NECI Faculty

As of April, 2011

 With NECI SinceHighest Degree Earned
Baking and Pastry
Baking and Pastry Department Chair Michael Rhoads Aug 2010 AOS, NECI & currently enrolled in NECI BA program
Executive Pastry Chef Adrian Wetstrope Mar 1998 Diplomas, Pastries & Bakery, Barking College of Technology - London
Chef Instructors Jill Lanpher Sep 2006 AOS, NECI & currently enrolled in NECI BA program
  John McBride Aug 2006 AAS, Paul Smith's College
  Philippe Niez Nov 2009 College Des Aprentis patissier; BA Pastry, Rouen France
  Anne Vogel Aug 2005 BA, Biology, Sweet Briar College; AOS, NECI
  Michelle Buswell Mar 2010 BA, Sociology, University of Vermont & CIA Greystone Certificate in B&P
  Elise Cushman (adjunct) May 2010 MS, Dietetics, University of Vermont; BS, Journalism, University of Tennessee; AAS, Culinary & B&P, Johnson & Wales
  Matthew Rousseau Jun 2010 AAS, Johnson & Wales & currently enrolled in NECI BA program
  Mathew Zimmerman Dec 2005 BA, Hotel Restaurant Management, NECI; Culinary Certificate, Atlantic Community College
  Kathleen Kessler Jun 2010 AOS, CIA & currently enrolled in NECI BA program
  Daniel Tabor Aug 1996 BS, Johnson & Wales
Culinary Arts
Executive Chef Thomas Bivins Apr 2003 BA, Communications; AOS, NECI
Chef Instructors Martha Franklin Sep 2006 AOS, NECI; BA, Vermont College
  Douglas Barg Dec 2009 BA, Psychology, Boston University
  James Birmingham, Jr. Sep 2006 BS, Johnson State; Le Cordon Bleu Certificate
  Andre Burnier Dec 1990 Breuet D'Etudes Pro, France
  David Capaccioli Nov 2009 BS, Culinary Management, Art Institutes
  Emma Cutler May 2002 Secondary Diploma, England
  Joshua Gibbs Sep 2003 BAHRM, NECI; AOS, NECI
  Michael Gunyan Sep 2007 AOS, NECI
  John Barton Apr 1997 AOS, Johnson & Wales
  Sarah Langan Jul 1991 AOS, L'Ecole de Cuisine
  David Miles May 1983 BA, Goddard College
  Ryan O'Malley Jun 2010 BPS, Paul Smith's College
  Mark Molinaro Jun 2003 BA, Anthropology, Cleveland State University
  Robert Hildebrand Oct 2010 BS, Finance, Georgetown University & AOS, NECI
  Jeffrey Andre Aug 2010 BS, CIA
  Steven Perkoski Jun 2010 AAS (2) Hospitality & Restaurant Management, Culinary Arts
Hospitality and Restaurant Management
HRM Department Chair Michelle Ford Mar 1997 BA, HRM, NECI
Instructors Denis Boucher Sep 2007 BS, Hospitality Management, Florida International University; AOS, CIA
  Patrick Allard Sep 2010 BA, HRM, NECI
  Adrian Wade Mar 2010 BA, Studio Art, Hollins University
Faculty Development Coordinators
Culinary Arts Lyndon Virkler Oct 1988 M.Ed. Union Institute at Vermont College
HRM David Garaventa Mar 2002 MBA, Champlian College
  Jennifer Reardon Sep 2009 M.Ed. Mansfield Univ., BA UMass Amherst
General Education
  Andrea Silva-McManus Mar 2005 Ph.D. Education, Champlain College
  Darryl Benjamin Jul 2009 MFA, Union Institute & University
Adjuncts David Brace Apr 2010 MBA Southern NH Univ., BS Champlain College, AS Champlain College
  Peter Burmeister Sep 2009 MA, Fairleigh Dickinson University
  Terri Melincoff Mar 2007 BS, Food & Nutrition, Pennsylvania Indiana University
  Hope Rapaport Jun 2008 BFA, Pratt Institute
  Mario Martinez Sep 2006 BA, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México; Advanced graduate work
  Scott McNulty Jan 2011 MS, Engineering
  Jeffrey Roberts Mar 2007 Ph.D.
  Mary Rosholt Sep 2007 Ph.D.
  Erik Ruggles Jan 2010 Ph.D.
  Allison Schlageter Apr 2011 MS Nazareth College of Rochester, MS St. John Fisher College, BS SUNY College at Oneonta

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