STAFF DIRECTORY
The Division of University Advancement builds strong connections with our 250,000 alumni and donors worldwide is critical to the University at Buffalo’s success as one of the nation’s leading and most distinctive public research universities.
University Advancement Leadership

Jason B. Diffenderfer
Division of University Advancement

Eric C. Alcott
Associate Vice President for Advancement, Health Sciences
Division of University Advancement

Kathleen S. Heckman
Associate Vice President for Administration and Campaign Co-Director
Division of University Advancement

Thomas McArthur
Associate Vice President for Alumni Engagement and Annual Giving
Division of University Advancement

Thomas McArthur
Assistant Vice President for Strategic Initiatives
Phone: (716) 645-2925; Fax: 716-645-3724
Email: jdiff@
Phone: (716) 829-2773; Fax: (716) 829-6067
Email: ealcott@
Phone: (716) 645-3725; Fax: (716) 645-3724
Email: kheckman@
Phone: (716) 645-3313; Fax: (716) 826-2515
Email: tm53@
Phone: (716) 829-6137; Fax: (716) 829-2515 Email: jbsmith6@
Advancement

Jason B. Diffenderfer
Division of University Advancement
Phone: (716) 645-2925; Fax: 716-645-3724
Email: jdiff@

Nancy L. Wilson
Executive Assistant to the Vice President
Division of University Advancement
Phone: (716) 645-2925; Fax: (716) 645-3724
Email: nwilson6@
Katheryn Ross-Winnie
Associate Director of Advancement
Phone: (716) 829-5073; Fax: (716) 829-4736
Email: krosswin@
Judy Wolfe
Senior Executive Director of Advancement
Whitney Eggers
Senior Director of Advancement
Joe Edens
Director of Advancement
Katie Wittmer
Administrative Associate
Robert Baird
Associate Director of Advancement, School of Engineering and Applied Sciences
Phone: (716) 881-1377; Fax: (716) 829-4736
Email: jmwolfe@
Phone: (716) 829-5057; Fax: (716) 829-4736
Email: eggersw@
Phone: (716) 645-0841; Fax: (716) 829-4736
Email: jmedens@
Phone: (716) 829-2901; Fax: (716) 829-4736
Email: kwittmer@
Karen R. Kaczmarski
Vice Dean and Senior Director of Advancement
Jill M. Domagala
Development Coordinator
Anne M. Gaulin
Administrative Assistant
Emilie Rosenbluth Vertalino
Director of Advancement
Phone: (716) 645-6429; Fax: (716) 645-3646 Email: krkacz@
Phone: (716) 645-5079; Fax: (716) 645-3646
Email: jilld@
Phone: (716) 645-2109; Fax: (716) 645-3646
Email: gaulin@
Phone: (716) 645-2113; Fax: (716) 645-3646
Email: ebrosenb@
Jeffrey Piscitelli
Executive Director of Advancement
Robin P. Marti
Senior Director of Advancement
Daniel McCarthy
Associate Director of Advancement
Beth A. Ranney
Administrative Associate
Phone: (716) 829-5118; Fax: (716) 829-6067
Email: rpmarti@
Phone: (716) 829-5118; Fax: (716) 829-6067
Email: dm256@
Phone: (716) 645-3303; Fax: (716) 829-6067
Email: baranney@
Eric T. Gross
Deputy Director of Athletics, External Operations
Marian E. Iak
Administrative Assistant
Alexis Schultz
Director of Annual Giving & Stewardship
Tom Symonds
Assistant Athletic Director for Development
Jeremy Applegate
Associate Ad for Development and Premium Seating
Phone: (716) 645-6761; Fax: (716) 645-2320
Email: etgross@
Phone: (716) 645-6867; Fax: (716) 645-2320
Email: miak@
Phone: (716) 645-3143; Fax: (716) 645-2320
Email: as496@
Phone: (716) 645-1852; Fax: (716) 645-2320
Email: tsymonds@
Phone: (716) 645-6832; Fax: (716) 645-2320
Email: jta2@
Eric T. Gross
Deputy Director of Athletics, External Operations
Marian E. Iak
Administrative Assistant
Alexis Schultz
Director of Annual Giving & Stewardship
Tom Symonds
Assistant Athletic Director for Development
Jeremy Applegate
Associate Ad for Development and Premium Seating
Phone: (716) 645-6761; Fax: (716) 645-2320
Email: etgross@
Phone: (716) 645-6867; Fax: (716) 645-2320
Email: miak@
Phone: (716) 645-3143; Fax: (716) 645-2320
Email: as496@
Phone: (716) 645-1852; Fax: (716) 645-2320
Email: tsymonds@
Phone: (716) 645-6832; Fax: (716) 645-2320
Email: jta2@
Jill M. Szczesek
Assistant Vice President for Corporate
and Foundation Relations
Catherine A. Carfagna
Director, Proposal Development
Brian P. Ibsen
Senior Director of Corporate and
Foundation Relations
Amy Mackey
Administrative Associate
Erin Uppington
Associate Director of Corporate and
Foundation Relations
Karyn Ventrilla
Associate Director of Corporate and
Foundation Relations
Phone: (716) 881-1413; Fax: (716) 829-4736
Email: jilla@
Phone: (716) 881-1417; Fax: (716) 829-4736
Email: carfagna@
Phone: (716) 881-7529; Fax: (716) 829-4736
Email: brianibs@
Phone: (716) 881-1704; Fax: (716) 829-4736
Email: amymacke@
Phone: (716) 881-8051; Fax: (716) 829-4736
Email: eupp@
Phone: (716) 881-8051; Fax: (716) 829-4736
Email: eupp@
Wendy M. Irving
Associate Vice President for Planned
Giving
Allen Chapa
Assistant Vice President for Planned
Giving
Patrizia Porcari
Director of Planned Giving
Lani E. Jandreau
Administrative Associate
Phone: (716) 881-7484; Fax: (716) 829-6067
Email: irving@
Phone: (716) 645-0964; Fax: (716) 829-6067
Email: achapa@
Phone: (716) 645-5020; Fax: (716) 829-4736
Email: porcari@
Phone: (716) 829-3233; Fax: (716) 829-6067
Email: lanijand@
Matilda Carpenter
Executive Director of Advancement and
Assistant Vice President for Advancement,
Principal Gifts
David A. Draper
Associate Vice President for
Advancement, Principal Gifts
Division of University Advancement
Hannah Montgomery
Administrative Associate
Eric C. Alcott
Associate Vice President for Advancement, Principal Gifts. Health Sciences Division of University Advancement
Phone: (716) 645-2988; Fax: (716) 829-5110
Email: dadraper@
Phone: (716) 829-5708; Fax: (716) 829-6067
Email: hemontgo@
Phone: (716) 829-2773; Fax: (716) 829-6067
Email: ealcott@
Advancement, Health Sciences

Eric C. Alcott
Associate Vice President for Advancement, Health Sciences
Division of University Advancement
Phone: (716) 829-2773; Fax: (716) 829-6067
Email: ealcott@
Neil R. Dengler
Senior Director of Advancement
Maria M. Murphy
Administrative Associate
Phone: (716) 881-7486; Fax: (716) 829-6067 Email: ndengler@
Phone: (716) 829-3326; Fax: (716) 829-6067
Email: kusu@
Christine Fontaneda
Senior Executive Director of
Advancement
Jennifer N. Seth-Cimini
Senior Director of Advancement
Kathy M. Swenson
Senior Director of Advancement
Stephanie Unger
Director of Donor and Alumni Communications, Medicine and Biomedical Sciences
Samuel Volmy
Administrative Associate
Phone: (716) 881-8059; Fax: (716) 829-6067
Email: cfontane@
Email: jns2@
Phone: (716) 829-5052; Fax: (716) 829-6067
Email: kswenson@
Phone: (716) 829-2403; Fax: (716) 716-829-6067
Email: sunger@
Phone: (716) 645-9120; Fax: (716) 829-6067
Email: svolmy@
Amanda S. Rebeck
Associate Director of Advancement
School of Nursing
Phone: (716) 645-2963; Fax: (716) 829-6067
Email: asrebeck@
Leigh T. Yates
Executive Director of Advancement
Lynn M. Grigsby
Administrative Associate
Phone: (716) 645-3432; Fax: (716) 829-6067
Email: ltyates@
Phone: (716) 829-5053; Fax: (716) 829-6067
Email: devlmb@
Laura M. Dawidowicz
Associate Director of Advancement,
Social Work
Phone: (716) 829-3737; Fax: (716) 829-6067
Email: lauradaw@
Advancement, Health Sciences

Kathleen S. Heckman
Associate Vice President for Administration and Campaign Co-Director
Division of University Advancement
Phone: (716) 645-3725; Fax: (716) 645-3724
Email: kheckman@
Moira J. Henderson
Administrative Associate
Justine D. Hessler
Human and Organizational Resources
Coordinator
Judith A. Mackey
Human Resources Officer
Mark J. Rotella
Director of Resource Management and
Chief Financial Officer
Division of University Advancement
Carrie E. Smith
Assistant Director of Resource
Management
Phone: (716) 645-3098; Fax: (716) 829-5110
Email: moirahen@
Phone: (716) 645-2599; Fax: (716) 829-5110
Email: jdhessle@
Phone: (716) 645-1526; Fax: (716) 829-5110
Email: jmackey@
Phone: (716) 645-0778; Fax: (716) 829-5110
Email: rotella3@
Phone: (716) 881-8205; Fax: (716) 826-2515
Email: cesmith8@
Jennifer T. Boscia Smith
Assistant Vice President for Advancement
Communications
Ann R. Brown
Senior Director of Marketing and Public
Relations
Barbara A. Byers
Director of Content Development
Ashley Cannon-Zelasko
Digital Marketing Specialist
Joseph D. DiDomizio
Senior Director of Digital Communications
and Strategy
Kristin Lowe
Director of Visual Identity
Melissa Meyer
Senior Advancement Writer
Rachelle Schmitt
Senior Advancement Writer
Phone: (716) 829-6137; Fax: (716) 829-2515
Email: jbsmith6@
Phone: (716) 881-8294; Fax: (716) 829-2515
Email: annbrown@
Phone: (716) 645-3315; Fax: (716) 829-2515 Email: babyers@
Phone: (716) 829-5072; Fax: (716) 829-2515
Email: accannon@
Phone: (716) 881-8207; Fax: (716) 829-2515
Email: jdd4@
Phone: (716) 829-5071; Fax: (716) 829-2515
Email: klowe@
Phone: (716) 881-1703; Fax: (716) 829-2515
Email: mmmeyer@
Phone: (716) 645-8714; Fax: (716) 829-2515
Email: rs269@
Kathleen E. Stuber
Assistant Vice President for Advancement
Services
Daniel Brewster, BA ’07
Alumni Data Officer
Maria E. Chiarmonte
Constituent Records Coordinator
Charles W. Coulter
Assistant Director of Network and User
Support
Paula J. Dunn
Senior Application Support Analyst
Katelyn Fridmann
Constituent Records Assistant
Tiffany L. Grover
Senior Application Support Analyst
Kristina L. Matthies
Assistant Director of Constituent Records
John R. Moscato
Senior Director of Network and User
Support
Karen L. Price
Director of Constituent Records
Michael P. Sabatino
Assistant Director of Web Services
Stacy Slocum
Senior Director of Application Services
Justin J. Weigel
Network & User Support Specialist
Adam McKay
Application Analyst
Phone: (716) 881-7492; Fax: (716) 829-5110
Email: kstuber@
Phone: (716) 645-3317; Fax: (716) 826-2515
Email: dsb3@
Phone: (716) 881-8049; Fax: (716) 829-5110
Email: mariachi@
Phone: (716) 881-7496; Fax: (716) 829-5110
Email: ccoulter@
Phone: (716) 881-7522; Fax: (716) 829-5110
Email: pd27@
Phone: (716) 645-0845; Fax: (716) 829-5110
Email: kcfridma@
Phone: (716) 829-3265; Fax: (716) 829-5110
Email: tlgrover@
Phone: (716) 881-8202; Fax: (716) 829-5110
Email: klmatthi@
Phone: (716) 881-7493; Fax: (716) 829-5110
Email: moscato5@
Phone: (716) 881-7526; Fax: (716) 829-5110
Email: kdurak@
Phone: (716) 881-7523; Fax: (716) 829-5110
Email: mps38@
Phone: (716) 881-7495; Fax: (716) 829-5110
Email: slocums@
Phone: (716) 881-7497; Fax: (716) 829-5110
Email: jjweigel@
Phone: (716) 881-7524; Fax: (716) 829-5110
Email: adammcka@
Nicole M. Shepherd
Assistant Vice President for Donor and
Volunteer Relations
Kathleen E. Camm
Senior Director of Stewardship
Clayton Connor
Director of Donor Engagement
Samantha N. General
Assistant Director of Stewardship
Allison S. Orta
Associate Director of Gift
Acknowledgement
Jennifer M. Silverman-Van Treese
Director of Donor Recognition Programs
Jennifer E. Vollan
Administrative Associate
Maegan Washburn
Assistant Director of Stewardship
Rebecca Reed
Documentation Coordinator
Phone: (716) 881-1708; Fax: (716) 829-5110
Email: nms23@
Phone: (716) 881-7483; Fax: (716) 829-5110
Email: kehunt@
Phone: (716) 881-7481; Fax: (716) 829-5110
Email: claytonc@
Phone: (716) 881-7521; Fax: (716) 829-6067
Email: sns7@
Phone: (716) 881-1709; Fax: (716) 829-5110
Email: alapoint@
Phone: (716) 881-7482; Fax: (716) 829-5110
Email: js433@
Phone: (716) 881-1411; Fax: (716) 829-5110
Email: jvollan@
Phone: (716) 829-2971; Fax: (716) 829-5110
Email: maeganwa@
Phone: (716) 645-0968; Fax: (716) 829-5110
Email: rareed3@
Kathleen Pagkos
Senior Director of Prospect Research and
Management
Amanda J. LeGasse
Senior Prospect Research Analyst
Kelsey Kowalewski
Senior Prospect Research Analyst
Claire Nashar
Prospect Research Analyst
Anne Santa Maria
Prospect Management Coordinator
Kara L. O’Neil
Prospect Research Analyst
Phone: (716) 829-4910; Fax: (716) 829-5110
Email: kpagkos@
Phone: (716) 881-8055; Fax: (716) 829-5110
Email: ajbarnha@
Phone: (716) 829-3549; Fax: (716) 829-5110
Email: kkowalew@
Phone: (716) 881-8057; Fax: (716) 829-5110
Email: claireel@
Phone: (716) 881-7489; Fax: (716) 829-5110
Email: annesant@
Phone: (716) 881-1707
Email: koneil2@
Alumni Engagement and Annual Giving
Kristen M. Murphy, BA ’96
Assistant Vice President for Alumni
Engagement
Jennifer E. Britton
Senior Director of Alumni and Constituent
Engagement, Health Sciences
Kristi Fields
Director of Lifelong Engagement
Claire Alexis Greinert
Associate Director of Alumni and
Constituent Engagement for the
Jacobs School of Medicine and
Biomedical Sciences
Wei-Loon Leong, MBA ’05, BS ’03
Director of International Alumni and
Affinity Group Engagement
Laura Masse
Assistant Director of Early Engagement
Jeffrey J. Miller
Office Assistant
Siddiiqa Mujaffar-Kukla
Engagement Coordinator
Tracy L. Oun
Assistant Director of Alumni and
Constituent Engagement
Patricia Starr
Assistant Director of Regional and
Volunteer Services
Krystal Testa
Director of Alumni Events
Christine Torre
Executive Assistant
Lauren Turner
Assistant Director of Alumni & Constituent
Engagement, Architecture and
Planning/Graduate School of Education
Brittany Valvo
Assistant Director of Alumni & Constituent
Engagement, School of Engineering
and Applied Sciences
Andrew Wilcox
Senior Director of Alumni Programs
Joy Wrona
Engagement Coordinator
Damian Desbordes
Assistant Director of Alumni Engagement
and Constiuent Engagement
Phone: (716) 645-8712; Fax: (716) 826-2515
Email: kms53@
Phone: (716) 829-2586; Fax: (716) 829-6067
Email: jlobaugh@
Phone: (716) 645-3318; Fax: (716) 826-2515
Email: kfields3@
Phone: (716) 645-2261
Email: asgreine@
Phone: (716) 645-6303; Fax: (716) 826-251
Email: weileong@
Phone: (716) 829-2773; Fax: (716) 829-6067
Email: jjmiller@
Phone: (716) 881-8054
Email: siddiiqa@
Phone: (716) 829-6420; Fax: (716) 829-6067
Email: tracyoun@
Phone: (716) 645-8715; Fax: (716) 826-2515
Email: pstarr@
Phone: (716) 645-0886
Email: kntesta@
Phone: (716) 645-8716; Fax: (716) 829-2515
Email: cmtorre@
Phone: (716) 645-3963; Fax: (716) 829-2515
Email: lturner@
Phone: (716) 645-0837; Fax: (716) 826-2515
Email: blvalvo@
Phone: (716) 645-3314; Fax: (716) 826-2515
Email: ajwilcox@
Phone: (716) 645-8710; Fax: (716) 826-2515
Email: joywrona@
. Phone: (716) 645-5388; Fax: (716) 829-6067
Email: damiande@
Dawn M. Baumgarten
Executive Director of Annual Giving
Kristin Manhardt
Assistant Director of Special
Constituencies
Melissa A. Miklinski
Annual Giving Coordinator
Michele L. Williams
Assistant Director of Alumni Retention and
Acquisition
Phone: (716) 881-1376; Fax: (716) 829-2515
Email: db48@
Phone: (716) 829-2017; Fax: (716) 829-2515
Email: kmanhard@
Phone: (716) 881-1406; Fax: (716) 829-2515
Email: mm379@
Phone: (716) 881-1404; Fax: (716) 829-2515
Email: pry@