Organization Structure

Union College Academic Affairs Organizational Structure

Dean of the Faculty and Vice President for Academic Affairs

Strom Thacker

• Assistant to the Dean of the Faculty and Vice President for Academic Affairs – Emily Tong
• Administrative Assistant for Academic Affairs – Karen Crosby
• Director of Academic Planning and Finance – Greta Donato
  • Supervisor of Engineering Machine Lab – Paul Tompkins
    • Technician – Robert Harlan
• Interim Director of the Templeton Institute of Engineering and Computer Science - Jennifer Currey
• Director of Assessment - Ashok Ramasubramanian
• Director of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion / Chief Academic Diversity Officer - Deidre Hill Butler
• Director of Engineering - Rebecca Cortez
• Director of General Education - Mark Walker

• Director of the Union College Academy for Lifelong Learning (UCALL) - Valerie D’Amario

Dean of Academic Departments and Programs

Jennifer Fredricks

• Assistant to the Dean of Academic Departments and Programs – Carol Cichy
• Assistant to the Dean of Academic Departments and Programs – Kathy Basirico
• Department Chairs, see the list of Department Chairs on the Academic Affairs website
• ID Program Directors, see the list of ID Program Directors on the Academic Affairs website
• Director of Interdisciplinary Programs – Stephen Romero
• Director of Faculty Development – David Cotter
• Director of Makerspace Consortium – Cole Belmont
• Director of Leadership in Medicine and Combined Health Degree Programs – Joanne Fitzgerald
  • Assistant to the Directors of Health Professions and LIM - Sabrina Bruno

Dean of Studies

Michele Angrist

• Assistant to the Dean of Studies – Ruth Cotter
• Director of Undergraduate Research – Chad Orzel
• Advisor to the Law and Public Policy Program – Bradley Hays
• Class Deans, complete list of class deans
  • Dean of the Class of 2021 and Director of the Scholars Program – Derek Zuckerman
  • Dean of the Class of 2022 and Director of National Fellowships and Scholarships – Lynn Evans
    • Administrative Assistant – Ariel Quirk
• Director of the Writing Center – Joseph Johnson
• Director of Academic Achievement – Kristen Fanfarelli
• Director of the Health Professions Programs – Carol Weisse
  • Assistant Director of the Health Professions Programs – Rhona Beaton
  • Assistant to the Directors of Health Professions and LIM - Sabrina Bruno
• Director of AOP/HEOP – Philip Poczik
  • Associate Director – Amarilis Francis
  • Academic Advisor & Tutor Coordinator - Chukwuma Asala
  • Administrative Coordinator – Niya Brooks

Director of Institutional Research

Len Schlegel

• Assistant Director - Jill Davey

Registrar

Penelope Adey

• Assistant Registrar – Drew Lentz
  • Student Records Assistant – Susan Pascazio
• Assistant Registrar – Albert Sacco
  • Senior Registration Assistant – Sandy Maloney
  • Student Systems Specialist – Donald Tallman

Director of International Programs

Lara Atkins

• Assistant Director – Ginny Casper
• Administrative Assistant – Donna Sichak

Director of College Grants & Sponsored Programs

Nicole Marshall

• Associate Director of College Grants & Sponsored Programs - Mercedes Susi
  

Chief Information Officer

Ellen Yu

• Office Manager – Martha Bondinello
  • Computer Operations Coordinator – Tom Mancini
• Director of Learning Technologies and Environments – Denise Snyder
  • Assistant Director of Learning Environments – Jim Strohecker
    • Learning Environments Services Specialist – Sonia Sandoval
    • Learning Environments Services Coordinator – Michael Ulrich
  • Manager, Learning Technologies and Environments Support – Virginia Soloman
  • Senior Learning Technology Consultant – Kesheng Yu
  • Senior Inclusive & Learning Technology Analyst – Kevin Barhydt
• Director of User Services – William Bettermann
  • Senior End User Support Analyst – Dave Sindoni
  • Senior End User Support Analyst – Carlos Nieves
  • Manager, Tier 1 Help Desk – William McCaffrey
  • End User Support Analyst – Susan Rinaldi
  • End User Support Analyst – Gabriel Leifer
• Director of Enterprise Applications – Vacant
  • Senior Systems Analyst – Paul Vinette
  • Systems Analyst – Deborah Coyle
  • Enterprise Applications Developer - William Pizer
  • Enterprise Applications Developer - William Callanan
  • Senior Web Developer – Mina Evtimova
• Director of Enterprise Systems & Networking – Val Kania
  • Assistant Director of Networking & Telecommunications – Dan Mahar
    • Network Analyst – Severian Brink-Forrest
    • Senior Telecommunications Analyst – Stephen DeGeyter
  • Senior Systems Administrator – Mark Giemza
  • Senior Enterprise Systems Manager - Kevin Petronis
  • Systems Administrator – Andrew Hillary

College Librarian

Frances Maloy

• Administrative Assistant and Office Manager – Leslee Barkley
• Director of Digital Scholarship and Public Services – Jennifer Grayburn
  • Head of Access Services Librarian – Robyn Reed
    • Circulation Department Manager – Mary Eiffe
      • Stacks Manager / Library Specialist – Jeneza Ramnarine
      • Circulation Supervisor – Jason Nistico
      • Evening Circulation Supervisor – Andrew Guadagno
    • Resources Sharing Coordinator – Gordon Rood
  • Instructional Services Librarian – Lindsay Bush
  • Social Media Developer – Sarah Adams
  • CLIR Postdoctoral Fellow in Data Curation - Sean Tennant
• Director of Content and Digital Library Systems – Joanna DiPasquale
  • Head of Acquisitions Services and E-Resource Librarian – Peter Koonz
    • Continuing Resources Specialist – Krista Eason
    • Library Fund Accounting Specialist – Anna Biasiucci
    • Acquisitions Specialist – Diana Mirabile
  • Digital Collections Librarian - Rachel Leach
  • Head of Collection Development and Government Documents – Raik Zaghloul
  • Digital Scholarship and Instruction Librarian - Adam Mazel
    • Library Web Developer – Jennifer Byrd
  • Catalog and Metadata Librarian – John Myers
    • Catalog Services Specialist – Carol McGlauflin
  • Digital Projects & Metadata Librarian – Rebecca Fried
  • Systems and Applications Librarian – David Fuller
• Director of Special Collections and Archives - Sarah Schmidt
  • Archives Specialist – Marlaine DesChamps
  • Archives and Special Collections Librarian – Andrea Belair
    • Adirondack Research Library Project Archivist – Matthew Golebiewski
• Director and Curator of Art Collections and Exhibitions – Julie Lohnes
  • Curatorial Assistant – Sarah Mottalini

Director of Athletics

James McLaughlin

• Administrative Coordinator and Director of Summer Camps – Alexandra Caruso
• Senior Associate Director / SWA / Compliance (reports directly to the Vice President of Academic Affairs for compliance matters that are a conflict of interest with the Director of Athletics) – Joanne Little
  • Assistant Director of Athletics/Business Operations and Head Men’s and Women's Tennis Coach (primary responsibility is coaching; administrative assignment is secondary responsibility) – Brian Bowman
  • Coordinator for Varsity Sport Services – Dave Baglio
  • Equipment Manager – Charles Mackey
  • Head Men’s Lacrosse Coach – Derek Witheford
  • Head Volleyball Coach – Laura Falkowitz
  • Head Track and Field Coach and Head Cross Country Coach – Laura Nardelli
    • Head Men’s Soccer Coach and Assistant Track Coach – Jeff Guinn
• Director of Wellness and Assistant Director of Intramurals and Recreation – Michael Polsinelli
• Associate Director of Athletics – Beth Tiffany
  • Athletics Communications Director – Steven Sheridan
    • Associate Athletic Communications Director – Gary Ross LaDue
  • Head Softball Coach and Assistant Equipment Manager – Michelle Connors
  • Head Women’s Soccer Coach – Karen Gurnon
  • Head Men’s Basketball Coach – Christopher Murphy
    • Associate Head Men's Basketball Coach – Nicholas Ciresi
  • Aquatics Director and Head Swimming Coach – Scott Felix
    • Assistant Swimming Coach – Jeremy Sagaille
    • Assistant Swim Coach – Vacant
  • Head Women’s Basketball Coach and Head Women’s Golf Coach – Mary Ellen Burt
    • Associate Head Women’s Basketball Coach – Jared Zeidman
  • Head Men's Basketball Coach - Christopher Murphy
  • Ticket Manager/Business Operations Assistant - Stefan Basile
• Assistant Director of Athletics/Facilities – Brianne Brinker
  • Facilities Specialist – Barry Collins
  • Facilities Specialist – Michael Levin
  • Facilities Specialist – Sean Kanawada
  • Head Baseball Coach – Paul Mound
• Head Women’s Lacrosse Coach – Abi Jackson
• Head Trainer and Director of Student Athlete Programming – Cheryl Rockwood
  • Assistant Athletic Trainer – Eric Ackerman
  • Assistant Athletic Trainer – Jill Crary-Gracz
  • Assistant Athletic Trainer – Brandon Perry
• Strength and Conditioning Coach – Dan Gabelman
  • Head Field Hockey Coach and Assistant Strength Conditioning – Kelly Harchetts
  • Assistant Football Coach and Assistant Strength and Conditioning - Kenneth Tinsley
• Head Men’s Ice Hockey Coach – Rick Bennett
  • Administrative Assistant for Ice Hockey – Kelli Hays
  • Assistant Men’s Ice Hockey Coach – John Ronan
  • Associate Head Men’s Ice Hockey Coach – Vacant
• Head Women’s Ice Hockey Coach – Joshua Sciba
  • Administrative Assistant for Ice Hockey – Kelli Hays
  • Assistant Women’s Ice Hockey Coach – Mitchell Baker
  • Assistant Women’s Ice Hockey Coach – Vacant
• Head Men’s Soccer Coach and Assistant Track Coach – Jeff Guinn
• Head Crew Coach – Tom White
• Head Football Coach – Jeffrey Behrman
  • Assistant Football Coach and Event Manager (primary responsibility is coaching; administrative assignment is secondary responsibility) – Peter Brown
  • Assistant Football Coach and Assistant Strength and Conditioning – Kenneth Tinsley
  • Assistant Football Coach – Kevin Trigonis
  • Assistant Football Coach – Richard Flanders
• Head Field Hockey Coach and Assistant Strength and Conditioning – Kelly Harchetts
• Sports Psychologist – Wally Bzdell