DMACC Career Advantage Staff

Randy Mead
Dean, Program Development
ramead@dmacc.edu
515-964-6392
Randy is the Dean of Program Development and provides leadership for a variety of programs at DMACC including Corrections, Youth-at-Risk High School Programs, Distance Learning, Adult Basic Education, ESL, ACE, and Curriculum.

Mark Steffen
Director of High School Programs and Academic Course Programs
masteffen@dmacc.edu
515-965-7078
Mark works with high school faculty and counselors to set up shared programming in the areas of academic courses. He also works to ensure and maintain the success of the STRIVE and Youth-at-Risk programs.

Randy Gabriel
Supervisor of Program Development and Career/Technical Education
rgabriel1@dmacc.edu
515-964-6011
Randy works with high school faculty and counselors to set up shared programming in the areas of career/technical education.

Wendy Ferraro
Administrative Assistant
weferraro@dmacc.edu
515-964-6852
Wendy works as the administrative assistant for Program Development, working with Curriculum, Faculty Grants, the ACE Program, and the Career Advantage program.

Mike Christensen
Educational Consultant
mchristensen5@dmacc.edu
515-965-7173
Mike works with high school/adjunct faculty members and their administrators to ensure the delivery and credibility of the Career Advantage program.

Dave Kissinger
Educational Consultant
djkissinger@dmacc.edu
515-965-7173
Dave works with Youth-at-Risk programs and also lends support on shared programming and the Career Advantage program.

Larry Shaeffer
Story County Consortium Director
larrysh@huxcomm.net
515-663-6705
Larry works with the seven Story County schools to ensure the efficiency and maintenance of the

Lisa Carlson
Academic Advisor
llcarlson1@dmacc.edu
515-965-7347 office
515-669-3326 cell
Lisa provides academic advising, recruitment, assessment, and orientation to high school students in the Career Advantage program.

April Dameron
Academic Advisor
ajdameron@dmacc.edu
515-287-8704 office
515-333-6611 cell
April provides academic advising, recruitment, assessment, and orientation to high school students in the Career Advantage program.

Melanie Ellison
Academic Advisor
maellison@dmacc.edu
515-964-6832 office
515-333-0379 cell
Melanie provides academic advising, recruitment, assessment, and orientation to high school students in the Career Advantage program.

Alicia Harper
Academic Advisor
ahharper@dmacc.edu
515-663-6707 office
515-333-6611 cell
Alicia provides academic advising, recruitment, assessment, and orientation to high school students in the Career Advantage program.

Megan Mudd
Academic Advisor
mjmudd@dmacc.edu
515-965-7170 office
515-249-0560 cell
Megan provides academic advising, recruitment, assessment, and orientation to high school students in the Career Advantage program.

Sokish Sands
Academic Advisor
stsands@dmacc.edu
515-287-8713 office
515-333-6612 cell
Sokish provides academic advising, recruitment, assessment, and orientation to high school students in the Career Advantage program.

Corey Kopatich
Academic Advisor
cwkopatich@dmacc.edu
515-965-7172 office
Corey provides academic advising, recruitment, assessment, and orientation to high school students in the Career Advantage program.

Zoë Thornton
Academic Advisor
zmthornton@dmacc.edu
515-964-6898 office
Zoe provides academic advising, recruitment, assessment, and orientation to high school students in the Career Advantage program.

Steven Schulz
Provost, Carroll Campus
712-792-8308 office
sdschulz@dmacc.edu
Steve is the provost of the Carroll Campus.

 

Richard Hogan
Counselor
712-792-4350 office
rehogan@dmacc.edu
Dick provides academic advising to high school students in the Carroll Consortium.