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Organizational Chart

Graduate School org chart. Structure available as page text.
Information presented in the organizational chart graphic can also be located on the page.

Dean of the Graduate School and Vice Provost for Graduate Education – Kathryn Boor

  • Executive Assistant – Kelly Tillotson
    • Administrative Assistant – Gail Steinhart
  • Senior Associate Dean – Robert Weiss
  • Associate Dean for Academics – Josephine Martell
  • Associate Dean for Graduate Student Life – Janna Lamey
    • Manager of the Big Red Barn Graduate and Professional Student Center – Claude De Castro
      • Coordinator for the Big Red Barn Graduate and Professional Student Center – Victoria Bell
    • Graduate Student Life Advisor – Olivia Hopewell
  • Associate Dean for Administration – Jason Kahabka
    • Data Analyst – Demian Cummings
    • Director of Finance and Administration – Kevin Mannella
    • Registrar and Director of Student Services – Ryan Sexton
      • Assistant Registrar – Anne Haessner
      • Student Services Specialist – Rhonda Kinley
      • Student Services Specialist – Phillip Sroka
    • Director of Admissions – Mariah McNamara
      • Admissions Specialist – Katie Muro
      • Admissions Specialist – Michele Mannella
    • Director of Fellowships – Holly Boulia
      • Fellowship Specialist – Sarah Winters
      • Graduate Funding and Fellowship Specialist – Kate Barth
  • Associate Dean for Inclusion and Student and Faculty Engagement – Sara Xayarath Hernández
    • Assistant Dean for Access and Recruitment – Anitra Douglas-McCarthy
      • Assistant Director for Recruitment and Access – Urszula Piasta-Mansfield
    • Program Coordinator and Office of Inclusion and Student Engagement Administrative Assistant – Zenobia Lee-Nelson
    • Postdoctoral Associate – Evelyn Ambríz
  • Associate Dean for Professional Development – Colleen McLinn
    • Director of Postdoctoral Studies – Christine Holmes
    • Executive Director of Careers Beyond Academia – Susi Varvayanis
    • Professional Development Program Coordinator and Graduate School Assistant – Sarah Day
    • Assistant Director – Vacant
  • Assistant Dean for Communications – Merry Buckley
    • Communications Specialist – Katya Hrichak
  • Assistant Dean and Director of Assessment – Anne Laughlin
    • Analytics Reporting Lead – Andrew Ford

(Revised 8/22/24)