Stony Brook University’s Advancement team is responsible for generating private philanthropic support for Stony Brook University students, faculty, researchers and patients.
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- Executive Team
Office of the Vice President
Scott Barrett
Interim Vice President Advancement and Interim Executive Director Stony Brook Foundation
(631) 632-9128
Shatequa Cross
Executive Assistant to the VP of Advancement
(631) 632-8626
Executive Team
Scott Barrett
Interim Vice President for Advancement
(631) 632-9128
Kacy Bullard
Associate Vice President for Operations and Strategy and COO/CFO for the Stony Brook Foundation Inc.
(631) 632-4011
Brooke Carroll
Assistant Vice President for Constituent Experience
(631) 632-9113
Danielle Holton
Associate Vice President, Medicine Advancement
(631) 444-8305
Deborah Lowen-Klein
Senior Associate Vice President for Advancement
(631) 632-5074
Amanda Sabanos
Assistant Vice President for Development, Schools and Colleges
(631) 316-0371
Tara Stenzel
Assistant Vice President, Principal Gifts and Strategic Fundraising Initiatives
(631) 632-4430
Brian Thornton
Associate Vice President, Marketing and Constituent Experience
(631) 347-2872
Samantha Vigliotta
Assistant Vice President, Central Teams and Campaign Planning
(631) 873-9972
Administration
Phoebe Botros
Senior Administrative Assistant, Development
(631) 632-4488
Shatequa Cross
Executive Assistant to the VP of Advancement
(631) 632-8626
Keira Flynn
Senior Administrative Assistant to the AVP for Development, Schools & Colleges
(631) 972-8984
Yasemin Tansel
Senior Administrative Assistant to the Associate Vice President, Medicine Advancement
(631) 444-2945
- Constituent Experience
Constituent Experience
Brian Thornton
Associate Vice President, Marketing and Constituent Experience
(631) 347-2872
Brooke Carroll
Assistant Vice President for Constituent Experience
(631) 632-9113
Alumni Relations & Advancement Events
Jennifer Filasky '06
Senior Director of Constituent Experience, Alumni and Events
(631) 632-4002
Danielle Engel '05
Alumni Operations and Engagement Specialist
(631) 632-6121
Andrea Lebedinski '08,'10
Director of Lifelong & Athletics Engagement
(631) 632-7705
Erika Lorentzson '24
Coordinator of Lifelong & Athletics Engagement
(631) 632-4890
LeighMarie Regan
Assistant Director of Alumni Engagement
(631) 942-7174
Anjanette Schildhorn
Assistant Director, Advancement Events
(631) 632-4003
Annual Giving
Danyte Reisinger '19
Assistant Director, Annual Giving
(631) 632-4467
Donor Relations
Sarah Sepulveda
Assistant Director of Donor Experience
(631) 632-4453
- Development
Development
Scott Barrett
Interim Vice President Advancement and Interim Executive Director Stony Brook Foundation
(631) 632-9128
Shatequa Cross
Executive Assistant to the VP of Advancement
(631) 632-8626
Centre ValBio and Turkana Basin Institutes
Jennifer Levine
Senior Director of Development, Centre ValBio and Turkana Basin Institutes
(631) 632-4055
Central Teams
Samantha Vigliotta
Assistant Vice President, Central Teams and Campaign Planning
(631) 873-9972
Phoebe Botros
Senior Administrative Assistant, Development
(631) 632-4488
Central Teams - Corporate and Foundation Relations
Van Sullivan
Executive Director of Development, Central Teams
(631) 632-4925
Courtney Enright '19, '23
Development Officer, Corporate Relations
(631) 632-1457
Althea Hicks
Director of Development, Foundation Relations
(631) 632-6078
Jason Phillips
Director of Development, Foundation Relations
(614) 783-8654
Central Teams - Gift Planning
Shawn Mroz
Executive Director, Gift Planning
(631) 632-4788 | Cell: (631) 449-0005
Central Teams - Leadership Annual Giving
Van Sullivan
Executive Director of Development, Central Teams
(631) 632-4925
Mada Samb
Assistant Director of Development, Leadership Giving
(631) 358-3860
Central Teams - Prospect Research and Management
Arlene Jennings
Senior Director of Prospect Management and Research
(631) 632-4214
Monique Atherton
Associate Director of Prospect Research
(631) 632-4064
Kathy O'Leary
Assistant Director of Prospect Research
(631) 632-4165
Medicine
Danielle Holton
Associate Vice President, Stony Brook Medicine Advancement
(631) 444-8305
Yasemin Tansel
Senior Administrative Assistant to the Associate Vice President, Medicine Advancement
(631) 444-2945
Deborah Colgan
Senior Director of Development, Stony Brook Cancer Center
(631) 216-2981
Eileen Colletti
Senior Director of Development, Women's Health and Stony Brook Children's Hospital
(631) 216-8364
Joy DeDonato
Director of Development, Women's Health
(631) 216-9021
Caitlin Derderian
Senior Director of Development, Neurosciences & Department of Medicine
(631) 263-3962
Emily Germani
Assistant Director of Development, Neurosciences Institute
(631) 260-2831
Samantha LaDuca
Senior Director of Development, Health Sciences
(631) 304-4306
Jaime McGrade
Assistant Director of Development, Long Island State Veterans Home
(631) 358-8774
Amanda Schnipper
Director of Development, Cancer Center
(516) 329-7695
Bryan Sekunda
Director of Development, Stony Brook Children’s Hospital
(516) 434-8488
Laura Shelley
Director of Development, Health Sciences
(631) 806-6280
Marc Soevyn
Assistant Director of Development, Health Sciences
(631) 632-4995
Joan Yonke
Director of Development, Department of Medicine
(631) 263-2457
Principal Giving
Deborah Lowen-Klein
Senior Associate Vice President for Advancement
(631) 632-5074
Tara Stenzel
Assistant Vice President, Principal Gifts and Strategic Fundraising Initiatives
(631) 632-4430
Emily Spatafora
Assistant Project Manager, Principal Gifts
(631) 632-8625
Schools and Colleges
Amanda Sabanos
Assistant Vice President for Development, Schools and Colleges
(631) 316-0371
Keira Flynn
Senior Administrative Assistant to the AVP for Development, Schools & Colleges
(631) 972-8984
Julianna Ashton
Director of Development, College of Arts and Sciences
(631) 632-1455
Jennifer Becker
Director of Development, College of Engineering & Applied Sciences
(631) 632-2039 | Cell: (631) 807-5180
Daria Carioscia
Director of Development, Staller Center for the Arts
(631) 632-7232 | Cell: (516) 996-0315
Michael D'Ambrosio
Senior Director of Development, College of Arts and Sciences
(631) 632-4061
Dina DeMeo
Senior Director of Development, School of Marine & Atmospheric Sciences
(631) 632-4490
Brianna Goodfellow
Director of Development, College of Arts and Sciences
(631) 632-4012
Patrick Hatch
Assistant Director of Development, Athletics
Cell: (203) 859-4482
Michael Jarvis
Senior Director of Development, Athletics
(631) 347-2535
John Link
Director of Development, College of Engineering & Applied Sciences
(631) 942-1536
Nicole Morris
Assistant Director of Development, Student Affairs
(631) 632-7212
Christopher Scarpati
Senior Director of Development, West Campus
(631) 632-1202
Adam Siepiola
Director of Development, College of Business
(631) 459-7266
Chelsea Whitney
Assistant Director of Development, School of Marine & Atmospheric Sciences
(631) 260-0660
Will Williams
Senior Director of Development, College of Engineering & Applied Sciences
(631) 632-8561
Women's Leadership Council
Deborah Lowen-Klein
Senior Associate Vice President for Advancement (631) 632-5074
Dina DeMeo
Senior Director of Development, School of Marine & Atmospheric Sciences (631) 632-4490
- Strategy and Administration
Strategy and Administration
Kacy Bullard
Associate Vice President for Operations and Strategy and COO/CFO for the Stony Brook Foundation Inc.
(631) 632-4011
Data Services
Kathleen LeViness
Executive Director of Data Services
(631) 632-9168
Susan Agro
Associate Director, Records Management and Data Governance
(631) 632-6587
Gift Administration
Policy and Procedure Development
Anne Schmitz
Senior Director of Policy and Procedure Development
(631) 632-4677
- Principal Giving
Principal Giving
Deborah Lowen-Klein
Senior Associate Vice President for Advancement
(631) 632-5074
Tara Stenzel
Assistant Vice President, Principal Gifts and Strategic Fundraising Initiatives
(631) 632-4430
Emily Spatafora
Assistant Project Manager, Principal Gifts
(631) 632-8625
- Operations and Stony Brook Foundation
Stony Brook Foundation
Scott Barrett
Interim Vice President Advancement and Interim Executive Director Stony Brook Foundation
(631) 632-9128
Kacy Bullard
Associate Vice President for Operations and Strategy and COO/CFO for the Stony Brook Foundation Inc.
(631) 632-4011
Neha Aggarwal
Senior Administrative Assistant, Stony Brook Foundation
(631) 632-6536
Accounting and Finance
John Byers
Senior Accountant, Accounts Receivable, Interim Director of Gift Administration
(631) 632-6618
Michelle Pagano
Accounts Receivable Coordinator
(631) 632-5632
Ruth Schilling
Assistant Director, Accounting and Finance
(631) 632-2109
Budget & Operations
Lois Arens
Senior Director of Budget and Operations
(631) 632-4353
Andrew Crawford
Accounts Payable Coordinator
(631) 632-2557
John DelRosario
Accounts Payable Specialist
(631) 632- 1901
Amanda Johann
Senior Accounts Payable Specialist
(631) 632-2120
Larain (Shengbi) Liu
Accounts Payable Coordinator
(631) 632-6432
Barbara Mahoney
Senior Accounts Payable Specialist
(631) 632-2108
Taz Mazumder
Senior Accounts Payable Specialist
(631) 632-2447
Carla McPherson
Senior Financial Systems Analyst
(631) 632-6044
Carla Whittingham
Assistant Director, Operations
(631) 632-9954
Investments
Charles Poillon, CAIA
Manager, Investments Operations
(631) 632-2311
Advancement Operations
Jackie Berkowitz
Associate Director, Advancement Leadership and Training
(631) 632-4594
- Marketing and Communications
Marketing and Communications
Brian Thornton
Associate Vice President, Marketing and Constituent Experience
(631) 347-2872
Kristina Brandt
Specialist, Content Marketing
(631) 632-4483 | Cell: (631) 372-0672
Emanuel (Manny) Saladino
Senior Graphic and Web Designer
(631) 632-6759
