Senior Management Team

Rosalyn W. Berne, Vice President and Senior Academic Officer

Rosalyn joins the Institute for Shipboard Education from the University of Virginia, where she is associate professor in the Department of Science, Technology and Society. She has served as the head of school for Tandem Friends School in Charlottesville, Va., assistant vice president for administration at U.Va., director of admissions at the U.Va. Darden Graduate School of Business Administration, and executive director of the Olsson Center for Applied Ethics at the Darden School. Rosalyn's research focuses on the ethical, cultural, and societal implications of the emergence and convergence of nanotechnology, bio-technology, information technology and cognitive sciences. She is particularly interested in the role and function of moral imagination, mythology and religious belief in conceptualizations pertaining to ethics in technological development. She has published widely on nanotechnology ethics. She is the author of the book Nanotalk: Conversations with Scientists and Engineers about Ethics, Meaning and Belief in the Development of Nanotechnology (2006). Rosalyn holds multiple degrees from the University of Virginia, including a B.A. in Speech Communication, M.A. in Rhetoric and Communication Studies, and Ph.D. in Religious Studies/Bio-Ethics.

Thomas C. Holleran, Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

Tom holds a B.S. in Accounting from Duquesne University and a M.B.A. from Robert Morris University. He came to ISE in 1997 as the Account Controller for the Business Office. Tom has sailed with Semester at Sea on the Fall 1998 and Spring 2001 voyages.

Salvatore Moschella, Vice President and Chief Operating Officer

Sal holds a B.S. and M.B.A. in Computer Science and is currently pursing a Ph.D. in the field of Organizational Information Behavior at the University of Pittsburgh. He completed part of his studies at the University of Bologna, Italy. Prior to starting his career with the Institute in 1994, Sal provided Management Consulting Services to higher education and corporate clients in the U.S. and Europe. He sailed on Semester at Sea in 1991 as Assistant Dean and in 2002 as part-time faculty and IT Coordinator. As adjunct faculty at Duquesne University and the University of Pittsburgh, Sal has taught courses in e-Commerce, Database Management, and Information Systems Design. Born in Italy, Sal is fluent in Italian and English and has basic knowledge of Spanish.

Megan Murphy, Vice President of Development and Alumni Affairs

Megan comes to ISE from Marlborough School in Los Angeles, Ca. where she served as director of development. She also served as dean of admissions and enrollment management at Allegheny College in Meadville, Pa. and sailed as a living-learning coordinator on Semester at Sea in fall 1990. She holds an M.A. degree in public administration and international affairs from the University of Pittsburgh and a B.A. degree in international studies and French from Allegheny.

Jill D. Wright, Vice President and Chief Academic Officer

Jill's first Semester at Sea experience was sailing as Field Office Coordinator on the Fall 1989 voyage. At that time she was Associate Professor in the School of Education, University of Tennessee-Knoxville. She joined ISE in 1990 and has sailed as Executive Dean on five voyages. Jill earned a B.A. in Biology and General Science, Hiram College; M.S.T., Biology Education, Cornell University and Ph.D., Science Education, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. Jill began her career teaching junior high and high school science in Ithaca, New York and Durham, North Carolina. After earning her doctorate, she taught science education at Tennessee Technological University and the University of Tennessee-Knoxville and also directed an environmental education center.

Michael J. Zoll, Vice President of Admissions, Financial Aid and Student Affairs

Mike's two decades of leadership in higher education include administrative and faculty positions. Before joining the Institute full-time in 2006, Mike served as vice provost at Saint Mary's College of California, dean at Mount Saint Mary's University, associate dean at Gonzaga University and the Claremont Colleges/Harvey Mudd, and assistant dean at College of the Holy Cross. Mike has sailed on four past Semester at Sea voyages (resident director in spring 1990, assistant executive dean in spring 1993; director of student life in summer 2000, and assistant executive dean in 2005) and will serve as executive dean for the summer 2009 voyage to Europe and North Africa. Mike earned his Bachelor of Arts degree in Communication Studies and Religious Studies from the University of California, Santa Barbara; Masters degree in Higher Education and Student Affairs Administration from the University of Vermont; and doctorate degree in Educational Leadership from the University of La Verne. Mike is active in several professional organizations (including NAFSA-Association of International Educators; and NASPA-National Association of Student Affairs Administrators) and recently co-presented a national webinar titled "Parents and Education Abroad: A Training Manual". Mike lives in Charlottesville, Virginia, with his wife and four children.