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Lehigh Carbon Community College

Student Success Coaches
Coaches help students to identify the barriers and challenges to meeting their goals, and then empower
students to take organized, intentional steps to meeting those goals through purposeful relationships and
honest, compassionate communication.

Student Success Coach Mission
Student success coaches encourage student success by providing guidance and helping to navigate
college resources so students have the skills to overcome academic, social, technological and
organizational barriers.

Coaches

 Mervat  Ahmed

Mervat Ahmed

Math – Success Coach
 Reginald  Akpom

Reginald Akpom

Career and Technical Education (CTE) – Success/ Recitation Coach
 Vincent J. Belletti

Vincent J. Belletti

Career and Technical Education (CTE) – Success/ Recitation Coach
Schnecksville, PA
 Estela  DeRosa

Estela DeRosa

World Languages, ASL and ESL – Success Coach
 Katelyn  Herling

Katelyn Herling

Healthcare, Science & Engineering Coach
 Mary   Pickett

Mary Pickett

Computer Science and Information Technology Coach
 Tammy  Shields

Tammy Shields

Communication, Art, Design & Education and Public Service Coach
 Susanne  Smith

Susanne Smith

English and Dual Enrollment & Early College Coach
 Elizabeth  Turner

Elizabeth Turner

Manufacturing, Transportation, & Non-Credit Coach
 Melanie A. Turrano

Melanie A. Turrano

Professor of English / Coordinator of Success & Faculty Coaching in the Coaching Commons
Tamaqua, PA