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 New Jersey City University. 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 New Jersey City University (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 New Jersey City University. 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.