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​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​The Division of Enrollment Management (EM) at DePaul University consists of more than 175 employees, including professional staff members and student employees located at both the Lincoln Park and Loop campuses.​

Name Title Phone Email
Soumitra Ghosh Senior Vice President, Enrollment Management (312) 362-1470 sghosh1@depaul.edu
Sasha Ivanic Asst. Vice President, Enrollment Management (312) 362-8000 sivanic@depaul.edu
Karen Wigle Executive Assistant & Budget Manager (312) 362-8650 kwigle@depaul.edu

First-Year Recuitment & Admission

                               Name
                                  Title                                 Phone                                 Email
Erin Updegraff Executive Director, First-Year Recruitment & Admission (312) 362-8148 eupdegra@depaul.edu
Sally LaRowe Associate Director (773) 325-2985 slarowe@depaul.edu
Jessica DePont
Associate Director, Strategic Initiatives (773) 325-3613 jheinri2@depaul.edu
Noah Fogarty Assistant Director (312) 362-8000 nfogarty@depaul.edu
Mariesa Negosanti Assistant Director, Regional Recruitment (312) 362-8000 mnegosan@depaul.edu
Grace Jacques Admission Counselor, Events (773) 325-7853 gjacque1@depaul.edu
Brian Harris Assistant Director, Mission Initiatives (312) 362-8000 bharri75@depaul.edu
Kat Kamarulzaman Admission Counselor (312) 362-8000 kkamarul@depaul.edu
Paul Kendall Assistant Director, Strategic Initiatives (773) 325-3092 pkendall@depaul.edu
Joseline Valdez Admission Counselor (773) 352-3167 jvalde22@depaul.edu
Laine Hursh Admission Counselor (312) 362-8000 lhursh@depaul.edu
Jodie Andrys
PT Admission Counselor (312) 362-8300 jandrys@depaul.edu
Juliann Cibelli
PT Admission Counselor (773) 325-7500 jcibelli@depaul.edu
Cheryl Frank
PT Admission Counselor (773) 325-7500 cfrank4@depaul.edu
Dana Okoren
PT Admission Counselor (773) 325-7500 dokoren@depaul.edu
Kellina Bruett-Fedell
PT Admission Counselor (312) 362-8000 kbruettf@depaul.edu
Yvette Pratt
PT Admission Officer (773) 325-8972 yvazque1@depaul.edu
Emma DuBois
Admission Counselor (312) 362-8000 edubois4@depaul.edu

Graduate and Adult Admission

Colleen Mather Director of New Programs and Initiatives (312) 362-7635 cmather2@depaul.edu

Graduate Recruitment and Admission - LAS/CSH

Jack Spani Director (773) 325-8361 jspani@depaul.edu
Anavelia Mauricio
Assistant Director (773) 325-7143 amaurici@depaul.edu
Mary Palin Assistant Director (773) 325-7683 mpalin@depaul.edu
Meghan McGuire Admission Coordinator (773) 325-7885 mmcgui24@depaul.edu

Graduate Recruitment and Admission - COE/CMN

Andre Lewis Director (773) 325-7379 alewis6@depaul.edu
Stephanie Wood Assistant Director (773) 325-4951 sesparz1@depaul.edu

Transfer Recruitment and Admission

Nicholas DeFalco Executive Director (312) 362-8000 ndefalco@depaul.edu
Cynthia Delgadillo
Associate Director (312) 362-6529 cdelgadi@depaul.edu
John Henry Clark Transfer Communication Assistant 312-362-8047 jclark28@depaul.edu
Melissa Fajardo Regional Rep, California (312) 362-8000 mfajard3@depaul.edu
Tara Miller Regional Rep, Texas (312) 362-8000 tmille81@depaul.edu
David Villarroel Associate Director, Transfer Engagement (312) 362-6360 dvillarr@depaul.edu
Heidi Wirth Assistant Director (773) 325-8330 hbrusek1@depaul.edu
Madeline Walsh Admission Counselor (312) 362-8000 mwalsh58@depaul.edu
Ahtziri Alviso Admission Counselor (312) 362-8000 aalviso@depaul.edu

Transfer Articulation Center (TrAC)

David Esser Associate Director (312) 362-6142 desser@depaul.edu
Mike Cunha Assistant Director (312) 362-8706 mcunha@depaul.edu
Belem Mondragon Assistant Director (312) 352-7423 bomndrag@depaul.edu
Leslie Morgenthaler Service Clerk (312) 362-8611 lmorgent@depaul.edu
Claire Tan Data Entry Operator (312) 362-8000 ctan16@depaul.edu
Jinni Barak
Articulation Coordinator (312) 362-8000 jbarak3@depaul.edu

Corporate and Employer Outreach

Karen Cleland  Assistant Vice President (312) 362-1355 kclelan2@depaul.edu
Jatzari Abonce Communications/Events Coordinator (312) 362-8000 jabonce1@depaul.edu
Joseph DeLaGarza
Business Development Manager (312) 362-8643 joseph.delagarza@depaul.edu
Edmund Ramsay Business Development and Operations Manager (312) 362-8474 eramsay@depaul.edu
Eric Opalinski Business Development Manager (312) 362-1438 eric.opalinski@depaul.edu
Catherine Grochowski Kranz PT Cohort Coordinator (312) 362-8000 ckranz2@depaul.edu
Name Title Phone Email
Karen LeVeque Assistant Vice President (312) 362-8091 kleveque@depaul.edu

Compliance

Agnes Roche Director (312) 362-5024 aroche2@depaul.edu
Anne McBride Senior Accountant (312) 362-7658 amcbrid2@depaul.edu
Aesha Endeldinger Associate Director, ES Policy (312) 362-1141 aengeldi@depaul.edu

Operations

Mary Shaw Director (312) 362-5209 mshaw18@depaul.edu

Scholarships

Joseph Cunanan Associate Director (312) 362-0024 jcunana1@depaul.edu
Kathryn Glascott Scholarship Coordinator 312-362-8000 kglasco1@depaul.edu
Gerald Morales Scholarship Coordinator 312-362-8000 gmoral21@depaul.edu
Sarah Razafsha Scholarship Coordinator 312-362-8000 srazafsh@depaul.edu
Krista Zech Maratto Sepcial Programs Coordinator (312) 362-8866 kzech@depaul.edu

Financial Aid Administration

Lauren Martin Associate Director (312) 362-6016 llentz@depaul.edu
Hillary Schneider Financial Aid Administrator (312) 362-8570 hschnei4@depaul.edu
Clare Timm
Financial Aid Administrator (312) 362-6483 ctimm@depaul.edu
Kesiah Mendoza
Financial Aid Administrator (312) 362-8000 kmendo24@depaul.edu

Loans

Sherry Cwirko Associate Director (312) 362-8532 surbansk@depaul.edu
Alex Strzelecki Financial Aid Administrator (312) 362-6010 astrzele@depaul.edu
Kiesha Wilmington Financial Aid Administrator (312) 362-1208 kwilming@depaul.edu
Katharine Fasano PT Financial Aid Administrator (312) 362-6448 kfasano@depaul.edu

Special Projects

Krista Zech Maratto Sepcial Programs Coordinator (312) 362-8866 kzech@depaul.edu

Systems

Kevin Bradshaw Director (312) 362-6697 kbradsha@depaul.edu
Justin Johnson Systems Analyst (312) 362-5267 jjohnso3@depaul.edu
Jessica Holler Systems Analyst (312) 362-6651 jshisler@depaul.edu
Douglas Pump Data Analyst, Production Manager (312) 362-6715 dpump@depaul.edu
Paul Musial Databse Systems Support Specialist (312) 362-7310 pmusial1@depaul.edu
Oscar Garcia Ramirez Image Center Coordinator (312) 362-8000 ogarciar@depaul.edu
Jose Guzman Decision Support Specialist (312) 362-8000 jguzma22@depaul.edu

Student Services and DePaul Central

Karen LeVeque
Assistant Vice President (312) 362-8091 kleveque@depaul.edu
Fran Cebrynzski Director of DePaul Central (773) 325-1757 fcebrzyn@depaul.edu
Theresa Massey Smith
Assistant Director (773) 325-8129 tmassey3@depaul.edu
Lolita Pippens Associate Director OFA/DPCL (312) 362-8523 lpippens@depaul.edu
Carmen DeJesus Financial Aid Counselor (312) 362-5177 cfiguero@depaul.edu
Liliana Morales Financial Aid Counselor (312) 362-7245 lmoreno@depaul.edu
Alexander Nguyen
Financial Aid Counselor (312) 362-1138 anguye23@depaul.edu
Risa Turner Financial Aid Counselor (312) 362-5017 rturner8@depaul.edu
Adan Torres Financial Aid Counselor (312) 362-8000

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Name Title Phone Email
Carolyn Bylina Director (312) 362-7425 cbylina@depaul.edu
Steven Thai System Analyst (312) 362-8069 sthai@depaul.edu
Hank Ruelas Assistant Director (312) 362-8832 hruelas@depaul.edu
Hector Maldanado
Assistant Director, Technical Communications (312) 362-5006 hmaldona@depaul.edu
Jonathan Porter Assistant Director, Technical Communications (312) 362-1314 jporte23@depaul.edu
Karina Ortiz  Business Systems Analyst (312) 362-7129 kortiz14@depaul.edu
Pravina Phanlouvong Department Assistant (312) 362-7044 pphanlou@depaul.edu
Stephanie Garcia Data Control Assistant (312) 362-7925 sgarci47@depaul.edu
Kara Sullivan Recruitment-Technology Specialist-Undergrad (312) 362-8300 ksulli40@depaul.edu
Lauren Gray PT Application Developer (312) 362-7238 lgray2@depaul.edu
Gabriella McCune Associate Director (312) 626-5793 gmccune@depaul.edu
Michael Osborne Mail Room Coordinator (312) 362-6520 mosborn2@depaul.edu
Kenya Favela Senior Processor (312) 362-7651 kfranco1@depaul.edu
Jacqueline Gonzalez Audit Coordinator (312) 362-8839 jmarti57@depaul.edu
Jason Jablonski Senior Processor (312) 362-6015 jjablons@depaul.edu
Lynette Bishop Audit Coordinator (312) 362-8742 lbishop@depaul.edu
Adam Johns  Service Clerk (312) 362-8147 sjohns4@depaul.edu
Name Title Phone Email
Sasha Ivanic Asst. Vice President (312) 362-8000 sivanic@depaul.edu
Kyle Corrigan Senior Associate Director (312) 362-8000 kyle.corrigan@depaul.edu

Jason Hagemann Senior Associate Director (content) (312) 362-5532 jhageman@depaul.edu
Megan Hoinkes Associate Director -Undergrad  (312) 362-6867 mhoinkes@depaul.edu
Tzong Chang Associate Director, Grad (312) 362-8238 tchang6@depaul.edu
Sam Levit Content Developer (312) 362-8000 slevit@depaul.edu
Veni Cristino Content Developer (312) 362-8000 vcristi1@depaul.edu
Breanne Fahey
Assistant Director  (312) 362-7679 bree.fahey@depaul.edu
Dinet Reyes Manager, Inbound Call Center (312)362-8300 dreyes10@depaul.edu
James Conway FT Client Service Specialist (312)362-8839 jconway9@depaul.edu
Name Title Phone Email
Michael Wright Associate Vice President (312) 362-8488 mwrigh21@depaul.edu

Curriculum and Programming

Sarah Amutavi Business Analyst, Grading and Registration (312) 362-8459 samutavi@depaul.edu
Lauren Upton Business Analyst (312) 362-8285 lupton1@depaul.edu
William Pfeiffer Online Specialist (312) 362-1339 wpfeiffe@depaul.edu
Stacey Blacher Associate Director (312) 362-6769 sblacher@depaul.edu
Jessica Cardenas Student Records Assistant (312) 362-8000 jcarde13@depaul.edu
Miranda Sanders Senior Student Records Assistant (312) 362-8000 msande44@depaul.edu
Jessica Banderas Special Programs Coordinator (312) 362-8000 j.bandera@depaul.edu

Operations

Kathleen Bijak Associate Registrar - Degree Progress (312) 362-1124 kbijak@depaul.edu
Adriana Gonzalez Degree Progress Coordinator (312) 362-6175 agonz189@depaul.edu
Xavier Rodriguez Coordinator (312) 362-8000 xrodri10@depaul.edu

Immunizations

Brandon Swiderski Immunization Coordinator (312) 362-8000 bswider3@depaul.edu

Systems and Technology

Jennifer Seyer Lead Systems Analyst (312) 362-6615 jseyer@depaul.edu
Tejshree Soni Systemes Analyst (312) 362-7317 tsoni@depaul.edu
James Wade Systems Analyst, Reporting (312) 362-5987 jwade7@depaul.edu
Lilliana Loeza Coordinator, Data Management and Security (312) 362-6223 lloeza@depaul.edu

CRM

Timothy Cote CRM Administrator (312) 362-8000 tcote@depaul.edu
Tim Munroe Communications Analyst (312) 362-5842 tmunroe@depaul.edu
Laura Dyer CRM Analyst (312) 362-8000 ldyer@depaul.edu
Name Title Phone Email
Kari Costello Assistant Vice President (312) 362-8661 kcostel7@depaul.edu
Antonia Createanu Associate Director, Undergrad (312) 362-6522 antonia.creteanu@depaul.edu
Megan Otermat Sr. Assistant Director Grad/agent management (312) 362-1146 motermat@depaul.edu
Alejandra Mendoza Application Manager (312) 362-6102 amendo16@depaul.edu
Kevin Holechko Undergraduate International Admissions Counselor (773)-325-7361 kholechk@depaul.edu
Matthew Cardoza Grad Admissions Counselor  (312) 362-8000 mcardoz3@depaul.edu
Jeremy Mixell Director, Graduate International Admissions (312) 362-8000 jmixell@depaul.edu
Susan Strow Director, Undergraduate International Admissions (312) 362-8000 sstrow@depaul.edu