Our Team

CFE Staff

Viji Sathy

Interim Director
Center for Faculty Excellence
Interim Associate Provost for Faculty Development and Success
Office of Faculty Affairs
Professor of the Practice
Department of Psychology and Neuroscience
College of Arts and Sciences

viji_sathy@unc.edu

Catherine Gihlstorf

Director for Operations
Office of Faculty Affairs and
the Center for Faculty Excellence

Catherine_Gihlstorf@unc.edu

Marissa Stewart

Associate Director for Faculty Development in Teaching and Learning
Center for Faculty Excellence

Marissa.Stewart@unc.edu

Emily Boehm

Senior Faculty Development Consultant in Teaching and Learning
Center for Faculty Excellence

Emily.Boehm@unc.edu

Kayla Shearer

Faculty Development Consultant in Teaching and Learning
Center for Faculty Excellence

Kayla.Shearer@unc.edu

Joanna Foland

Program Lead and Faculty Development Consultant in Leadership and Mentoring
Center for Faculty Excellence

JFoland@email.unc.edu

Kara Penfield

Senior Faculty Development Consultant in Leadership Development
Center for Faculty Excellence
Co-founder, Partner, and Executive Coach
Spiro Coaching Institute

Kara@spirocoaching.com

Linda Basch

Faculty Development Consultant
Center for Faculty Excellence
Executive Leadership and Group Coach, Advisor
Educator

Linda.G.Basch@gmail.com

Bob Henshaw

Instructional Technology Consultant and EdTech Liaison
Center for Faculty Excellence

BHenshaw@email.unc.edu

Lourdes Cantu

Business Services Coordinator
Center for Faculty Excellence

cantu@unc.edu

Marco Garcia-Verdugo

Soc/Clin Research Specialist and Data Analyst
Center for Faculty Excellence

GMarco@unc.edu

CFE Liaisons and Program Co-Facilitators

Kennita Johnson

Faculty Liaison
Center for Faculty Excellence
Director of Community Engagement and Assistant Professor
Department of Biomedical Engineering

Kennita@email.unc.edu

Melissa Geil

Faculty Liaison, Leadership Journeys
Center for Faculty Excellence
Clinical Associate Professor of Management and Corporate Communication
Kenan-Flagler Business School

melissahull_geil@kenan-flagler.unc.edu

Faculty Fellows

Dana Riger

Faculty Fellow
Center for Faculty Excellence
Clinical Associate Professor
School of Education

driger@unc.edu

Lillian Zwemer

Faculty Fellow, Large Course Instruction
Center for Faculty Excellence
Teaching Assistant Professor
Department of Biology
College of Arts and Sciences

lmzwemer@email.unc.edu

Graduate Student Assistants

Khaled Shaath

Leadership Development Programs Assistant
Center for Faculty Excellence

khalk@email.unc.edu

Peyton Smalls

Leadership Development Programs Assistant
Center for Faculty Excellence

psmalls@unc.edu

Aubrey Lewis

Teaching and Learning Programs Assistant
Center for Faculty Excellence

aubreycl@email.unc.edu

Office of Faculty Affairs

Visit the Office of Faculty Affairs website for contact information for OFA staff.