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.
On July 1, 2021, OEI will become part of a new center dedicated to advancing community-engaged learning and public service across Cornell. We’re excited to join with the team at the Public Service Center (PSC) to open new pathways for Cornellians to embrace the university’s land-grant mission to improve lives in New York state, across the nation and around the world. Read more.
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
- Emily La, Graduate Program Coordinator
Engaged Ambassadors
- Olayinka Ajayi ’23, Resource Allocation Team
- Lassan Bagayoko ’22, Workshop Facilitation Team
- Yasmin Ballew ’23, Capstone Dialogue Team
- Aaliyah Brown ’23, Workshop Facilitation Team
- Aisha Conte ’23, Resource Allocation
- Alessandra Cruz ’22, Student Network Building Team
- Isabel Dawson ’23, Peer Mentorship Team
- Alex Foley ’22, Outreach and Recruitment Team
- Candace Megerssa ’22, Workshop Facilitation Team
- Sokhnadiarra Ndiaye ’24, Outreach and Recruitment Team
- Ezinwa (Ezi) Osuoha ’22, Outreach and Recruitment Team
- Krinal Thakkar ’23, Workshop Facilitation Team
- Emily Walton ’22, Student Network Building Team
- Millena Yohannes ’22, 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