Outcomes Assessment Coordinating Council
About the OACC
The Outcomes Assessment Coordinating Council (OACC) at SUNY Downstate serves as an advisory body to the Senior Vice President/Chief Academic Officer regarding educational assessment policies and procedures. The purpose of the OACC is to foster a campus culture of evidence-based continuous quality improvement in educational and institutional effectiveness and to provide leadership, oversight, and coordination of assessment activities across Academic Affairs in collaboration with the Colleges and Schools.
OACC Membership
| University Role | College, School or Department | Incumbent 2023-24 |
|---|---|---|
| OACC Chair; Professor and Former Dean of the School of Graduate Studies | Graduate Studies | Mark Stewart |
| Presiding Officer of the Faculty of the Graduate School | Graduate Studies | Richard Kollmar* |
| Dean, School of Graduate Studies | Graduate Studies | David Christini |
| Dean, School of Public Health | Public Health | Kitaw Demissie |
| Vice Dean for Faculty Affairs and Research, School of Public Health | Public Health | Tracey Wilson |
| Associate Dean of Education, Clinical Associate Professor, School of Public Health | Public Health | Anika Daniels-Osaze* |
| Dean, School of Health Professions | Health Professions | Allen Lewis |
| Associate Dean of Program Operations and Quality | Health Professions | Shushawna DeOliveira * |
| Associate Dean for Strategic Initiatives | Health Professions | Brigitte Desport |
| Senior Associate Dean, Assessment and Continuous Quality Improvement | Medicine | Bonnie Granat * |
| Assistant Dean of Assessment, College of Medicine | Medicine | Priya Pasram* |
| Dean, College of Nursing | Nursing | Lori Escallier |
| Associate Dean for Academic Affairs, Research, and Evaluation | Nursing | Marie-Claire Roberts * |
| Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs and Chief Academic Officer | Academic Affairs | Pascal Imperato |
| Vice President of Academic and Student Affairs | Academic and Student Affairs | Jeffrey Putman |
| Director of Evaluation, Outcomes Assessment & Accreditation | Academic Affairs | Kane Gillespie |
| Assistant Director of Evaluation, Outcomes Assessment & Accreditation | Academic Affairs | Tina Adjei-Bosompem |
| Director of Special Projects | Comm. and Marketing | Ellen Watson |
| Assistant Vice President of Institutional Research & Decision Support | Institutional Research | Charis Ng |
| Assistant Vice President for Policy and Planning | Policy and Planning | Lori Bruno |
| Director of Strategy and Community Campus Initiatives | Policy and Planning | Wolf Lacossiere |
| Presiding Officer of the Center-wide Faculty Staff Assembly or designee | Faculty Staff Assembly | TBD |
| *Assessment liaison for respective unit | ||