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Leadership

President’s Council

President’s Council is the College’s senior decision-making body, composed of the members of senior staff and the Operations and Management Group. The Council assists the president of the College in determining policy, setting strategic goals, and resolving a full range of significant issues, from day-to-day management to financial concerns.

Senior Staff

Provost Linda BellLinda Bell
Provost & Dean of the Faculty
labell@barnard.edu

Eileen DiBenedetto headshot
Eileen DiBenedetto
Vice President for Finance & Interim Chief Financial Officer edibened@barnard.edu

Jennifer Fondiller - VP EnrollmentJennifer Fondiller
Vice President for Enrollment
jfondill@barnard.edu

Leslie GrinageLeslie Grinage
Dean of the College
lgrinage@barnard.edu

Roger Mosier headshotRoger Mosier
Vice President for Campus Services & Interim Vice President for Operations
rmosier@barnard.edu

Gabrielle Simpson headshotGabrielle Simpson
Vice President for Communications
gsimpson@barnard.edu

Jomysha Stephen, General CounselJomysha Delgado Stephen
Vice President for Legal Affairs, General Counsel,
& Chief of Staff to the President
jstephen@barnard.edu

Ariana Gonzalez StokasAriana González Stokas
Vice President for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
astokas@barnard.edu

Lisa YehLisa Yeh
Vice President for Development
& Alumnae Relations
lyeh@barnard.edu

 

Operations and Management Group

A-J Aronstein
Dean, Beyond Barnard
aaronste@barnard.edu

Umbreen Bhatti, Director, Athena CenterUmbreen Bhatti ’00
Constance Hess Williams '66 Director of the Athena Center
ubhatti@barnard.edu

Leslie Cawley headshotLeslie Cawley
Associate Provost for Budget & Planning
lcawley@barnard.edu

Giorgio DiMauro headshotGiorgio DiMauro
Associate Provost, International Initiatives
and Special Projects
gdimauro@barnard.edu

Natalie Friedman, Dean of Studies,Natalie Friedman
Deputy Dean of the College and Director, Office of Family Engagement
nfriedma@barnard.edu

Catherine Geddis headshotCatherine Geddis
Vice President for Human Resources
cgeddis@barnard.edu

Jennifer Goddard headshotJennifer Goddard
Associate Vice President of Communications
jgoddard@barnard.edu

Saskia Hamilton, Vice ProvostSaskia Hamilton
Vice Provost, Academic Programs and Curriculum
shamilto@barnard.edu

Carol KatzmanCarol Katzman
Vice President for Information Technology
ckatzman@barnard.edu

Alicia LawrenceAlicia Lorine Lawrence
Deputy Dean of the College, Executive Director of Residential Life
Housing
alawrenc@barnard.edu

Christina Lopez headshotChristina Lopez
Dean of Admissions
clopez@barnard.edu

Kate Martinez
Assistant Vice President, Development and Alumnae Relations
kmartine@barnard.edu

Reshmi Mukherjee headshotReshmi Mukherjee
Vice Provost, Academic Research and Centers
rmukherj@barnard.edu

Rochelle RitchieRochelle Ritchie
Executive Director of News and Strategic Communications
rritchie@barnard.edu

Virginia Ryan headshotVirginia Ryan
Secretary to the Board of Trustees and Associate General Counsel
vryan@barnard.edu

Karen Sendler headshotKaren Sendler
Executive Director for Alumnae Relations
ksendler@barnard.edu

Andrea Stagg headshotAndrea Stagg
Deputy General Counsel
astagg@barnard.edu

Carolina Tamara photoCarolina Tamara
Executive Director, Institutional Research
ctamara@barnard.edu


Nikisha Williams
Executive Director, Institutional Assessment
nwilliam@barnard.edu

Cynthia Yang, Deputy Chief of StaffCynthia Yang
Deputy Chief of Staff to the President
cyang@barnard.edu

Nikki Youngblood Giles
Dean, Beyond Barnard
nyoungbl@barnard.edu