MEET OUR STAFF
The Office of Undergraduate Admission staff is committed to getting to know you as an individual in our applicant pool throughout the admission process. Should you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact us!
Michael M. Gaynor MS '88
Executive Director of Undergraduate Admission
Candice Keith Hispanohablante
Director of Admission Operations
Hawaii
Bernadette Bogdan McWilliams
Assistant Director of Admission
Georgia, Indiana, Kentucky, Tennessee, Puerto Rico and the Caribbean
Bernadette is currently on maternity leave. Please contact gotovu@villanova.edu in her absence.
Jamie Bowers
Assistant Director of Admission
Connecticut and Rhode Island
Naeem Brown
Assistant Director of Admission
Illinois, New Jersey (Bergen, Hudson, Middlesex and Union Counties) and Wisconsin
Rev. Francis Chambers, O.S.A., D.Min. '73, 77
Associate Director of Admission
Transfer applicants
Jumana Chowdhury
Assistant Director of Admission
Florida, New Jersey (Essex, Hunterdon, Morris, Passaic, Sussex and Warren Counties), North Carolina and South Carolina
Abigail Dixon
Assistant Director of Admission
Michigan, New York (Upstate, Western, plus Rockland and Westchester Counties), Ohio, West Virginia
Melanie Egan MS '16
Director of Technology for Admission
Andy Halstead
Assistant Director of Admission
Massachusetts, Maine, New Hampshire and Vermont
Matthew Harris '06, '14
Senior Associate Director of Admission
Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota and South Dakota
Maureen Healey '07
Associate Director of Admission
Pennsylvania (Carbon, Lackawanna, Luzerne, Monroe, Pike, Susquehanna, Wayne and Wyoming Counties)
Pamela Holt
Senior Assistant Director of Admission
Alabama, Arkansas, Mississippi, Oklahoma, Texas
Patrick Ronay
Senior Assistant Director of Admission
Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, Utah, Washington and Wyoming
Daly Simpson MS '22
Assistant Director of Admission
Delaware and Pennsylvania (Adams, Allegheny, Armstrong, Beaver, Bedford, Berks, Blair, Bradford, Butler, Cambria, Cameron, Centre, Clarion, Clearfield, Clinton, Columbia, Crawford, Cumberland, Delaware, Elk, Erie, Fayette, Forest, Franklin, Fulton, Greene, Huntingdon, Indiana, Jefferson, Juniata, Lawrence, Lehigh, Lycoming, McKean, Mercer, Mifflin, Montour, Northampton, Northumberland, Perry, Potter, Schuylkill, Snyder, Somerset, Sullivan, Tioga, Union, Venango, Warren, Washington and Westmoreland Counties)
Alison Smith '11, '13
Senior Assistant Director of Admission
Maryland, Virginia and Washington DC
Rosemary Solewin
Senior Assistant Director of Admission
New Jersey (Atlantic, Burlington, Camden, Cape May, Cumberland, Gloucester, Mercer, Monmouth, Ocean, Salem and Somerset Counties) and Pennsylvania (Bucks and Montgomery Counties)
Rosemary is currently on maternity leave. Please contact gotovu@villanova.edu in her absence.
Carolyn Westermann '92
Senior Associate Director of Admission
Pennsylvania (Chester, Dauphin, Lancaster, Lebanon and York Counties)
Erica Woods
Senior Associate Director of Admission
Louisiana, New York (5 boroughs of NYC and Long Island), Pennsylvania (Philadelphia County)
International Applicants
Please contact international@villanova.edu
All students applying from outside the United States and its territories