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- Executive Team
Office of the Vice President

Scott Barrett
Interim Vice President Advancement and Interim Executive Director Stony Brook Foundation
(631) 632-9128

Kathryn Bloch
Executive Assistant to the Vice President of Advancement
(631) 632-8626


Executive Team

Scott Barrett
Interim Vice President for Advancement
(631) 632-9128

Kacy Bullard
Associate Vice President for Operations and Strategy and COO/CFO for the Stony Brook Foundation Inc.
(631) 632-4011

Danielle Holton
Associate Vice President, Medicine Advancement
(631) 444-8305

Deborah Lowen-Klein
Senior Associate Vice President for Advancement
(631) 632-5074


Amanda Sabanos
Assistant Vice President for Development, Schools and Colleges
(631) 316-0371

Tara Stenzel
Assistant Vice President, Principal Gifts and Strategic Fundraising Initiatives
(631) 632-4430

Brian Thornton
Associate Vice President, Marketing and Constituent Experience
(631) 347-2872

Samantha Vigliotta
Assistant Vice President, Central Teams and Campaign Planning
(631) 873-9972
Administration

Phoebe Botros
Senior Administrative Assistant, Development
(631) 632-4488


Keira Flynn
Senior Administrative Assistant to the AVP for Development, Schools & Colleges
(631) 972-8984


Yasemin Tansel
Specialist, Stony Brook Medicine
(631) 444-2945
- Constituent Experience
Constituent Experience

Brian Thornton
Associate Vice President, Marketing and Constituent Experience
(631) 347-2872

Alumni Relations & Advancement Events

Jennifer Filasky '06
Senior Director of Constituent Experience, Alumni and Events
(631) 632-4002

Danielle Engel '05
Alumni Operations and Engagement Specialist
(631) 632-6121





Andrea Lebedinski '08,'10
Director of Lifelong & Athletics Engagement
(631) 632-7705

Erika Lorentzson '24
Coordinator of Lifelong & Athletics Engagement
(631) 632-4890


LeighMarie Regan
Assistant Director of Alumni Engagement
(631) 942-7174

Anjanette Schildhorn
Assistant Director, Advancement Events
(631) 632-4003


Annual Giving



Danyte Reisinger '19
Assistant Director, Annual Giving
(631) 632-4467
Donor Relations


Sarah Sepulveda
Assistant Director of Donor Experience
(631) 632-4453
- Development
Development

Scott Barrett
Interim Vice President Advancement and Interim Executive Director Stony Brook Foundation
(631) 632-9128
Kathryn Bloch
Executive Assistant to the Vice President of Advancement
(631) 632-8626
Centre ValBio and Turkana Basin Institutes

Jennifer Levine
Senior Director of Development, Centre ValBio and Turkana Basin Institutes
(631) 632-4055
Central Teams

Samantha Vigliotta
Assistant Vice President, Central Teams and Campaign Planning
(631) 873-9972

Phoebe Botros
Senior Administrative Assistant, Development
(631) 632-4488
Central Teams - Corporate and Foundation Relations

Van Sullivan
Executive Director of Development, Central Teams
(631) 632-4925

Courtney Enright '19, '23
Development Officer, Corporate Relations
(631) 632-1457

Althea Hicks
Director of Development, Foundation Relations
(631) 632-6078

Jason Phillips
Director of Development, Foundation Relations
(614) 783-8654
Central Teams - Gift Planning

Shawn Mroz
Executive Director, Gift Planning
(631) 632-4788 | Cell: (631) 449-0005


Central Teams - Leadership Giving

Van Sullivan
Executive Director of Development, Central Teams
(631) 632-4925



Mada Samb
Assistant Director of Development, Leadership Giving
(631) 358-3860
Central Teams - Prospect Research and Management
Arlene Jennings
Senior Director of Prospect Management and Research
(631) 632-4214

Monique Atherton
Associate Director of Prospect Research
(631) 632-4064


Kathy O'Leary
Assistant Director of Prospect Research
(631) 632-4165
Medicine

Danielle Holton
Associate Vice President, Stony Brook Medicine Advancement
(631) 444-8305

Yasemin Tansel
Specialist, Stony Brook Medicine
(631) 444-2945

Deborah Colgan
Senior Director of Development and Manager, Stony Brook Cancer Center
(631) 216-2981

Eileen Colletti
Senior Director of Development and Manager, Women's Health and Stony Brook Children's Hospital
(631) 216-8364

Caitlin Derderian
Senior Director of Development and Manager, Stony Brook Medicine
(631) 263-3962

Emily Germani
Assistant Director of Development, Neurosciences Institute
(631) 260-2831


Jaime McGrade
Assistant Director of Development, Long Island State Veterans Home
(631) 358-8774

Amanda Schnipper
Director of Development, Cancer Center
(516) 329-7695

Bryan Sekunda
Director of Development, Stony Brook Children’s Hospital
(516) 434-8488

Laura Shelley
Director of Development, Health Sciences
(631) 806-6280

Marc Soevyn
Assistant Director of Development, Health Sciences
(631) 632-4995

Joan Yonke
Director of Development, Department of Medicine
(631) 263-2457
Principal Giving

Deborah Lowen-Klein
Senior Associate Vice President for Advancement
(631) 632-5074

Tara Stenzel
Assistant Vice President, Principal Gifts and Strategic Fundraising Initiatives
(631) 632-4430

Emily Spatafora
Assistant Project Manager, Principal Gifts
(631) 632-8625
Schools and Colleges

Amanda Sabanos
Assistant Vice President for Development, Schools and Colleges
(631) 316-0371

Keira Flynn
Senior Administrative Assistant to the AVP for Development, Schools & Colleges
(631) 972-8984

Julianna Ashton
Director of Development, College of Arts and Sciences
(631) 632-1455

Jennifer Becker
Director of Development, College of Engineering & Applied Sciences
(631) 632-2039 | Cell: (631) 807-5180

Daria Carioscia
Director of Development, Staller Center for the Arts
(631) 632-7232 | Cell: (516) 996-0315

Michael D'Ambrosio
Senior Director of Development and Manager, College of Arts and Sciences
(631) 632-4061
Dina DeMeo
Senior Director of Development and Manager, School of Marine & Atmospheric Sciences
(631) 632-4490

Brianna Goodfellow
Director of Development, College of Arts and Sciences
(631) 632-4012

Patrick Hatch
Assistant Director of Development, Athletics
Cell: (203) 859-4482
Michael Jarvis
Senior Director of Development, Athletics
(631) 347-2535

John Link
Director of Development, College of Engineering & Applied Sciences
(631) 942-1536

Nicole Morris
Assistant Director of Development, Student Affairs
(631) 632-7212

Christopher Scarpati
Senior Director of Development and Manager, West Campus
(631) 632-1202

Adam Siepiola
Director of Development, College of Business
(631) 459-7266


Chelsea Whitney
Assistant Director of Development, School of Marine & Atmospheric Sciences
(631) 260-0660

Will Williams
Senior Director of Development and Manager, College of Engineering & Applied Sciences
(631) 632-8561
Women's Leadership Council

Deborah Lowen-Klein
Senior Associate Vice President for Advancement (631) 632-5074
Dina DeMeo
Senior Director of Development, School of Marine & Atmospheric Sciences (631) 632-4490

- Strategy and Administration
Strategy and Administration

Kacy Bullard
Associate Vice President for Operations and Strategy and COO/CFO for the Stony Brook Foundation Inc.
(631) 632-4011

Data Services
Kathleen LeViness
Executive Director of Data Services
(631) 632-9168

Susan Agro
Associate Director, Records Management and Data Governance
(631) 632-6587





Gift Administration





Michelle Pagano
Coordinator, Gift Administration
(631) 632-5632

Policy and Procedure Development

Anne Schmitz
Senior Director of Policy and Procedure Development
(631) 632-4677
- Principal Giving
Principal Giving

Deborah Lowen-Klein
Senior Associate Vice President for Advancement
(631) 632-5074

Tara Stenzel
Assistant Vice President, Principal Gifts and Strategic Fundraising Initiatives
(631) 632-4430

Emily Spatafora
Assistant Project Manager, Principal Gifts
(631) 632-8625
- Operations and Stony Brook Foundation
Stony Brook Foundation

Scott Barrett
Interim Vice President Advancement and Interim Executive Director Stony Brook Foundation
(631) 632-9128

Kacy Bullard
Associate Vice President for Operations and Strategy and COO/CFO for the Stony Brook Foundation Inc.
(631) 632-4011

Neha Aggarwal
Senior Administrative Assistant, Stony Brook Foundation
(631) 632-6536

Accounting and Finance



John Byers
Senior Accountant, Accounts Receivable, Interim Director of Gift Administration
(631) 632-6618

Roxanne Cummings
Accounts Receivable Coordinator
(631) 562-8323





Ruth Schilling
Assistant Director, Accounting and Finance
(631) 632-2109

Budget & Operations

Lois Arens
Senior Director of Budget and Operations
(631) 632-4353


Andrew Crawford
Accounts Payable Coordinator
(631) 632-2557

John DelRosario
Accounts Payable Specialist
(631) 632- 1901


Larain (Shengbi) Liu
Accounts Payable Coordinator
(631) 632-6432

Barbara Mahoney
Senior Accounts Payable Specialist
(631) 632-2108

Taz Mazumder
Senior Accounts Payable Specialist
(631) 632-2447

Carla McPherson
Senior Financial Systems Analyst
(631) 632-6044

Carla Whittingham
Associate Director, SBF Operations
(631) 632-9954
Investments

Charles Poillon, CAIA
Manager, Investments Operations
(631) 632-2311
Advancement Operations




Jackie Berkowitz
Associate Director, Advancement Leadership and Training
(631) 632-4594







- Marketing and Communications
Marketing and Communications

Brian Thornton
Associate Vice President, Marketing and Constituent Experience
(631) 347-2872



Kristina Brandt
Specialist, Content Marketing
(631) 632-4483 | Cell: (631) 372-0672






Emanuel (Manny) Saladino
Senior Graphic and Web Designer
(631) 632-6759

