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The faculty includes executives and consultants who are currently working in the private and nonprofit sectors

Cynthia Brosnan
OMHR 5007 - Research Techniques, Report Writing and Communication Development

Ms. Brosnan is a management development consultant specializing in leadership development, organizational design, career management and executive coaching.  She is also a certified instructor for the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator.  Prior to starting her own firm, she held both line and human resources positions for Fortune 500 companies.  She has designed, developed and implemented global training programs for over 20 countries.  She holds an MBA from New York University.

Harriet W. Cabell, Ph.D.
OMHR 5022 - Critical Thinking and Creativity in Organizations

Dr. Cabell earned her BS degree from the College of William and Mary in Williamsburg, VA, and her MA, Ed.S. and Ed.D. degrees from The University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa, AL.  She also is a graduate of the M.L.E. Program at Harvard University.  Her academic experience includes positions at The University of Alabama as Senior Associate Dean of Adult Education at New College and Director of the New College/External Degree Program; at Union Graduate School in Cincinnati, OH; and Memphis State University in Tennessee.  Her professional and consulting activities related to lifelong learning have led to association with The Alliance, University Without Walls, and the National Court Reporters Association.  Dr. Cabell is a frequent speaker at workshops and training programs at the national and state levels for training in education.  She has written six books and published a number of articles.

Susan Corcoran, Esq.
OMHR 5006 - Legal Issues in Human Resource Management

Susan Corcoran is a partner with the law firm of Jackson Lewis, LLP, a nationwide firm devoted to representing management in all aspects of workplace law.  Susan’s practice includes defending employers in employment and labor related litigation or before government agencies, preparing and reviewing human resources policies and procedures, counseling, and training on workplace law issues.  Ms. Corcoran holds a J.D. from Pace University

Harold M. Cornell
OMHR 5002 - Financial Aspects of Human Resource Management

Harold Cornell received his undergraduate degree from The College of William and Mary in Williamsburg, VA with a major in Accounting and earned a Master’s Degree in Finance from Pace University in Pleasantville, NY.  He spent six years in public accounting, twenty-eight years in corporate accounting and finance, and for the past fourteen years has been a college teacher and financial consultant.  He became a Certified Public Accountant (CPA) in 1962 and a Certified Financial Planner (CFP) in 1988 and was licensed in these areas until his "retirement" in 2002.   Formerly a resident of Valhalla, NY, Mr. Cornell now lives in Vermont.

John T. D’Angelo, Jr.
OMHR 5017 - Staffing and Recruitment
OMHR 5026 – Total Rewards Management

Jack D’Angelo has 30 years of extensive generalist and specialist experience in most areas of HR and in leading both non-union and union organizations. D’Angelo has participated in numerous programs with significant business impact and has a proven track record in successfully managing multiple/broad-scoped/complex projects. He has key competencies in: Compensation, Benefits, Employee Relations, Employee Services, Labor Relations, Staffing, Diversity/EEO and Affirmative Action, Succession Planning, HR Systems, HR Communications, Safety Health & Environmental Management and Merger and Acquisition/Divestiture Management. During his 27-year career with Verizon Communications and the former GTE Corporation, D’Angelo held a number of executive positions and other positions of increasing importance. In addition, he has recently consulted for IBM Corporation. D’Angelo is a current member of the Society for Human Resources Management and World At Work. He previously served on the board of directors of the Employment Policy Foundation and on the board of directors of Unified Federal Credit Union. Also, he served on the Town of Medfield, Massachusetts Personnel Board and chaired a major compensation survey steering committee in the Greater Boston Area for four consecutive years. He holds an MBA in Management and Industrial Relations from the University of Bridgeport and a B.S. in Business Administration from Central Connecticut State University. Jack, his wife and two daughters reside in Connecticut

Carol Heady
OMHR 5010 - Training and Development

Carol Heady is an independent consultant specializing in training, employee development and organizational development.  She brings 20 years business experience from a diverse background including: financial services, retail, and telecommunications.  Prior to starting her own company, Carol held several corporate training and development positions.   Ms. Heady obtained her M.S. in Organizational Management and Human Resources from Manhattanville College.

Gene Herbster
OMHR 5023 - Leading Change

Gene Herbster, M.S., M.A., is the Founder and President of Gene A. Herbster and Associates, Inc., a management consulting firm, which for the past twenty-six years has focused on organizational and individual change processes.  Other areas of expertise in which Mr. Herbster consults include executive coaching, mergers, and business strategies.

Carolyn Laredo, Esq.
OMHR 5006 - Legal Issues in Human Resources Management

Carolyn Laredo is a practicing attorney, mediator, trainer and communications skills educator, and is founding partner of Laredo and Jaffe Mediation Group, LLC.  She received her Juris Doctor degree from Brooklyn Law School.  Ms. Laredo has been the Alternative Dispute Resolution Committee Chairperson for the Rockland County Bar Association since 1995 and was appointed to the New York State Workers’ Compensation Board as an arbitrator in 2002. She is author of the article, “Meeting the Needs of Client Dissatisfaction,” which appeared in the Journal of Professional Legal Education.

David Lipsky, Ph.D.
OMHR 5004 - Organizational Development and Behavior

Dr. Lipsky is the Director of Talent and Organizational Development at Sony Electronics.
Before coming to Sony, he worked at KPMG, Merrill Lynch and the American Institute of Banking.  He earned his B.S. degree form Cornell University and his M.S. and Ph.D. degrees from Hofstra University. 

Scott Manner
OMHR 5014 - Ethical and Social Issues for Management

Scott Manner has been at Mimeo.com since 1999 and serves as its Chief Information Officer.  He is responsible for MIS, Knowledge Management and Software Quality Assurance.   He has more than twenty-six years experience in technology, including programming, system analysis, database design, QA simulation labs and infrastructure/systems architecture.  He has held leadership roles at both domestic and international start-up ventures. His career includes positions at Nynex, Bell Atlantic Mobile, KPMG and McKinsey.  Mr. Manner holds a Master of Science degree in Organizational Management and Human Resources Development from Manhattanville and a Bachelor of Science degree from SUNY at Geneseo.


Kathleen O. Maria
OMHR 5007 - Research Techniques, Report Writing and Communication Development

Ms. Maria’s writing has appeared in The New York Times, Gannett Westchester Newspapers (Book Reviews), Westchester Spotlight, Westchester Women’s News, and The Bloomsbury Review (Book Reviews). Besides Manhattanville, Ms. Maria has taught writing courses in a number of schools, including SUNY Rockland Community College, Iona College, The New York Metro Region Leadership Academy, and the Parsons School of Design.   Ms. Maria earned her BA in French at Chestnut Hill College in Philadelphia, and her M.A. in French at Trinity University in San Antonio.  She also earned an M.A. degree in writing from Manhattanville College and most recently, an M.F.A. in creative writing with a concentration on non-fiction writing from The New School.

André McKenzie, Ph.D.
OMHR 5011 - The Diverse Workforce

Dr. McKenzie is currently a senior administrator and adjunct faculty member at St. John’s University in Jamaica, NY.  Since 1989 he has served as a Training Specialist for the Anti-Defamation League’s “A Workplace of Difference” and “A campus of Difference” diversity training initiatives.  In addition to these programs, McKenzie serves as a diversity consultant and staff trainer for a number of profit and not-for-profit organizations. Dr. McKenzie earned a M.S. at Illinois State University, and M.Ed. and Ed.D. degrees at Teachers College, Columbia University.

Marshall Metzger
OMHR 5027 - Project Management

Mr. Metzger's business experience includes engineering management in defense-aerospace, division general management responsibility with a F200 corporation, and direction of strategic planning for a UK multinational. As a management consultant he has directed teams providing training and management direction for major US corporations. Mr. Metzger has a BSE from Princeton University and an MBA from the Harvard Business School.

Paula Moskowitz
OMHR 5007 - Research Techniques, Report Writing and Communication Development

Paula Moskowitz has been a librarian since 1983, a reference librarian at Manhattanville since 1994, and has maintained the position of Assistant Coordinator of Instructional Programs since January 2000. Paula teaches both undergraduate and graduate courses in research techniques and information literacy.  Prior to her position at Manhattanville, Paula was a law librarian at the law firm of Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton and Garrison.  She earned an M.L.S. degree at SUNY Albany. 

Andrew Paul
OMHR 5018 - Strategic Negotiations

Andrew Paul is currently the Deputy Director of Labor Relations at MTA Metro-North Railroad in New York.  He is a graduate of George Washington University Law School in Washington, DC. He has been an Adjunct Professor at Manhattanville College for 7 years. He teaches Strategic Negotiations.  Mr. Paul is also a member of the Graduate School’s Corporate Educational Advisory Board.

Thomas Schwartz, Ph.D. 
OMHR 5015 - Entrepreneurship

Dr. Schwartz is an operations-oriented executive and international management consultant with over thirty years of combined corporate and university training experience.  Dr. Schwartz holds a Ph.D. from UCLA and is a successful entrepreneur.  His corporate experience includes a wide range of operations and Human Resources positions.  Most recently he was Senior Vice President of Human Resources for a multi-national London-based insurance brokerage firm.  He is a frequent lecturer and speaker at universities and business conferences and he is an adjunct faculty member at Pace University and St. John’s University where he teaches courses in entrepreneurship, global business, management and business ethics.

William Stopper
OMHR 5008 - HR Strategic and Global Planning
OMHR 5020 - Changing HR Roles:  Consulting and Outsourcing

William Stopper is a consultant and former HR executive at IBM.  Besides teaching in the MS Program, he is an academic advisor on thesis projects and assists in recruiting students for the School of Graduate and Professional Studies.  Mr. Stopper is Current Practices Editor for Human Resource Planning, the journal of The Human Resource Planning Society.  He earned his B.A. degree in English from St. Mary’s College of California and holds an MBA degree from the University of Connecticut.

Denis Sullivan
OMHR 5001 - The Human Resource Field
OMHR 5030 - HR Metrics

Denis Sullivan has been an adjunct faculty member in the OMHR program since its inception.  While a senior HR executive at both GTE and Verizon, with nearly twenty-five years of proven leadership and broad functional expertise, Mr. Sullivan established a track record for delivering award-winning programs and business solutions with specific, quantifiable outcomes.  His leadership roles included:

Mr. Sullivan holds an A.B. degree in psychology from Boston College and an M.Ed. in counselor education from Boston University.  He has also completed extensive doctoral coursework in counseling and human resource management at both BU and the University of South Carolina.  He is currently president of IdeaStudio, LLC, an HR consulting firm, where he advises global clients on learning and leadership development issues.  He also serves on the Corporate Educational Advisory Board at Manhattanville.  A documentary filmmaker, as well, Mr. Sullivan often uses elements from modern film as metaphors for contemporary HR and workplace issues.  Denis, his wife and two daughters live in Fairfield, CT.

Patricia S. Vreeland
MSCI 5009  Information Technology Management

Ms. Vreeland has held management positions at Avon Products, Inc. in Rye, New York since 2000 and is currently IT Director, Global Workplace Computing & IT Service Management.  Prior to joining Avon she held positions in IT and Finance at Sara Lee Intimate Apparel, Inc.; Asea, Brown Boveri, Inc., and PepsiCo. She earned her BS degree in Finance from Ithaca College and her MBA from the Lubin Graduate School of Business at Pace University.  Her MBA concentrations were Information Systems and Corporate Finance Management.

Ms. Vreeland’s course on Information Technology Management is listed in the International Management and the Leadership programs as well as the HR program.

Philip Webber
OMHR 5025 - Employee Relations

Mr. Webber is responsible for leading all human resource programs in IBM’s Systems and Technology Group with focus on workforce costs and employee climate.   Since joining IBM in 1977, he has held various executive positions in HR in the United States as well as Paris, France, including Vice President, Compensation and Benefits, where he had global responsibility for the strategy, design, policy and executive of employee and executive compensation programs as well as benefits and international assignment programs.  Mr. Webber graduated from M.I.T. with a B.S. in Management and received an M.S. degree in Industrial and Labor Relations from Cornell University.  He is married with two children, and lives in Connecticut.