Rutgers Health Leadership Council on Faculty and Staff Engagement (LCE)

This Leadership Council on Faculty and Staff engagement (LCE) serves as a strategic and advisory partner to the Office of Engagement & Teaching Excellence in advancing faculty and staff engagement, fostering a culture where everyone is able to thrive, while promoting programs that build supportive and psychologically safe environments for the community of Rutgers Health

Comprising faculty and staff leaders nominated by Deans and Directors across Rutgers Health schools and academic units, the Council focuses on implementing programmatic initiatives that cultivate thriving work environments.

LCE Members

Carla Hailey Penn, MS — Robert Wood Johnson Medical School
Charlotte Thomas-Hawkins, PhD, RN, FAAN — School of Nursing
Diane Calello — New Jersey Medical School
Herminio Perez, DMD, MBA — Rutgers School of Dental Medicine
Humberto R. Jimenez, PharmD, MPH, BCPS, AAHIVP — Ernest Mario School of Pharmacy
Juana Hutchinson-Colas — Robert Wood Johnson Medical School
Mercedes Padilla-Register, M.A. — New Jersey Medical School
Michelle Ruidiaz-Santiago — School of Public Health
Monica Williams-Rilley — Rutgers School of Dental Medicine
Nancy Cintron — Ernest Mario School of Pharmacy
Nicholas Geremia — Rutgers Health
Ravi Maharajh, EdS, LPC, ACS — Rutgers Health – University Behavioral Health Care
Robin Eubanks — School of Health Professions
Teri E. Lassiter, PhD, MPH — School of Public Health
Tracy Davis, PhD — School of Health Professions
Zorimar Rivera-Núñez, PhD, MS — Rutgers School of Public Health