The Office of Alumni Relations and Constituent Engagement is dedicated to fostering relationships that engage alumni, parents, students, and friends with the University of Rochester and each other by providing meaningful, innovative, and ongoing opportunities to celebrate community, to learn and grow together, and to promote the mission of the University.
Alumni Center
Larry and Cindy Bloch Alumni and Advancement Center
300 East River Road, Box 278993
Rochester, NY 14627-8993
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Phone: (585) 273-5888
Toll-Free: 877.MELIORA (877-635-4672)
Fax: (585) 473-5739
General questions or comments? Contact us at alumni@rochester.edu.
Staff directory
Karen Chance Mercurius, PhD
Vice President for Alumni and Constituent Engagement
(585) 273-5888
Operations and special programs
Jennifer Linton ’98
Executive Director, Organization & Strategic Management
(585) 273-5928
Stacy Mohr
Development Associate
(585) 276-5960
Christina Sleve ’15S (MS)
Director, Operations & Special Programs
(585) 276-4557
Sarah Murray
Associate Director, Special Programs
(585) 276-4556
Brandon Pelose
Associate Director, Events & Data Management
(585) 275-3822
Dhakshani Gunaseelan
Program Assistant
(585) 276-5960
Andrea Monahan
Administrative Manager
(585) 276-5690
Volunteer networks and programs
Megan Thompson
Assistant Vice President of Volunteer Engagement, Networks, and Programs
(585) 273-2333
Lauren McKenna
Associate Director, Volunteer Engagement
(585) 273-3531
Damian Rantshabeng ’24
Development Specialist
(585) 274-1017
Lifelong learning and career services
Robyn Neeley
Director, Lifelong Learning & Career Services
(585) 276-3493
Michelle Cavalcanti
Senior Associate Director, Career and Professional Affinity Programs
(585) 274-0224
Rebecca Picone
Associate Director of Lifelong Learning and Career Programs
(585) 275-9406
Affinity networks and programs
Nkiruka McGinnis, PhD
Senior Director, Affinity Networks and Programs
(585) 789-0761
Sarah Heisman Wallace
Associate Director, Affinity Networks and Programs
(585) 415-9865
Jeanette Perez Colby
Associate Director, Affinity Networks and Programs
(585) 275-5797
Blake Quinn
Program Assistant
(585) 273-3513
Regional volunteers and programs
Hannah Ramsey, ’11W (MS)
Interim Director, Regional Volunteers and Programs (Rochester, Metro NYC and International)
(585) 276-7249
Justin Bruce
Associate Director (Central & Northeast US and Canada)
(585) 275-3514
Halie Geer
Associate Director (West Coast and Oceania)
(585) 275-3512
Abigail Greene
Program Assistant
(585) 275-9838
Student, young alumni and reunion programs
Lauren Bradley ’11W (MS)
Executive Director, Student, Young Alumni, and Reunion Programs
(585) 276-4561
Reunion and class programs
Francine Capaldo Lynch
Director (Classes of 1999 to 2023)
(585) 354-1383
Lauren Leunig
Associate Director (Classes of 1984 to 1998, and 2004 to 2008)
(585) 273-5890
Tim Sukhenko
Associate Director (Classes of 1960 to 1983)
(585) 276-4980
Julia Vaccaro
Associate Director (Classes of 2009 to 2024)
(585) 275-8017
Student and young alumni engagement
Karen Carhart ’23S (MBA)
Director, Student and Young Alumni Engagement
(315) 726-5754
Kelsey Michener
Associate Director, Student Experience Affinity Programs
(585) 746-8591
Melissa Waughtel
Associate Director, Student and Young Alumni Engagement
(585) 275-5206
Ahren Henby
Assistant Director, Student Engagement
(609) 874-8319
Charlotte Wiltse
Assistant Director, Young Alumni Engagement
(585) 208-6265
Bailey McClellan
Program Assistant, Student and Young Alumni Engagement
(585) 273-2680
University of Rochester Medical Center academic programs
School of Medicine and Dentistry, School of Nursing, Eastman Institute for Oral Health
Melissa Head
Executive Director, URMC Academic Programs
(585) 273-2890
Colleen Brown
Associate Director of Alumni Relations, URMC Academic Programs
(585) 273-1458
Mia Cannon
Senior Director of Alumni Relations and Volunteer Engagement, URMC Academic Programs
(585) 273-4105
Stephanie Ripley
Assistant Director of Alumni Relations, URMC Academic Programs
(585) 275-3229
Eastman School of Music
Lindsay Chassé
Director of Alumni Engagement
(585) 274-1044
Taylor Booth
Assistant Director of Alumni Engagement
(585) 274-1044
Simon Business School
Shane Ryan
Senior Director of Alumni Engagement
(585) 275-2495
Halie Fitzwater
Assistant Director of Alumni Engagement
Warner School of Education
Preston Faulkner
Senior Director of Development
(585) 276-3636
Zoe Adams Gutzmer
Assistant Director, Advancement & Alumni Relations
(585) 275-7428
Alumni communications
Mary Burke
Alumni Relations Marketing Communications Director
(585) 275-9968
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