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Scott Mittman received his Ph.D. and M.S. in Environmental Sciences from Rutgers University, New Jersey and his B.S. in Zoology from the University of Texas at Austin. He is currently the Interim Associate Dean of Sciences at ¿ìèÆƽâ°æ. Prior to NJCU, he served as Division Head and Professor at Essex County College and before that as Microbiology Subject Matter Expert at Columbia University Medical Center with an academic appointment as Research Scientist. Dr. Mittman has taught at all levels of the curriculum and produced a robust record of teaching and service. His research accomplishments and interests are in microbiology, sustainability and environmental sciences. Extracurricularly, Dr. Mittman serves as Vice President for the New Jersey Higher Education Partnership for Sustainability. 

Wanda L. Rutledge, M.B.A., Ph.D. was formerly the first Assistant Dean and first director of graduate business programs for the School of Business at ¿ìèÆƽâ°æ (NJCU), and the former founding chair of the management department. An entrepreneur, sports management and sports marketing consultant, she has more than 30 years of experience as a senior global non-profit sports management executive, working on four Summer and one Winter Olympic Games. She formerly held the position of Deputy Executive Director for USA Baseball and President of the National Council of Youth Sports for more than 25 years. She is the Faculty Athletics Representative (FAR) for NJCU to the NCAA. Dr. Rutledge has more than 20 new courses, three undergraduate degree programs, and a graduate degree program. She has been active in assessment and accreditation, serving as the Champion and official representative to the school’s accrediting body, ACBSP (Accreditation Council of Business Schools and Programs), for the past nine years. In her first year as director of graduate business programs, Dr. Rutledge revamped the MBA, expanded the School of Business collaboration with Harvard Business School Online, secured the first corporate pipeline partnership with Fidelity Investments for employee graduate degrees, and launched both undergraduate and graduate business programs at the university’s new location in Monmouth County, New Jersey.

Dr. Lourdes Sutton serves as the Acting Dean of the Deborah Cannon Partridge Wolf College of Education at ¿ìèÆƽâ°æ. In addition, Dr. Sutton serves as the University Policy Administrator on the University Policy Team, and also on the Middle States Steering Committee as co-chair for Standard Two: Ethics and Integrity. Dr. Sutton has approximately two decades experience as an educator and has held various positions within the College of Education. Prior to her arrival at NJCU, Dr. Sutton served as a public school teacher. She began her career in education as the recipient of the Geraldine R. Dodge Fellowship Award for Outstanding New Teacher in the State of New Jersey in 1996. In 2014, she was awarded the Excellence in Teaching Award from The National Society of Leadership and Success. She holds four K-12 teacher certifications. She also earned degrees in English Literature and Literacy Education from Jersey City State College, and a doctorate in Higher Education Leadership from Northcentral University. 

Dr. Walker is a recognized social policy expert and behavioral health researcher. Prior to joining NJCU, he served as Assistant Director at Webster University, responsible for leading the extended campus in Southern Maryland, including campus operations, academic and administrative services, enrollment management, and leading accreditation and state licensure requirements. He has served in a number of teaching, research, curriculum development, and doctoral research committee chair roles at various institutions, including Northcentral University, Trident University International, and Westminster College.  
 
Before embarking on an academic career, Dr. Walker served 10 years as a federal employee within the U.S. government, first serving as a Business Consultant with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, National Institute of Health, Center for Information Technology. He served in numerous senior leadership roles in the intelligence community promoting cyber security best practices, information sharing, and critical infrastructure protection. Dr. Walker served as Executive Officer with the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, Office of Intelligence and Analysis, leading private sector classified intelligence programs, national security strategy, public policy, diplomacy, and international affairs with coordinated efforts focused on national security programs designed to prevent domestic terrorism activities within the United States. He served as a Program Analyst with the U.S. Department of Defense, responsible for financial and contract audit readiness oversight across the U.S. Army and the DoD. Before his government civilian service, he served eight years as a U.S. Marine in various leadership roles across the U.S. Marine Corps in the Infantry, from 1998 – 2006 including numerous deployments to Africa, East Asia, Europe, the Middle East, Australia, and a combat tour in Iraq in 2003. 
 
Dr. Walker earned a B.A. in Business Administration from Columbia College, a Bachelor of Theology from the International Theological Seminar of California, an MBA from Webster University, and a Doctorate in Law and Policy from Northeastern University.