MITCHELL - Key Persons


Alexis S. Haakonsen

Job Titles:
  • Director of Admissions Operations and Communication

Alice Murallo

Job Titles:
  • Assistant Director, BLC
  • Director, Bentsen Learning Center / Duques Center
  • Director, BLC

Alicia Martinez

Job Titles:
  • Dean of Student Experience and Belonging

Amanda Carter

Job Titles:
  • Bursar / Financial Analyst

Amanda Marino

Job Titles:
  • Director of Admissions, Living & Learning Support Programs

Amanda Shows

Job Titles:
  • Programmer Analyst

Andrea Manning

Job Titles:
  • Administrative Coordinator / Duques Center

Antaya Lee

Job Titles:
  • Accessibility Services Coordinator / Duques Center

Ashley Holdridge

Job Titles:
  • Admissions Counselor

Belinda Brano

Job Titles:
  • System Admin ( Web Development )

Beverly Scully

Job Titles:
  • Director of Thames

Bingham Hall

Job Titles:
  • Database Administration

Bond House


Brandon Gennotti

Job Titles:
  • Residence Hall Director at Thames

Britt Barry

Job Titles:
  • Communications Specialist

Caitlyn Schramm

Job Titles:
  • Simpson Hall Residence Hall Director

Cheri Ouimet

Job Titles:
  • Assistant Director of Advising / Duques Center

Christina Chappelle

Job Titles:
  • Assistant Dean of Student Support / Duques Center
  • Director of Advising

Christine Ramsay


Colin Brady

Job Titles:
  • Director of External Recruitment and Student Success

Crystal Simmons

Job Titles:
  • Associate Director of Admissions and Liaison for Athletics, Club and Recreational Sports

Derval A. Prince II

Job Titles:
  • Director of Information

Destiny Barnum

Job Titles:
  • Saunders Hall Residence Hall Director Saunders Hall 100

Diane Miller

Job Titles:
  • Executive Assistant

Dr. C.N. Ramsay

Job Titles:
  • Sciences Professor

Dr. Hilton Kelly

Job Titles:
  • Fellow

Dr. Tracy Y. Espy - President

Job Titles:
  • President
Dr. Tracy Y. Espy became the eighth president and first African-American woman to lead Mitchell College in New London, Connecticut, on July 1, 2020. She is currently engaged with the Governor's Workforce Council, the FEMA Region 1 Covid-19 Long-Term Recovery Task Force, and the CT Higher Education Resilience Working Group on Workforce Development. She was also recently appointed to serve on the Council of Independent Colleges and Universities administered Network for Vocation in Undergraduate Education (NetVUE), a nationwide network of colleges and universities formed to enrich intellectual and theological exploration of vocation among undergraduate students. Before coming to Mitchell, Dr. Espy served as provost and vice president of academic affairs at Pfeiffer University in North Carolina from 2008, overseeing all academic programs and divisions and working in various aspects of university administration such as enrollment management, strategic planning and fundraising. Prior to this role, she was vice president for servant leadership and oversaw the Francis Center for Servant Leadership, establishing more than 100 community partnerships, along with university-wide servant-leadership initiatives, earning the university a Community Engagement Classification from the Carnegie Foundation, as well as the President's Higher Education Community Service Honor Roll. In April 2019, Espy received the national Zenobia L. Hikes Faculty Women of Color Award at Virginia Tech University. The award honored her accomplishment in improving faculty salaries and institutional diversity at Pfeiffer University. Dr. Espy received a Ph.D. in Child/Family-Marriage and Family Therapy from Syracuse University, a M.S. in Family Studies from Miami University, Oxford, Ohio, and a B.A. from Berea College, Berea, Kentucky. Her teaching and research expertise include systemic theory, ethnic identity and self-esteem, servant leadership, service-learning, and student engagement.

Elise Kauffman

Job Titles:
  • Associate Director of Admissions and Financial Aid

Elizabeth Ann Beaulieu

Job Titles:
  • Vice President for Academic Affairs / Duques Center

George Potts

Job Titles:
  • Director of Campus Safety

Gwen Mariani

Job Titles:
  • Secretary

Henry Hall


Jacob Rock

Job Titles:
  • Mariner Hall Residence Hall Director

James Patsalides


Jane Flood

Job Titles:
  • Vice Chair

Janice Mackie

Job Titles:
  • Controller

Jeffrey O'Leary


Jennifer Mauro


Jennifer Ryley Welsh

Job Titles:
  • Director of Alumni Engagement

Jessica Lynch

Job Titles:
  • Academic Advisor / Duques Center

Jessica Servidio

After transferring to Mitchell College, Jessica Servidio quickly felt at home, forming relationships with the education faculty, shadowing teachers at the Children's Learning Center (CLC), and making friends with other education students as they took the preschool children around campus to explore Mitchell's unique surroundings. The valuable experience she gained in this personalized learning environment helped launch…

Jim Kelly

Job Titles:
  • Purchasing Agent

Jocelyn Bromley

Job Titles:
  • Stewardship Coordinator

John Hawthorn

Job Titles:
  • System Admin ( Network Operations )

Karen Sweeney

Job Titles:
  • Academic Advisor / Duques Center

Kathleen (Kat) O'Brien

Job Titles:
  • Academic Advisor / Mystic Mentor

Kelby Chappelle

Job Titles:
  • Director of Admissions

Kim Camara-Harvey

Job Titles:
  • Associate Athletics Director / SWA

Kristen Pisani

Job Titles:
  • Executive Assistant to the President
  • Executive Assistant to the President and Board Administrator

Linda Hunter-Williams

Job Titles:
  • Director of the Children 's Learning Center

Lindsay Rush


Luis Rodríguez

Job Titles:
  • Academic Advisor / Duques Center

Madison Benton

When Madison arrived for the first day of her internship at Galina's at Mohegan Sun, she wasn't quite sure what to expect - or what she could bring to the table as an intern - at this high-end boutique located in a world class casino. Just days into the internship, Madison found her mojo.

Marc Goldsmith


Martha Schultz - CMO

Job Titles:
  • Director of Marketing

Matt Finlayson

Job Titles:
  • Athletics Director / Yarnall Athletics Center

Matthew Brancaccio

Job Titles:
  • Matteson Hall & Montauk Apartments Residence Hall Director

Meredith Adler

Job Titles:
  • Director of First Year Experience

Michael Secreti

Job Titles:
  • Student Activities and Engagement Coordinator

Michele Sinusas

Job Titles:
  • Director of Financial Aid

Mitchell Hall

Job Titles:
  • Facilities

Nancy Bombaci


Nancy Cowser

Job Titles:
  • Chief Advancement and Alumni Affairs Officer

Nancy Parent


Nathan Hale


Paul Dunn

Job Titles:
  • Integrative Career Development Coordinator / Duques Center

Rick D'Avino

Job Titles:
  • Chairman of the Board of Trustees

Robert Forcier


Steven Pagan

Job Titles:
  • Director

Susan Archer

Job Titles:
  • Enrollment Analyst

Tara Broccoli


Todd Peretz

Job Titles:
  • Assistant Athletics Director / Yarnall Athletics Center

Tom Ruffing - Treasurer

Job Titles:
  • Treasurer

Tracey L. Heston

Job Titles:
  • Technical Support Specialist

Wayne Ford

Job Titles:
  • Campus Safety Officer

William Peter

Job Titles:
  • Academic Advisor / Duques Center

Zachary Marmo

When science gets hands-on, it isn't just white coats in a laboratory. It can be pulling "settlement plates" off a dock in cold water with banged up knuckles on numb hands. That's what an environmental studies major would expect when he dives into marine biology. What he didn't expect as an undergraduate was…