THE INSTITUTE ON THE AMERICAN DREAM

MISSION STATEMENT

The Institute will define, analyze, and compare concepts of individual, ethnic, and national American dreams, seek their origins, and evaluate who wins and who loses under the various definitions. The Institute will organize academic and community programs and seek educationally collaborative ways for the college and others to interact with the Erie area to understand and foster appropriate visions for the future.

To meet the aforementioned goals an
 
ADVISORY GROUP
 
for the Institute has been formed.

The Advisory Group will monitor progress, give advice on conferences, publications, and discuss various concepts of the Dream. The Director will submit a yearly report and prepare an agenda for an annual meeting. There will be optional bi-monthly lunch meetings as well. Members serve for 3 to 5 years and others may be co-opted. The Penn State faculty may serve through their time of appointment and students through their residency.

Advisory Group Members-Penn State Erie

Jack Burke
CEO & Dean, Penn State Erie

Margie Taylor
Director of Development, Penn State Erie

Bob Light
Senior Associate Dean for Research, Graduate Studies, and Outreach

Archie Loss
Professor of English and American Studies

Dean Baldwin
Assistant Director, Humanities and Social Sciences

Chester Wolford
Professor of English

Syed Saad Andaleeb
Professor of Marketing, School of Business

Clare Porac
Professor of Psychology

Chris Rizzo
Director of Student Activities and
Reed Union Building

Stacey McCoy
Accounting Clerk & Student Activities Assist.

Asia Horton
Humanities Student

Charles Brock
Director, Institute on the American Dream
Emeritus Fellow, Oxford University

Penn State Erie Non-Committee Helpers:
Dan Barnard, John Rossi, and Wendy Kallgren

Advisory Group Members-Erie Area

Joyce Savocchio
Former Mayor of Erie 

Gary Horton
Urban Erie Community Development Corp.

William Garvey
President, Mercyhurst College 

Daniel Miller
McClure, Miller Law Firm, Erie

Thomas Hagen
Manufacturer & former Commerce Sec. of PA

Susan Hagen
Consultant

Sister Anne Wambach
Director, Erie Art House

Mary Beth Kennedy
Social Worker 

Charles Kennedy
Director, Community Country Day School

Bill Morgenstern
CEO, Rentway 

Joe Benacci
CEO, Transportation Systems

Walter Harf
Retired businessman

Michael Murnock
International Institute of Erie

Joan Brown Campbell
Director, Dept. of Religion, Chautauqua Institute

Marnie Evanoff-McGeorge
School Teacher

Nicole Martin
Artist

John Vanco
Director, Erie Art Museum

Mara N. Johnson
Child Psychologist

Cynthia Wyatt
Erie Insurance

Courtney Wyatt
Actress