Council Members
Sharon Bancroft is an adjunct instructor in the Department of Computer Science. She has taught various computer courses with the New Brunswick Board of Education Adult Education Program for twelve years. She is currently employed at The College of New Jersey. She coordinates the Information Management training program for the Faculty and Staff and instructs several classes. Sharon received her BS in Nutrition from Cook College, Rutgers University in 1987, and her BS in Biology in 1993.
Phyllis Cirbus has served on the Council since 1998. She is an adjunct instructor in the English as a Second Language Department. She has taught various levels of ESL courses at MCC since 1995, both on campus and at the Perth Amboy Center. She has also taught ESL since 1979, and served as Supervisor of the ESL departments for the Old Bridge and the Edison school districts. She received her B.A. in Spanish, and MA in Education from Kean University, from where she later obtained her Special Education, LDT-C, and Supervision certificates.
Mike Denes is an adjunct instructor in the Department of Accounting and Legal Studies and the Chairperson of the Council. He received his B.S. in Accounting/Finance from Rider University and his M.B.A. from Seton Hall University. He has taught various accounting and business courses since arriving at MCC in 1977. Mike has over 25 years of professional experience in both government and private industry as an accountant, tax accountant, auditor, managerial accountant, controller and financial analyst.
Richard Ellison is Chairperson of the Department of Accounting and Legal Studies. Prof. Ellison has taught various accounting courses since first arriving at MCC in 1988. He received his B.S. in Accounting from Rutgers University and an M.B.A. in Finance from Fairleigh Dickinson University. Rich was also the CFO of an Edison-based manufacturing company and is a licensed public accountant.
John Evancho is an adjunct instructor in the Department of Accounting and Legal Studies. He has taught various accounting courses since his arrival at MCC in September, 1987. John received his B.S. in Accounting from The College of New Jersey (formerly Trenton State College) in 1973 and earned his CPA Certification from the New Jersey Board of Accountancy in 1980. John is employed by the United States Treasury.
Vice President Ronald C. Goldfarb has been at Middlesex County College since 1988. Ron earned his B.A. from the City University of New York and his J.D. from New York Law School. He was an adjunct, teaching various law courses, until 1995 when he became Chairperson of the Accounting and Legal Studies Department. He now serves as the Vice President for Legal and External Affairs. Ron was one of the founding members of the Council in 1988 and has served on it continuously since then.
Dean Barbara Greene (Member Emeritus in Perpetuity), one of the Council's founders and charter members, served as the Dean of Academic Services and Urban Centers until her retirement in June 2001. She earned her A.B. and M.Ed. from Rutgers University. Dean Greene began working at MCC in 1972 as an admissions counselor. She moved into the administrative ranks when she joined the Division of Continuing Education in 1974 and was appointed Dean of Instructional Resources and Urban Centers in 1995. Although retired from the College, her spirit remains an integral part of the Council for Adjunct Faculty Development.
Melvin Hinton has been a part of the adjunct faculty since 1988. His subjects include Algebra, Computer Science and Student Success for the Mathematics Department, Computer Science Department and the Department of Psychology and Education respectively. Melvin has a B.S. degree in Electrical Engineering and a M.S. degree in Engineering Management from NJIT. He is a retiree of PSEG's Information Technology Department.
John Kruszewski has been an adjunct instructor of European and American history at Middlesex County College since 1991. John received his B.A. from Georgetown University and his M.A. from Fordham University. He has been on the Council since 1993 and served as its Chair from 1997-2000. John has served the College as Acting Coordinator of Continuing Studies, Assistant Director of the Perth Amboy Center, and is now the Assistant Director of the Academic Advising Center. He maintains the Council's Web Site.
Zenora Lala is the Administrative Assistant to the Council for Adjunct Faculty Devlopment and serves on the Publicity and Public Relations Committee. After working in the Politics Department of Princeton University and the Tribunal Office of the Diocese of Metuchen, Zenora came to MCC in November of 1998. She first worked in the Department of Continuing Education and moved to her current position as the Departmental Assistant of the Adjunct Faculty Center in September, 1999. Zenora is well-known to all adjunct faculty who visit the Adjunct Faculty Center in Raritan Hall and often tells them "The Center is your home, please visit as often as you like."
Margot Lowell has been an adjunct professor for the ESL Department of Middlesex since 1991. She has a Bachelor’s Degree from St. John’s University and a Master’s Degree from the College of Staten Island. Prof. Lowell is retired from the NYC Board of Education.
Caroline Marchitto has served on the Council since January 2002. She has taught numerous courses in the Accounting and Legal Studies Department including Introduction to the Paralegal Profession, Legal Research and Legal Writing. She has taught at the college since 1993. She has taken time off from her law practice to raise her two young children. She received her B.A. in Philosophy from Drew University and her J.D. from Seton Hall University School of Law.
Mary Petti has been adjunct faculty since September 2003, teaching Freshman Seminar and Student Success classes for the Department of Psychology and Education. She has a Ph.D. in Higher Education with a minor in Child Development from the University of Pittsburgh and taught in the Indiana community college system and for the American Red Cross prior to moving to New Jersey
Ed Ruhno is an adjunct instructor in the Department of Accounting and Legal Studies, is a charter member of the Council and served as Chair of the Council from 1995-1997 and again from 2000-2001. He earned his B.S. from Widener College. He has taught accounting and business courses at MCC since January, 1982. Ed is employed by the United States Treasury as an accountant.
