The mission of the University Leadership Team is to create and foster a culture of collaboration and shared responsibility across all units and all activities of the University. The goals of this group are to:

  1. think strategically about the mission and values of the University,
  2. establish a dialogue that extends beyond the individual department or unit to encompass the voice of the University community, and
  3. create new lines for effective communication.

Donna Adams
Director, Administration and Technical Services, Campus Safety and Emergency Management Services
doadams@syr.edu

Lois Agnew
Interim Vice Chancellor and Provost
lpagnew@syr.edu

Joseph Alfieri
Executive Director, Campus Planning, Design and Construction
jsalfier@syr.edu

Noura Allen
Director of Diversity and Inclusive Excellence, College of Professional Studies
noallen@syr.edu

Mary Grace Almandrez
Vice President for Diversity and Inclusion
malmandr@syr.edu

Jill Anderson
Managing Director, Syracuse Stage
jianders@syr.edu

Lisa Andreotta
Senior Associate Vice President, Operations, Division of Marketing
ldandreo@syr.edu

Torrey Ball
Deputy Athletic Director Business Development, Athletics
tball@syr.edu

Amanda Barbuto
Senior Business Partner, Human Resources
ajbarbut@syr.edu

Tracy Barlok
Chief Advancement Officer
twbarloksyr.edu

Michael Benaroch
Associate Dean, Research and Ph.D. Programs, Whitman School of Management
mbenaroc@syr.edu

Tom Benzel
Associate Director, Operations, JMA Wireless Dome
tcbenzel@syr.edu

Sid Bhattacharya 
Senior Associate Vice President for Marketing Strategy
sibhatta@syr.edu

Urvashi Bhattacharya
Director, Project Management and Strategic Initiatives
ubhattac@syr.edu

Craig Boise
Dean, College of Law
cmboise@law.syr.edu

Duncan Brown
Vice President of Research and Charles Brightman Endowed Professor of Physics
dabrown@syr.edu

Keith Bybee
Vice Dean and Professor, College of Law; Professor, Maxwell School
kjbybee@syr.edu

Kelly Campbell
University Registrar
kmnieder@syr.edu

Joseph Carfi
Director, Parking and Transit Services, Auxiliary Services
jjcarfi@syr.edu

Cynthia Carnahan
Assistant Vice President, Office of Budget and Planning
clgebo@syr.edu

Julia Cartwright
Chief of Staff to the Vice Chancellor, Provost and Chief Academic Officer
jccartw@syr.edu

Maureen Casey
Chief Operating Officer, Institute for Veterans and Military Families
mecasey@syr.edu

Kelly Chandler-Olcott
Dean and Laura J. and L. Douglas Meredith Professor for Teaching Excellence, School of Education
kpchandl@syr.edu

Gabrielle Chapman
Associate Dean, Graduate School
ghchapma@syr.edu

Dr. Ruth Chen
Professor of Practice, College of Engineering and Computer Science
rchen02@syr.edu

Chetna Chianese
Senior Director of Research Development, Office of Research
cchianese@syr.edu

Vince Claps
Associate Director, Real Estate
vjclaps@syr.edu

Jeff Comanici
Executive Director, Post Traditional Advancement, College of Professional Studies
jjcomani@uc.syr.edu

Peter Cronin
Vice President, Schools, Colleges, Libraries, and Administration
pcronin@syr.edu

Kyle Dailey
Assistant Vice President, Enrollment and the Student Experience
kidailey@syr.edu

Elisa Macedo Dekaney
Associate Dean of Research, Graduate Studies and Internationalization, College of Visual Performing Arts
emdekane@syr.edu

Jennifer DeMarchi
Communications Director, Business, Finance and Administrative Services
jmhorv01@syr.edu

Emily Dittman
Interim Director, Syracuse University Art Museum
ekdittma@syr.edu

Sheriah Dixon
Dean of Students, Student Experience
snmontgo@syr.edu

Denise Dyce
Associate Vice President, Labor and Employee Relations, Human Resources
dcdyce@syr.edu

Jerry Edmonds
Senior Assistant Provost, Academic Affairs
gedmonds@syr.edu

Sue Edson
Executive Senior Associate Athletics Director of Communications, Athletics
sedson@syr.edu

Kirsten Elleby
Deputy Athletics Director and Senior Women’s Administrator
kcelleby@syr.edu

Cheryl Fabrizi
Associate Vice President, Auxiliary Services
cafabriz@syr.edu

Carol Faulkner
Associate Dean for Academic Affairs and Professor of History, Maxwell School
cfaulkne@syr.edu

Joe Fetter
Associate Vice President, Real Estate
jcfetter@syr.edu

Gretchen Fitzgerald
Interim Director, Enterprise Risk Management
gmrauch@syr.edu

Tom Forgione
Director, JMA Wireless Dome Operations
tjforgio@syr.edu

Michael Frasciello
Dean, College of Professional Studies
mfrascie@syr.edu

Herman Frazier
Senior Deputy Director of Athletics and Chief of Staff, Athletics
hrfrazie@syr.edu

Shana Gardarian
Associate Dean for Research and Merle Goldberg Fabian Professor of Excellence in Citizenship and Critical Thinking, Maxwell School
sgadaria@syr.edu

Heather Gaines
Deputy General Counsel
hkgaines@syr.edu

Jean Gallipeau
Comptroller, Business, Finance and Administrative Services
jbgallip@syr.edu

Marie Garland
Assistant Provost for Faculty Affairs
mgarland@syr.edu

Andrew Gordon
Senior Vice President and Chief Human Resources Officer
agordon@syr.edu

Mary Graham
Faculty Athletics Representative; Professor, Falk College
megraham@syr.edu

Gerald Greenberg
Senior Associate Dean for Faculty Affairs, College of Arts and Sciences
ggreenbe@syr.edu

Margie Greeson
Director, Global Cash Operations, Treasurer
magreeso@syr.edu

Allen Groves
Senior Vice President and Chief Student Experience Officer
awgroves@syr.edu

Mary Pat Grzymala
Senior Associate Director, Facility Services
mpgrzyma@syr.edu

Marcelle Haddix
Associate Provost for Strategic Initiatives and Distinguished Dean’s Professor of Literacy, Race and Justice
mhaddix@syr.edu

Rachel Harms
Senior Associate University Secretary and Executive Director, Board of Trustees
raharms@syr.edu

Maurice Harris
Dean, Undergraduate Admissions
maharr17@syr.edu

Michael Haynie
Vice Chancellor for Strategic Initiatives and Innovation; Executive Dean, Whitman School of Management
jmhaynie@syr.edu

Chad Hendrick
Senior Associate Director, Facility Services
cdhendri@syr.edu

Adam Hepburn
Executive Director of Operations, Strategic Initiatives and Innovation
ajhepbur@syr.edu

Cynthia Hoalcraft
Associate Chief Information Officer, Enterprise Application Systems, Information Technology Services
clhoalcr@syr.edu

Rob Hradsky
Vice President and Dean of Students, The Student Experience
rdhradsky@syr.edu

Lily Hughes
Assistant Dean, Career Services
lyhughes@syr.edu

Robert Hupp
Artistic Director, Syracuse Stage
rmhupp@syr.edu

Candace Campbell Jackson
Senior Vice President and Chief of Staff
candace1@syr.edu

Hua Jiang
Associate Dean, Academic Affairs, Newhouse School of Public Communications
hjiang07@syr.edu

Cydney Johnson
Vice President, Community Engagement and Government Relations
cmjohnso@syr.edu

Sheila Johnson-Willis
Associate Vice President, Chief Equal Opportunity and Title IX Officer
sjohnson@syr.edu

Roberta Jones
Assistant Provost, Strategic Planning and Budget, Academic Affairs
rsjones@syr.edu

Kristen Jones-Kolod
Deputy Athletics Director and Chief Financial Officer, Athletics
kjonesko@syr.edu

Jeremy Jordan
Dean, Falk College
jordan@syr.edu

Rebecca Reed Kantrowitz
Associate Dean, Hendricks Chapel
rrkantro@syr.edu

William Karnadi
Director of Emergency Management and Business Continuity Planning
wkarnadi@syr.edu

Steven Kelly
Associate Treasurer
stkelly@syr.edu

Scott Kemp
Treasurer
sckemp@syr.edu

Laura Kolton
Executive Director, Federal Government Relations Team
lgkolton@syr.edu

Brian Konkol
Dean, Hendricks Chapel; Professor of Practice, Department of Religion
bkonkol@syr.edu

Jing Lei
Associate Dean, Academic Affairs
jlei@syr.edu

Mark Lodato
Dean, S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications
mlodato@syr.edu

Gina Luttrell
Associate Dean, Research and Creative Activity, Newhouse School of Public Communications
rmluttre@syr.edu

Steven Lux
Director, Executive Education Department
sjlux@syr.edu

Gladys McCormick
Associate Dean for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion; Jay and Debe Moskowitz Endowed Chair in Mexico-U.S. Relations, Maxwell School
gmccormi@syr.edu

Katie McDonald
Associate Dean of Research, Falk College
kemcdona@syr.edu

Alexander McKelvie
Interim Dean, Whitman School of Management
mckelvie@syr.edu

Chuck Merrihew
Vice President, Administration, Advancement and External Affairs
cpmerrih@syr.edu

Kyle Miller
Associate Dean and Associate Professor, School of Architecture
kjmill03@syr.edu

Karen Morrissey
Associate Vice President, Human Resources
kpmorr01@syr.edu

Behzad Mortazavi
Dean, College of Arts and Sciences
behzadm@syr.edu

Jamie Mullin
Deputy Athletics Director, Athletics
jpmullin@syr.edu

J. Ronald Novack Jr.
Executive Director, Office of Veteran and Military Affairs
jrnovack@syr.edu

Gabriel Nugent
Senior Vice President and General Counsel
gmnugent@syr.edu

Utibe Offiong
Associate Vice President and Chief Risk Officer
ueoffion@syr.edu

Jae Oh
Senior Associate Dean, College of Engineering and Computer Science
jcoh@syr.edu

Claudine O’Loughlin
Manager, Research and Administrative Operations, Office of Budget and Planning
coloughl@syr.edu

Mike O’Mara
Associate Chief Information Officer, Academic Technology Services
mtomara@syr.edu

Mary Opperman
Senior Vice President and University Secretary
opperman@syr.edu

Brett Padgett
Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
padgett@syr.edu

Michael Paparo
Associate Comptroller
mapaparo@syr.edu

John Papazoglou
Senior Vice President and Chief Operations Officer
jpapa@syr.edu

Michael Paulus
Senior Associate Athletic Director and Executive Director of Athletic Development
mjpaulus@syr.edu

Brian Pendergast
Associate Comptroller
bwpender@syr.edu

Abby Perer
Associate General Counsel
arperer@syr.edu

Lana Pettit
Director, CFAS Computing
ljhamilt@syr.edu

Rebecca Ponza
Director, Environmental Health and Safety Services
rjponza@syr.edu

Tommy Powell
Assistant Provost, Stevenson Educational Center for Student-Athlete Academic Development
topowell@syr.edu

Neal Powless
University Ombuds
njpowles@syr.edu

Gretchen Ritter
Vice Chancellor, Provost and Chief Academic Officer
ritter@syr.edu

John Rossiter
Manager, Fire and Life Safety Services
jarossit@syr.edu

Dara Royer
Senior Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer, Marketing
djroyer@syr.edu

Jeff Rubin
Senior Vice President for Digital Transformation and Chief Digital Officer
jhrubin@syr.edu

Peter Sala
Vice President and Chief Campus Facilities Officer
pesala@syr.edu

John Sardino
Deputy Chief, Department of Public Safety, Campus Safety and Emergency Services
jsardino@syr.edu

Sarah Scalese
Senior Associate Vice President, Communications
sescales@syr.edu

Shannon Schantz
Director, First Year Experience
sschantz@syr.edu

David Seaman
Dean of Libraries and University Librarian
dseaman@syr.edu

Andrew Sears
Dean, School of Information Studies
asears@syr.edu

Eric Sedore
Associate Vice President for Information Technology and Chief Technology Officer
essedore@syr.edu

Chris Senska
Director for Non-Academic Units and General Expenditures, Office of Budget and Planning
cjsenska@syr.edu

Dawn Singleton
Vice President Student Transition, Access and Inclusion, Student Experience
dssingle@syr.edu

Debbie Skeele
Director, CFAS Administration, Budget and Finance
dmoro@syr.edu

J. Cole Smith
Dean, College of Engineering and Computer Science
colesmit@syr.edu

Michael Speaks
Dean, School of Architecture
maspeaks@syr.edu

Karen Spear
Associate Vice President, Regional Advancement, Advancement and External Affairs
ksspear@syr.edu

Kalpana Srinivas
Director, Retention and Student Success
ksrini01@syr.edu

Christine Stallman
Chief Compliance Officer
compliance@syr.edu

Jeff Stoecker
Senior Vice President and Chief Communications Officer, Division of Communications
jastoeck@syr.edu

Craig Stone
Associate Vice President and Chief of Campus Safety and Emergency Management Services
cstone12@syr.edu

Jennifer Stromer-Galley
Professor and Senior Associate Dean for Academic and Faculty Affairs, School of Information Studies
jstromer@syr.edu

Martha Sutter
Interim Associate Dean, College of Visual and Performing Arts
mlsutter@syr.edu

Kent Syverud
Chancellor and President
chancellor@syr.edu

Stuart Taub
Director, Office of Sponsored Programs
staub@syr.edu

Michael Tick
Dean, College of Visual and Performing Arts
mtick1@syr.edu

Ray Toenniessen
Associate Vice President, Development
rmtoenni@syr.edu

Miranda Traudt
Assistant Provost for Arts and Community Programming
mstraudt@syr.edu

Seth Tucker
Director, Global Safety and Support, Campus Safety and Emergency Management, and Syracuse Abroad
satucker@syr.edu

Margaret Usdansky
Director, Center for Learning and Student Success; Interim Director, Center for Teaching and Learning Excellence
mlusdans@syr.edu

David Van Slyke
Dean and Louis A. Bantle Chair in Business-Government Policy, Maxwell School
vanslyke@syr.edu

Peter Vanable
Dean, Graduate School; Associate Provost, Graduate Studies
pvanable@syr.edu

Lynn Vanderhoek
Vice President, Principal Gifts and Strategic Initiatives
lavender@syr.edu

Kevin VanDerzee
Associate Director of Operations and Facilities
kvanderz@syr.edu

Steve Vassallo
AssociateVice President, Institutional Research
sjvassal@syr.edu

Rachel Vassel
Associate Vice President, Multicultural Advancement
revassel@syr.edu

Lauren Villanueva
Vice President, Alumni Engagement
lvilla02@syr.edu

Robin Wade
Executive Director, Digital Marketing
rlwade@syr.edu

Cory Wallack
Associate Vice President, Student Health and Wellness
cwallack@syr.edu

Mark Wheeler
Associate Athletics Director for Compliance
mwheel101@syr.edu

David Whitmore
Vice President, Advancement and Academic Affairs
dkwhitmo@syr.edu

John Wildhack
Director of Athletics
jwildhac@syr.edu

Erika Wilkens
Assistant Provost and Executive Director, Syracuse Abroad
ewilkens@syr.edu

Ryan C. Williams
Vice President for Enrollment Services, Enrollment and the Student Experience
rcwill05@syr.edu

Ryan O. Williams
Associate Dean for Academic Affairs, College of Professional Studies
rywillia@syr.edu

Salatha Willis
Associate Athletic Director, Diversity, Culture and Climate
swillisj@syr.edu

Jamie Winders
Associate Provost for Faculty Affairs
jwinders@maxwell.syr.edu

Pamela Young
Director, Academic Strategic Plan Implementation
pyoung01@syr.edu