About Us
Our Team
OEI is made up of professional staff, graduate student program coordinators and undergraduate Engaged Ambassadors. Our office is guided by a university-wide senior leadership team, led by Katherine McComas, Vice Provost for Engagement and Land-Grant Affairs.
OEI Staff
- Anna Sims Bartel, Associate Director, Community-Engaged Curricula and Practice
- Mike Bishop, Director, Student Leadership
- Joy Das, Program Manager, Student Leadership
- Aaron Goldweber, Senior Director, Communications
- Dhyana Gonzalez, New York State Partnership Liaison
- Lorie Gordinier, Grants Manager
- Sarah Hazlitt, Program Associate
- Richard Kiely, Senior Fellow, Program Evaluation
- Ashlee McGandy, Content Strategist
- Basil Safi, Executive Director
- Amanda Wittman, Associate Director, Community-Engaged Curricula and Strategy
Graduate Students
- Kendrick Backmon, Graduate Program Coordinator, Critical Reflection
- Andreea Barb, Graduate Program Coordinator, Data and Assessment
- Julia Godinez, Graduate Program Coordinator, Critical Reflection
- Jiajing Guo, Graduate Program Coordinator
- Anshuman Gupta, Graduate Program Coordinator, Evaluation
- Negar Khojasteh, Graduate Program Coordinator
- Emily La, Graduate Program Coordinator
Engaged Ambassadors
- Samuel Adeleye ’22, Facilitation Team
- Olayinka Ajayi ’23, Resource Allocation Team
- Lassan Bagayoko ’22, Workshop Facilitation Team
- Yasmin Ballew ’23, Capstone Dialogue Team
- Aaliyah Brown ’23, Workshop Facilitation Team
- Darnell Campbell ’21, Student Network Building Team
- Aisha Conte ’23, Resource Allocation
- Alessandra Cruz ’22, Student Network Building Team
- Sanjna Das ’21, Capstone Dialogue Team
- Isabel Dawson ’23, Peer Mentorship Team
- Canaan Delgado ’21, Capstone Dialogue Team
- Emily Desmond, Capstone Dialogue Team
- Maureen Ekwebelem ’21, Resource Allocation Team
- Alex Foley, Outreach and Recruitment Team
- Amber Haywood ’21, Resource Allocation Team
- Julio Lopez ’21, Student Network Building Team
- Candace Megerssa ’22, Workshop Facilitation Team
- Sokhnadiarra Ndiaye, Outreach and Recruitment Team
- Ezinwa (Ezi) Osuoha ’22, Outreach and Recruitment Team
- Basirat Owe ’21, Student Network Building Team
- Ailen Salazar ’21, Peer Mentorship Team
- Krinal Thakkar ’23, Workshop Facilitation Team
- Emily Walton ’22, Student Network Building Team
- Millena Yohannes ’22, Peer Mentorship Team
- Lesly Zhicay ’23, Peer Mentorship Team
Leadership Team
- Katherine McComas, Vice Provost, Engagement and Land-Grant Affairs
- Anthony Burrow, Provost’s Fellow for Public Engagement
- Julia Felippe, Provost’s Fellow for Public Engagement
- Ryan Lombardi, Vice President, Student and Campus Life
- Lisa Nishii, Vice Provost, Undergraduate Education
- Amy Russ, Principal Gifts Officer, Alumni Affairs and Development
- Basil Safi, Executive Director, Office of Engagement Initiatives
- Julia Thom-Levy, Vice Provost, Academic Innovation
- Wendy Wolford, Vice Provost, International Affairs