Administrative Officers and Staff

Shih-Fu Chang
Dean

Wyatt Adams
Development Coordinator, Major Gifts

Adeola Anike Adegbola-White
Assistant Director, Graduate Student Wellness and Support Services

Deema Ahmed Sherif Abdel Meguid
Industry Outreach and Relationships Manager

Shourav Ahsan
Academic Appointments Officer

Nicole Allende
Facilities Coordinator

Cassandra Armstrong
Administrative Assistant

Genesis Arroyo
Facilities Coordinator

Kimberly Arroyo
Student Support Specialist

Rumana Ashraf
Director of Center-Scale Pre-Award Services

Carlotta Atkins
Talent Acquisition Manager

Nina L. Auslander-Padgham
Assistant Director, Alumni and Development Events

Nichole Barbe
Graduate Admissions Director

Mark Beer
Systems Engineer

Charlene A. Bernasko-Acquaye
Director of Graduate Student Wellness and Support Services

Kristian Breton
Executive Director of Outreach and Community Engagement

Natiya Caldwell
Human Resources Project Specialist

Jacqueline Camacho
Associate Director, Operations and Outreach

Austin Cartagena
Assistant Director, Graduate Career Placement

Cecily Castle
Senior Major Gifts Officer

Giovani Castro
Operations Specialist

Nancy Cedeno
Financial Analyst

Helen Cen
Associate Director, Graduate Student Affairs

Andy Chae
Senior Director, Engineering Graduate Student Life

Paul Chang
Production Manager

Allen Chen
Assistant Director of Faculty Affairs and Faculty Development

Jimmy Chen
Systems Administrator

Qin Chen
Executive Director of Space Planning and Design

Ji Men Jenny Choy
Graduate Admissions Officer

Jaclyn Chu
Senior Director, Development and Strategic Initiatives

Grant Currin
Writer, Editor

Ryan Day
Director of Professional Development and Leadership and Graduate Career Placement

Whitney Delaney
Marketing Director

George Deodatis
Vice Dean of Research

Calinda Javonne Dickerson
Associate Director, Donor Relations and Stewardship

Yueming Dong
Employer Relations Specialist

Doreen Duffy
Director, Alumni Relations

Allison Elliott
Director, Executive Communications

Melanie Farmer
Editorial Director

Jennifer Feierman de Lannoy
Senior Director, Development Operations and Alumni Engagement

Jennifer Feliz
Manager, Academic Appointments

Danushi Fernando
Assistant Dean of Engagement and Strategic Programs

David Fitzgerald
Assistant Director, Career Placement, Financial Engineering

Rachel Fitzgerald
Facilities Specialist

Antonia Forika
Assistant Director of Event Planning and Logistics

Julian Fuchsberg
Assistant Director, Development and Strategic Initiatives

Gabrielle Gannon
Associate Dean of Graduate Admissions

Teresa Gong
Outreach Programs Manager

Efrain Gonzalez Gomez
Director, Pre-Award Services

Trey H. Greene
Outreach Programs Manager

Richard Hagen
Assistant Director of Graduate Student Affairs

Irene Hahn
Associate Dean, Faculty Affairs

Michael A. Hammer
Human Resources Manager

Julie Han
Associate Director of Graduate Admissions Operations

John Harbison
Manager, Executive Education

Keely Henderson
Senior Associate Dean of Advancement

Christine Hendon
Vice Dean of Engagement and Strategic Partnerships

Christian David Hernandez Melo
Graduate Student Life Manager

Brandon Hicks
Development Coordinator, Annual Giving 

Michele Hoos
Executive Director of Communications

Lauren Hudak
Director of Institutional Reporting and Analytics

Ella C. Hungeling
Alumni Programs Coordinator

Kyle Hussey
Facilities Project Manager

Liam Itgen
Leadership Gift Officer

Meaghan Jameyson
Associate Director of Graduate Admissions

Peter Janus
Graduate Admissions Coordinator

Angelie N. Jean-Brice
Special Projects Manager

Chen Jiang
Assistant Director of International Graduate Student Services

Emily Johnson
Assistant Director, Annual Giving

Cassidy Keehan
Financial Aid and Fellowships Analyst

Kimberly Kefgen
Associate Director of Business Development

Karina Ko
Career Placement Officer, Business Analytics

Robert Kramer
Associate Director of Admissions and Academic Affairs

Ioannis (John) Kymissis
Vice Dean of Infrastructure and Innovation 

Tara Lanigan
Senior Director, Strategic Partnerships

Jackson Lau
System Administrator

Benjamin F. Laviana
Assistant Director, Graduate Admissions

Chae Rin Lee
Instructional Designer 

Jennifer Lee
Director, Career Placement, Events & External Relations, Electrical Engineering

Alan Lin
Assistant Director of Budget and Finance

Molly Lopez
Managing Director, LEAP

Helen Lu
Senior Vice Dean of Faculty Affairs and Advancement

James Lu
Manager of Finance and Operations

Cameron Maglio
Associate Director, Donor Relations and Stewardship

Lucy Mahbub
Director, Career Placement, Industrial Engineering and Operations Research

Jenny Mak
Senior Associate Dean of Undergraduate and Graduate Student Affairs

Eddie Mandhry
Director, Sports and AI Innovation Center

Fernanda Martinez
Associate Director of Education and Community Programs

Liam Maserjian
Assistant Director of Production

Janine Nadia Maslov
Assistant Director of Graduate Admissions

Angela Marie McClain
Director, Budget and Finance

Emily-Anne McCormack
Director of Career Placement, Civil Engineering and Applied Physics and Applied Mathematics

Joan McDowell
Executive Director of Human Resources

Theresa A. McKenzie
Chief Financial and Administrative Officer

Lena Ying Yee Mei
Outreach Program Manager

Cindy Mejia
Career Placement Officer, Industrial Engineering and Operations Research

Chelsea Meyer
Associate Director for Development Marketing & Annual Giving 

Beatrice Mhando
Communications Specialist

Vishal Misra
Vice Dean of Computing and Artificial Intelligence

Alexis Moore
Director of Enrollment and Operations

Conner Moore
Graduate Career Placement and Professional Development Operations Analyst

Olivia Moore
Managing Director, Center for Smart Streetscapes

Tiffany Moore
Program Manager

Barclay Morrison
Vice Dean of Academic Programs

Stephon Moulterie
Career Placement Officer, Computer Science

Spyridon Mylonas
Managing Director, AI Research Center

Sarah Naumes
Director of Strategic Research Development

April Neal
Manager, Professional Development & Leadership Program

Alexis M. Newman
Director, Strategic Events and Programming

Kim Nguyen
Career Placement Advisor

Jane Nisselson
Director, Multimedia Communications

Stephanie Nunez
Administrative Assistant 

Quy O
Associate Director of Technology Services

Michael O'Malley
Manager of Operations and Systems

Janki Patel
Manager of Strategic Relations Initiatives

Dmytro Pokhylko
Senior Director of Columbia Engineering Industry Innovation (CEII)

Benjamin Poleretzky
Production Specialist 

Lilibeth Ramos Flores
Student Affairs Manager

Madeline Ramos
Manager of Faculty Affairs and Academic Appointments

Raina Ranaghan
Assistant Director of Career Placement, Chemical Engineering and Earth and Environmental Engineering

Adrieanna Reyes
Associate Director of Undergraduate Student Affairs

Paulo Ribeiro
Instructional Support Specialist

Marquis Rios
Senior Financial Analyst

Alexandra Romero
Production Coordinator

Stan Sakry
Executive Director of Facilities 

Justin Saunders
Assistant Director of Operations & Support

Elisabeth Schapmann
Admissions Operations Officer

Anthony Schmitt
Director, Pre-Award Services

Ivy Schultz
Senior Director of Entrepreneurship, Innovation, and Design

Esther Schwartz
Executive Assistant to the Dean

David Simpson
Administrative Assistant

Serena Sinckler
Assistant Director of Facilities 

Targbe Somah
Finance Manager

Davey Souffront
Manager of Enrollment Services and Operations

Jennifer Stancek
Assistant Director, Academic Appointments

Natasha Stanislas
Graduate Admissions Recruitment and Communications Officer

Michelle R. Stevenson
Coordinator, Columbia Video Network

Elizabeth Strauss
Associate Dean, Engineering Student Affairs

Jessie Taft
Assistant Director of Research Partnerships

Jackie Tang
Graduate Career Placement Manager

Malcolm Thaxton
Senior Manager of Finance and Operations

Hugh Thomas
Associate Director for Innovation, Design, and Entrepreneurship

Kyoko H. Thompson
Associate Director of Research Development

Randy Torres
Executive Director, Academic Appointments/Faculty Affairs

Helena V. Vaquera Peña
Graduate Student Life Officer

Dario Vasquez
Assistant Director of Entrepreneurship, Innovation, and Design

Tania Velimirovici
Academic Programs and Special Projects Officer

Christina Vellios
Executive Director, Development

Alex J. Vervoort
Senior Associate Director of Alumni Relations

Eric Vieira
Director of Strategic Collaborations

Olivia Wenzel
Assistant Director of Annual Giving

Sean Wiggins
Executive Director of Online Learning

Emma Williams
Associate Director of Alumni Relations

Jack Wisniewski
Digital Content Strategist

Maryla Wozniak-Odomirok
Institutional Research Analyst

Jessica Wu
Associate Project Manager

Xinyi Wu
Instructional Designer

Ying Xu
Assistant Director of Graduate Admissions Recruitment and Communications

Sofia Yagaeva
Assistant Director, Columbia Video Network

William Yandolino
Executive Director of Finance and Operations

Sara Yllescas
Career Placement Officer, Management Science and Engineering

Gordon Zhao
Finance Operations Analyst