Lisa Guedea Carreño is Director of Elkhart Public Library in Elkhart, Indiana. Her professional experience includes positions in corporate and law firm libraries and most recently as director of the Harold and Wilma Good Library of Goshen College from 2000 through July 2014. Her cultural and civic pursuits include leading…
Karen Zorn has been President of Longy School of Music of Bard College since 2007 and a Vice President of Bard College since 2012. Zorn led Longy through a process of radical change unprecedented in its nearly 100-year history. A fearless educational entrepreneur, she balanced the budget, boosted enrollment, executed…
Michael E. Ruhling, a 1987 graduate of Goshen College, has taught courses in music history and appreciation at Rochester Institute of Technology and conducted the RIT Orchestra since 1998. He also teaches graduate courses at the Eastman School of Music. He received his Ph.D. in historical musicology from The Catholic…
Described as “singing with an engaging, robust tone” (clevelandclassical.com), Lara Troyer is a versatile soprano, at home on the opera stage as well as concert and recital stage. Most recently she performed the Ohio premiere of Ricky Ian Gordon’s Orpheus and Euridice with Nightingale Opera. She also spent four…
Mark Herris serves as Director of Music Ministries at Calvary United Methodist Church in Brownsburg, Indiana, where he administers a comprehensive program of vocal, handbell, and instrumental choirs for all ages. Calvary is one of the fastest growing Methodist churches in central Indiana and is a vibrant center for music…
Andrew G. Landis is a stage manager who works for various opera companies across the country, including San Francisco Opera, Seattle Opera and Minnesota Opera. At San Francisco Opera, a leader among international opera companies, Andrew is an assistant stage manager in a demanding reparatory schedule, often working on multiple…
“For the past 11 years, I have been working as a mathematical statistician at the U.S. Census Bureau. Currently, I am responsible for the statistical methodology of the National Crime Victimization Survey and the National Survey of College Graduates. My projects range from designing sampling methods, researching new weighing methods…
Sean Kauffman, a 2005 computer science graduate, is a principal software engineer at Oracle in Seattle, having survived two acquisitions to arrive there. He also sits on the board of directors for VectorBlox, a hardware startup in Vancouver, BC. In his free time he plays dodgeball, fiddles in an Irish folk…
Associate Professor of English, International Student Advisor View Skip’s profile >> What drew you to want to teach at GC? I wanted to teach at an institution that had a high purpose and vision, and GC has that completely. I also wanted to teach with a group of people…
Professor of Social Work View Jeanne’s profile >> What excites you about the field of social work? I discovered social work as a major and profession between my second and third years of college, while serving for a year in Voluntary Service in San Antonio, Texas. I was…
