Administrative Officers
Para M. Jones, Ph.D.
President, Stark State College
Lada Gibson-Shreve, Ph.D.
Provost and Chief Academic Officer
Kevin D. Gardner
CFO/Vice President of Business
Richard Greene
Vice President of Enrollment Management
Lindsey Loftus
Vice President of Marketing, Advancement and Partnerships
Laura Duda, Ed.D.
Vice President of Strategy and Engagement
Melissa Glanz
Vice President of Human Resources
Board of Trustees
Elaine M. Russell Reolfi
Chair
Tracy L. Carter
First Vice Chair
Jennifer Stamp
Second Vice Chair
Richard L. Craig
Jason Dodson, Esq.
Harun Rashid
Patricia J. Wackerly
Fonda P. Williams II
Vision Statement
Stark State College aspires to be Ohio’s leading community college in fostering student success and community prosperity through innovation, responsiveness, and partnerships.
Mission Statement
Stark State College positively influences the life of each student and our communities by providing access to high-quality, relevant, and affordable education.
Statement of Commitment
Stark State College affirms its dedication to fostering an environment that upholds the values of intellectual diversity, personal growth, and equality. This commitment is central to our mission and is reflected in the following principles.
- Stark State College will educate students to seek the truth through free, open, and rigorous intellectual inquiry.
- Stark State College declares that its duty is to equip students with the opportunity to develop the intellectual skills they need to reach their own, informed conclusions.
- Stark State College is committed to not requiring, favoring, disfavoring, or prohibiting speech or lawful assembly.
- Stark State College is committed to creating a community dedicated to an ethic of civil and free inquiry, which respects the autonomy of each member, supports individual capacities for growth, and tolerates the differences in opinion that naturally occur in a public higher education community.
- Stark State College will treat all faculty, staff, and students as individuals, hold them to equal standards, and provide them with equality of opportunity with regard to their race, ethnicity, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, or gender expression.