Contact Us

Vice President & Associate Provost

Keith Jenkins
Vice President and Associate Provost for Diversity and Inclusion
585-475-6795
Sherry Bigelow
Admin Assistant to the Vice President and Associate Provost for Diversity and Incl
585-475-6795

Leadership Team

Alesia Allen
Assistant Vice President for NTID Diversity and Inclusion
Tina Chapman
Director of Diversity Theatre
585-329-7615
Kendall Scott
Director, Native American Future Stewards Program
585-475-5213
Taj Smith
Executive Director for Culture and Diversity Education
585-475-2224
Torrence Sparkman
Assistant Provost and AVP for Faculty Diversity and Recruitment
585-475-7169
Phillippa Thiuri
AVP for Academic Access and Success
585-475-6259
Ricki Wensel
Director of Financial Services
585-475-6066
David Wick
Associate Vice President for Research and Assessment
585-475-4296
Sandra Woodruff Whitmore
Executive Director for Marketing and Operations
585-475-5453

Research & Assessment

David Wick
Associate Vice President for Research and Assessment
585-475-4296
Teresa Long
Director of Assessment and Research Management
585-475-6351

Diversity Education & Programming

Taj Smith
Executive Director for Culture and Diversity Education
585-475-2224

Diversity Theater

Tina Chapman
Director of Diversity Theatre
585-329-7615

Faculty Diversity & Recruitment

Torrence Sparkman
Assistant Provost and AVP for Faculty Diversity and Recruitment
585-475-7169
Alli Cerone
Senior Staff Assistant
585-475-2967
Nancy Dimock
Assistant Director for Faculty Diversity and Recruitment
585-475-7010
Ezgi Erdogan
Faculty Recruitment Assistant
585-475-2322
Lorraine Stinebiser
Director of Faculty Diversity and Recruitment
585-475-5775

Finance & Grants

Ricki Wensel
Director of Financial Services
585-475-6066
Elizabeth Caito
Senior Financial Coordinator
585-475-6073
Martha Loucke
Senior Staff Assistant
585-475-6546

HEOP

Kristine Shamp
Senior Staff Assistant
585-475-2506
Alisha Balkum
Assistant Program Director
585-475-7249
Maria Vega
Program Director HEOP
585-475-6421

MCAS

Robert Hoggard
Director of Multicultural Center for Academic Success
585-475-5673
Imani Baker
Senior Staff Assistant
585-475-3001
David Benitez
Associate Director for Rochester City Scholars
585-475-4260
Robert Bonfiglio
Assistant Director for Assessment and Academic Success
585-475-5380
Alexandria Collins
Assistant Director for MCAS: Student Development
585-475-4312
Jessica Saltzberg
Associate Director for MCAS: Student Success and Engagement
585-475-2290
Melodie Velazquez-Soto
Assistant Director for Rochester City Scholars
585-475-4548
Gena Willis
Assistant Director for Affinity Programs and Leadership Dev

CSTEP, McNair and LSAMP

Kate Torrey
Senior Program Director, CSTEP, McNair/LSAMP
585-475-2337
Alexis Byers
Assistant Director for McNair
585-475-7182
Megan Kalloo
Assistant Program Director for CSTEP
585-475-6617

Native American Future Stewards

Kendall Scott
Director, Native American Future Stewards Program
585-475-5213

NTID Diversity & Inclusion

Alesia Allen

Assistant Vice President for NTID Diversity and Inclusion

Christan Monin

Senior Staff Assistant
585-475-7802

Joseph Hill

Assistant Dean NTID Faculty Recruitment and Retention

Thomastine Sarchet

Assistant Professor
585-475-6685

Operations & Marketing

Sandra Woodruff Whitmore
Executive Director for Marketing and Operations
585-475-5453
Janet Lomax-Smith
Journalist in Residence
Devon Watters
Assistant Director of Marketing and Communications
585-475-2781

Student Access & Success

Phillippa Thiuri
AVP for Academic Access and Success
585-475-6259
Victor Davidson
Program Director, Upward Bound
585-475-2320
Robert Hoggard
Director of Multicultural Center for Academic Success
585-475-5673
Kate Torrey
Senior Program Director, CSTEP, McNair/LSAMP
585-475-2337
Maria Vega
Program Director HEOP
585-475-6421

Upward Bound Classic

Victor Davidson
Program Director, Upward Bound
585-475-2320
Tiffany Terry
Assistant Director
585-475-7003