Who We Are

CIHF, a partnership between the Nolan School of Hotel Administration (SHA) and the College of Human Ecology (CHE), is believed to be the world’s first academic center to combine hospitality, health policy/management, and design. Underscoring the schools’ leadership, Kate Walsh, Dean of the Nolan School of Hotel Administration and Rachel Dunifon, the Rebecca Q. and James C. Morgan Dean of the College of Human Ecology, are chairs of the governing board. Senior executives from several companies serve on the CIHF Advisory Board.

Directors
Heather Kolakowski and Mardelle Shepley. 

CIHF is led by Executive Director Heather Kolakowski, Lecturer in Food & Beverage Management, Cornell SC Johnson College of Business and Academic Director, Mardelle McCuskey Shepley, FAIA, EDAC, LEED AP, Professor in the department of Human Centered Design.  Christine Tanner is CIHF’s program manager and is supported by program assistant Allison DeDominick and Jennifer Mayo (Corporate and Foundation Relations). Faculty members from Cornell and other universities and industry executives serve as Faculty Fellows,  Academic Scholars and Industry Scholars. CIHF hosts visiting scholars from around the world and  supports the student organization, CUHF.

 


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