Office of the President
Dr. Michael E. Geisler
President
M.A. Mannheim University
Ph.D. University of Pittsburgh
(2016)
Donald R. Dean
Director of Human Resources
B.A., University of South Florida
M.A., Teachers College, Columbia University
(2008)
Seann Kalagher
Chief Compliance Officer and Title IX Coordinator
B.A., George Mason University
M.S. Ed., Old Dominion University
J.D., Cornell University
(2018)
Office of the Provost, Vice President for Academic Affairs, and Academic Dean
Dr. Louise Feroe
Interim Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs
B.A., Wheaton College
M.A., Ph.D., New School for Social Research
(2017)
Joanne DeMarco
Director of Assessment and Accreditation
B.A., SUNY Oneonta
M.A., Pace University
(2016)
Christine Dehne
Dean of the School of Arts and Sciences
B.A., Tufts University
B.F.A., School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
M.F.A., University of Arizona
(2017)
Heather Perretta
Assistant Dean of the School of Arts and Sciences
B.A. Wells College
M.S., Ph.D., Cornell University
(2018)
Office of the Vice President for Enrollment Management
Peter Burns
Vice President for Undergraduate Enrollment Management
B.S., Northeastern University
M.A., Saint Bonaventure University
(2017)
Robert D. Gilmore
Director of Financial Aid & Veterans Affairs
A.O.S., Westchester Business Institute
B.S., Manhattanville College
(1999)
TBA
Director of Undergraduate Admissions
Office of the Vice President for Finance
Erik Paulson
Vice President of Finance
B.B.A., University of Notre Dame
M.S., M.B.A, Dowling College
(2010)
Norma Bass
Controller
B.S., Queens College
M.B.A., Baruch College-The City University of New York.
CPA, State of New York
(1997)
Chief Information Officer
James Russell
Chief Information Officer
M.P.A., Kutztown University
(2014)
Office of the Vice President for Operations
J. Gregory Palmer
Vice President of Operations
B.S., Northeastern University
M.B.A., University of Hartford
(1995)
Dan Hannon
Director of Maintenance
B.A., State University of New York, Cortland
(1990)
Office of the Vice President for Institutional Advancement
Tracey Muirhead
Interim Vice President for Institutional Advancement
B.A., University of Missouri-Columbia
(2017)
Polly Schmitz
Director, Alumni Relations
B.A., Whitman College
(2017)
Laura Newman
Director, Annual Giving
BA Wesleyan University
MBA Columbia University
(2003)
School of Education
Shelley B. Wepner
Dean, School of Education, Professor of Education
B.S., University of Pittsburgh
M.S.Ed., Ed.D., University of Pennsylvania
(2004)
Katheryn Hathaway
Associate Dean of Accreditation and Technology
B.A., Hood College
M.A., M.Ed., Ed.D., Teachers College
(2017)
Laurence Krute
Associate Dean, Graduate Advising
B.A. Harvard University
M.A. Tulane University
Ph.D., Columbia University
(1985)
Yiping Wan
Coordinator of the Doctoral Program in Educational Leadership and Professor of Education
M.Ed., Ph.D., University of Texas at Austin
(2009)
Kevin Roberts
Director of Field Placement, Certification, and Community Outreach
B.S., St. John’s University
M.S. Education, Adelphi University
(2014)
Heidi Sakanaka
Assistant Dean Outreach
M.B.A. Boston University
B.A. Cornell University
(2011)
Alissa Wilson
Director of Graduate Admissions for the School of Education
B.A., Bryn Mawr
J.D., Loyola University Chicago
(2015)
Danielle Wachter
Assistant to the Dean for Operations
B.S., Long Island University
(2004)
Manhattanville School of Business and Master of Fine Arts in Writing Program
Steve Albanese
Dean
B.A., Communication Studies, California State University
M.A., Instructional Technology and Media, Teacher’s College
(2012)
Jon DeBenedictis
Program Director
B.A., M.A., Sacred Heart University
(2017)
Jean Mann
Director, Marketing and Graduate Enrollment
B.S., Syracuse University
M.B.A., Baruch University
(2014)
Laura Persky
Director, Graduate Programs
B.A., University of Colorado
M.B.A., New York University
(2013)
Lori Soderlind
Director, Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing
B.A., Lehigh University
M.F.A., Columbia University
(2016)
Dave Torromeo
Director, Sports Business Management Program
B.A., University of Rhode Island
M.S., Iona College
(2006)