STAFF DIRECTORY
Dean's Office | Communication & Marketing | Academic Programs | Admissions & Enrollment | Operations
Teaching, Learning & Assessment | Faculty & Program Directors
Christine Kelleher Palus, PhD
Dean, College of Professional Studies
Professor of Public Administration
610-519-8024

Regina Sorgini, MA
Executive Administrative Assistant
610-519-8024

Fr. David Cregan, OSA, PhD
Associate Dean, Academic Affairs and Strategic Initiatives
610-519-8027

Ryan Moffat, MS
Director, Finance & Administration

COMMUNICATION & MARKETING
Kelly Grentz, MBA
Senior Director, Adult and Professional Education Marketing
610-519-8401

Shane McNichol
Associate Director, Communication and Marketing
610-519-8353

ACADEMIC PROGRAMS
Susan Leighton, MBA
Assistant Dean, Academic Programs
610-519-4306

Kirstin DeFusco Houtz, MS
Director, Academic Advising and Student Support
610-519-5240

Robyn Dooley
Academic Advisor
610-519-4367

Olivia D'Aiutolo Mendenall, MEd
Academic Advisor
610-519-4418

Sasha Haddoun, MA
Associate Director, Professional Education
610-519-6194

Maryjo Sireci
Assistant Director, Student Support Services
610-519-4343

Elizabeth Remelius, MPA
Assistant Director, Professional Education
610-519-7463

Shannon Fischer
Program Coordinator
610-519-8084

ACADEMIC INTERNS
Sophia Hass
Academic Programs Intern
Janiyah Clinton
Academic Programs Intern
ADMISSIONS AND ENROLLMENT
Paul Ballentine, MLA
Director, Admissions and Enrollment
610-519-4366

Mike Kalpokas
Assistant Director, Admissions
610-519-5123

Eileen Callahan, EdD
Manager, College Outreach
610-519-6478

Christina Katsapis
Manager, College Partnerships
610-519-4569

Patricia Ertwine, MEd
Enrollment Counselor
610-519-6712

Lisa Weber, MEd
Enrollment Counselor
610-519-4813

COLLEGE OPERATIONS
Tara Gallo
Director, College Operations
610-519-8690

Sharon Roth-DeFulvio, MBA, MCSE
Assistant Director, College Data and Technology
610-519-4351

Danielle Piercy. M.Ed.
Assistant Director, College Operations
610-519-6581

TEACHING, LEARNING & ASSESSMENT
Pete Watkins, PhD, MSW
Director of Teaching, Learning, and Assessment
610-519-4304

Michelle Gillen
Assistant Director, Instructional Support
610-519-4305

FACULTY & PROGRAM DIRECTORS
Matthew Carluzzo, JD
Paralegal Program Director
Assistant Dean of Students & Academic Success
Villanova University Charles Widger School of Law
610-519-7136

Stanley Cohen, M.D.
Visiting Scholar, Emeritus Professor of Pathology & Founding Director, Center for Biophysical Pathology, Rutgers-NJMS
Adjunct Professor of Pathology for Perelman Med. Sch., U. Penn. and Kimmel Sch. of Medicine, Jefferson U.

Marv Meissner, MBA
Professor of Practice
610-519-4302

MaryAlice Morro, PhD
Women's Leadership Development Certificate Program Director

Michele Pistone, JD
Founding Faculty Director, VIISTA: Villanova Interdisciplinary Immigration Studies Training for Advocates
Professor of Law, Villanova University Charles Widger School of Law
610-519-5286

Molly Shawhan, MEd
VUnited Scholars, Interim Program Director

VUNITED SCHOLARS PROGRAM STAFF
Marybeth Avioli
Program Assistant

James Conte
Resident Assistant

Philip Murray
Independent Living Advisor

Amanda Myers
Independent Living Advisor

AT A GLANCE
5
DEGREES
5
CERTIFICATES
200+
FACULTY AND INDUSTRY PRACTITIONERS
30+
PROFESSIONAL PROGRAMS/COURSES
10,000+
ENROLLMENTS ON CAMPUS AND ONLINE
100+
YEARS OF EDUCATING ADULT LEARNERS