Meet Your New Colleagues!
In this feature, we provide short profiles of some new Stony Brook University employees – who they are, what they want you to know about them, what they care about.
We will continue to update this page, so if you have someone you’d like to suggest – even yourself – to feature here, please write to us at strongertogether@stonybrook.edu to get things rolling. In the meantime, meet some of your new colleagues and watch for more to come ...
Communication Coordinator, College of Arts and Sciences (CAS)
Start Date: March 6, 2023
Danielle Belmonte is all about working hard, growing, learning and striving. “I like to hit the ground running, always be busy, and I want to be challenged.”
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School of Communication and Journalism (SoCJ) / Alan Alda Center for Communicating
Science
Start Dates: January 4 and March 15, 2023
The School of Communication and Journalism is quickly evolving, and two new team members – Eric Brodsky and Evan Tousey – are here to help it flourish.
Richard Beatty and Mark Cortez
Enrollment Management and Retention
Start Dates: September 6, 2022 and May 1, 2023, respectively
Working in higher education wasn’t always the plan for either Richard Beatty or Mark Cortez – at least until they each became student tour guides at their respective undergraduate institutions.
Director of Communications, School of Dental Medicine
Start Date: August 24, 2022
As a native New Hampshirite with a lifelong passion for sports and a love for the Boston Red Sox, Brett Mauser never dreamt he’d relocate to New York or work in higher education.
Assistant Dean for University Honors Programs, Division of Undergraduate Education
Start Date: January 23, 2023
Catherine Sherman was new to Stony Brook when she became assistant dean for the Honors College, University Scholars, and the Women in Science and Engineering (WISE) Program in January, but her experience working in higher education spans more than 20 years.
Vincent Digiovanna and Sherie Peacock-Flohr
Budget, Financial Planning and Analysis
Start Dates: February 20, 2023 and November 29, 2022, respectively
Having spent most of his childhood in Suffolk County, Vincent Digiovanna felt like he was ‘coming back home’ when he got the job he’s always dreamed of at Stony Brook University. Sherie Peacock-Flohr literally traveled across the world – from Australia! – to come live and work here.
Executive Assistant to the Dean, School of Nursing
Start Date: August 3, 2022
Once you soak in the atmosphere of Stony Brook University, you’re destined to find your way back someday. Amy Prokop is living proof of this – and she wouldn’t have it any other way.
Employer Relations Associate, Career Center
Start Date: August 29, 2022
Like so many students, Nick Amador “had no idea” what he wanted to do when he began his college career. Four years and a Business Management degree later, he saw an opportunity that appealed to him: a chance to stay in the college environment where he felt so comfortable and help others make their best career decisions.
Community Relations Representative for SBUH, University and Hospital Community Relations
Office
Start Date: May 2, 2022
From state-of-the-art healthcare services to top-tier education programs, SBU has so much to offer the surrounding community. Stony Brook veteran Erika Karp is now the liaison who keeps our campus connected to Long Islanders everywhere, particularly when it comes to the Stony Brook University Hospital (SBUH) side.
Brady Brick, Marie-Line Lubin and Natasha McCombs
Simons STEM Scholars Program
Start Dates: October 6, 2022, January 3, 2023, and January 28 , 2023 (respectively)
Avengers, assemble! Erwin Cabrera, executive director of the Simons STEM Scholars Program, has gathered what he considers the greatest group of heroes since Marvel’s dream team – his colleagues Brady Brick, Marie-Line Lubin and Natasha McCombs.
Janet Campoverde and Heather Gates-McGee
Undergraduate College (UGC) Advisors, Department of Undergraduate Colleges
Start Dates: March 14, 2022
First-year students often need extra support while they learn how to schedule their classes, take root in the campus community, and navigate all the new experiences of Stony Brook. Luckily, they have expert college advisors ready to lend a helping hand.
Marketing & Communications Coordinator, Student Health, Wellness & Prevention Services
Start Date: November 3, 2022
Chat with Rob Alpi and he’ll tell you, excitedly, how he’s a “big fan” of all things Stony Brook and the job he gets to do here in the new role of Marketing & Communications Coordinator for Student, Health, Wellness & Prevention Services.
Executive Assistant to the Provost, Office of the Provost
Start Date: July 18, 2022
If you’d like to connect with Provost Carl Lejuez, chances are you’ll start by meeting his Executive Assistant, Wesam Hassanin – and you’ll be all the better for it.
Maria Dietrich and Krish Patel
Intellectual Property Partners (IPP)
Start Dates: October 23 and November 7 (respectively), 2022
Transforming ideas into action. Leading with integrity. Committed to success. Intellectual Property Partners is all about growth and innovation, with a mission that fits right in with Stony Brook’s overall vision for the future.
Procurement Systems Analyst
Start Date: September 19, 2022
Sporting her Stony Brook red sweatshirt every Friday, lounging in her comfy SBU fleece at home, and proudly displaying her Seawolf teddy bear in her new office space, Allison Parrish says, “I joke with my friends and family that I’ve got the most school spirit for a place I never actually attended!”
Student Success Specialist, Division of Student Affairs
Start Date: November 7, 2022
Peter Lupfer didn’t say goodbye to Stony Brook University when he graduated in the spring of 2021 – he went with “see you later.” It was hard to believe that two and a half years prior, he’d almost transferred out of the university altogether.
Assistant Professor of Marketing, College of Business
Start Date: September 1, 2022
Margaret Echelbarger lives by three simple rules – be kind, be humble, be curious. The rest, she says, will fall into place.