Member Directory

To help facilitate member networking, RIASFAA lists the names, titles, and email addresses of all members. Please contact the Secretary to update the member directory for your institution or business.

Colleges & Universities

Brown University - www.brown.edu

Jim Tilton - Dean of Financial Aid - james_tilton@brown.edu

Eli Baalbaki - Assistant Director - eli_baalbaki@brown.edu

Keirsten Connors - Loan Office Manager - keirsten_connors@brown.edu

Kelly Duffy - Assistant Director - Kelly_Duffy@brown.edu

Sean Ferns - Director, Operations and Systems - sean_ferns@brown.edu

Tracy Frisone - Sr. Assistant Director - Tracy_Frisone@Brown.edu

Shannon Gallagher - Director of Financial Aid, Counseling and Communications - Shannon_Gallagher@brown.edu

Linda Gillette, Director of Financial Aid, Alpert Medical School - Linda_Gillette@Brown.edu

Sara Knox - Assistant Director - Sara_Knox@Brown.edu

Melanie Neves - Assistant Director - Melanie_Neves@Brown.edu

Stacey Pettella - Assistant Director - stacey_pettella@brown.edu

Josephine Okunola - Financial Aid Coordinator/Counselor - josephine_okunola@brown.edu

Karen Roskelly - Assistant Director - Karen_Roskelly@Brown.edu

Cindy Tosone - Assistant Director, Alpert Medical School - cindy_tosone@brown.edu

Wynette Zuppardi - Director of Financial Services - wynette_richardson@brown.edu 

Matthew Davis - Financial Aid Counselor - matthew_davis@brown.edu

Erica Cummins - Sr. Assistant Director - erica_cummins@brown.edu

Joanna Nagelhout - Assistant Director - joanna_nagelhout@brown.edu

Bryant University - www.bryant.edu

John B. Canning - Director of Financial Aid - jcanning@bryant.edu

Michelle L. Cloutier – Vice President for Enrollment Management – mcloutier@bryant.edu

Edward W. Maroney - Associate Director Financial Aid - emaroney@bryant.edu

Andrea R. Pellegrino – Assistant Director - apellegrino@bryant.edu

Gina M. Tedesco - Loan Coordinator – gtedesco@bryant.edu

Sara Spirito - Assistant Director - sspirito@bryant.edu

Steven F. Winsor - Assistant Director - swinsor@bryant.edu

Community College of Rhode Island - www.ccri.edu

Joel Friedman - Interim Dean of Enrollment Management - jafriedman@ccri.edu

Mary Luz Arias - Financial Aid Officer - mlarias@ccri.edu

Gail Erinakes - Sr. Financial Aid Officer - gerinakes@ccri.edu

Pamela Forant - Sr. Financial Aid Officer - pcforant@ccri.edu

Andrea Lachapelle - Associate of Financial Aid Services - amlachapelle@ccri.edu

Hui-Ling (Sunni) Hung - Eligibility Technician - hhung@ccri.edu

Patricia Moore - Assistant Director - pamoore1@ccri.edu

Patricia O'Brien - Eligibility Technician - paobrien@ccri.edu

Barry O'Connor, Jr - Associate Director of Enrollment Services - bocconnor1@ccri.edu

Mark Vigorito - Associate Director of Financial Aid Operations - mvigorito@ccri.edu

Christine B. Jenkins - Associate Dean Student Life - cjenkins@ccri.edu

Johnson & Wales University - www.jwu.edu

Aileen DeArruda - Financial Planning Counselor - adearruda@jwu.edu

Anne Wareham - Financial Aid Officer - awareham@jwu.edu

Annette Cataldo - Financial Aid Analyst - acataldo@jwu.edu

Brittany Forand - Financial Aid Officer -  bforand@jwu.edu

Cassandra Aracri - Financial Planning Counselor - caracri@jwu.edu

Cheryl Nassaney - Financial Planning Counselor - cnassaney@jwu.edu

Christine Durnin - Financial Planning Counselor - cdurnin@jwu.edu

Christine Iannotti - Financial Planning Counselor - ciannotti@jwu.edu

Dawn Blanchette - Director of Financial Aid and Planning - dblanchette@jwu.edu 

Debbie Vieira - Financial Aid Officer -  dvieira@jwu.edu

Denise Neiinckx - Financial Planning Counselor - dneirinckx@jwu.edu

Filomena Sharples - Cashier - fsharples@jwu.edu

Francesca Savella - Financial Planning Counselor - fsavella@jwu.edu

Gloria Ormonde - Verification Coordinator - gormonde@jwu.edu

Heather Medeiros - Inactive Coordinator and PA Financial Aid Officer/Planner - hmedeiros@jwu.edu

Jane Delamare - Financial Planning Counselor - jdelamare@jwu.edu

Jill Dickinson - Financial Planning Counselor - jdickinson@jwu.edu

Jintana Sihavong - Financial Aid Officer - jsihavong@jwu.edu 

Jonna Ianiero - Financial Planning Counselor - jianiero@jwu.edu   

Kathi Tavares  - Director of Billing & Collections - ktavares@jwu.edu

Kathleen Izzo - File Coordinator - kizzo@jwu.edu

Kim Buxton - Hamel - Associate Director Academic and Financial Services - kbuxton@jwu.edu

Lucinda Henderson - Financial Planning Counselor - lhenderson@jwu.edu

Lynn Robinson - Executive Director of Student Academic & Financial Services - lrobinson@jwu.edu

Marcus Brown - Financial Planning Counselor - mbrown@jwu.edu

Megan Payne - Financial Aid Officer - mpayne@jwu.edu             

Michele Milos - Financial Planning Counselor - mmilos@jwu.edu

Nancy Sterpis - Continuing Education Financial Aid Officer/Planner - nsterpis@jwu.edu

Patricia Simonelli - Financial Aid Officer - psimonelli@jwu.edu

Rosetta Parente - Financial Planning Counselor - rparente@jwu.edu

Sameth Phin - FA Systems Coordinator/VA Administrator - sphin@jwu.edu

Sarah Reese - Assistant Director of Financial Aid - sreese@jwu.edu

Sharon Bannister - Grad School/Culinary Financial Aid/Planner - sbannister@jwu.edu

Sharon Cotrone - School of Technology Financial Aid Aid Officer/Planner - scotrone@jwu.edu

Sharon Lindholm - Financial Aid Officer - slindholm@jwu.edu

Stacy Bateni - Financial Aid Officer - sbateni@jwu.edu

Susan Leonard - Cashier - susan.leonard@jwu.edu

Susan Pittsley - Financial Planning Counselor - spittsley@jwu.edu

Tammy Powers - Associate Director of Financial Aid - tpowers@jwu.edu

Taryn McElroy - Financial Aid Officer - tflorio@jwu.edu    

Terrence Power - Financial Aid Officer - tepowers@jwu.edu

Vikki Masse - Scholarship Assistant - vmasse@jwu.edu    

Lincoln Technical Institute - www.lincolntech.edu/campus/lincoln-lti-ri

Sonia Skeldon - Director of Administration - sskeldon@lincolntech.edu

Carla Spangler – Financial Aid Advisor – cspangler@lincolntech.edu

Mayke Delgado Pereira – Associate Director of Financial Aid – mdelgado@lincolntech.edu

Kara Crimmins – Financial Aid Advisor – kcrimmins@lincolntech.edu

Michel Cabbabe- Financial Aid Administrative Assistant – mcabbabe@lincolntech.edu

New England Institute of Technology - www.neit.edu

Anna Kelly - Director of Financial Aid - akelly@neit.edu

Pam Rossi - Assistant Director - prossi@neit.edu

Diane Sadlier - Assitant Director - dsadlier@neit.edu

Christina Morey - Loan Assistant - cmorey@neit.edu

Andrea Smith - Administrative Assistant - asmith@neit.edu

Catherine Ratliff - Loan Assistant - cratliff@neit.edu

Deisi Linval - Loan Assistant - dlinval@neit.edu

Jessie Olson - Financial Aid Officer - jolson@neit.edu

Lori Graves - Financial Aid Processor - lgraves@neit.edu

Lisa Pecchia - Financial Aid Officer - lpecchia@neit.edu

Denise Provost - Financial Aid Officer - dprovost@neit.edu

Dawn Tanzi - Financial Aid Officer - dtanzi@neit.edu

Maria Riccio - Assistant Director - mriccio@neit.edu

Chanreastana Sean - Financial Aid Officer - csean@neit.edu

Jessica Navilliat - Financial Aid Officer - jnavilliat@neit.edu

Keena Silvia - Financial Aid Officer - ksilvia@neit.edu

Providence College - www.providence.edu

Faith Allen - Associate Director of Financial Aid - fwright@providence.edu

Linda M. Carrazzo - Loan Officer - lcarrazz@providence.edu

Graciphy Cruz - Assistant Director of Financial Aid - g.cruz@providence.edu

Ryan DePasquale - Financial Aid Counselor - rdepasquale@providence.edu

Andy Kowal - Financial Aid Counselor - akowal@providence.edu

Sandra Oliveira - Executive Director of Financial Aid - solivei6@providence.edu

Emily Prive - Associate Director of Financial Aid - eprive@providence.edu

Ellen Russo - Financial Aid Counselor - erusso3@providence.edu

Rhode Island College - www.ric.edu 

Ken Ferus - Director of Student Financial Aid - kferus@ric.edu

Melissa Donahue - Associate Director of Financial Aid, Client Services - mdonahue@ric.edu

Kristen Eastwood - Associate Director of Financial Aid, Data Management - keastwood@ric.edu

Nancy Bessette - Financial Aid Officer - nbessette@ric.edu

Debora Gray - Assistant Director - dgray@ric.edu

Vanessa Gomes - Financial Aid Officer - vgomes@ric.edu

Rhode Island School of Design - www.risd.edu

Anthony Gallonio - Assistant Vice President of Enrollment Services - agalloni@risd.edu

Nelly Hoffens-Vargas - Financial Aid / Student Employment Counselor - nhoffens@risd.edu

Cecile Theroux - Student Financial Services Assistant - ctheroux@risd.edu

Bonnie M. Wojcik - Assistant Director of Financial Aid - bwojcik@risd.edu

Jaclyen Trudel - Student Financial Services Assistant - jtrudel@risd.edu

Roger Williams University - www.rwu.edu

Tracy DaCosta - Associate VP of Enrollment Management & Marketing - tdacosta@rwu.edu

Diane Usher - Director of Financial Aid - dusher@rwu.edu

Tina Bacon - Financial Aid Counselor - tbacon@rwu.edu

Michelle Cordeiro - Financial Aid Counselor - mcordeiro@rwu.edu 

CathyLee Hague - Assistant Director - chague@rwu.edu

Elaine Carter - Financial Aid Counselor - ecarter@rwu.edu

Paula Dansereau - Financial Aid Assistant II - pdansereau@rwu.edu

Tammy Pacheco - Financial Aid Assistant II - tpacheco@rwu.edu

AnneMarie Higgins - Financial Aid Assistant I - ahiggins@rwu.edu

Gina Rigby - Financial Aid Assistant I - grigby@rwu.edu

Tracey Rezendes - Assistant Director - trezendes@rwu.edu

Kate Politano - Assistant Director - kpolitano@rwu.edu 

Salve Regina University - www.salve.edu

Barbara Beaulieu - Associate Director - beaulieb@salve.edu

Donna Cournoyer - Assistant Director of Financial Aid - donna.cournoyer@salve.edu

Estelle Dubuc - Assistant Director of Financial Aid - laura.powell@salve.edu

Anne McDermott - Director of Financial Aid - anne.mcdermott@salve.edu

Kathryn Quint - Assistant Director of Financial Aid - quintk@salve.edu

Jason Martin - Assistant Director of Financial Aid - Jason.Martin@salve.edu

University of Rhode Island - www.uri.edu

Bonnie Saccucci - Director of Financial Aid/Senior Associate Director of Enrollment Services - bsaccucci@mail.uri.edu

Victor Gaspar - Assistant Director - vgaspar@uri.edu.

Tara-Lyn Houle - Enrollment Services Officer - taralyn_houle@uri.edu

Abigail Juenger - Assistant Director - ajuenger@uri.edu

Chelle Kassabian - Enrollment Services Officer - chellekassabian@uri.edu

Danille Klaboe - Assistant Director - danielle@uri.edu

Paul Langhammer - Senior Associate Director of Enrollment Services - langhammer@uri.edu

Amanda Radican - Enrollment Services Officer - aradican@uri.edu

Ariel Vacca - Enrollment Services Officer - avacca@uri.edu

Partner Members

American Student Assistance

Vince Scalise - vscalise@asa.org

Citizens Bank

Donna Shelby - donna.shelby@citizensbank.com

College Planning Center of Rhode Island

Stacy Crooks - Director - scrooks@cpcri.org

Courtney McEntee - Assistant Director  - cmcentee@cpcri.org

Cognition Financial 

Julie Lawton - jlawton@cogfin.com

Discover

Genna Coyne - gennacoyne@discover.com

Great Lakes

Joseph Jovell - jjovell@glhec.org

Iron Bridge Resources

Beth Ingle - Director of Business Development - beth@ironbridgeresources.com

Aida Mirante - Senior Consultant - aida.mirante@gmail.com

Rhode Island Office of the Postsecondary Commissioner

Michael Joyce - Director of Program Administration - mjoyce@riheaa.org

Gail Mance Rios - Deputy Director - gmrios@riheaa.org

Tom Pearce - Department Manager - tpearce@riheaa.org

Rhode Island Student Loan Authority

Bill Bianchi - Manager - wbianchi@risla.com

Jane Creta - Lorn Origination Manager - jcreta@risla.com

Alisan Hand - School Relations - ahand@risla.com

Charles Kelley - Executive Director - ckelley@risla.com

Noel Simpson - Chief Financial and Compliance Officer - nsimpson@risla.com

Gail Walker - School Relations Manager - gwalker@risla.com

Debbie Machowski - Executive Assistant - dmachowski@risla.com

Chad Pastorius - - cpastorius@risla.com

Jennifer Dutch - Portfolio Manager - jdutch@risla.com

Sallie Mae

Lisa Talbot - lisa.talbot@salliemae.com

Wells Fargo

Craig Ader - Market Relationship manager - Craig.J.Ader@WellsFargo.com

RIASFAA Lifetime Members

Linda F. Norton - norton03@cox.net