and Spiritual Life or other student belonging or diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives.
Dollar Limit: $25,000.00
Delegate Title: Director of Residential Life and Student Conduct and Community Standards
Contract Type: Contracts related to residential life business, including programs and activities.
Dollar Limit: $25,000.00
Delegate Title: Director, Unity Center
Contract Type: Contracts related to activities and events sponsored by the Unity Center.
Dollar Limit: $25,000.00
Division of Finance and Administration
Delegate Title: Senior Director, Auxiliary Services
Contract Type: Conference events, space rentals, and honorariums.
Dollar Limit: $50,000.00
Delegate Title: Associate Vice President for Business and Finance and Interim Chief Financial Officer
Contract Type: Finance and Administration contracts
Dollar Limit: $50,000.00
Delegate Title: Associate Vice President, Office of Facilities
Contract Type: Construction and remodeling; construction change orders.
Dollar Limit: $50,000.00
Division of Enrollment Management and Student Success
RAKIN 'ROCK' HALL, Vice President for Enrollment Management and Student Success
Delegate Title: Executive Director, Admission
Contract Type: Contracts for the use of off-campus facilities and services related to recruitment; professional services related to recruitment and retention.
Dollar Limit: $25,000.00
Delegate Title: Associate Vice President, Enrollment Management and Student Success
Contract Type: Contracts related to the operations of the Center for Student Success and Retention within the Enrollment Unit.
Dollar Limit: $50,000.00
Advancement Division
Chad Tessier, Interim Vice President for Advancement
Division of Student Affairs and Campus Life
Stanley Bazile, Vice President for Student Affairs and Campus Life
Delegate Title: Associate Vice President and Chief Human Resources Officer, Human Resources
Contract Type: Contracts related to Human Resources operations and services including ongoing and part-time staff appointments.
Dollar Limit: $50,000.00
Delegate Title: Deputy CIO and Assoc Vice for Applications and Infrastructure
Contract Type: Contracts related to network and technical infrastructure, software applications, and related services.
Dollar Limit: $25,000.00
Delegate Title: Interim Director, Total Rewards, Human Resources
Contract Type: Contracts for the use of off-campus facilities and related services for college-sponsored programs related to the division, technology services, including SaaS, related to specialized work of the division; functions and operations within the division; ongoing faculty appointments; part-time faculty appointments.
Dollar Limit: $25,000.00
Delegate Title: Senior Director of Communications
Contract Type: Contracts relating to marketing/communication/branding of Ithaca College to include print, digital, web, etc.
Dollar Limit: $25,000.00
Delegate Title: Executive Director, Creative and Marketing Team
Contract Type: Contracts relating to marketing and branding of Ithaca College to include print, digital, web, etc.
Dollar Limit: $25,000.00
Delegate Title: Senior Director, Design and Multimedia
Contract Type: Contracts relating to marketing and branding of Ithaca College to include
print, digital, web, etc.
Dollar Limit: $25,000.00
Division of Legal Affairs
Emily Rocket, Vice President, General Counsel & Secretary to the Board of Trustees
*New delegations of signatory authority, or revisions to existing delegations, should be reported to the Office of Legal Affairs immediately. If you have questions about best practices related to signatory authority delegations, please contact us at 607-274-3836.
Signatory Authority Delegation Form
Signatory Authority Delegations must be documented via the form below, signed by the division Vice President, and filed with the Office of the General Counsel.
The Office of the General Counsel is available for consultation about the appropriateness of the proposed delegation in advance of the form being filled in and submitted.