President
Laura Dull
Laura is a Professor of History specializing in medieval and early modern Europe. She began her career at Delta College as an adjunct faculty member in 1998, while completing her doctorate at the University of Notre Dame, and joined the full-time faculty in 2002. Before unionization, Laura served on the Faculty Salary Committee as its first historian and later contributed to the first DCFA negotiation team. She chaired the second DCFA negotiation team. She has also served in several other leadership roles at Delta, including Division Chair during the college’s reorganization and transition to the Associate Dean model. Laura was the first coordinator of the Humanities Learning Center, which she helped establish with a group of colleagues in response to growing challenges facing humanities education. In addition to her administrative and union service, she previously served as President of Delta’s chapter of the American Association of University Professors and continues to be deeply engaged in initiatives that promote teaching, learning, and the humanities.
Email: dcfa-at-gmail.com
Vice President
Peter Larkowski
Peter is a Professor of Chemistry and has been with Delta College since 2007. He began his teaching career as adjunct faculty at both Washtenaw and Jackson Community Colleges after completing his M.S. in Chemistry at the University of Michigan in 2005. At Delta, Peter has served in a variety of leadership roles including Senate Executive Board, Budget Cabinet, discipline coordinator, and Division Chair. He has also been an active member of the DCFA executive board since the union’s formation and served on the most recent negotiating team. His current term ends June 30, 2027. Email: dcfa.vp-at-gmail.com
Secretary
Lance Redwantz
Lance Redwantz is a dietitian and a Delta College Lifelong Wellness Faculty Member. Lance worked in the fields of nutrition and dietetics for seventeen years in both a healthcare and educational capacity, and his previous work included serving as a R.D. for Great Lakes Bay Health, a Clinical Nutrition Manager/Director at Ascension St. Mary’s, and a Delta College Adjunct Instructor in the Health and Wellness Division. He hold certifications as a registered dietitian, group fitness instructor, and a personal trainer. Lance helped to develop outpatient medical nutrition therapy services for oncology, gastroenterology, and weight management programs at Ascension while serving as a preceptor for new dietitians via the Morrison Healthcare and Central Michigan University Dietetic Internship programs. His work over the last five years has been to combat food inaccessibility and insecurity faced by my patients, students, and community daily.
Email: dcfa.secretary-at-gmail.com
Treasurer
Mark Mitchell
Mark is Professor of Economics and joined the Delta College faculty as an Instructor in 2005. Originally from Tennessee, Mark began teaching at Delta shortly before completing his Ph.D. in Economics at the University of Notre Dame in 2006. Mark has held many college-wide leadership roles while at Delta, including serving two terms on Delta College’s Budget Cabinet as well as two terms on Delta’s Faculty Salary Committee. Mark also served as the last Senate president of Delta College. Email: mmitchellnd@gmail.com
Negotiation Team Chair
Laura Dull
Laura is a Professor of History specializing in medieval and early modern Europe. She started at Delta as adjunct faculty in 1998 while completing her doctorate at the University of Notre Dame and was hired for a full-time tenure-track position in 2002. Laura served on the Faculty Salary Committee and was the committee’s first historian prior to unionization and subsequently served on the first DCFA negotiation team. She was Division Chair for several years, including division reorganization and transition to the Associate Dean model. Prior to that role, she was President of the Delta chapter of the American Association of University Professors as well as several other leadership roles involving teaching, learning, and the humanities.
Email: lddull2@gmail.com
Immediate Past-President
Ski VanderLaan
Ski is Professor of Accounting and has been with Delta College since 2005. Ski joined the Delta College faculty from New Mexico State University. She has served on the Faculty Executive Committee, completing one year as chair, and also served five years in the Faculty Center for Teaching Excellence as Coordinator and two years as eLearning Director. Term ends August 14, 2025
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