As a graduate of the University of Massachusetts at Amherst with a degree in Psychology, Fagan Forhan has consistently and passionately been involved in many facets of community service and has served on numerous boards and committees. In her current role, Fagan provides strategic direction and oversight for the Brewer Center for Civic Learning and Community Engagement, as well as the college’s Division of Access and Transition. She serves as a member of the Board of Higher Education’s Study Group on Civic Learning, a National Steering Committee Member for The Democracy Commitment, and a Steering Committee member for the national Economic Inequality Initiative through the American Democracy Project and The Democracy Commitment.

Lori Moog is the Director of Service Learning and Community Outreach at Raritan Valley Community College since 1996, earning the program national awards annually. She has led the development of three multistate service learning initiatives and offered 100 professional development workshops on developing service learning programs regionally, nationally and internationally.

Merry Mayer is an assistant professor of political science at Wright College, one of the city colleges of Chicago. For the past several years she has served as service learning coordinator at Wright and also coordinates the Diplomacy Lab program, where students undertake research for the U.S. Dept. of State.

Josh Young is the director of Miami Dade College’s Institute for Civic Engagement and Democracy where he oversees a host of civic learning and democratic engagement programming, including community-campus partnerships, academic service-learning, community service Federal Work-Study, voter engagement, and myriad other programs. He has had the privilege of working at Miami Dade College (MDC) for the last 29 years. Josh has a bachelor’s degree in sociology from the University of Virginia and master’s degrees in social work and public administration from Florida State University. Josh served two tours with the United States Peace Corps in Mali, West Africa and Paraguay, South America. Josh also led community service programs for youth for four summers in the Dominican Republic with Visions International, and he has been a volunteer mentor with Big Brothers Big Sisters of Greater Miami for more than twenty-five years.

Duane Oakes is Faculty Director for the Center for Community & Civic Engagement. He’s also been advisor to MCC’s award-winning Phi Theta Kappa student scholars organization, one of the nation’s largest. He has won numerous awards for his leadership roles in student life, Phi Theta Kappa, and service learning, and he was previously director of student leadership at Chandler-Gilbert Community College. Because of Duane’s efforts, MCC has been named to the U.S. President’s Higher Education Community Service Honor Roll since 2006 and recently achieved the coveted Community Engagement Classification from the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching.

Dr. Patty Robinson has worked at College of the Canyons for 26 years and has served as Sociology Professor, Department Chair, and Dean. She left administration to lead the College’s campus-wide work on civic learning as faculty director. Patty received her Ph.D. in sociology from UC Davis.

Verdis Robinson is the Director of Community College Engagement for Campus Compact.