Meet Our Team

The Office of Admissions and Recruitment is here to assist you, answer your questions, and help you through the admissions process.

To best connect with our office, please contact us directly at onwisconsin@admissions.wisc.edu or by phone at 608-262-3961. From there, we’ll work to connect you with the member of our team who can best and most quickly answer your specific questions.

Counseling Team

Hussnain Ahmed

Position title: Admissions Counselor

Kate Bergum

Position title: Admissions Counselor

Emily Brix Shepherd

Position title: Manager, Admissions Processes

Anna Bryan

Position title: Manager, International Services

Berkley Catura

Position title: Admissions Counselor

Ben Chapman

Position title: Admissions Counselor

Lori Christianson

Position title: Assistant Director, Transfer Admissions and Recruitment

Emilie Dickson

Position title: Associate Director, Outreach and Recruitment

Ryan Dunn

Position title: Admissions Counselor

Thomas Fitzgerald

Position title: Admissions Counselor

Cass Gutierrez

Position title: Admissions Counselor, Transfer

Emily Hahlbeck

Position title: Admissions Counselor, Global Initiatives

Blaine Harvey

Position title: Admissions Counselor, Global Initiatives

Vianey Hernández

Position title: Admissions Counselor, Transfer

Kayla Jensen

Position title: Assistant Director, Campus Programs and Engagement

Jessica Jones

Position title: Admissions Counselor

Laura Kelley

Position title: Admissions Counselor, International Case Management

Gabby Knauer

Position title: Manager, National Recruitment

Madeline Lomprey

Position title: Admissions Counselor, Global Initiatives

Micki Nordeen

Position title: Recruitment Coordinator

Emily Oehler

Position title: Admissions Counselor, Transfer

Michael Pham

Position title: Admissions Counselor

Jenna Portz

Position title: Admissions Counselor

Liz Root

Position title: Coordinator, Arts Recruitment

Nate Rosenberg

Position title: Manager, Deposit to Enrollment

Michael Rutkowski

Position title: Manager, Wisconsin & Minnesota Recruitment

Joshua Rybaski

Position title: Manager, Transfer

MiKayla Scott-Krattiger

Position title: Admissions Counselor

Katie Seibel

Position title: Manager, Transfer

Nicole Shelley

Position title: Manager, Remote Readers

Emma Sutkay

Position title: Assistant Director, Application Review

Mailia Thao

Position title: Admissions Counselor

Megan Thompson

Position title: Admissions Counselor

Samantha (Sam) Thompson

Position title: Manager, International Recruitment & Relationships

Nicole Valk

Position title: Senior Manager, Admissions Services

Alyssa Watts Ransom

Position title: Senior Admissions Counselor, Transfer

Sarah Woller

Position title: Senior Admissions Counselor, Global Initiatives

Rosie Yang

Position title: Southeast Asian Communities Admissions Coordinator

Front Line Services Team

Akornefa Akyea

Position title: Manager, Front Line Services

Margaret Mathie

Position title: Supervisor, Front Line Services

Administration and Operations Team

Emma Adebayo

Position title: Senior Associate Director, Recruitment, Outreach, and Communications

Harriet Allen

Position title: Senior Operations Coordinator

Carole Alt

Position title: Events Administrative Specialist

Cari Anderson

Position title: Executive Assistant to the Director and Senior Associate Directors

Sami Boynton

Position title: Data Information Specialist

Lauryn Christianson

Position title: Events Program Coordinator

Hyewon Chung

Position title: Operations Specialist

Ellen Clark

Position title: Manager, Marketing

Paul Compton

Position title: Senior Associate Director, Admissions Services

Greer Davis

Position title: Associate Director, Strategic Communications

Kent Emerson

Position title: IT Service Coordinator

Carissa Fischer

Position title: Manager, Technology

Katie Hastreiter

Position title: Assistant Director, Operations

Nancy Hoffman

Position title: Senior Associate Director, Administration & Engagement

David Leszczynski

Position title: Senior Associate Director & Lead Data Strategist

Dana Lindgren

Position title: Senior Operations Coordinator

Mallory Oller

Position title: Manager, Special Projects and Budgets

Cameron Olson

Position title: Business Analyst

Anna Parrell

Position title: Manager, Operations

Sebastian Philipp

Position title: Senior Operations Coordinator

André E. Phillips

Position title: Director, Admissions and Recruitment

Justin Pierce

Position title: Communications and Social Media Coordinator

Brad Richardson

Position title: Associate Director, Information Systems and Technology

Rebecca Ring

Position title: Senior IT Service Coordinator

Rachel Tatge

Position title: Senior Manager, Events

Nathan Trick

Position title: CRM Manager/Web Developer

Heidi Updegrove

Position title: Manager, Administration

Shelly Vils-Havel

Position title: Manager, Team Engagement and Development

Andrea Walker-Cousins

Position title: Operations Specialist

Kara Zavada Caldwell

Position title: Senior Communications Coordinator