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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
Julianna De Leon Admission Counselor (312) 362-8000 msmit351@depaul.edu
Jessica DePont
Associate Director, Strategic Initiatives (773) 325-3613 jheinri2@depaul.edu
Emma DuBois Admission Counselor (312) 362-8000 edubois4@depaul.edu
Noah Fogarty Assistant Director (312) 362-8000 nfogarty@depaul.edu
Laine Hursh Admission Counselor (312) 362-8000 lhursh@depaul.edu
Christopher Hunsicker Admission Counselor (312) 362-8000 msmit351@depaul.edu
Grace Jacques Admission Counselor, Events (773) 325-7853 gjacque1@depaul.edu
Kat Kamarulzaman Admission Counselor (312) 362-8000 kkamarul@depaul.edu
Jared Labounty Department Assistant   jlabount@depaul.edu
Paul Kendall Assistant Director, Strategic Initiatives (773) 325-3092 pkendall@depaul.edu
McCLellan Smith Admission Counselor (312) 362-8000 msmit351@depaul.edu
Joseline Valdez Admission Counselor (773) 352-3167 jvalde22@depaul.edu
Jodie Andrys
PT Application Reader (312) 362-8300 jandrys@depaul.edu
Ann Barta PT Application Reader (312) 362-8000 abarta1@depaul.edu
Kristen Biehl PT Application Reader (312) 362-8000 kbiehl@depaul.edu
Connie Castellucci PT Application Reader (312) 362-8000 ccastel3@depaul.edu
Amy Christienson PT Application Reader (312) 362-8000 a.christenson@depaul.edu
Juliann Cibelli
PT Application Reader (773) 325-7500 jcibelli@depaul.edu
Cheryl Frank
PT Application Reader (773) 325-7500 cfrank4@depaul.edu
Diane Lee PT Application Reader (312) 362-8000 dlee128@depaul.edu
Dana Okoren
PT Application Reader (773) 325-7500 dokoren@depaul.edu
Yvette Pratt
PT Admission Officer (773) 325-8972 yvazque1@depaul.edu

Graduate Recruitment and Admissions-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

Transfer Recruitment and Admission

Nicholas DeFalco Executive Director (312) 362-8000 ndefalco@depaul.edu
Cynthia Delgadillo
Associate Director (312) 362-6529 cdelgadi@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
hannah Kinsella   Transfer Admission Assistant hkinsell@depaul.edu

Transfer Articulation Center (TrAC)

David Esser Associate Director, Transfer Articulation Center, (TrAC) (312) 362-6142 desser@depaul.edu
Mike Cunha Assistant Director, Transfer Articulation Center, (TrAC) (312) 362-8706 mcunha@depaul.edu
Leslie Morgenthaler Transcript Data Coordinator, Transfer Articulation Center, (TrAC) (312) 362-8611 lmorgent@depaul.edu
Jinni Barak
Articulation Coordinator, Transfer Articulation Center, (TrAC) (312) 362-8000 jbarak3@depaul.edu
Kaitlyn Smith Articulation Coordinator, Transfer Articulation Center, (TrAC) (312) 362-8000 ksmit296@depaul.edu
Beth Yahne Transfer Admission & Records Coordinator, Transfer Articulation Center, (TrAC) (312) 362-8000 byahne@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
Colleen Mather Dir, New Programs & Initiatives (312) 362-7635 cmather2@depaul.edu
Eric Opalinski Business Development Manager (312) 362-1438 eric.opalinski@depaul.edu
Edmund Ramsay Business Development and Operations Manager (312) 362-8474 eramsay@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
Kaci Landry Title IV REfund Coordinator (773) 325-8940 klandry3@depaul.edu
Danielle Long Instructor/Trainer (312) 362-8000 dlong28@depaul.edu
Alex Nguyen SAP Coordinator (312) 362-1138 anguye23@depaul.edu

Operations

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

Scholarships

Joseph Cunanan Associate Director (312) 362-0024 jcunana1@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

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

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 

Karen LeVeque-Szawara
Assistant Vice President (312) 362-8091 kleveque@depaul.edu
Fran Cebrynzski Director of Financial AIid (773) 325-1757 fcebrzyn@depaul.edu
Loliita Pippens Associate Director OFA/DPCL (312) 362-8523 lpippens@depaul.edu
Younadam Atto Financial Aid Counselor    
Amanda Bozzeti Financial Aid Counselor    
Hannah Budzynski Financial Aid Counselor   hbudzyns@depaul.edu
Carmen DeJesus Financial Aid Counselor (312) 362-5177 cfiguero@depaul.edu
Jorge Guzman Financial Aid Counselor   jguzma52@depaul.edu
Aaron Hopgood Financial Aid Counselor   ahopgood@depaul.edu
Martin McCahill Financial Aid Counselor   mmccahi1@depaul.edu
Liliana Morales Financial Aid Counselor (312) 362-7245 lmoreno@depaul.edu
Adan Torres Financial Aid Counselor   atorre23@depaul.edu
Risa Turner Financial Aid Counselor (312) 362-5017 rturner8@depaul.edu
Name Title Phone Email
Sasha Ivanic AVP, Chief of Staff   sivanic@depaul.edu
Hank Ruelas Assistant Director (312) 362-8832 hruelas@depaul.edu
Hector Maldanado
Assistant Director, Technical Communications (312) 362-5006 hmaldona@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
Kyle Corrigan Director, Digital Marketing Technology (312) 362-8000 kyle.corrigan@depaul.edu
Megan Hoinkes Associate Director, Undergrad (312) 3626867 mhoinkes@depau.edu
Tzong Chang Associate Director, Grad (312) 362-8238 tchang6@depaul.edu
Sam Levitt Content Developer (312) 362-8000 slevit@depaul.edu
Veni Cristino Content Developer (312) 362-8000 vcristi1@depaul.edu
Dinet Velasquez Manager, Inbound Call Center (312) 362-8300 dreyes1@depaul.edu
James Conway Client Services Specialist (312) 362-8839 jconway9@depaul.edu
Miguel Maldonado Customer Service Agent (312) 362-8000 mmaldo26@depaul.edu
Jocelyn Alamoodi Customer Service Agent (312) 362-8000 jalamood@depaul.edu
Mady Johnson Marketing Coordinator (312) 362-8000 mjohn277@depaul.edu
Patrick Dalton CRM Developer/Reporting Analyst (312) 362-8000 pdalton@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

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
Dinet Velasquez 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
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
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


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