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.

Eliana Abu-Hamdi
Associate Dean, Research
eabuhamd@syr.edu

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

Lois Agnew
Associate Provost for Academic Programs
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

Colleen Bench
Associate Vice President, Parent Engagement
cobench@syr.edu

Steven Bennett
Senior Vice President for International Programs and Academic Operations
bennetts@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

Colleen Heflin
Associate Dean, Chair and Professor, Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs
cmheflin@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
Special Advisor to the Chancellor on SU Global and Digital Transformation; Professor of Practice, School of Information Studies
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
Interim Vice President for Information Technology and Chief Information 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
cmstallm@asyr.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

Brittany Zaehringer
Senior Associate Vice President for Operations, Enrollment and the Student Experience
bgzaehri@syr.edu