Office of the President
Hiram E. Chodosh
President, 2013
(See Faculty )
Sharon Basso
Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer, 2016
B.A., Lafayette College; M.S., Shippensburg University; Ed.D., University of Delaware
Dorothy Buchanan
Special Assistant to the President, 1998-2005, 2008
B.S., Lyon College
Offices of the Board of Trustees, Administration and Planning, and General Counsel
Matthew G. Bibbens ‘92
Vice President of Campus Planning, Capital Projects and Special Counsel, 2000
B.A., Claremont McKenna College; J.D., Cornell Law School
Larry Burik
Associate Vice President for Facilities Management and Capital Project, 2020
B.S., Penn State University; M.S., University of Southern California
Marcie Gardner
General Counsel, 2014
B.A., University of Redlands; J.D., University of California, Davis
Peter W. Ji
Director of Facilities Hospitality, 2022
B.S., California State Polytechnic University, Pomona; M.B.A., California State Polytechnic University, Pomona
Khai Luu
Director of Emergency Management and Environmental Health & Safety, 2023
B.A., Virginia Tech; M.S., California State University, Long Beach
Damaris Robertson Lowe
Director of Office Administration and Special Projects, 2022
B.A., Northern Arizona University
Kimberly Shiring
Secretary of the College and Director of Public Art, 2006, 2017
B.A., Boston University; M.B.A., Loyola Marymount University
Office of Admission and Financial Aid
Jessica Cantos
Assistant Dean of Admission, 2021
B.A., Dartmouth College; M.Ed. Harvard Graduate School of Education
Joie Cummings
Associate Dean of Admission, 2018
B.A., College of Charleston; M.A., Boston College
Rachelle Ehrman
Associate Dean of Admission, 2020
B.A., Colgate University
Russell C. Gasaway
Senior Director of Recruitment for the Office of Admission, 2013
B.A., Wabash College
Jennifer L. Hirsch
Associate Dean of International Admission, 2015
B.A., Chapman University; M.Ed., University of Southern California
Stephanie Morales-Lopez
Assistant Dean of Admission, 2022
B.A., Bucknell University
Jerry Morrison
Associate Dean of Admission for Diversity and Strategic Initiatives, 2021
B.A., Loyola Marymount University; M.Ed., University of Southern California
Maureen Ruiz-Sundstrom
Associate Dean of Admission
B.S., Harvey Mudd College; M.A., Claremont Graduate University
Jennifer Sandoval-Dancs
Associate Vice President for Admission and Financial Aid, 2005
B.A., M.Ed., University of Southern California
Eleanor Wu
Deputy Director of Financial Aid, 2021
B.A., University of California, San Diego; M.Ed., University of Southern California
Omar Zazueta
Senior Director of Admission, 2015
B.A., Saint Mary’s College
Office of Civil Rights and Title IX
Lynzie R. DeVeres
Assistant Vice President for Diversity and Inclusion and Title IX Administrator, 2016
B.A., Oberlin College; J.D., Loyola Law School
Nyree Gray
Vice President of Human Relations and Chief Diversity Officer, 2014
B.A., University of California, Berkeley; J.D., Southwestern Law School
Dan Hirsch
Director of Organizational Learning and Development, 2021
B.A., Carleton College; M.Ed., University of Southern California; Ph.D., Colorado State University
Maude Nazaire
Assistant Dean of Students for Academic Success, 2021
M.A., Edinboro University of Pennsylvania; Ed.D, La Sierra University
Office of the Dean of the Faculty
Heather Antecol
Vice President for Academic Affairs and Dean of the Faculty and Boswell Professor of Economics, 2001
(See Faculty )
Christine Costanza
Executive Director of Academic Administration, 2019
B.A., University of California, San Diego; M.A., California State University, Long Beach
Zachary Courser ‘99
Co-Director of the Policy Lab, 2006
B.A., Claremont McKenna College; M.A., University of Virginia; Ph.D., University of Virginia
Brian S. Davidson ‘08
Interim Director of the Marian Miner Cook Athenaeum / Director of Fellowships Advising, 2015
B.A., Claremont McKenna College; M.A., Yale University; M.S., University of Illinois
Megan M. Davidson
Director of Center for Writing and Public Discourse, 2016
B.A., University of Northern Iowa; M.A., University of Northern Iowa; Ph.D., Claremont Graduate University
Rachel F. Fenning
Associate Professor of Psychology and Director of the Autism Center, 2022
(See Faculty )
Deborah A. Flynn
Interim Registrar, 2016
B.A., University of Phoenix; M.B.A., University of Phoenix
John J. Haller
Director of Institutional Research, 2013
B.A., University of Akron; M.A., California State University, San Bernardino
Maija Harkonen
Director of the Washington DC Program, 2018
M.A., Ph.D., Georgetown University
Priya S. Junnar
Director of the Marian Miner Cook Athenaeum, 2014
B.A., UC Berkeley; M.A., Yale University; M.B.A., Case Western Reserve University
Ellen Ketels
Associate Dean of the Faculty and Associate Professor of Literature, 2009
(See Faculty )
Ronald A. LaPierre
Randall Lewis Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship Executive Director and Entrepreneur in Residence and Silicon Valley Program Executive Director, 2018
B.A., University of California, Los Angeles; M.B.A., Claremont Graduate University
Kristen Mallory
Director of Global Education and Off-Campus Study, 2004
B.A., Linfield College; M.A., School for International Training
John Meany
Director of Forensics, 1987
Jeho Park
Director of the Quantitative and Computing Lab, 2018
M.S., California State University, Long Beach; Ph.D., Claremont Graduate University
Aithan Peterson
Executive Director of Academic Affairs, 2016
B.A., Scripps College; M.A., Stanford University
Drew Schroeder
Associate Dean of the Faculty and Associate Professor of Philosophy, 2011
(See Faculty )
Cameron A. Shelton
Director of the Lowe Institute and Associate Professor of Economics, 2008
(See Faculty )
Ulysses J. Sofia
Weinberg Family Dean of the Keck Science Department, and Professor of Physics, 2017
(See Faculty )
Sherylle Tan White
Director of Internships and Kravis Leadership Institute Research, 2004
B.A., University of California, Irvine; M.A., Ph.D., Claremont Graduate University
Dorlisa Tillman
Director of Faculty Support Services, 2018
B.A., California State University, Northridge
Emily A. Wiley
Director of Program Development for KDIS and Professor of Biology, 2002
(See Faculty )
T. Colleen Wynn
Assistant Vice President for Institutional Research and Assessment, 2004
B.A., California State University, San Bernardino; M.Ed. Azusa Pacific University
Office of Student Affairs
Ashley Barton
Associate Dean of Students for Diversity and Inclusion and CARE Center Director, 2022
B.A., M.Ed., University of California, Los Angeles; Ed.D, University of Southern California
Gemma L. Bulos
Director of the Kravis Lab for Social Impact, 2017
Dianna M. Graves ‘98
Vice President of Student Affairs, 2001
B.A., Claremont McKenna College; M.A., Ph.D., Claremont Graduate University
Vince L. Greer
Assistant Vice President, Student Affairs, 2023
B.A., DePauw University; M.Ed., Northeastern University
Vernon C. Grigg
Executive Director of Civic Engagement, Kravis Lab for Social Impact, 2022
B.A., University of Michigan; J.D., Yale Law School
Chantal Izaguirre
Director of Health Promotion and Student Support, 2022
B.S., California State University, Chico; M.P.H., Western Kentucky University
MaryKate Jacobs
Assistant Dean of Students for Student Engagement, 2019
B.A., University of North Carolina - Wilmington; M.S., University of Tennessee
Matthew Layman
Senior Assistant Dean of Students for Academic Success, 2019
B.S., Manchester University; M.A., Heidelberg University
Taivna O. Mills
Assistant Dean for International Student Services and Academic Success, 2022
B.S., ONOL Foreign Language Institute; M.S., Iowa State University of Science and Technology
Jess Neilson
Senior Assistant Dean of Students, Mental Health and Health Promotion, 2017
B.A., Skidmore College; M.A., Argosy University
Matt J. Ryan
Director of Recreation, 2016
Wendy V. Torres-Badajoz ‘21
Assistant Director of Residential Life, 2017
B.A, Claremont McKenna College
Jennifer K. Tyniec
Senior Assistant Dean of Students Residential Life and Student Engagement, 2018
B.A., Drew University; M.Ed., Springfield College
Brian Weir
Director of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness, 2020
B.S., Texas A&M University; M.A., Air University
Office of Advancement
Lauren Binney
Director of Advancement Services, 2018
B.S., University of California, Riverside
Brenda Bolinger
Director of Stewardship, 2021
B.A., Whitworth University
Austin Braunwalder
Director, Leadership Giving and Philanthropic Advisor, 2020
B.A., University of La Verne; M.B.A, University of Redlands; Ph.D, California Baptist University
Andrew Carrillo
Assistant Vice President for Advancement Operations and Donor Engagement, 2005
B.A., University of California, Irvine
Michelle Chamberlain
Vice President for Advancement & Student Opportunities and Dean of the Robert Day Scholars Program, 2008
B.A., University of Southern California; M.Ed., Claremont Graduate University; J.D., Southwestern Law School
Ursula Diamond
Director of Student Opportunities, 2017
B.A., University of London; M.A., Ph.D., New York University
John P. Faranda ‘79
Ambassador at Large, 1985
B.A., Claremont McKenna College
Amy Flanagan ‘11
Director, Robert Day Scholars and Scholar Communities, 2018
B.A., Claremont McKenna College
Abigail Flores
Executive Director of Strategic Initiatives and Institutional Philanthropy, 2006
B.A., Georgetown University; M.A., Syracuse University
Freya L. Hurtado
Associate Director of Career Services, 2018
B.A., Claremont McKenna College; M.B.A., University of California, Berkeley
Megan Jordan
Associate Vice President / Chief Strategic Communications Officer (CSCO), 2022
B.A., University of Southern California; M.A., California State University, Northridge
Tessa B. Klarin
Director of Planned Giving, 2016
A.A., A.S., Citrus College; B.A., University of California, Santa Cruz
Elizabeth Milev ‘05
Director of Advancement, 2014
B.A., Claremont McKenna College; M.B.A. Claremont Graduate University
Kimberly A. Ordunio
Director of Prospect and Relationship Management, 2016
A.A., Citrus College; B.A., University of California, San Diego
Raymond Rotolo ‘76
Senior Director of Planned Giving, 1995
B.A., Claremont McKenna College
Thomas M. Rozwadowski
Executive Director of Strategic Content & Creative Services, 2023
B.A., Saint Norbert College
Evan J. Rutter ‘06
Assistant Vice President for Alumni and Parent Relations, 2002
B.A., Claremont McKenna College
Jeannie Scalmanini
Executive Director of Alumni and Parent Engagement, 2008
B.S., California State Polytechnic University, Pomona
Gilien Silsby
Director of Content, 2019
B.A., University of Oregon
Kerry Steere
Director of Annual Giving, 2019
B.A., Skidmore College
Raymond Watts
Associate Vice President for Development, 2019
B.A., M.B.A, Loyola Marymount University
Office of Information Technology Services
Carlos De La Rosa
Associate Vice President/Chief Information Officer, 2022
B.A., University of Pennsylvania; M.A., Harvard University
Bruce N. Frost
Senior Director of Information Technology Services, 2000
B.S., University of California, Irvine
Janice Marino
Assistant Vice President for Information Technology Services, 2002
B.S., M.S., University of Sunderland, United Kingdom
Office of Investments
Michael J. Denny
Associate Vice President for Investments, 2012
B.S., Azusa Pacific University; M.B.A., University of La Verne
James J. Floyd
Vice President and Chief Investment Officer for Claremont McKenna College; President and Chief Executive Officer for Claremont Investment Management Company, 2007
B.S., California Baptist University
Department of Athletics, Physical Education, and Recreation
Erica Jasper
Director of Athletics, Physical Education and Recreation for CMS, 2019
B.A., M.Ed., Washington State University
Andrew Jones
Director of Strength and Conditioning, 2016
B.A., California State University Northridge; M.S., California State University Fullerton
Jeremy Kniffin
Director of Athletic Communications, 2018
B.A., Colgate University
Christopher M. Spells
Assistant Athletic Director for Facility Operations, Recreation, and Engagement, 2016
B.S., California State University, Fresno
Office of the Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer
Clemente Jimenez
Associate Vice President for Finance, 2022
B.S., California State University, San Bernardino; M.B.A., Claremont Graduate University
Jennifer Perez
Director of Finance, 2019
B.S., Biola University
Jessica A. Schatz
Senior Director of Finance, 2016
B.S., Azusa Pacific University
Erin J. Watkins
Vice President of Business, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer, 2009
B.S., Azusa Pacific University
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