About the Facilitators
Adrienne Phelps-Coco
Executive Director of Teaching & Learning
Workshop: Making the Most of Generative AI in Your Course
About: Adrienne (she/her) provides leadership to the teaching and learning team to develop and support various approaches to online, blended and in-person learning that fosters human connection and allows faculty to meet their pedagogical goals.
Allen Zanca
Academic Technology Consultant
Networking: Online Networking in Themed Breakout Rooms
About: Allen(they/them) works with instructors and students to both train them and help resolve their technical issues. You can also find them working on media and technical projects to help the Harvard Extension School run smoother and more efficiently.
Cortney Leigh Cox
Instructional Technology Support Consultant
Drop-In Booth: On the Spot Accessibility Checks
About: Cortney (she/her) works with teaching staff to set up Canvas course sites and tools in ways that enable students to get the most out of their learning experience. She specializes in online exam creation, proctoring, and troubleshooting Canvas functionality.
Daniel Francois
Audio Visual Lead
Drop-In Booth: Brattle Media AV & IT Team Services
About: Daniel (he/him) provides AV support and maintains AV technology in DCE classrooms and meeting spaces. Additionally, Daniel conducts research on emerging software and AV compatibility and coordinates the implementation of new classroom technology.
Dean Marchildon
Manager for Program Development (PDP)
Drop-In Booth: Interested in Becoming an Instructor for Professional Development Programs (PDP)?
About: Dean (he/him) supports the Assistant Director for Program Development in managing new program development and making recommendations to improve the existing portfolio of 130+ programs. He also provides content and instructor oversight for PDP’s hybrid and blended offerings, facilitates new instructor orientation, and liaises with Teaching & Learning and PDP instructors to create compelling content and promotional videos.
Ethan Contini-Field
Manager of Asynchronous Course Development
Workshop: Encouraging Academic Integrity in the Age of ChatGPT
About: Ethan (he/they) works with instructors to help them develop fully-online Extension School courses. Together with instructors, he considers how an all-online learning environment is similar to and different from the classroom, and brainstorms ways to adapt the course content to improve the online student's experience.
Gergana Hunt
Audio Visual Media Operations Manager
Drop-In Booth: Brattle Media AV & IT Team Services
About: Gergana (she/her) provides leadership to a team of AV/Media specialists to develop and support innovative technological approaches to on-campus, online, hybrid-format courses and classroom learning environments that allow faculty, students, and participants to meet their teaching and learning goals at the PDP, HES, HSS. She leads AV renovation and new classroom buildout projects at Harvard, and manages a Multimedia Services Center focused on providing state-of-the-art media resources and services to meet the needs of Harvard’s faculty, students and staff.
Greg Aimo
Manager of DCE Studios
Drop-In Booth: Brattle Square Studio Tours
About: Greg (he/him) runs our video production studios and makes online course content. He also enjoys producing mini-documentaries and promotional videos. He loves exploring how storytelling can enhance learning, and contributing to a team at the forefront of online education.
Harrel Blatt
IT Support Assistant
Drop-In Booth: Brattle Media AV & IT Team Services
About: Harrel (he/him) provides IT support to staff, students, and instructors.
Jennifer Lau
Assistant Director for Program Development (PDP)
Drop-In Booth: Interested in Becoming an Instructor for Professional Development Programs (PDP)?
About: Jennifer (she/her) leads program development for Professional Development Programs (PDP), with a current portfolio of 130+ programs and oversees the recruitment of qualified instructors to deliver innovative programs to meet diverse audience needs and provide Harvard-quality facilitation. PDPs (on-campus, hybrid, and online) bring professionals together from a wide-variety of industries and backgrounds, primarily mid to senior-level managers and directors who can draw on their work experience to participate effectively in program discussions and team exercises.
Joel Ramos
Manager of Course Design Production
Workshop: Making the Most of Generative AI in Your Course
About: Joel (he/him) works with instructors to plan their classes. I'm able to help with everything from technical and logistical support to producing their video content for their online courses.
Jorge Calderon
Lead Computer Associate
Drop-In Booth: Brattle Media AV & IT Team Services
About: Jorge (he/him) is responsible for the setup, imaging, and maintenance of all Windows equipment and conducts distance Network/Internet assessments for Instructors, manages Hotspot, Wifi extenders and routers for Faculty, and provides phone support for Faculty and Students. Additionally, Jorge oversees the accessibility software and solutions, and provides back up for Network administration.
Julie Ponce-Sarmiento
Instructor of Neuroscience, Cellular & Molecular Biology (HSS & HES)
Workshop: Teaching Neurodiverse Learners
About: Julie (she/her) is an instructor of Neuroscience, Cellular & Molecular Biology at Harvard Summer School (HSS) and Harvard Extension School (HES) and she has created and facilitated several professional development workshops, including effective communication with different personalities, conflict resolution, assertiveness, negotiation, and inclusive communication. She completed her PhD at the University of Cambridge in England, where she focused her research on animal communication and neuroscience and completed an MA at the University of St Andrews in Scotland, specializing in marine mammal conservation.
Kimberly Edelman
Director, Academic Platform Support
Drop-In Booth: Introducing the Faculty Portal
About: Kim (she/her) manages a team of product owners and business analysts to deliver enterprise platforms for teaching and learning to the university. Prior to her move into Academic Technology, she worked as an application developer, having earned her computer science degree at Trinity College in Connecticut.
Leora Simon
Director of Accessibility Services
Workshop: Teaching Neurodiverse Learners
About: Leora (she/her) is an experienced accessibility service provider. She is excited about collaborating with different institutions, the sharing of ideas, breaking down silos and barriers.
Lisa Klein Pearo
Senior Associate Dean of Faculty Engagement & Academic Affairs (FEAA)
Drop-In Booth: Introducing the Faculty Portal
About: Lisa (she/her) joined DCE in July, 2021 and is heading up our new Office of Faculty Engagement and Academic Affairs (FEAA). We are excited about new opportunities to improve academic operations and strengthen relations with and among our instructors.
Luis Poza-Garcia
Director of Course Design & Non-Credit Learning
Workshop: How to Humanize Your Online Course
About: Luis (he/him) provides leadership on online and hybrid strategy for DCE’s Non-Credit and Professional Development Programs (PDPs) to support flexible, engaging, practical, and rigorous learning.
Michael Kilmurray
Manager of Web Conference Support
Networking: Online Networking in Themed Breakout Rooms
About: Michael (he/him) leads a team of Academic Technology Consultants. We support faculty, students, and staff using web conference technology for teaching and learning.
Red Kasu
Studio Production Specialist
Drop-In: Brattle Square Studio Tours
About: Red (he/him) assists with the operation of our studios. He works with a creative and innovative team that is continuously evolving and growing with online education. I am a problem solver who is ready to tackle any production project or technology.
Sarah Ledoux
Manager of Instructional Technologies
Workshop: Making Your Canvas Sites Accessible
About: Sarah (she/her) leads a team of instructional technologists working with faculty using a broad range of tools to enhance the learning experience. She serves as a liaison between DCE and the rest of the Harvard community as new tools and strategies evolve and are tested, helping to ensure that the tools are developed and deployed in a way that best suits course content and meets the needs of both DCE instructors and students.
Sara Makiya
Manager of Learning Experience Design
Workshop: Encouraging Academic Integrity in the Age of ChatGPT
About: Sara (she/her) partners with faculty to reimagine and redesign courses and activities across a range of formats and manage our Teach Partnership program, which offers instructors the opportunity to work one-on-one with a learning designer to deepen engagement through creative and targeted solutions to pedagogical, technological, and/or implementation challenges.
Susan Goldstein
Online Education Web Conference Consultant
Workshop: How to Humanize Your Online Course
About: Susan (she/her) guides faculty through the process of teaching their first web conference course. Let her know if you’re thinking about teaching a class via web conference or if you’d like to discuss ways to enhance your current web conference course.
Svetlana Grinshpan
Academic Technology Consultant
Networking: Online Networking in Themed Breakout Rooms
About: Svetlana (she/her) is an instructional Technology Leader dedicated to transforming education through the innovative use of technology to enhance teaching and learning. She is skilled at consulting with faculty and staff to identify and develop training needs and resources.
Tony Sai
Academic Technology Consultant
Networking: Online Networking in Themed Breakout Rooms
About: Tony (he/him) help instructors to enrich their online identities with technologies and services for their online classrooms.