Office of the President
President |
Martin A. Schmidt, ‘81 |
Secretary of the Institute and General Counsel |
Craig Cook |
Assistant Vice President, Presidential & Board Operations |
Jennifer Brock |
Vice President of Institute Initiatives |
Hanna Rodriguez-Farrar |
Associate Vice President, Government Relations & Public Affairs |
Kirk Ives |
Associate Vice President, Institutional Events |
Peter Grimm |
Experimental Media and Performing Arts Center (EMPAC)
Executive Director |
Dena Beard |
Manager, Administrative Operations |
Kimberly Gardner |
Curator |
Amadeus Regucera |
Rensselaer Technology Park and Commercial Real Estate Development
Office of Intellectual Property Optimization
Manager, Intellectual Property |
Douglas Robinson |
Office of the Provost
Provost |
Rebecca Doerge |
Chief of Staff to the Provost |
Kimberley Osburn |
Director, Academic Budget |
Tracy Paul |
Graduate Education
Vice Provost and Dean
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Dorit Nevo
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Director, Graduate Student Services |
Connie Grega |
Director, Graduate Admissions |
Jarron Decker |
Undergraduate Education
Interim Vice Provost and Dean |
Matthew Oehlschlaeger |
Commanding Officer, USAF Air and Space Studies ROTC |
LTCol Ryan Coughlan |
Commanding Officer, Military Science ROTC |
LTCol Nicolas Ouimet |
Commanding Officer, Naval Science ROTC |
CDR David J. Latta |
School of Architecture
Dean |
Evan Douglis |
Associate Dean |
David Bell (Acting) |
Associate Dean for Graduate Studies |
Chris Perry |
Undergraduate Chair |
Rhett Russo |
School of Engineering
Dean |
Shekhar Garde |
Associate Dean for Academic Affairs |
Ali Tajer |
Associate Dean for Research and Graduate Studies |
A. Agung Julius |
Associate Dean for Undergraduate Studies |
Kurt S. Anderson |
Associate Dean for Research Innovations, Partnerships, and Workforce |
Lucy Zhang |
Director, Engineering Multidisciplinary Design Lab (interim) |
Ali Tajer |
Director, Manufacturing Innovation |
Sam Chiappone |
School of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences
Dean |
William Gibbons |
Associate Dean for Academic Affairs |
Brett Fajen |
Associate Dean of Graduate Studies and Research |
Ken Simons |
Lally School of Management
Dean
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Liad Wagman |
Associate Dean for Academic Affairs |
Brian Clark |
Associate Dean for Research |
Chris McDermott |
Director, Undergraduate Programs
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Kevin Fletcher
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Director, MS Programs
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Guarav Jain
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Director, MBA Programs
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Johan Maharjan
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Director, Ph.D. Program
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Hakan Hekimoglu
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School of Science
Dean |
Steven Tait |
Associate Dean of Science for Academic Affairs |
Lee Ligon |
Associate Dean of Science for Research and Graduate Programs |
Sibel Adali |
Rensselaer at Work
Dean, Academic and Administrative Affairs |
Aric Krause |
Associate Dean
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Michael Hughes
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Director, Technology Systems
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Adam Hechler
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Director, Instructional Design |
Susan Riello |
Director, Marketing and Partnerships
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Bonnie Blumer
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Athletics
Associate Vice President and Director of Athletics |
Dr. Kristie Bowers |
Associate Director, Athletics |
Katherine Paradise |
Assistant Athletic Director |
Adrian Donnelly |
Director, Marketing & Promotions |
(vacant) |
Director, Communications |
Maggie Kelley |
Director, Compliance |
Tucker Glass |
Director, Athletic Facilities & Operations |
David Driscoll |
Business Administrator, Sr. |
Chantel Zarek |
Enrollment Management
Vice President for Enrollment Management |
Wendy Lin-Cook |
Director, Undergraduate Admissions |
Karen Long |
Director, Financial Aid |
Martin Daniels |
Associate Director, Undergraduate Operations |
Heather Hansen |
Institutional Research and Assessement
Associate Vice Provost, Institutional Effectiveness and Planning |
Mohua Bose |
Office of the Registrar
University Registrar |
Rajni Soharu |
Associate Registrar-Compliance and Articulation |
Suzanne Dunn |
Associate Registrar-Academic Registration & Record Services |
Kelly Dalheim |
Associate Registrar-Degree Progression & Clearance |
Kimberly Herkert |
Associate Registrar-Academic Planning & Scheduling |
Drew Lentz |
Student Experience
Vice Provost for the Student Experience |
Robert Hradsky |
Business Manager, Sr. |
Chris Klein |
Manager, Communications & Marketing |
Monique Gleason |
Manager, Student Experience |
Emma Harmon |
Center for Career and Professional Development
Assistant Vice Provost for Experiential Learning & Professional Development |
Philip Bruce |
Associate Director, Career Development |
Erika Cary |
Associate Director, Experiential Learning & Cooperative Education |
Dawn Cairns-Weaver |
Associate Director, Employer Relations
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(vacant)
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Dean of Students
Associate Vice President & Dean of Students |
Ryan Keytack |
Director of Student Rights, Responsibilities & Conduct |
Erica Hoerz |
Senior Associate Dean, Intervention & Support |
Aaron Youmans |
Administrative Coordinator |
Kiersten Mauro |
Associate Dean, Off Campus Commons |
Graham Knowles |
Student Success
Assistant Vice Provost, Student Success |
Lisa Trahan |
Director, Student Success & Access |
J. Louis Trzepacz |
Dean, Graduate Experience |
Colleen Smith |
Director, Retention & Student Transitions |
Janelle Fayette |
Associate Director, First Year Experience |
Logan Gee |
Director, Advising and Learning Assistance Center |
Jeannie Steigler |
Director, International Services for Students & Scholars |
scMary Nellis |
Associate Director, International Services for Students & Scholars |
Emilee Buse |
Director, Disability Services |
(vacant) |
Student Health & Wellness
Executive Director, Student Health & Wellness |
Leslie Lawrence, M.D. |
Director, Counseling Services |
Kevin Readdean |
Associate Director, Student Health Center |
Dan Reirden, M.D. |
Religious & Spiritual Life
Chaplain, Religious & Spiritual Life |
Fr. Jordan Lenaghan |
Rensselaer Union
Director, Student Engagement & Rensselaer Union |
Charlie Potts |
Executive Director, Mueller Center |
Steve Allard |
Director, Fraternity & Sorority Affairs |
(vacant) |
Director of Student Activities (acting) |
William OBrien |
Business Administrator |
Martha McElligott |
Director, Archer Center for Student Leadership |
Tracy Sullivan |
Associate Director, Archer Center |
Christine Allard |
Associate Director and Lecturer, Archer Center |
Susan Henry |
Associate Director and Lecturer, Archer Center |
Trisha Teig |
Associate Director and Lecturer, Archer Center |
Jordan Vener |
Associate Director and Lecturer, Archer Center |
Amy Youmans |
Associate Director and Lecturer, Archer Center |
Judith Obeiro |
Associate Director and Lecturer, Archer Center |
(vacant) |
Student Living and Learning
Dean, Student Living and Learning |
John Lawler |
Associate Dean, Residential Commons |
Shelby Robinson |
Director, Housing Operations |
Ryan Ballantine |
Administration
Chief Administrative Officer |
Mark Hampton |
Executive Assistant |
Michel Rooney |
Auxiliary, Parking, and Transportation Services
Director, Auxiliary Services Operations |
Mohamed Ali |
Associate Director, Auxiliary Services Operations |
Elizabeth (Betsy) Preston |
Associate Director, Logistics, Parking, and Transportation |
Timothy Schmidt |
Operations Manager, Parking and Transportation |
Myron (John) Zerebynsky |
Campus Planning and Facilities Design
Director |
Robert Carney |
Manager, Engineering |
Steve Quinn |
Environmental Health and Safety
Director |
Jennifer Kazmierczak |
Environmental and Site Services
Director |
Leslie Norton |
Associate Director, Environmental Services |
Michael Sitterley |
Associate Director, Site Services |
Matt Robinson |
Division of Human Resources
Vice President for Human Resources |
Louis Padula |
Director, Employee Relations and Title IX |
Elizabeth Brown-Goyette |
Director, Organizational Development & Effectiveness |
Will Fahey |
Director, Workforce Systems & Analytics |
Varsha Poddar |
Assistant Vice President of Human Resources |
Anne Bilynsky |
Director, Total Rewards |
Mary Ellen Smith |
Manager, Employment Operations |
Kathy McNamara |
Manager, Employee Engagement & Communications |
Jacquelyn Turner |
Physical Plant
Director |
Kevin Surman |
Associate Director |
(vacant) |
Operations Manager, Facilities Customer Service Center |
Lynn Gray |
Procurement and Administrative Services
Director, Capital and Auxiliary Budget Planning |
Steven Schwan |
Stockroom
Associate Director, Logistics, Parking, and Transportation |
Timothy Schmidt |
Mail Services
Operations Manager, Mail Services |
Brent McDonough |
Public Safety
Associate Vice President, Public Safety & Emergency Mgt. |
Vadim Thomas |
Associate Director |
Patricia Groeber |
Emergency Management
Emergency Management & Clery Compliance Officer |
Manuel Fernandez-Villaderey |
Division of the Chief Information Officer (DotCIO)
Interim Vice President of Enterprise Computing & Director of Library Information Services |
Andrew White |
Director, Information Technologies and Infrastructure |
Graham A. Doig |
Director, Enterprise Information Services |
Mary Houghton |
Director, Multimedia Services |
James Evans |
Director, Information Security |
Colleen Morrissey |
Director, Client Information Services |
Jacqueline Stampalia |
Senior Business Manager, Business Information Systems |
Lynette Koch |
Finance
Vice President for Finance and Chief Financial Officer (CFO) |
Eileen McLoughlin |
Executive Assistant to Vice President for Finance and CFO |
Debra Maloney |
Senior Investment Analyst |
Michael Sharp |
Compliance Officer |
Sandra Casey |
Controller’s Office
Assistant Vice President for Finance and Controller |
Kelli Perry |
Assistant Controller |
Jackie Martin |
Manager of Payroll |
Mike Jackstadt |
Manager of Accounting |
Ryan Ziegler |
Manager of Tax and Financial Systems |
Alana Louisy |
Director, Finance Applications Systems & Technology (F.A.S.T.) |
Jill Quinones |
Associate Director, Finance Applications Systems & Technology (F.A.S.T.) |
Tiffany Bolduc |
Associate Director, Finance Applications Systems & Technology (F.A.S.T.) |
John Watts |
Director of Research Finance |
John Braungard |
Associate Director of Research Finance |
Vincenzo Orciuoli |
Director of Risk Management |
Monika Robertson |
Manager, Policy & Procedure |
Tom Hippchen |
Budget
Assistant Vice President, Budget & Resource Planning |
Ann Marie Scheidegger |
Budget Director |
Caitlin Watts |
Treasury
Senior Treasury Officer |
Susan Proskine |
Bursar |
Michael Radzyminski |
Research Administration
Coordinating Director, Strategic Grants & Research Administration |
Carina Teator |
Associate Director, Research Administration |
Andrew Kline |
Institute Advancement
Vice President for Institute Advancement |
Matthew Ter Molen |
Associate Vice President, Alumni Engagement |
Meghan Mortensen |
Associate Vice President, Employee Engagement & Advancement Operations |
Sue Ballard |
Associate Vice President, Constituent Development (new program within IA) |
John Prizner |
Advancement Operations and Business Intelligence
Assistant Vice President Advancement Operations & Business Intelligence |
Karen Chopra |
Manager, Prospect Management and Research |
Liz Discanio |
Director, Gift Administration & Business Intelligence |
Marie Carroll |
Director, Marketing, Communications & Donor Relations |
Bethany Beaudoin |
Alumni Engagement
Director, Advancement Events |
(vacant) |
Acting Director, Annual Giving |
Casey Castiglione |
Director, Alumni Engagement |
Dawn McCarthy |
Director, Planned Gifts |
Andrew Babitts |
Assistant Vice President, Individual and Major Gifts |
Patrick Campolieta |
Research
Vice President for Research |
Robert Hull |
Associate Vice President for Research |
Liping Huang |
Assistant Vice President for Research |
Sarah Niemann |
Director, Compliance |
Brandt Burgess |
Director, Research Grants |
Michelle Simkulet |
Office of Community Engagement and Communications
Vice President, Community Engagement and Communications |
Pamela Smith |
Director, State and Community Relations |
Kirk Ives |
Associate Vice President, Institutional Events |
Peter Grimm |
Manager, University Events |
Cheryl McGlothlin |
Director, Periodicals and Editorial Content |
(vacant) |
Board of Trustees
Officers
Martin A. Schmidt ‘81, B.S., S.M., Ph.D., President
Carmella Mantello, Mayor of Troy, Ex Officio
John E. Kelly III ‘78G, ‘80Ph.D., B.S., M.S., Ph.D., D.H.L. (Hon.), Former Executive Vice President, , IBM Corporation. Chair of the Board
Curtis R. Priem ‘82 B.S.E.E., Founder and Former Chief Technical Officer, NVIDIA Corp, Vice Chair of the Board
Linda Jojo ‘87, ‘92G, B.S., MS, Executive Vice President, Technology and Chief Digital Officer, United Airlines. Secretary of the Board
Active Trustees
John Bennett ‘74, B.S., M.D., Former President and CEO, CDPHP
John Capek ‘83, ‘84G, ‘85G, ‘87G, ‘88PhD B.S., M.E., MBA, Ph.D. Former Executive Vice President of Ventures, Abbott Laboratories
Tom Capek ‘86 B.S., Senior Vice President and Chief Engineer, Corning Inc.
Mukesh Chatter, M.S. ‘82 President, CEO, and co-founder of Alsym Energy.
Gary T. DiCamillo ‘73 B.S., MBA, Managing Partner, Eaglepoint Advisors, LLC
David Ho ‘86, B.M.E, MS, Executive Chairman of DH Group.
Mary Humiston ‘90G MBA, Former Chief Human Resources Officer, Rolls Royce Plc.
Jeffrey L. Kodosky ‘70 B.S., Business and Technology Fellow, National Instruments
Mark M. Little ‘82Ph.D., B.S., M.S., Ph.D., Former Senior Vice President and Chief Technology Officer, General Electric Company.
Kathryn I. Murtagh, Esq., B.S. ‘87, JD Chief Compliance Officer and Managing Director, Sustainable Investing, Harvard Management Company, Inc.
Meghan Lenihan Moulder, B.S. ‘10 Principal and Vice President of Portfolio Management at Tellus BioVentures and Vice President of Portfolio Management for Praeventix, Inc.
Roderic “Rod” Pettigrew ‘73G, M.S., Ph.D., M.D CEO of EnHealth
Daniel T. Pickett III ‘90 B.S., Co-Founder, President, CEO, aptihealth.
Janet C. Rutledge ‘83 B.S., M.S., Ph.D., Former Vice Provost and Dean of the Graduate School, University of Maryland, Baltimore County
Srinivasan “Siva” Sivaram ‘85G ‘86Ph.D. B.E., M.S., Ph.D., President of Quantum Scape
Jackson P. Tai ‘72 B.S., MBA, Former Vice Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, DBS Group Holding Ltd./ DBS Bank Ltd.
Theodore J. (“T.J.”) Wojnar, Jr. ‘80, B.S., MBA, Former Vice President, Corporate Strategic Planning, ExxonMobil
Trustees Emeriti
Thomas R. Baruch ‘60 B.M.T., J.D., Founder and Managing Director, Baruch Future Ventures, LLC
John H. Broadbent Jr. ‘59 B.S., MBA, Co- Founder of Arrow International Inc.
George Campbell Jr. B.S., Ph.D., D.Sc. (Hon.), D.H.L. (Hon.), President Emeritus, The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art
Wanda Denson-Low ‘78 B.S., J.D., Former Senior Vice President, Office of Internal Governance, The Boeing Company, Vice Chair of the Board.
The Honorable Arthur J. Gajarsa ‘62 B.S., M.A., J.D., Senior Counsel, Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Door LLP
Arthur F. Golden ‘66 B.S., J.D., Senior Counsel at, Davis Polk and Wardell LLC.
Michael E. Herman ‘62 MBA, B.M.T., MBA, Ph.D. (Hon.), General Partner, Herman Family Trading Company
David M. Hirsch ‘65 B.E.E., MBA, Managing Director, Mustang Partners, LLC
Nancy S. Mueller B.S., Founder, Nancy’s Specialty Foods
Linda S. Sanford ‘75G, B.S., M.S., NAE, Former Senior Vice President and Group Executive, IBM Storage Systems Group.
Paul J. Severino ‘69 B.S., Founder and Former Chairman, Bay Networks.
Paula L. Simon ‘68 B.S., M.S., MBA, Former Chief Information Officer, Central Synagogue
Edward J. Zander ‘68 B.S., MBA, Former Chairman, Motorola Inc.
Honorary Trustee
Roy N. Davis ‘78G, B.S., MS, Former Vice President of Corporate Development and President of J&J Development Corporation, Johnson and Johnson
Frank M. Fischer ‘64, ‘65G, B.M.E., M.M.G., Chairman of the Board, , NeuroPace Inc.
John J. Nigro D.H.L. (Hon), Owner, Nigro Companies
*As of September, 24, 2025
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