Meet our Staff and Dean

Get to know the people of Douglass

Meghan Rehbein (she/her)

Interim Administrative Dean

Phone848-932-3129

Emailmeghan.rehbein@rutgers.edu

Website

Leslie Danehy (she/her)

Associate Dean for Undergraduate Programs

Phone848-932-3184

Emailleslie.danehy@rutgers.edu

Elia Desruisseaux

Associate Dean of Advancement

PhoneO: 848-932-2578; C: 201-805-2741

Emailed593@echo.rutgers.edu

Ellen Lieberman

Associate Dean, Undergraduate Programs

Phone848-932-2541

Emailellenel@echo.rutgers.edu

Lydia Prendergast

Director and Associate Dean of the Douglass WiSE Program

Phone848-932-2900

Emaillprend@rutgers.edu

Corina Hernandez (she/her)

Senior Director of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion

Phone848-932-3044

Emailcorina.hernandez@rutgers.edu

Edie Prescod

Senior Department Administrator

Phone848-932-3399

Emailedith.prescod@echo.rutgers.edu

Janelle Rodriguez

Director of Communications

Emailjanelle.rodriguez@rutgers.edu

Nathalie Adam

Graduate Student Assistant to the Douglass WiSE

Phone848-932-2900

Emailna465@rwjms.rutgers.edu

Kimberly Apadula (she/her)

Assistant Director of Student Outreach

Phone848-932-2543

Emailkapadula@echo.rutgers.edu

Hayet Bensetti-Benbader

Director of Computing and STEM Career Initiatives

Phone848-932-2900

Emailhayet.bensetti@rutgers.edu

Ksenia Bobylak

Administrative Assistant

Phone848-932-2544

Emailkbobylak@echo.rutgers.edu

Grace Calogera

Program Coordinator

Phone848-932-1041

Emailcalogera@echo.rutgers.edu

Madinah Elamin (she/her)

Director of Mentoring

Phone848-932-2546

Emailmelamin@echo.rutgers.edu

Katy Gray (she/her)

Senior Director of Douglass Discovery and Academic Programs

Emailkaty.gray@rutgers.edu

Lorne S. Joseph

Director of Engineering and STEM Research Initiatives at Douglass WiSE

Phone848-932-2900

Emaill.joseph@rutgers.edu

Sonia Khalil

Program Coordinator, Douglass WiSE

Phone848-932-3037

EmailSonia.Khalil@echo.rutgers.edu

Hasnaa Mokhtar

Director of the Global Village

Emailhm580@echo.rutgers.edu

Lauren Muccilli

Editorial and Media Specialist

Phone848-932-3033

Emaillauren.muccilli@rutgers.edu

Buvaneswari Narayanan

Associate Director of Douglass WiSE and the Director of the Bunting Cobb Sciences Living-Learning Community

Phone848-932-2900

Emailcnbuvana@echo.rutgers.edu

Krupa Patel

Development Assistant

Phone848-932-2545

Emailkrupa.h.patel@rutgers.edu

Stephanie Perez (she/her/ella)

Senior Director of the BOLD Center and Career Pathways

Phone848-932-3158

EmailStephanie.Perez@rutgers.edu

Website

Merylou Rodriguez (she/her)

Director of Scholarships, Housing and Student Engagement

Phone848-932-3025

Emailmerylou.rodriguez@echo.rutgers.edu