Executive Administration

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

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

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

For scheduling and general questions please contact Ginny Gazzale at vb236@sn.rutgers.edu
Division of
Advanced Nursing Practice

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
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
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 Development – Christine Negron at c.negron@rutgers.edu
Center for Educational Innovation and Quality – Giuseppina (Jo) LaTorre at gel62@sn.rutgers.edu

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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
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
MA
Director of Admissions, Recruitment, & Enrollment Analytics

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