Staff Advisory Council

Mission

The Staff Advisory Council is a group of staff members from across the college that meets regularly with Human Resources leadership to research, discuss, and provide feedback on institutional policies and practices.  Outside of monthly meetings, Council members act as ambassadors to their local campus communities, sharing information and identifying issues of importance to staff. The Council also collaborates with HR staff to organize annual staff appreciation events.

Examples of staff policies and procedures the Council has shaped are:

• Expanded staff tuition benefit
• Accelerated schedule for increasing vacation accruals for support staff
• Changes to the bereavement policy

Membership

The council is comprised of 18 members, 3 from each of the “Neighborhoods” listed below.  We created these neighborhoods so that the membership of the council can represent the community as a whole.  New members are solicited annually. Staff may express interest themselves or be referred by others. Council members serve a 3 year term.    The Council meets monthly.

Neighborhoods

Name	Departments Covered / Council Members
Academic Departments	All departments reporting to the Dean of the Faculty (including Mystic) Justine Beringer, Dean of the Faculty Office, March 2020 – December 2022 Anna Robertson, Athletics Department, March 2020 – December 2021 Dusty López, Athletics Department, March 2019 – December 2020
Campus Life and College Relations	All departments reporting to the VP for Campus Life and VP for College Relations, except for Dining. Leila Derstine, Alumni Relations, March 2019 – December 2022 Kelan O’Brien, Development Office, January 2020 – December 2022 Ivy Rodriguez, Office of Student Life, March 2019 – December 2021
Dining	Dining Services Lisa Champagne, Dining Services, March 2019 – December 2021 Alison Stitcher, Dining Services, March 2019 – December 2022
Central Admin	All departments reporting to: Chief Communications Officer Chief Investment Officer Dean of the College President VP, Institutional Diversity & Equity VP, Finance and Administration Except for Facilities. Brittany Burdick, Williams Child Care Center, September 2017 – December 2020 Jaime Campbell, Controller’s Office, March 2019 – December 2021 Diane Koperniak, President’s Office, March 2019 – December 2022
Facilities	Facilities Scott Duncan, Facilities, September 2017 – December 2020 Scott Henderson, Facilities, September 2017 – December 2021 Lisa Olson, Facilities, March 2019 – December 2022
Provost’s Areas	All departments reporting to the Provost, including: Libraries Office for Informational Technology Williams College Museum of Art Science Center Zilkha Center Nadine Nance, Williams Libraries, September 2017 – December 2020 Barbara Palmer, WCMA, March 2019 – December 2022 Laura Zepka, Williams Libraries, March 2019 – December 2021

Ex Officio members

Danielle Gonzalez, Director, Human Resources
Kevin Thomas, Manager, Learning & Development Human Resources
Richard Duncan, HR Coordinator, Human Resources

Staff Council welcomes questions, comments and suggestions from members of the staff. 

For more information visit the Human Resources website.