Executive Staff and Faculty

Dr. Roger Chylinski, Ph.D.

Dr. Chylinski is the Founder and President of BIC, as well as a member of the Board of Trustees. He is also an ACF Certified Executive Chef and Chef Instructor.

Dr. Charles Petr, Ed.D.

Dr. Petr is the Vice President of Instruction and Student Services.

Chef Frederick Parmenter, CEC, CCE, AAC

Chef Parmenter is the Director of Culinary Instruction, and he also teaches Introduction to Culinary Arts.

Dr. Godfrey Pratt, Ed.D., CTC

Dr. Pratt is the Dean of Instruction and Chief Academic Officer, and is also a Certified Travel Consultant.

Dr. Roger Chylinski, Ph.D.

EVOLUTION OF BALTIMORE INTERNATIONAL COLLEGE AND THE ASSESSMENT OF THE PRESIDENT'S 41 YEARS TO PRESENT

The following chronological series of events beginning in 1969 with Dr. Roger Chylinski in the lead role as the proposal writer for the then Food Administration Institute at the Community College of Baltimore. Dr. Chylinski wrote the proposal to establish a "Baltimore International Culinary Arts Institute" for the City of Baltimore. The City accepted the proposal and funded the founding of the present day College by incorporating the school in 1978 as a private nonprofit. The school went into partnership with the City and while the City provided buildings and renovation, the school's commitment was to acquire the classroom equipment by operating food service/lodging facilities, which also provides practical training for students prior to graduation. The College has continued this working formula for fundraising from the beginning as its main source of additional funds to assist students with scholarships, grants, and student loans. Dr. Chylinski is credited by many as the developer and founding father of the present BALTIMORE INTERNATIONAL COLLEGE, Balitmore, Maryland and Baltimore International College, Virginia Park, Ireland.

ACADEMICS

Dr. Roger Chylinski is the founder, president and member of the Baltimore International College Board of Trustees.

Dr. Chylinski received his AOS from the Culinary Institute of America and his AS in Business Administration from Johnson and Wales University. He continued with his education, earning his Bachelor of Science in Business Management from the University of Baltimore and two MBAs in Marketing and Management from Morgan State University. He also earned his Ph.D. in Management from LaSalle University. Dr. Chylinski also received numerous certifications, and was an ACF Certified Executive Chef and Culinary Educator.

Before founding Baltimore International College, Dr. Chylinski was an instructor and director of foodservice management at the Community College of Baltimore. He later worked as the director of the hospitality management programs at four Baltimore locations.

In addition to founding Baltimore International College, Dr. Chylinski is responsible for developing the first associate of arts degree for full-time students in Restaurant Management and Dietary Technology in Maryland. He has also been named to the Polish-American Who's Who (1994) and the American Who's Who (1994). He has held membership with many culinary organizations. He is currently Chairman of the Polish Nobility Association, KCP Trust, Inc. and President of Anneslie - St. James Company, Trustee of Maryland Independent College and University Association (1995 to present), and works to preserve and restore historic properties in New York and Maryland.

BRIEF HISTORY OF THE FOUNDING OF BALTIMORE INTERNATIONAL COLLEGE (BIC)

• 1969 Established at the Community College of Baltimore to develop Associate Degrees in Foodservice Management, Hotel-Motel Management, and Dietary Technology.
• 1972 Established as a non-degree program (Culinary Arts Institute) at the Comminity College of Baltimore offering vocational courses to the public.
• 1978 Incorporated by the City of Baltimore as a 501(c) 3, not for profit post-secondary educational institution.
• 1978 Began offering Certificate Programs and expanded the educational offerings to include, Associate, Baccalaureate, and Masters Degrees.
• 1980 National Accreditation by the National Association of Trade and Technical Schools.

Dr. Charles Petr, Ed.D.

Charles Petr, Ed.D. is the Vice President of Instruction and Student Services at Baltimore International College.

Dr. Petr received his Bachelor of Science in Teacher Education from Towson University and his MBA in accounting from Morgan State University. He recently earned his Doctor of Education from University of Phoenix's School of Advanced Studies.

Before coming to Baltimore International College, Dr. Petr started his educational career working as a teacher for Baltimore City Schools.

In 1980, he joined the BIC staff as the Vice President of Finance and Operations. He held that position until 2000, when he took on his current title of Vice President of Instruction and Student Services.

Chef Frederick Parmenter, CEC, CCE, AAC

Chef Parmenter is the Director of Culinary Instruction at Baltimore International College where he teaches Introduction to Culinary Arts.

After graduating from Stockton State College in New Jersey, Chef Parmenter worked as an assistant executive chef at the Sands Hotel and Casino in Atlantic City, New Jersey for six years. He later worked with the Radisson Flagship Resort Hotel (Atlantic City, NJ), and the Atlantic Cape Community College. In 1992, he became the food and beverage director and executive chef for the Greate Bay Country Club in Somers Point, New Jersey, and then moved onto Cumberland County Technical Education Center where he was the program coordinator and a culinary instructor.

Throughout his career, Chef Parmenter has received numerous certifications:

• New Jersey Teacher of Production, Personnel or Service Occupations: Food Production,
• Services and Management, 1995
• New Jersey Teacher of Skilled Trades - Baking Certification, 1995
• American Culinary Federation Certification Program, 1994
  • Baking Food Service
  • Food Management 
  • Food Protection
• American Culinary Federation Certified Executive Chef, Culinary Educator, 2000;
• Certified Examiner, 2005

In addition to his certifications, Chef Parmenter has participated in the 2004 International Culinary Olympics in Germany, garnering two certificates and a Bronze medal. He has also won accolades for American Culinary Federation Professional Chefs Association of South Jersey Member of the Year, 1996 and 2000, State of New Jersey Governor's Teacher Recognition, 2000, and the State of New Jersey Skills-USA VICA Advisor of the Year, 2000. Chef Parmenter holds membership with the American Culinary Federation, and the Professional Chefs Association of South Jersey.

Dr. Godfrey A. Pratt, Ed.D., CTC

Dr. Pratt is Dean of Instruction and Chief Academic Officer at Baltimore International College.

Dr. Pratt graduated with a bachelor's degree from Fisk University, Nashville, Tennessee in 1973, where he majored in political science and minored in modern foreign languages. He earned his master's degree in tourism development and travel administration, as well as his doctorate, from George Washington University in Washington, D.C. He is also a Certified Travel Consultant.

Dr. Pratt started his career at the headquarters of the Bahamas Ministry of Tourism in Nassau, Bahamas, working as sales representative, district manager, meetings and convention manager, and regional sales manager. During his career with the Bahamas, Dr. Pratt helped increase visitor traffic by record percentages, and co-engineered the re-opening and restructuring of the Bahamas Meetings and Conventions offices. In 1991, he joined the Maryland Office of Tourism Development as the manager of special projects, which included the coordination of Maryland's Minority Tourism Development Initiative and a task force for the 1995 White House Conference on Travel & Tourism.

Dr. Pratt has also worked for Morgan State University as an assistant professor, where he was instrumental in opening the hospitality and tourism management program. While at Morgan State University, Dr. Pratt contributed chapters to several textbooks: "Caribbean Tourism Visions Missions and Challenges," he provided Chapter 17, entitled Tourism Development and Marketing: Case Studies from the Bahamas, Belize, and the U.S. Virgin Islands (Pub. 2000); "Tourism & Hospitality Education & Training in the Caribbean." he contributed Chapter 21, entitled Sustainable Tourism Development in the Caribbean: The Role of Education (Pub. 2002). Following the terrorist attack of September 11th, 2001, Dr. Pratt published an article in the International Journal of Contemporary Hospitality Management entitled Terrorism and Tourism: Bahamas and Jamaica Fight Back (Pub. 2003).