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
Jim Tilton - Senior Liaison, Financial Aid - james_tilton@brown.edu
Sean Ferns - Interim Dean of Financial Aid - sean_ferns@brown.edu
Margaret Kelly- Asst. Dir. Operations & Systems- margaret_kelly@brown.edu
Linda Gillette - Director Financial Aid, Alpert Medical - linda_gillette@brown.edu
Wynette Zuppardi - Sr. Dir. Receivables & Commerce - wynette_richardson@brown.edu
Tracy Frisone - Sr. Assistant Director - Tracy_Frisone@brown.edu
Grace Cruz - Assistant Director - graciphy_cruz@brown.edu
Kelly Duffy - Assistant Director - kelly_duffy@brown.edu
Christina Visinho - Assistant Director - christina_visinho@brown.edu
Sara Knox - Assistant Director - sara_knox@brown.edu
Stacey Vanasse - Assistant Director - stacey_vanasse@brown.edu
Karen Roskelly - Assistant Director - karen_roskelly@brown.edu
Keirsten Connors - Dir. Financial Services/Bursar - keirsten_connors@brown.edu
Josephine Okunola - Assistant Director - josephine_okunola@brown.edu
Matthew Davis - Assistant Director - matthew_davis@brown.edu
Gizzelle Fernandez-Financial Aid Counselor - gizzelle_fernandez@brown.edu
Carissa Frazier - Financial Aid Counselor - carissa_frazier@brown.edu
Ryan DePasquale - Financial Aid Counselor - ryan_depasquale@brown.edu
Marla Pearsall-Student Acct/Loan Operations Manager - marla_persall@brown.edu
Michael Joyce - Loan Operations Specialist - michael_joyce@brown.edu
Francesca Savella-Financial Aid Counselor- francesca_savella@brown.edu
Ashley Davega- Financial Aid Counselor- ashley_davega@brown.edu
Bryant University
Michelle Cloutier - VP of Enrollment Management - mcloutier@bryant.edu
John Canning - Director of Financial Aid - jcanning@bryant.edu
Edward Maroney - Associate Director of Financial Aid - emaroney@bryant.edu
Andrea Pellegrino - Assistant Director - apellegrino@bryant.edu
Sara Spirito - Assistant Director - sspirito@bryant.edu
Gina Tedesco - Assistant Director - gtedesco@bryant.edu
Diane Conlon - Loan Coordinator - dconlon@bryant.edu
College Unbound
Allen Cowett- Director of FA/SCO- allen.cowett@collegeunbound.edu
Tom Norton- Senior Financial Aid Officer-
thomas.norton@collegeunbound.edu
Community College of Rhode Island
Kelly Morrissey - Director of Financial Aid - kamorrissey@ccri.edu
Jennifer Burke - Associate Director of Financial Services - jlburke1@ccri.edu
David Allen - Associate Director Financial Aid Operations - dmallen@ccri.edu
Mary Luz Arias - Senior Financial Aid Officer - mlarias@ccri.edu
Gail Erinakes - Senior Financial Aid Officer - gerinakes@ccri.edu
Pamela Forant - Assistant Director of Financial Aid - pcforant@ccri.edu
Hui-Ling (Sunni) Hung - Eligibility Technician - hhung@ccri.edu
Tinecka McKenzie - Financial Aid Officer - tmckenzie@ccri.edu
John Dao - Financial Aid Officer - jtdao@ccri.edu
Marlex Torres - Enrollment Services Rep. - mtorres28@ccri.edu
Kaylee Luchka - Enrollment Services Rep. - kluchka@ccri.edu
Erin Tallman - Enrollment Services Rep. - etallman@ccri.edu
Johnson & Wales University
Anne Wareham - Financial Aid Officer - awareham@jwu.edu
Annette Cataldo - Financial Aid Analyst - acataldo@jwu.edu
Cassandra Aracri - Financial Planner - caracri@jwu.edu
Cheryl Nassaney - Financial Planner - cnassaney@jwu.edu
Christine Iannotti - Financial Planner - ciannotti@jwu.edu
Dawn Blanchette - Director of Student Financial Services - dblanchette@jwu.edu
Debbie Vieira - Financial Aid Officer - dvieira@jwu.edu
Filomena Sharples - Cashier - fsharples@jwu.edu
Gloria Ormonde - Verification Coordinator - gormonde@jwu.edu
Heather Medeiros - Inactive Coordinator - hmedeiros@jwu.edu
Jane Delamare - Financial Planner - jdelamare@jwu.edu
Jintana James - Financial Aid Officer - jintana.james@jwu.edu
Jonna Ianiero - Financial Planner - jianiero@jwu.edu
Kathi Tavares - Director of Billing & Collections - ktavares@jwu.edu
Kathleen Izzo - Front Desk Associate - kizzo@jwu.edu
Lucinda Henderson - Financial Planner - lhenderson@jwu.edu
Marcus Brown - Financial Planner - mbrown@jwu.edu
Michele Milos - Financial Planner - mmilos@jwu.edu
Patricia Simonelli - Financial Aid Officer - psimonelli@jwu.edu
Rosetta Parente - Financial Planner - rparente@jwu.edu
Sarah Reese - Assistant Director of Financial aid - sreese@jwu.edu
Sharon Bannister - Graduate & Doctoral Aid/Planner - sbannister@jwu.edu
Sharon Lindholm - Financial Aid Officer - slindholm@jwu.edu
Tammy Powers - Associate Director of Financial Aid - tpowers@jwu.edu
Taryn McElroy - Assistant Director of Financial Planning - tflorio@jwu.edu
Terrence Powers - Financial Aid Officer - tepowers@jwu.edu
Vikki Masse - Scholarship Associate - vmasse@jwu.edu
Susan Madoian- Financial Aid Officer- susan.madoian@jwu.edu
Lincoln Technical Institute
Sonia Skeldon - Director of Administration - sskeldon@lincolntech.edu
Carla Spangler - Financial Advisor - cspangler@lincolntech.edu
Mayke Delgado Pereira - Assoc. Dir. of Financial Aid - mdelgado@lincolntech.edu
Kara Crimmins - Financial Advisor - kcrimmins@lincolntech.edu
Jasmin Santiago - Financial Aid Admin. Assistant - jsantiago@lincolntech.edu
New England Institute of Technology
Anna Kelly - Director of Financial Aid - akelly@neit.edu
Maria Riccio - Assistant Director - mriccio@neit.edu
Pam Rossi - Assistant Director - prossi@neit.edu
Christina Morey - Loan Assistant - cmorey@neit.edu
Catherine Ratliff - Loan Assistant - cratliff@neit.edu
Lori Graves - Financial Aid Processor - lgraves@neit.edu
Dawn Tanzi - Financial Aid Officer - dtanzi@neit.edu
Kassandra Tate Anico - Financial Aid Officer - ktate@neit.edu
Jonna Ianiero - Financial Aid Officer - jianiero@neit.edu
Providence College
Sandra Oliveira - Executive Director of Financial Aid - solivei6@providence.edu
Faith Allen - Associate Director of Financial Aid - fwright@providence.edu
Emily Prive - Associate Director of Financial Aid - eprive@providence.edu
Jason Martin - Assistant Director of Financial Aid - jmarti36@providence.edu
Linda M. Carrazzo - Loan Officer - lcarrazz@providence.edu
Ellen Russo - Assistant Director of Financial Aid - erusso3@providence.edu
Gregory Torres- Financial Aid Counselor- gtorres@providence.edu
Rhode Island College
Nancy Bessette - Interim Director of Financial Aid - nbessette@ric.edu
Todd Brenner - Financial Aid Officer - tbrenner@ric.edu
Amanda Doorley - Assistant Director Financial Aid- adoorley@ric.edu
Pamela Forant- Associate Director Finanical Aid- pforant@ric.edu
Paul Spears- Financial Aid Officer- pspears@ric.edu
Helena Botelho - Financial Aid Representative - hbotelho@ric.edu
Rhode Island School of Design
Anthony Gallonio - Assist. Vice President, Enrollment Services - agalloni@risd.edu
Melissa Donahue - Assoc. Dir. of Student Financial Services - mdonah01@risd.edu
Bonnie M. Wojcik - Assistant Director of Financial Aid - bwojcik@risd.edu
Nelly Hoffens-Vargas - Fin Aid/Student Employ. Counselor - nhoffens@risd.edu
Kevin Lynch - Director of Student Employment - klynch@risd.edu
Stephanie Streletz - Director of Financial Aid - sstrelet@risd.edu
H. Maria Stadanlick - Director of Student Accounts - hstadanl@risd.edu
Dan Rossi - Interim Director of Financial Aid - drossi@risd.edu
Amanda Woodward - Interim Director of Student Accounts - awoodw01@risd.edu
Rachel Proulx- Student Financial Services Counselor-rproulx@risd.edu
Angela Stanley- Student Financial Services Counselor- astanley@risd.edu
Roger Williams University
Tracy DaCosta - Assoc. VP Enrollment Mngmt & Marketing - tdacosta@rwu.edu
Diane Usher - Director of Financial Aid - dusher@rwu.edu
Joana Santos-Reis - Associate Director - jsantos-reis@rwu.edu
Tina Bacon - Assistant Director - tbacon@rwu.edu
Kate Politano - Senior Assistant Director - kpolitano@rwu.edu
Michelle Cordeiro - Assistant Director - mcordeiro@rwu.edu
Gina Rigby - Senior Assistant Director - grigby@rwu.edu
Alyssa Saada - Senior Financial Aid Counselor - asaada@rwu.edu
Tammy Pacheco - Aid Assistant II - tpacheco@rwu.edu
AnneMarie Higgins - Aid Assistant I - ahiggins@rwu.edu
Lisa Castigliego - Aid Assistant I - lcastigliego@rwu.edu
Karen Anterni- Financial Aid Counselor- kanterni@rwu.edu
Salve Regina University
Anne McDermott - Director of Financial Aid - anne.mcdermott@salve.edu
Barbara Beaulieu - Associate Director - beaulieb@salve.edu
Estelle Dubuc - Assistant Director of Financial Aid - estelle.dubuc@salve.edu
Rurainy Sirois - Assistant Director of Financial Aid - rurainy.sirois@salve.edu
Natalie Wong - Assistant Director of Financial Aid - Natalie.wong@salve.edu
Rebecca Pickens - Financial Aid Receptionist - rebecca.pickens@salve.edu
University of Rhode Island
Victoria McNeil- Director of Financial Aid- victoria.mcneil@uri.edu
Abigail Juenger - Assitant Director - ajuenger@uri.edu
Danielle Klaboe - Assistant Director - danielle@uri.edu
Eli Baalbaki - Assistant Director - ebaalbaki@uri.edu
Tara-Lyn Houle - Enrollment Services Officer - taralyn_houle@uri.edu
Chelle Kassabian - Assistant Director - chellekassabian@uri.edu
Amanda Radican - Enrollment Services Officer - aradican@uri.edu
Kenneth Ferus - Associate Director - kferus@uri.edu
Melissa Roberts - Enrollment Services Officer - mkroberts28@uri.edu
Christopher Verleger - Enrollment Services officer - cverleger@uri.edu
Partner Members
Ascent Student Loans
Casey Miller - cmiller@ascentprogram.com
Rick Gallagher - rgallagher@ascentprogram.com
Caroline Menendez - cmenendez@ascentfunding.com
CampusLogic
Robert Montgomery - robert.montgomery@campuslogic.com
John Sikora - john.sikora@campuslogic.com
David Harris- david.harris@ellucian.com
Citizens Bank
Jeff Bentley - jeffrey.d.bentley@citizensbank.com
Cognition Financial
Julie Lawton - jlawton@cogfin.com
College Ave.
Jennifer Trauman - jtrauman@collegeave.com
College Planning Center of RI
Stacy Crooks - Director - scrooks@cpcri.org
Courtney McEntee -Assistant Director - cmcentee@cpcri.org
Discover
Genna Coyne - gennacoyne@discover.com
Joseph Statuto - josephstatuto@discover.com
Earnest Student Loans
Ben Loya - ben.loya@earnest.com
Tim Young - tim.young@earnest.com
Iron Bridge Resources
Beth Ingle - Director of Business Development - beth@ironbridgeresources.com
Aida Mirante - Senior Consultant - aida.mirante@gmail.com
Carolyn Fortey- Chief Operating Officer- carolyn@ironbridgeresources.com
MEFA
Stephanie Wells - swells@mefa.org
Nelnet
Joseph Jovell - joseph.jovell@nelnet.com
NHHEAF Network
Rich Neilsen - rich@edvestinu.com
Rhode Island Student Loan Authority
Robert Tetreault- Director of Compliance- rtetreault@risla.com
Jane Creta - Loan Origination Manager - jcreta@risla.com
Alison 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 Director - gwalker@risla.com
Chad Pastorius - cpastorius@risla.com
Jennifer Dutch - Portfolio Manager - jdutch@risla.edu
Sallie Mae
Lisa Talbot - lisa.talbot@salliemae.com
SoFi
Jason Kahn - jkahn@sofi.org
Wells Fargo
Martin Guzman - martin.guzman@wellsfargo.com
RIASFAA Lifetime Members
Linda Norton - norton03@cox.net