Campus Executive Dean of the Michael J. Grant Campus at Suffolk County Community College, providing oversight for 45 academic programs, student services, and facilities — aligned to the College’s mission, institutional goals, and strategic plan. Oversight of a $33M campus budget and acquisition of $35M in capital funding for Allied Health, Workforce Development, Automotive Technology, and STEM programs.
The throughline across Donna’s career — drawn from the profile that opens her CV, in the words she uses for it.
Student-centered administrator. Committed to engagement and the support mechanisms that produce maximum success.
Data-driven decision-maker. Internal reporting and external benchmarks that improve teaching while maximizing budget efficiency.
Established relationships with government, business, industry, and community leadership across Long Island.
English studies through doctoral leadership work — each degree taken at a New York institution, each with a thesis or dissertation on the record.
Dissertation: Community College Vice Presidents of Institutional Advancement: Role Expectations, Fund Raising Responsibilities, Professional Relationships, and Commitment to the Institution.
Graduate Assistant Scholarship. Thesis: The Visual Arts and D.H. Lawrence.
Dean’s List. Thesis: Flannery O’Connor: Characters Redeemed.
Dean’s List.
Most recent first. Two-sentence scope per role; the full bullet inventory lives in the downloadable CV at the bottom of this section.
Academic and administrative oversight for 45 programs, 660 faculty, 6,000+ students, and a $33M operating budget. Acquired $35M in capital for Allied Health, Workforce, Automotive, and STEM.
Master schedule for 10,000+ students and 1,300 sections; $16.5M division budget; launched Performing Arts AA, Sports Management AS, Center for Humanistic Studies.
Chaired the Administrative, Educational, and Student-services unit assessment cycle for the College.
Led a 15-member team over 18 months; authored the final report and executive summary for the Middle States Commission.
Led 13 disciplines, 73 faculty, and 1,100 students across the Humanities at the Eastern Campus.
Led 2,400-adjunct hiring, promotion, and certification processes across the College.
Co-chaired SCCC’s institutional self-study of the first-year experience using the Foundations of Excellence framework.
Twenty years in the classroom, on tenure track from Instructor through full Professor — the foundation under every administrative role above.
Undergraduate teaching at Suffolk County Community College in EDU 201, ENG 101, and ENG 102 — the first-year writing sequence and the foundational education course for prospective teachers.
Graduate education courses instructed at Empire State University, 2008–2009, in the Master of Arts in Teaching program.
Earlier K–8 teaching: East Meadow UFSD (1993–2000) and NYC Public Schools, Goddard JHS 202 (1991–1993).
Most recent first. The full list of citations, recognitions, and writings lives on the Recognitions page.
Ciampa, D.L. & Tacke-Cushing, L. (2022). 2022–2023 SUNY High Needs Localities Fund Allied Health Program Award Acceptance Agreement. Proposal #2311. $125,000.
Successful state proposal funding Allied Health program expansion at SCCC.
Gosine, M. & Ciampa, D.L. (2016). Let Them Eat Cake: A Discourse on Why Leaders Fail. New York: Pearson. View on Amazon
Co-authored study of leadership breakdown across higher-education and nonprofit institutions.
Ciampa, D.L. (2008). Teacher Centers and Mentoring Programs. In Santrock, J.W., Educational Psychology, 3rd ed. (pp. lxix–lxx). Boston: McGraw-Hill.
Quoted contribution in the front matter of Santrock’s textbook.
Ciampa, D.L. (2008). Teachers, Parents, Students: A Team. In Santrock, J.W., Educational Psychology, 3rd ed. (p. lxx). Boston: McGraw-Hill.
Companion contribution on the classroom-family partnership.
Ciampa, D.L. (2008). Teacher Centers and Mentoring Programs. In Sadker, D.M., Sadker, M.P., & Zittleman, K.R., Teachers, Schools, and Society: New York Edition (pp. xlix–l). Boston: McGraw-Hill.
Reprinted contribution in the New York Edition.
Ciampa, D.L. (2008). Teachers, Parents, Students: A Team. In Sadker, D.M., Sadker, M.P., & Zittleman, K.R., Teachers, Schools, and Society: New York Edition (pp. l–li). Boston: McGraw-Hill.
Companion piece in the same edition.
Ciampa, D.L., Cimino, L., Krueger, J., & Burke, W. (2008). Student technology utilization for successful employment: What you don’t know can hurt them. [Abstract]. COCID, Farmingdale, NY.
Conference abstract on the workforce-readiness implications of student tech use.
Six recent presentations, drawn from a longer list on the Recognitions page.
Selected appearances on the public record.
Quoted on the regional staffing shortage in K–12 paraprofessional roles.
Conversation on the Library Resource Center’s student-success work.
Departmental leadership feature filmed at the Eastern Campus.
Television interview on community-college programming.
Departmental leadership video produced for The Chair Academy library.
Profession-wide bodies, regional partnerships, and community organizations served across two decades.
Recognitions issued by elected officials, public bodies, and academic institutions from 1990 to the present.
For work promoting domestic violence awareness across Suffolk County.
Nominated for advancement of women in higher-education leadership.
SUNY-system recognition for sustained professional service.
Listed two consecutive years.
Graduate-level academic honor.
Undergraduate academic honor.
Five threads — drawn from the doctoral work and a decade of administrative evidence — that shape the questions Donna brings to every engagement.