Administration

Serene Jones
President
Johnston Family Professor for Religion and Democracy
212-280-1403 | presoffice@uts.columbia.edu

Jody West
Vice President for Administration
212-280-1373 | jwest@uts.columbia.edu

Fred Davie
Senior Strategic Advisor to the President
212-280-1404  |  fdavie@uts.columbia.edu

Virginia R. Fischer
Executive Assistant to the Executive Office
212-280-1403 | vfischer@uts.columbia.edu

Thomas Arbuckle II
Executive Assistant and Board Liaison
(212) 280-1408 | tarbuckle@uts.columbia.edu

Su Yon Pak ’99
Vice President of Academic Affairs & Dean, and Associate Professor of Integrative and Field-Based Education
212-280-1340 | spak@uts.columbia.edu

David Gastwirth
Vice President of Online Education and Learning Innovation
dgastwirth@uts.columbia.edu

Abigail Asgaralli
Assistant Dean for Student Affairs
212.280.1396 | aasgaralli@uts.columbia.edu 

Anjali Moncrieffe
212.280.1342 | registrar@utsnyc.edu

Nicole Mirando
Assistant Dean for Academic Administration
212-280-1417 | nmirando@uts.columbia.edu

Jan Rehmann
Director of the Ph.D. Program
212-280-1495 | jrehmann@uts.columbia.edu

Isaac Sharp ’19
Director of Online and Part-time Programs and Visiting Professor
isharp@uts.columbia.edu

Sandra Montes
Dean of Worship
212-280-1523 | smontes@uts.columbia.edu

Lisa Simon
Executive Assistant to the Senior Director of Integrative and Field-Based Education
212-280-1341 | lsimon@uts.columbia.edu

Alberta McCants
Administrative Assistant to the Office of Student Affairs & Registrar
212-280-1555 | amccants@uts.columbia.edu

Christopher McFadden
Executive Administrative Assistant to the Dean and Academic Office
212-280-1558 | cmcfadden@uts.columbia.edu

Kelly Brown Douglas
Dean of Episcopal Divinity School at Union
Bill and Judith Moyers Chair in Theology
212-280-1567 | kdouglas@uts.columbia.edu

Miguel Escobar
Executive Director of Anglican Studies
212-280-1569 | mescobar@uts.columbia.edu

Obri Richardson
Office Manager, Episcopal Divinity School at Union
212-280-1567  |  orichardson@uts.columbia.edu

Emilee Walker-Cornetta
Associate Program Director
ewalkercornetta@uts.columbia.edu

Vanessa Hutchinson
Vice President of Admissions and Financial Aid
212-280-1317 | vhutchinson@uts.columbia.edu

Jermaine Coore ’20
Assistant Director of Recruitment & Enrollment
212-280-1343 | jcoore@uts.columbia.edu

Melissa Desravines
Director of Financial Aid & Business Services
212-280-1531 | mdesravines@uts.columbia.edu

Afsheen A. Shamsi
Vice President of Communications and Marketing
212-280-1552  |  ashamsi@uts.columbia.edu

Ian Rees
Associate Director of Communications
212-280-1591 | irees@uts.columbia.edu

Emmye Vernet
Communications & Marketing Specialist
212-280-1536 | evernet@uts.columbia.edu 

Rita L. Walters
Vice President of Development & Alum Relations
212-280-1426 | rwalters@uts.columbia.edu

Nayeli Garcia Mowbray
Senior Director of Development & Planned Giving
212-280-1419 | ngmowbray@uts.columbia.edu

Chris Hayes
Director of Institutional & Corporate Engagement
212-280-1458 | chayes@uts.columbia.edu

Luke Henderson
Director of Research and Analytics
212-280-1429 | lhenderson@uts.columbia.edu

Shana Kaplanov
Manager of Annual Fund Giving
212-280-1453 | skaplanov@uts.columbia.edu

Isaac Sharp ’19
Interim Assistant Director of Alum Relations
development@uts.columbia.edu

William Peabody
Chief Operating Officer
212-280-1357 | wpeabody@uts.columbia.edu

Michael Orzechowski
Director of Housing and Campus Services
212-280-1301 | morzechowski@uts.columbia.edu

David Bryan
Mailroom/Office Services & Main Entrance Desk Attendant
212-280-1300 | dbryan@uts.columbia.edu

Shirley Arana
Administrative Assistant to Campus Operations.
212-280-1300 | Sarana@uts.columbia.edu

Engineers
Bill Figueroa, Charles Worrell, Fouad Moussa, Gordon Moore, Paul Dumas, Raymond Paredes.

Maintenance
Alsheikh Ali, Beesham Persaud, Maurice Samuel.

Housekeeping
Calvin Mason, Dwayne Gordon, Fredia Valencia, Zakaria Soultane.

Nina Wong
Chief Financial Officer
212-280-1402 | nwong@uts.columbia.edu

Gary Turner
Senior Accountant & Bursar
212-280-1354 | gturner@uts.columbia.edu

Kirsis Ortiz
Staff Accountant
212-280-1355 | kortiz@uts.columbia.edu

Diana Torres-Petrilli
Chief Human Resources Officer
212-678-8011 | dipetrilli@uts.columbia.edu

Shanell Grant, MBA
Employee Services Coordinator
212.280.1353 | sgrant@uts.columbia.edu

Donald Joshua
Director of Information Technology
212-280-1462 | djoshua@uts.columbia.edu

Marcus Mortise
Technical Support Specialist
212-280-1465 | mmortise@uts.columbia.edu

Bassirou Diop
Electronic Media and IT Support
212-280-1464 | bdiop@uts.columbia.edu

Karenna Gore
Director of the Center for Earth Ethics
212-280-1421 | kgore@uts.columbia.edu

Lisa D. Rhodes
Executive Director of RISE Together Mentorship Network
212-280-1391 | lrhodes@uts.columbia.edu

Rev. Dr. Liz Theoharis
Director of the Kairos Center
212-280-1439 | liz@kairoscenter.org

Karmen M. Smith ’19
Center for Community Engagement and Social Justice
ksmith@uts.columbia.edu