Colin Powell School Directory

Office of the Dean

Kevin Foster, Interim Dean
North Academic Center, 6/141
kfoster@ccny.cuny.edu
Phone: 860.593.7674

Charlene Darbassie, Administrative Manager
North Academic Center, Room 6/141
cdarbassie@ccny.cuny.edu
Phone: 212.650.7500/ Fax 8535

Jana Chammaa, Project Manager
North Academic Center, Room 6/141
jchammaa@ccny.cuny.edu

Bobby Derival, Chief Administrative Officer & Director of the Master's in Public Administration Program
North Academic Center, Room 6/287B
rderival@ccny.cuny.edu
Phone: 212.650.5095

Office of Advisors

Herbert Seignoret, Director, Office of Academic Advising
North Academic Center, 6/293
hseignoret@ccny.cuny.edu
Phone: 212.650.5861/ Fax 5865

Valerie V Poulolo, Academic Advisor 
North Academic Center, 6/293
vpoulolo@ccny.cuny.edu
Phone: 212.650.7308

Maria Moran, Academic Advisor
North Academic Center, 6/293
mmoran@ccny.cuny.edu
Phone: 212.650.5196

Aldonsa Tejada, Academic Advisement Coordinator
North Academic Center, 6/293
atejada@ccny.cuny.edu
Phone: 212.650.8155

Carlito Berlus, Academic Program Manager
North Academic Center, 6/293
cberlus@ccny.cuny.edu
Phone: 212-650-8140

Charlene Darbassie, Academic Support Services
North Academic Center, Room 6/141
cdarbassie@ccny.cuny.edu
Phone: 212.650.7500/ Fax 8535

Jessica Powell, Academic Advisor
North Academic Center, 6/293
jpowell@ccny.cuny.edu
Phone: 212-650-6961

Jaime F Olmos, Academic Advisor
North Academic Center, 6/293
jolmos@ccny.cuny.edu
Phone: 212-650-5861

Veronica V Ambrose, Academic Advisor
North Academic Center, 6/293
vambrose@ccny.cuny.edu

Golazin Safaeimojarad, Academic Advisor
North Academic Center, 6/293
gsafaeimojarad@ccny.cuny.edu
Phone: 212-650-8551

Department Chairs

Irina Carlota (Lotti) Silber, Anthropology, Gender & International Studies
North Academic Center, 7/112
isilber@ccny.cuny.edu
Phone: 212.650.7362 Fax 6607

Prabal K. De, Economics & Business 
North Academic Center, 4/121
pde@ccny.cuny.edu

Daniel DiSalvo, Political Science 
North Academic Center,136B
ddisalvo@ccny.cuny.edu
Phone: 212.650.5940

Robert Melara, Psychology
North Academic Center, 7/201 
rmelara@ccny.cuny.edu
Phone: 212.650.5716 Fax 5659

Katherine Chen, Sociology 
North Academic Center, 6/133
kchen@ccny.cuny.edu
Phone: 212.650.5850

Office of Communications & Events

Abigail Feder-Kane, Director of Development and External Relations
North Academic Center, 6/143
afederkane@ccny.cuny.edu
Phone: 212.650.6201

Namrata Kupte, Design Lead
North Academic Center, 6/141
nkupte@ccny.cuny.edu
Phone: 212.650.5608

Jose Alvarado, Communications Associate
North Academic Center, Room 6/287C
jalvaradosilva@ccny.cuny.edu
Phone: 212.650.7104

Daniel Hila, Program Manager of Events
North Academic Center, Room 6/287D
dhila@ccny.cuny.edu
Phone: 212.650.7000 Ext. 6953

Ariadne Rosales, Social Media Associate
North Academic Center, 6/141
vrosalesvalero@ccny.cuny.edu

Office of Finance

Daisy Justo, Director of Finance and Human Resources
North Academic Center, 6/145
djusto@ccny.cuny.edu

Infinite Clovie, Finance Operations Assistant
North Academic Center, Room 6/145
iclovie@ccny.cuny.edu

Ramon Martinez, Finance Associate
North Academic Center, 6/145
rmartinezjorge@ccny.cuny.edu

Shama Mital, Human Resources Assistant
North Academic Center, 6/145
smital@ccny.cuny.edu

Office of Student Success

Deborah Cheng, Director of Fellowship Programs and Office of Student Success
North Academic Center, Room 6/282
dcheng@ccny.cuny.edu
Phone: 212.650.8593

Christine Garmendiz, Fellowships and Student Success Program Associate
North Academic Center, Room 6/288
cgarmendiz@ccny.cuny.edu

Ashif Hassan, Corporate Partnerships Manager
North Academic Center, Room 6/278
ahassan1@ccny.cuny.edu

Cynthia Gutierrez, Director of Mentoring and Alumni Relations
North Academic Center, Room 6/280
cgutierrez@ccny.cuny.edu
Phone: 212.650.5380

Lesly Calle, Program Manager of Alumni Relations
North Academic Center, Room 6/281
lcallejuca@ccny.cuny.edu

Maya Gutierrez, Director of Public Service Career Hub
North Academic Center, Room 6/274
mgutierrez1@ccny.cuny.edu

Ivy Allotey, Internships Program Manager
North Academic Center, Room 6/281
iallotey@ccny.cuny.edu

Arifa Begum, Career Coach
North Academic Center, Room 6/288
abegum@ccny.cuny.edu

Abir Ahmed, Career Coach
North Academic Center, Room 6/288
tasnimabir98@gmail.com

Jen Light, Director of Honors Program and Legal Studies & Mixner Fellowship
North Academic Center, Room 4/134B
jlight@ccny.cuny.edu

Program Directors
 

Ramona Hernandez, Dominican Studies Institute
North Academic Center, 4/107
rahernandez@ccny.cuny.edu
Phone: 212-650-7496

Jean Krasno, International Relations
North Academic Center, 4/145
jean.krasno@gmail.com
Phone: 212.650.5224 Fax 5841

Sarah Muir, International Studies
North Academic Center, 7/114B
smuir@ccny.cuny.edu

Iris Lopez, Latin American and Latino Studies 
North Academic Center, 6/108
ilopez@ccny.cuny.edu
Phone: 212-650-7497 Fax 6635

Bobby Derival, Master's in Public Administration (MPA)
Shepard Hall, Room 1
rderival@ccny.cuny.edu
Phone: 212-650-6809

Jennifer Light, Honors Program in Legal Studies
North Academic Center 4/143B
jlight@ccny.cuny.edu
Phone: 212-650-8704

Asale Angel-Ajani, Women's and Gender Studies Program
North Academic Center, Room 7/113D
aangelajani@ccny.cuny.edu 
Phone: 212.650.7494

Graduate Program Directors

Jean Krasno, Director of International Relations
North Academic Center, 6/146D
jkrasno@ccny.cuny.edu
Phone: 212.650.5244

Bobby Derival, Executive Director, Master in Public Administration Program
Shepard Hall, Room 1
rderival@ccny.cuny.edu

Marta Bengoa, Program Director of Masters Program in Economics
North Academic Center, 4/120C
mbengoa@ccny.cuny.edu
Phone: 212.650.6143

Vivien C. Tartter, Program Director of Masters in General Psychology
North Academic Center, 7/209, 216
vtartter@ccny.cuny.edu  
Phone: 212.650.5709, 212.650.5708

Tiffany Floyd, Program Director of Masters Program in Mental Health Counseling
North Academic Center, 7/318
tfloyd@ccny.cuny.edu  
Phone: 212.650.5438

Nicholas Rush Smith, Program Director of Masters Program in International Affairs
North Academic Center, 4/146B
nsmith3@ccny.cuny.edu  
 

Department Staff
 

Natalie Meyers, Office Assistant, Anthropology
North Academic Center, 7/112
nmeyers@ccny.cuny.edu
Phone: 212-650-7350 Fax 6607

Ana I. Guerrero , Administrative Specialist, Economics and Business
North Academic Center, 4/121
aguerrero@ccny.cuny.edu
Phone: 212-650-5230 Fax 6341

Jenifer Roman, Administrative Assistant for Political Science
North Academic Center, 4/136
jroman@ccny.cuny.edu
Phone: 212-650-5468 Fax 5464

Abby Estes, Administrative Assistant, Psychology
North Academic Center, 7/120
aestes@ccny.cuny.edu
Phone: 212.650.5680

Hawai Kwok, Director of Academic Programs for Psychology
North Academic Center, 7/120
kwok@ccny.cuny.edu
Phone: 212-650-6777 Fax 5865

Denise Tuzo, Office Assistant, Psychology 
North Academic Center, 7/120
deniseccny@gmail.com
Phone: 212.650.5442 Fax 5659

Laura Bowman, Office Assistant, Sociology
North Academic Center, 6/125
lbowman@ccny.cuny.edu
Phone: 212.650.5485/5839 Fax: 6635

Leadership for Democracy and Social Justice

Jennifer Disla, Co-Executive Director
North Academic Center, 6/202
jdisla2@ccny.cuny.edu

Chris Torres, Co-Executive Director
North Academic Center, 6/202
ctorres1@ccny.cuny.edu

Sasha Graham, Director
North Academic Center, 6/202
sgraham@ccny.cuny.edu

Ricardo A. Anez Carrasquel, Project Coordinator
North Academic Center, 6/202
ranezcarrasquel@ccny.cuny.edu

Tiffany Traille, Program Manager
North Academic Center, 6/202
ttraille@ccny.cuny.edu

Natalie Delpeche, Program Operations Associate
North Academic Center, 6/202
ndelpeche@ccny.cuny.edu

Jake Levin, Social Justice Careers and Leadership Development Associate
North Academic Center, 6/202
jake.levin@ccny.cuny.edu

Noelia Morales, Executive Assistant
North Academic Center, 6/202
nmorales@ccny.cuny.edu

Lindsay Zafir, Academic Director and Distinguished Lecturer
North Academic Center, 6/203B
lzafir@ccny.cuny.edu

Bianca Guerrero, Early Career Programs Manager
North Academic Center, 6/203
bguerrero@ccny.cuny.edu

Jesse-Guy Herman, Development Director
North Academic Center, 6/119
jguyherman@ccny.cuny.edu

Rafael Monroy Rojas, Office Assistant
emonroyrojas@ccny.cuny.edu

Ashley Rivera, Program Coordinator
arivera3@ccny.cuny.edu

Riki Robinson, Mid-Career Program Associate
riki.robinson@ccny.cuny.edu

Jorwell Perez, Communications Strategist
jperez8@ccny.cuny.edu

Aravdeep Kaur, Operations and Finance Coordinator
North Academic Center, 6/119
akaur3@ccny.cuny.edu

Yamila Mercado, Alumni Engagement Coordinator
ymartinez1@ccny.cuny.edu

The Daniel Patrick Moynihan Center
 

Carlo Invernizzi Accetti, Executive Director
North Academic Center, 4/138B
caccetti@ccny.cuny.edu

Michael Miller, Managing Director
North Academic Center, 4/134C
mmiller3@ccny.cuny.edu
Phone: 212.650.5246

Layana Abu Touq, Senior Program Manager
North Academic Center, 4/138B
labutouq@ccny.cuny.edu

Selena Rodriguez, Operations Manager
North Academic Center, 4/134A
srodriguez5@ccny.cuny.edu

Farida Chickerie Ramkaran, Program Assistant
North Academic Center, 4/134D
fchickerieramkaran@ccny.cuny.edu
Phone: 212.650.8443

Grace French, Communications Coordinator
North Academic Center, 4/147
gfrench@ccny.cuny.edu