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ADMINISTRATION/STAFF

Wendy Robinson, PhD, RN, FNP-BC,CNE
President/CEO
BS, Long Island University; MS, Pace University; PhD, Duquesne University

Galina Vilkina
Head of Finance
BBA, Bernard M. Baruch College, CUNY; MBA, Financial Academy

Celeste Wallin
Director of Administration
BA, Gustavus Adolphus College; MIA, School of International and Public Affairs, Columbia University

Sandra Senior
Director of Student Services
BA, Herbert H. Lehman College, CUNY

Indrajeet Singh Chauhan
Director of the Learning Center
BS, MA, Vikram University, India; MLS, Queens College, CUNY

Michelle Hernandez
Director of External Affairs
BA, Rutgers University; MPA, Long Island University

Bernadette Amicucci, DNS, RN, CNE
Director of Upper Division Bachelor of Science, Associate Professor, Nursing
RN Diploma, Cochran School of Nursing; BS, MS, Mercy College; Post Masters Certificate - Nursing Education, College of Mt. Saint Vincent; DNS, CUNY Graduate Center

Andrine Thomas
Financial Aid Counselor
BA, Laboratory Institute of Merchandising; MPA, Metropolitan College of New York

Gladys Pineda
Associate Director of Student Services
BBA, Monroe College

Gladys Jarratt
Administrative Assistant/Office Manager
BA, Columbia University

Kimberly Lipscomb
Human ResourcesGeneralist
BA Candidate, Fordham University

Althea Brown
Faculty Secretary/Computer Contact Person
AAS, Monroe College

Imogene Paulette Dennis, LPN
Admissions Associate
AAS, Bronx Community College, CUNY

Dianne Barr
Secretary/Receptionist
AAS, Katherine Gibbs School; BS, Mercy College

Eickel Ortiz
Computer Technician
AAS, Katherine Gibbs School

Sneha Dave-Shukla
Learning Center Assistant
BCom, Gujarat University, India; LLB, Shaw Law College, Gujarat University, India

Celia Oliver
Admissions Assistant
AAS, Interboro Institute

Crystal Collins
Recruiter
BA, Yale University

 
FACULTY

 

FULL-TIME FACULTY

Michael Anzelone
Assistant Professor, Biological Sciences
BS, St. John’s University; MS, C.W. Post College, Long Island University

Bernice Banschick, RN, NP
Instructor, Nursing
BS, MS, Long Island University; MS, Hunter College, CUNY

Heather Buccello, RN
Assistant Professor
BSN, Pace University; MSN, Stony Brook University

Emily Murray Edwards, RN-C, ANP
Assistant Professor, Nursing
BS, MS, MPH, Hunter College, CUNY; MBA, Iona College

Linda Ende, RN
Associate Professor, Coordinator, Psychiatric-Community Mental Health Nursing
BS, Hunter College, CUNY; MA, MPhil, New York University

Justine Fitzgerald
Associate Professor, English; Director, Writing Center
BA, MA, The City College of New York, CUNY

Michelle Gardner, RN
Assistant Professor, Nursing
BS, North Carolina Central University; MS, Adelphi University

Lorraine Greene, RN
Associate Professor, Coordinator, Parent-Child Health Nursing
BS, MA, New York University; MS, College of New Rochelle

Patric George, MD
Instructor, Biological Sciences
MB, BS, Punjab University Christian Medical College

Paul Gyabaa-Amponsah, MD
Assistant Professor, Coordinator, Biological Sciences
BSc, MB, ChB, School of Medical Sciences, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Ghana

Heather Johnson, RN
Assistant Professor, Nursing, Coordinator, Medical-Surgical Nursing I
BS, SUNY Downstate College of Nursing; MS, Stony Brook University

Leolinda Mangaoang, RN, CCRN
Assistant Professor, Coordinator, Medical-Surgical Nursing II
BSN, University of the Philippines; MA, Teachers College, Columbia University

Melissa Rodrigues-Ramos, RN, cFNP
Instructor, Nursing
BS, MS, Columbia University

PART-TIME FACULTY

Fe B. Braga, RN
Assistant Professor, Nursing
BSN, MA, University of Santo Tomas, Philippines

Myriam Jean Cadet, RN, FNP-C
Instructor, Nursing
BS, MS, SUNY Downstate University

Lafleur Chakroverty, RN
Instructor, Nursing
BS, St. Francis College; MSN, Molloy College

Shirlee Cohen, RN
Instructor, Nursing
BS, College of New Jersey; MS, Columbia University

Mary Cox, RN
Instructor, Nursing
BS, SUNY Downstate College of Nursing; MS, Long Island University

Shirley Daniels, RN
Instructor, Nursing
BS, SUNY Downstate College of Nursing; MSN/ED, University of Phoenix

Alex Dekhterman
Instructor, Science
BS, MS, Polytechnic Institute of New York University

Sheila Fells, RN
Instructor, Nursing
BS, MS, Brooklyn Health & Science Center

Dana Fenton
Assistant Professor, Sociology
AB, MS, New York University; MDiv, MPhil, Union Theological Seminary; MPhil, The Graduate School, CUNY

Pamela Ford, RN
Instructor, Nursing
BS, Mercy College; MS, College of New Rochelle

Claudette Gordon, RN
Instructor, Nursing
MS, Herbert H. Lehman College, CUNY

Tara Howard Saunders, RN, NP-P
Instructor, Nursing
BS, Adelphi; MS, Columbia University

Dorothy Kirton, EdD, RN
Instructor, Nursing
BS, Hunter College, CUNY; MS, City College, CUNY; EdD, Nova Southeastern University

Malikqua Lancaster
Instructor, Science
BS, Psychology, City College of New York

Cecilia Lavides-Lim, RN
Instructor, Nursing
BSN, De Ocampo Memorial Schools, Philippines; MA, New York University

Delores McGregor, RN
Instructor, Nursing
BS, MS, Mercy College

Exuperia Merecido, RN
Instructor, Nursing
BSN, MS, Silliman University, Philippines

Jose Miguel Mitre, RN
Instructor, Nursing
BS, MA, University of Santo Tomas, Philippines; MS, College of Mount St. Vincent

Sylvia Modeste, RN
Instructor, Nursing
BS, Hunter College, CUNY; MS, Molloy College

Elora Orcajada, RN
Assistant Professor, Nursing
BSN, St. Paul College of Manila, Philippines; MS, College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University

Jose Planillo, RN, CCRN
Instructor, Nursing
BSN, Far Eastern University, Philippines; MSN, MBA, University of Phoenix

Ivreen Robinson, PhD, RN
Instructor, Nursing
BS, MS, College of New Rochelle; PhD, Walden University

Kamala Sankaran
Instructor, Psychology
BA.Sarah Lawrence , MA , ABD, New School University

Manoj Saxena, MD
Instructor, Science
MPH, University of Connecticut; MD, Ross University

Beryl Sinclair, RN, CS FNP
Instructor, Nursing
BS, College of New Rochelle; MS, Pace University

Rina Tirabassi-Colaiacovo, RN
Instructor, Nursing
BS, New York University; MS Pace University

Miriam Lacob Stix
Instructor, English
BA, University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa; MS, Columbia University, MSEd Lehman College, CUNY

Caleen Warren, RN, FNP
Instructor, Nursing
BS, MS, Hunter College, CUNY