Meet the Faculty

Jennifer Stover has been a Criminal Justice instructor since 2008 and currently serves as the Coordinator of the Criminal Justice program. She is an advisor to the second-year Criminal Justice students and is the advisor for the Community Outreach & Public Service (C.O.P.S.) Club at South Hills. Jennifer is certified as an instructor in Practical and Tactical Handcuffing (PATH) and Oleo Capsicum Aerosol Training (OCAT).

Jennifer is a graduate of Pennsylvania State University with a Bachelor’s degree in Criminal Justice. She began her employment in the criminal justice field working with the Lycoming County District Attorney’s Office and the Lycoming County Drug Task Force before becoming an Investigator for the Inspector General’s Office. During her years of employment, Jennifer loved the criminal justice field which led her to decide to share her passion through teaching. She then earned her Master’s Degree in Education before joining the South Hills team.

Sarah Stoltz has been an instructor at the South Hills State College campus since 2011. She teaches legal courses in the Criminal Justice and Business Administration programs, as well as English courses in various programs.

Sarah graduated magna cum laude from Mount Aloysius College in 2005. She then earned her Juris Doctor in 2009 from Penn State, The Dickinson School of Law.

Before joining South Hills, Sarah served as a law clerk to the Honorable Pamela A. Ruest at the Centre County Court of Common Pleas. In addition to teaching, Sarah continues to practice law as a part-time Student Legal Services attorney at Penn State.

John McCullough has been an instructor in the Criminal Justice program since 2008. He has a Bachelor of Science degree from Ursinus College and a Master’s degree in Social Service from Bryn Mawr College School of Social Work.

He has worked in two federal and four state prisons in the following positions: Social Worker, Director of a drug program, Director of Treatment, Deputy Superintendent (Camp Hill and Rockview), Superintendent (Houtzdale), Supervising Superintendent (Houtzdale, Huntingdon, Smithfield, and Cresson), and Deputy Secretary for the Western Region of the Pennsylvania Department of Corrections. He also taught part-time at Penn State in the Administration of Justice program.

Lou Lombardi has been an instructor teaching at South Hills since 2010.

Prior to teaching at South Hills, Mr. Lombardi taught criminal justice courses at Penn Highlands Community College. Mr. Lombardi is a graduate of the Pennsylvania State University graduating with a B.S. degree in the Administration of Justice. Upon graduating from Penn State, Mr. Lombardi joined the New York City Police Department where he spent twenty years in the agency and rose to the rank of Police Captain. While in the NYPD, Mr. Lombardi attended law school and graduated cum laude from Brooklyn Law School. He currently is licensed to practice law in three states – New York, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania.

Venus Shade is an instructor in the Criminal Justice program. Venus has a Bachelor of Science degree in Administration of Justice from Penn State and a Master's degree in Administration of Justice from Shippensburg University.

Venus has worked as a Probation Officer with Mifflin County Probation and Parole at the Mifflin County Correctional Facility, and she has served as Assistant Director of the Loysville Secure Treatment Unit and Director of Seven Mountains Academy Partial Hospitalization Program. Venus is married and has one son.

Dave graduated from Chief Logan High School, has a B.A. in Political Science from Saint Vincent College, and a J.D. from Dickinson School of Law. He is a U.S. Army veteran in Military Intelligence, was an Assistant Attorney General of the Commonwealth, former Mifflin County District Attorney and practicing attorney for 41 years.