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Cornell University

Office of Academic Diversity Initiatives

Our Team

Full listing

Professional Staff

Stephanie "Steph" Cowling-Rich

Assistant Director, EOP/HEOP / Assistant Director, OADI, Student Advising & Engagement

ssc266@cornell.edu

Kristin Dade, Ph.D.

Director, OADI / Director, Student Success Programs (CSTEP/P3 and McNair Scholars Program)

kbd44@cornell.edu

Foula Dimopoulos

Advisor, EOP|HEOP|Pre Professional Programs (P3)

kfd36@cornell.edu

William "Woodg" Horning

Director, OADI / Director, Student Opportunity Programs

weh8@cornell.edu

Peder Jakobson

OADI Administrative Assistant

pdj27@cornell.edu

Shanna Bennell Leipzig

Advisor, EOP/HEOP

sll247@cornell.edu

Lisanny Manzueta Custodio

Advisor, EOP/HEOP

lm864@cornell.edu

Shannon Musgrove

Advisor, EOP/HEOP and P3

smm448@cornell.edu

Carol Raymond

Data and Financial Specialist, NYS Opportunity Programs

Gabrielle Smith

Assistant Director, OADI, Program Innovation / Advisor, Pre Professional Programs

gcs24@cornell.edu

Grad Student Staff

Norielis Perez

Graduate Student Assistant

Frances Sobolak

Graduate Writing Coach

Sarena Tien

Graduate Student Assistant

Student Staff

Gabriela "Gaby" Carmona

EOP/HEOP Summer Intern

Brayan Garcia Soriano

Undergraduate Student Assistant

Ken Gonzalez

EOP/HEOP Summer Intern, HEOP Student Intern

Alice Hu

Undergraduate Student Assistant

Mo Islam

Undergraduate Student Assistant

QianQian (QQ) Lin

EOP/HEOP Summer Intern

Kirstie Murillo

Undergraduate Student Assistant

Yesenia Peregrina

Undergraduate Student Assistant, EOP/HEOP Summer Intern

Robbie Pollock

Undergraduate Student Assistant

Chelsea Tenezaca

Undergraduate Student Assistant

Amara Valerio

Undergraduate Student Assistant

Ashley Yang

HEOP Student Intern

Graduate Mentor

Brian Aguilera

Graduate Mentor, PhD Student, Genetics, Genomics and Development

boa4@cornell.edu

Olubanke Agunloye

Graduate Mentor, MHA Student, Health Administration

oma23@cornell.edu

Felix Alfonso

Graduate Mentor, Postdoctoral Scholar, Chemistry & Chemical Biology

fsa33@cornell.edu

Subash Bhandari

Ph.D. Candidate, Biomedical Engineering

sb2243@cornell.edu

Hsin-Yun (Rachel) Chang

Ph.D. Candidate, Biomedical and Biological Science

hc965@cornell.edu

Drea Darby

Ph.D. Candidate, Entomology

amd439@cornell.edu

Patrick George

JD Candidate

pjg98@cornell.edu

Luria Greene

Graduate Mentor, PhD Student, Biological and Environmental Engineering

lng23@cornell.edu

Jenn Houtz

Graduate Mentor, PhD Student, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

jlh498@cornell.edu

Daniel Imakyure

JD Candidate

di57@cornell.edu

Patricia Leyva

Ph.D. Candidate, Plant Biology

pl599@cornell.edu

Jackie Lopez

Graduate Mentor, PhD Student, Chemistry & Chemical Biology

jcl422@cornell.edu

Anand Kumar Mishra

Graduate Mentor, Postdoctoral Scholar, Robotics

am2877@cornell.edu

Tram Nguyen

Graduate Mentor, PhD Student, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

tn337@cornell.edu

Horace Owiti Onyango

Ph.D. Candidate, Human Dimensions of Natural Resources

hoo6@cornell.edu

Josh Roth

JD Candidate

jar555@cornell.edu

Ben Sovocool

JD/MBA candidate

bws66@cornell.edu

Adam Szetela

Graduate Mentor, PhD Student, English

as4222@cornell.edu

Destiny Van

Graduate Mentor, PhD Student, Biochemistry, Molecular and Cellular Biology

dbv25@cornell.edu

Anna Wood

Graduate Mentor, PhD Student, Biochemistry, Molecular and Cellular Biology

aw839@cornell.edu

Brianna Zgurich

PhD Student, Philosophy

bmz9@cornell.edu

Jianing Zhao

JD Candidate

jz632@cornell.edu

Kara Zielinski

Graduate Mentor, PhD Student, Biophysics

kaz42@cornell.edu

Undergraduate Mentors

Paola Canales-Cruz

EOP/HEOP Student Ambassador

Ana Carmona-Pereda

EOP/HEOP Student Ambassador

Reginald Ezeh

EOP/HEOP Student Ambassador

Brayan Garcia Soriano

Peer Mentor

Mo Islam

EOP/HEOP Student Ambassador

Fátima Martínez

Peer Mentor

Nuzhat Mukul

EOP/HEOP Student Ambassador

Kirstie Murillo

EOP/HEOP Student Ambassador

Evelyn Ramdhanie

EOP/HEOP Student Ambassador