Steering Committee

Breton Bienvenue is the instructional technology associate at Tompkins Cortland Community College, where he facilitates the use of open educational resources and supports the development of online and hybrid courses. Prior to entering the field of educational technology and instructional design, Breton taught for over a decade in the areas of cognitive science, psycholinguistics and statistics.

Dr. Kathryn Dimiduk is the director of the James McCormick Family Teaching Excellence Institute in the College of Engineering at Cornell University. She has been the director since the Institute's founding in 2008. She leads the Teaching Workshop for New Faculty, Teaching Topic Lunch Discussions, consults with faculty on teaching issues and initiatives, runs a mid-semester feedback program for ~200 courses per semester, is instrumental in the designs of new classrooms and classroom renovations, and is a general trouble shooter for teaching issues in the college.

Prior to Cornell, Kathryn taught Physics and Math at the University of New Mexico for 16 years following time teaching physics at Chapman University.

Dr. Jenna Linskens is an industry leader in instructional technology and learning and a Certified Education Technology Leader (CETL) through CoSN. She is the Associate Director for Learning Technologies at Ithaca College. She provides leadership in staff development and coaching support in technology integration, instructional design, and e-learning. She has 22+ years of teaching and coaching experience in K-12 and higher education institutions.

Dr. Joe Gomulak-Cavicchio is an Assistant Professor of Clinical Nursing, ADA Access Coordinator, Coordinator for Online Learning and Instructional Designer at the University of Rochester School of Nursing. He works with faculty on improving the alignment of their course materials and helps them think about what activities and technologies are being used. Joe also teaches in the Master's in nursing education program where he helps prepare future nurse educators.