Administration

Executive Administration

Angela Starkweather

Angela Starkweather
PhD, ACNP-BC, FAANP, FAAN
Dean and Professor

Contact

Rosario Reyes-Urbina

For scheduling and general questions, please contact Rosario Reyes-Urbina at rmr223@sn.rutgers.edu

Susan W. Salmond
EdD, RN, ANEF, FAAN
Executive Director of Accreditation and Special Projects and Professor

Contact

For scheduling and general questions please contact Virginia Allread at allreavi@sn.rutgers.edu

Kyle Warren

Kyle D. Warren
PhD, MAE
Senior Vice Dean and
Associate Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs – Rutgers Health

Contact

Liezza Salgado

For scheduling and general questions please contact Liezza Roldan at lsalgado@sn.rutgers.edu

Academic Division Heads

Division of Entry to Baccalaureate Nursing

Nadine Aktan
PhD, FNP-BC 
Associate Dean, Entry to Baccalaureate Practice and Clinical Professor

Contact

Virginia Gazzale

For scheduling and general questions please contact Ginny Gazzale at vb236@sn.rutgers.edu

Division of
Advanced Nursing Practice

Persephone Vargas

Persephone Vargas
DNP, APN, ANP-BC, FNP-BC
Associate Dean, Division of Advanced Nursing Practice, and Associate Professor

Contact

For scheduling and general questions please contact Dani Scarmozzino at ds1735@sn.rutgers.edu

Division of
Nursing
Science

Charlotte Thomas-Hawkins
PhD, RN, FAAN, FADLN
Associate Dean, Nursing Science and Associate Professor

Contact

For scheduling and general questions please contact Emily Dembosky at ead221@sn.rutgers.edu

Division of
Simulation & Clinical Learning

Christine-Repsha

Christine Repsha
PhD, RN, FNP-BC, CHSE
Associate Dean, Division of Simulation & Clinical Learning, and Assistant Professor

Associate Deans & CFO

Wendy Budin
PhD, RN-BC, FACCE, FAAN
Associate Dean of Faculty Affairs and Development, Professor

Edna Cadmus
PhD, RN, NEA-BC, FAAN
Clinical Professor – Executive Director of the New Jersey Collaborating Center for Nursing (NJCCN)

Contact

For scheduling and general questions please contact Nicole Thomas at nat89@sn.rutgers.edu

Jeannette Manchester

Jeannette Manchester
DNP, MBA, RN
Associate Dean for the Center for Educational Innovation and Quality, Assistant Dean of the Center for Professional Development, Associate Professor, Teaching Track

Contact

For scheduling and general questions please contact;

Center for Professional DevelopmentChristine Negron at c.negron@rutgers.edu

Center for Educational Innovation and Quality Giuseppina (Jo) LaTorre at gel62@sn.rutgers.edu


Maria Peralta

Maria Peralta
MBA
Chief Financial Officer

Tracy R. Vitale
DNP, RNC-OB, C-EFM, NE-BC, CNE
Interim Associate Dean of Clinical Affairs, Associate Professor, Specialty Director for the DNP Project/DNP Project Courses

Contact

Alicia Boone

For scheduling and general questions please contact Alicia Boone at amb765@rutgers.edu


Assistant Deans & Executive Directors

Steven Glogocheski
Ed.D.
Executive Director of Institutional Research and Sponsored Programs

Contact

For scheduling and general questions please contact Shammah Coleman at snc76@sn.rutgers.edu

Emilia Iwu

Emilia Iwu
PhD, RN, APNC, FWACN
Assistant Dean, Global Health

Contact

For scheduling and general questions please contact Shammah Coleman at snc76@sn.rutgers.edu

Andrea Norberg

Andrea Norberg
DNP, MS, RN
Executive Director of the François-Xavier Bagnoud Center

Contact

Jacqueline Dover

For scheduling and general questions please contact Jacqueline Dover at jyd8@sn.rutgers.edu

Shelby Pitts
DNP, APN, RN, WHNP-BC
Assistant Dean, Entry Into Practice Division

Contact

Virginia Gazzale

For scheduling and general questions please contact Ginny Gazzale at vb236@sn.rutgers.edu

Kofi Polley

Kofi G. Polley
Ed.M.
Executive Director of Administration

Contact

Liezza Salgado

For scheduling and general questions please contact Liezza Roldan at lsalgado@sn.rutgers.edu

Yosayra Solano
Ed.D.
Assistant Dean for Academic Enrichment & Director for the Educational Opportunity Fund Program

Contact

Darlene Abreu

For scheduling and general questions please contact Darlene Abreu at da908@sn.rutgers.edu

Johanna Stephenson
MPA, MLER
Assistant Dean for Faculty and Staff Resources

Amy Sweeney
Ed.D., MSN, RN, CNE, CHSE
Assistant Dean, Entry to Baccalaureate Practice, Blackwood Campus

Contact

For scheduling and general questions please contact Zondra Smith at zds15@sn.rutgers.edu


Michael Varano
MBA
Assistant Dean for Student Engagement & Wellbeing

Contact

Kelcy Bifani

For scheduling and general questions please contact Kelcy Bifani at knb132@sn.rutgers.edu

Directors

Asante Barr

Asanté Q. Barr
Ed.D., MBA, MSOL
Director of Information Technology

Yana Bolshem

Yana Bolshem
Director of Baccalaureate Academic & Clinical Administration

Joset Brown
EdD, MSN, RN
Interim Director of Newark Campus Traditional and Second-Degree BS in Nursing programs

Jane Ferrick

Jane Ferrick
Director, Office of Academic Success 

Michele L. Lam-Fortes
Director of Marketing and Communications

Yvonne McClendon
Registrar and Director of Student Affairs Operations

Bernadette McGeever
MNA
Director of Development

David Pasquarella

David Pasquarella
MA
Director of Admissions, Recruitment, & Enrollment Analytics

Brittany Robischon

Brittany Robischon
M.S.
Director of Advisement

Barbara Sinacori
PhD, RN, CNE
Director of New Brunswick Campus Traditional and Second-Degree BS in Nursing programs