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Title IX Coordinator

Emily Sherwood
Director of Community Standards
and Student Wellbeing 
216.397.4402
Email: titleix@jcu.edu

Deputy Title IX Coordinators

Rebecca Drenovsky, Ph.D.
Associate Academic Vice President
Dean of Graduate Studies
Administration Building 133e
1 John Carroll Blvd.
University Heights, OH 44118
216-397-4451
rdrenovsky@jcu.edu

Calloway Kusold
Coordinator for Student Experience & Campus Belonging
St. Ignatius Hall, Room 128
1 John Carroll Blvd.
University Heights, OH 44118
216-397-4425
ckusold@jcu.edu

Jennifer Rick
Assistant Vice President for Human Resources
Rodman Hall
1 John Carroll Blvd.
University Heights, OH 44118
(216) 397-1905
jrick@jcu.edu

Kerry Bebie
Deputy Athletic Director
DeCarlo Varsity Center, Room 110
1 John Carroll Blvd.
University Heights, OH 44118
(216) 397-1997
kbebie@jcu.edu

Ad Hoc Title IX Officers 

Title IX Officers are University employees (both faculty and staff) who are specially trained to serve on an ad hoc basis in a number of different roles.  Generally, Title IX Officers may serve as facilitators of an informal resolution process (either Pre-Complaint Resolution or Agreed Resolutions after a Formal Complaint has been filed), Investigators, members of a Complaint Review Panel (“CRP”), Process Advisors, or members of the Appeal Review Panel (“ARP”).  The Vice President of Diversity, Equity & Inclusion or designee, in consultation with the Title IX Coordinator, appoints the Ad Hoc Title IX Officers annually. 

In addition to the Title IX Coordinator and Deputy Title IX Coordinators listed above, the following individuals have received the requisite training to serve as Title IX Officers for the 2025-26 academic year:

• Adam Gilbert, Associate Director of Residence Life for Housing Operations

• Andy Welki, Professor

• Adam Gilbert, Associate Director of Residence Life for Housing Operations
• Angela Aviquivil, Assistant Director for the Center for Student Belonging
• Anna Brock, Program Coordinator for the Center for Student Belonging
• Axel Brandt, Professor
• Colleen Treml, General Counsel
• Greg Farnell, Professor
• Inez Laureano, Senior Associate Director, Student Enrollment and Financial Services
• Jen Rick, AVP for Human Resources
• Joanna Garcia, Professor
• John Paul Robinson, Director for Institutional Compliance & Campus Belonging
• Kathleen Sardon, Director of Campus Ministry
• Katie Jansen, Associate Director for Student Engagement
• Kerry Bebie, Deputy Athletic Director
• Kyle Wolfe, Director of Residence Life
• Lisa Brown Cornelius, AVP For Student Experience & Campus Belonging, Dean of Students
• Lisa Ramsey, Academic Success Advisor
• Mariah Webinger, Professor
• Medora Barnes, Professor
• Rebecca Drenovsky, AVP of Academic Affairs
• Ryan Mann, Senior Assistant Director of Admission
• Todd Bruce, Assistant Provost for IEA
• Ryan Armsworthy, Director of Total Rewards
• Calloway Kusold, Coordinator for Student Experience & Campus Belonging
• Emily Sherwood, Director of Community Standards & Student Wellbeing

• Brian Saxton, Professor

• Michael Touvelle, Assistant General Counsel

• Tara Jenner-Donaldson, Director of Pre-Health Professions

• Karen Connell, Budget and Communications Specialist

• Carole Moran Krus, Research Compliance Admin

• Loretta Dahlstrom, Administrative Assistant

• Brittany Webb, Coordinator of Residential Student Neighborhood Experience

• Jacob Buathier, Assistant Director of Residence Life for Housing Operations

• Emily Taylor, Academic Success Advisor

• Jonathan Steele, Assistant Director of Admission

• Rory O’Neil, Director of Alumni Relations

Training Information

Title IX Officers receive regular training on the following topics:

• the definition of sexual harassment;
• the scope of the University’s education programs and activities;
• how to conduct an investigation and grievance process including hearings, appeals, and informal resolution processes, as applicable;
• how to apply definitions under the Sexual Harassment and Interpersonal Violence Policy consistently and impartially as to consent; 
• how to serve impartially, including by avoiding prejudgment of the facts at issue, conflicts of interest, and bias;
• on any technology to be used at a live hearing or in any other stage of the Resolution Processes;
• on issues of relevance of questions and evidence, including when questions and evidence about the Complainant’s sexual predisposition or prior sexual behavior are not relevant;
• issues of relevance to create an investigative report that fairly summarizes relevant evidence;
• other topics as necessary to adequately serve in their role as an investigator, or member of the CRP or ARP.

At the discretion of the Title IX Coordinator, the University may also retain external contractors to serve as ad hoc Title IX Officers.