The Risk and Security Assessment Committee (RSAC) is comprised of senior university officials who work with the Office for Global Health, Safety, and Security to minimize the impact of risks affecting the security, safety, and health of Michigan State University students and employees traveling internationally.
RSAC serves in an advisory capacity on policy and procedures and as a liaison to senior MSU leadership; the Office for Global Health, Safety, and Security is responsible for the operational aspects of global health, safety, and security.
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RSAC members are appointed by the President and the Provost. These members reflect a wide range of disciplines and expertise and people who are invested in the ongoing success of MSU's global initiatives, including the minimization of risk to participants in these initiatives.
The Chair is a senior active or emeritus MSU faculty member or official, appointed jointly by the President and the Provost.
Robert Glew
Robert Glew is Associate Dean for Academic Programs in International Studies and Programs at Michigan State University. As Associate Dean he works to support all dimensions of global learning across MSU in collaboration with Colleges, departments, other MSU units, and our partners locally, nationally, and abroad. As a cultural anthropologist, he has 30 years of experience working on issues of international development in the areas of coping and livelihood strategies, education, health, political and social change, and identity politics.
Mark Largent
Mark Largent is an historian of science, technology, and medicine, and he currently serves MSU as the interim Associate Provost for Undergraduate Education and the interim Dean of Undergraduate Studies.
Pero Dagbovie
Pero Gaglo Dagbovie is University Distinguished Professor in the Department of History and Associate Dean in the Graduate School at Michigan State University. Dr. Dagbovie is passionate about supporting graduate students and improving MSU's graduate education infrastructure.
Kurt Richter
Dr. Kurt Richter has thirty years of involvement in higher education and international development. Dr. Richter has worked in numerous countries in Africa, Asia and Latin America and has held long-term leadership roles in Guatemala, Colombia, Afghanistan and the Republic of Georgia. Dr. Richter led higher education human and institutional capacity development projects in numerous countries including Malawi, Tanzania, Senegal, South Sudan, Uganda, Afghanistan and Tajikistan. As a result, he brings a unique set of experiences and skills to the classroom, such as program implementation, international development theory and practice, proposal writing, financial leadership, project implementation and cross-cultural communication. Dr. Richter holds a B.Sc. and M.Sc. from the University of Missouri - Columbia and Ph.D. from the University of California, Davis.
Kwesi Brookins
The Office of University Outreach and Engagement (UOE) facilitates a university-wide charge to create an ecosystem of engagement by supporting the engaged activities of faculty, staff, and students. As the Vice Provost, Kwesi Brookins leads an effort aimed at fostering public access to university expertise and resources, and advocating for exemplary engaged scholarship, nationally and internationally.
Michael Brown, MD, MSc
Dr. Brown is the founding chair of the Department of Emergency Medicine at the Michigan State University College of Human Medicine. After graduating from medical school in 1986, he completed his EM residency training at Butterworth Hospital in Grand Rapids, Michigan where he subsequently joined the faculty. It was during this period when he developed a passion for summarizing evidence in a form that is useful to clinicians. This interest led to a MSc degree in Epidemiology with a focus on evidence synthesis (i.e., meta-analysis); Dr. Brown currently serves on the Editorial Board for Cochrane.
Bobbi Boland
As Interim Executive Director of the Office of Risk Management and Insurance, Bobbi Boland is responsible for property and liability risks, self-insurance and insurance programs, actuarial services, loss control programs, claims administration and coordination of damage assessment for the University.
Theresa Kelley
Theresa is Associate General Counsel at Michigan State University, where she primarily practices litigation and advises on employment law matters relating to support staff. Ms. Kelley also is responsible for advising on a variety of state and federal regulations and university policies including research misconduct, fiscal misconduct, and environmental law. Prior to joining MSU in 2000, Ms. Kelley was in private law practice in Houston, Texas. She served as a law clerk for the United States Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals, and received her law degree from the University of Houston in 1990 and her Bachelor of Science degree from Michigan State University in 1985.
Steven Hanson
Steven Hanson is the associate provost and Dean of International Studies and Programs (ISP). In this role, Dr. Hanson leads MSU's international programming efforts, including multidisciplinary and multicollege research and strategic partnerships with higher education institutions abroad.
Allyn Shaw
Allyn Shaw, Ph.D., is the Assistant Vice President for Student Development and Leadership and Dean of Students at Michigan State University. After serving nine years, as the Associate Director, Office of Faculty and Organizational Development and Director of Leadership Development Programs, Shaw transitioned to his Student Affairs position in 2014. He has also worked at the University of Richmond and the University of Tennessee.
Opal Leeman Bartzis
As executive director of education abroad, Opal provides vision for the education abroad office and leadership for all aspects of the education abroad experience at MSU. In addition to managing education staff units, she actively engages faculty and offices across campus in the institutional aim of cultivating globally engaged citizens.
Interim Vice President and Chief Safety Officer
Doug Monette joined the Michigan State University Department of Police and Public Safety in 1996. Since then, he has served as a Sergeant, Lieutenant, First Lieutenant, Inspector, Administrative Captain, and Interim Chief of Police. He is currently the Interim Vice President and Chief Safety Officer. Doug leads the university’s Department of Police and Public Safety, including police, community engagement and support, emergency management, security systems, parking, transportation, and traffic engineering.
Doug is a mid-Michigan native. Prior to joining MSU, he worked for the East Lansing Police Department. He received his bachelor's degree in Criminal Justice from Ferris State University and his master's degree in Public Administration from Western Michigan University. In his free time, he enjoys spending time with friends and family outdoors.
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