Administration

Senior Administration

Angela Starkweather

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

Susan W. Salmond
EdD, RN, ANEF, FAAN
Executive Vice Dean and Professor

Kyle Warren

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

Academic Division Heads

Division of Entry to Baccalaureate Nursing

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

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

Division of
Nursing
Science

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

Associate Deans & CFO

Caroline Dorsen

Caroline Dorsen
PhD, FNP-BC, FAAN
Associate Dean of Clinical Partnerships and Professor, Clinical Educator Track 

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

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


Christine-Repsha

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

Maria Peralta

Maria Peralta
MBA
Chief Financial Officer

Assistant Deans & Executive Directors

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

Emilia Iwu

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

Andrea Norberg

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

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

Kofi Polley

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

Yosayra Solano

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

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

Michael Varano
MBA
Assistant Dean for Student Engagement & Wellbeing

Directors

Asante Barr

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

Yana Bolshem

Yana Bolshem
Director of Baccalaureate Academic & Clinical Administration

Jane Ferrick

Jane Ferrick
Director, Office of Academic Success 

Yvonne McClendon
Registrar and Director of Student Affairs Operations

Lynn McFarlane

Lynn McFarlane
Acting Director of Marketing and Communications

Bernadette McGeever

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