The Administration

Lee C. Bollinger, J.D.
President
Columbia University

Alan Brinkley, Ph.D.
Provost
Columbia University

Jeanette C. Takamura, M.S.W., Ph.D.
Dean
Columbia University School of Social Work

Allen Zweben, M.S.W., Ph.D.
Associate Dean for Academic Affairs and Research
Columbia University School of Social Work

Marianne Yoshioka, M.S.W., Ph.D.

Senior Assistant Dean for Academic Affairs
Columbia University School of Social Work

David I. Yam, B.A., M.A.
Senior Assistant Dean, Enrollment and Student Services
Columbia University School of Social Work

Cheryl Franks, B.S., M.S.S.W., Ph.D.
Assistant Dean; Director of Field Education
Columbia University School of Social Work

Cynthia Kong , B.A., M.P.A.
Senior Assistant Dean, Administration, Finance & Planning
Columbia University School of Social Work

Ann McCann Oakley, M.S.S.W.
Assistant Dean; Director, Computing and Instructional Technology
Columbia University School of Social Work

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CUSSW Administrative Staff

Office of the Dean
Jeanette C. Takamura, Dean
Anna Rubley, Director of Operations and Special Projects
Jeannie Hii, Director of Communications
Ned Walsh, Director of Institutional Research and Evaluation

Office of Associate Dean for Research and Sponsored Projects
Allen Zweben, Associate Dean for Research
Lara Ciamician, Assistant Director
Neera Nischal, Financial Assistant
Jessica Troiano, Program Coordinator

Office of the Associate Dean
Allen Zweben, Associate Dean for Academic Affairs and Research
Marianne Yoshioka, Senior Assistant Dean for Academic Affairs
Sheryl Sodohoue, Assistant to the Senior Assistant Dean
Jackie Martinez, Administrative Director of Services to Faculty
Warren Green, Director of Writing Center
Walter Vega, Director of Advising

Field Education Department
Cheryl Franks, Assistant Dean; Director
Cindy Baptista, Associate Director
Moira Curtain, Associate Director
Clarener Moultrie, Associate Director
Susan Oppenheim, Associate Director
Ovita Williams, Associate Director
Jennifer Harp, Department Coordinator

Office of the Doctoral Program
Julien Teitler, Chair
Lindsay Bennett, Associate Director

Office of Enrollment and Student Services
David Yam, Senior Assistant Dean; Director
Karma Lowe, Director, Student and Financial Aid Services
Debbie Lesperance, Director of Admissions
Rahul Sampat, Assistant Director of Admissions
Stephanie Schafer, Assistant Director of Admissions
Marina Henriquez, Associate Director, Enrollment and Student Services
Mia Gantt, Assistant Director of Student Financial Planning
Edward Graciano, Officer, Student Financial Planning
Kim Barberich, Director of Career Services
Michelle Kelly, Career Counselor

Office of Computing and Instructional Technology
Ann McCann Oakley, Assistant Dean; Director
Lutfur Bhuiya, System Coordinator
Josephine Tatel, Audiovisual Technical Specialist
Vivianna Carriel-Rodriguez, Administrative Coordinator
Ed Cardona, Audiovisual Technical Assistant

Office of Institutional Research and Evaluation
Ned Walsh, Director
Francisco Monterroso, Program Coordinator

Office of Administration and Financial Management
Cynthia Kong, Senior Assistant Dean; Director
Nell Clark, Assistant Director of Financial Administration
Katherine Lewis, Assistant Director, Human Resources
Asgar Karmally, Director of Administrative Services
Bienvenida Alvarez, Administrative Coordinator
Katia Periera, Financial Assistant
Michele McCormack, Financial Assistant

Office of Development and Alumni Relations
Gretchen Knudsen, Associate Director of Development
Jennifer March, Assistant Director of Alumni Relations

Social Work Library
Alysse Jordan, Librarian

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The Advisory Council

Jane G. Bernstein
Virginia Trotter Betts
MaryEllen Jeffries Bigham
Hallam Chow
Kathalynn Turner Davis
Debra Del Toro-Phillips
Tangley Lloyd DeLaney
Tami Farber
Brenda Foster
Brenda Johnson Gallagher
Monika Astrid Heimbold
Linda R. Hoffman
Helen U. Lowenstein
Muriel Petioni
Paula Stern
Linda Taira
Ann Van Ness
Stephen M. Wing

Members Emeriti/ae
Nina Freedman
Charles Gershenson
John F. Heimerdinger
Alice P. Lin

Trustees
Ann E. Kaplan
Maureen A. Cogan, Emerita
Marylin B. Levitt, Emerita

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