People Directory

Carolina Uribe, Chief Communications and Marketing Officer

• Kayla Steinberg, Associate Director of Multimedia & Creative Communications
• Jessica Iannone, Associate Director of Web Operations
• Kristen Ortega, Multimedia Content Producer
• Lauren Conners, Web Content Producer

Mayur M. Desai, PhD, MPH, FACE, Associate Dean for Community & Practice

• Susan Nappi, MPH, Executive Director of Office of Community & Practice
• Randi McCray, Associate Director of School Community & Culture
• Kathleen O’Connor Duffany, Faculty Director, Community Impact Lab
• Nikole Allen, Program Director CT DPH Public Health Workforce Initiative
• Evelyn Aviles, Program Coordinator
• Maurine Crouch, Program Manager
• Chandra Kelsey, Associate Director, Applied Practice
• Nelba Márquez-Greene, Community Scholar
• Jason Martinez, Program Manager, Impact Lab
• Ellie Meise-Munns, Program Coordinator

Mahrokh Irani, Chief of Staff & Senior Strategist

• Holly Zoeller, Assistant Director of Strategic Engagements
  • Ava Gladwin, Events Coordinator (YSPH)
• Shannon McMahon, Senior Executive Assistant
• Wanda Fuentes, Administrative Assistant

• Chelsea Smith, Assistant Director, Gifts Officer
  • Tara Moore-Lawless, Development Coordinator

• Kelsey Marek Rad, Assistant Director of Development and Alumni Affairs
  • Dawn Carroll, Coordinator, Alumni Affairs

Linda Niccolai, Senior Associate Dean for Education

Academic Program Leaders

• Daniel Carrión, Faculty Director, MPH Programs
  • Ashley Hagaman, Faculty Director, Global Health Concentration
  • Danya Keene, Faculty Director, US Health and Justice Concentration
  • Daniel Weinberger, Faculty Co-Director, Public Health Modeling Concentration
  • Virginia Pitzer, Faculty Co-Director, Public Health Modeling Concentration
  • Daniel Carrión, Faculty Director, Climate Change and Health Concentration
  • Luke Davis, Faculty Director, Implementation Science Track
  • Donna Spiegelman, Associate Faculty Director, Implementation Science
  • Nicola Hawley, Faculty Director, Maternal and Child Health Promotion Track
• Mayur M. Desai, Faculty Director, Advanced Professional MPH Program
• Howard Forman, Faculty Director, Health Care Management Program
• Abigail Friedman, Faculty Director, Executive MPH Program
• Andrew DeWan, Faculty Director of Graduate Studies (MS & PhD Programs)
  • Robert McDougal, Faculty Director, MS in Health Informatics and Epidemiology
  • Lisa Calvocoressi, Faculty Director, MS in Biostatistics
  • Michaela Dinan, Interim Faculty Director, MS in Epidemiology
  • Lee Kennedy-Shaffer, Faculty Co-Director, MS in Biostatistics

Academic Affairs Team

Mike Honsberger, Director of Academic Affairs

• Heidi Pineda, Program Manager, Academic Affairs
• Nicole Guerra, Instructional Designer
• LaQuanda Smith, Senior Administrative Assistant

Student Affairs Team

Frank Grosso, Associate Dean for Student Affairs

• Lori Marra, Administrative Assistant
• Itamar Brenes, Administrative Assistant

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  Career Management Center
• Felicia Spencer, Executive Director, Career Management Center
• Dina Wulinsky, Senior Associate Director, Career Management Center
• Desmond Anderson, Associate Director, Career Management

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  Student Life
• Rachael Heard, Director of Student Life
• Brian Ibarra, Assistant Director of Student Life
• Katie Doucet, Associate Director, PhD Program
  • Elizabeth Cappello, Senior Administrative Assistant
• Claire Masters, Associate Director, HCM Education
• Milagros Rivera, Registrar

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  Admissions
• Charlie Dill, Director of Admissions
• Troy Lazaro, Assistant Director of Admissions, MPH Programs
• Lauren Babcock-Dunning, Administrative Director, EMPH Program
• Katie Doucet, Associate Director, PhD Program

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  Financial Aid
• Jen Farkas, Director of Financial Aid
  • Nila Lenna, Assistant Director, Financial Aid
    Sexual Harassment and Title IX Coordinator, YSPH

Jason Hockenberry, Associate Dean for Faculty Affairs

• Preston Pugh, Director of Faculty Affairs
• Skylar Brunson, Postdoctoral Affairs Coordinator
• Genevieve Cabrera, Sr. Administrative Assistant

Teresa Hartnett, Director of Financial Strategy & Administration

Julia Rosander, Assistant Director, Data Analytics and Process Improvement

Financial Planning and Budgeting

• Katerina Bondi, Associate Director of Financial Planning & Analysis
  • Tyler Finn, Financial Analyst
  • Gabriella Groves, Financial Analyst

Research Administration

• Research Administration, Pre-Award
  • Cheryl Lynn Gray, Manager, Pre-Award
  • Dawn McArthur, Associate Administrator, Pre-Award
  • Maris Sagamang, Associate Administrator, Pre-Award
  • Sruly Tootle, Associate Administrator, Pre-Award
  • Tyler Hicks, Associate Administrator, Pre-Award
  • Bethany Blewett, Associate Administrator, Pre-Award
  • Michael Savage, Associate Administrator, Pre-Award
  • Kimberly Iacovetti, Pre-Award Specialist
• Kenechia Daley, Director of Research Administration, Post-Award
  
  • Sarah Morill, Post Award Manager
  • David Garcia, Post Award Manager
  • Nicolette Smith, Post Award Manager, International Research Administration
  • Aisha Tasallah Abdullah, Portfolio & Grant Accountant
  • Natalia Wylezinski, Portfolio & Grant Accountant
  • Nermin Zakhary, Portfolio & Grant Accountant
  • Kemar Anglin, Portfolio & Grant Analyst
  • Jennifer Ramos, Portfolio & Grant Accountant
  • Kathy Boyd, Portfolio & Grant Accountant
  • Kelsey Smith, Portfolio & Grant Analyst
  • Callista Schwiers, Portfolio & Grant Accountant
  • Brandon Vitale, Financial Analyst
  • Tanya Davis-Northern, Financial Assistant
  • Monique Waller, Financial Assistant

Operations (Administration)

• Camille Edmond, Operations Manager
  Phone: (203) 737-4656
  • Barbara Davidson, Manager of Administrative Services
  • Ramona Milardo-Ward, Manager of Administrative Services

Facilities & Building Operations

• Allie Squeglia, Manager of Building Operations & Facilities
  Phone: (203) 785-2832
  • Harold Golston, Building Operations Coordinator
    Phone: (203) 785-2831
  • James Lyons, Media Tech
    Phone: (203) 737-5117
  • Tom Overton, Media Tech
    Phone: (475) 267-9614

Staff Affairs & HR

• Natalie Turcio, Manager, Staff Affairs
  
• Kristi Gibson, Human Resources Business Partner
  

Melinda Irwin, Associate Dean of Research

• Kelly Siman, Project and Research Administrator

Kathleen Duffany, Director of Research and Evaluation

Alycia Santilli, Director (SCSU)

Alison Galvani, Director
Phone: 203.785.2642

Trace Kershaw, Director
Phone: 203.785.3441

Donna Spiegelman, ScD, Director

• Anna Porter, Assistant Director and Associate Research Scientist
• Eleni Pettas Mersiadis, Program Manager
• Elly Zelazny, Center Coordinator

Andrew DeWan, Co-Director
Nicole Deziel, Co-Director

Heping Zhang, Director
Phone: (203) 785-5185

Donna DelBasso, Senior Administrative Assistant
Phone: (203) 785-5185

Erika Linnander, Director

• Samantha Lew, Program Manager
• Lynka Ineza, Program Manager

Judith Lichtman, Director
Phone: 203.785.3025

Daniel Weinberger, Co-Director

Virginia Pitzer, Co-Director

Lourdes Haynes, Senior Administrative Assistant

James Dziura, Co-Director
Phone: (203) 737-4468

• Alicia Lakomski, Senior Administrative Assistant
  Phone: (203) 737-5946

Kai Chen, Faculty Director

• Alix Rachman, Program Administrator

Rafael Pérez-Escamilla, Principal Investigator
Phone: 203.737.5882

Kathleen Duffany, Co-Director

Beth Comerford, Co-Director
Phone: 203.732.1265

John Pachankis, Director
Phone: 203.785.3710

• Danielle Chiaramonte, Associate Research Scientist

Vasilis Vasiliou, Director
Phone: (203) 737-8094

• Barbara Masi, Program Administrator