Spring Tulips at St. John's

Years of Service Recognition

Certificate of Appreciation presented to Johnny Thunderbird in recognition of your dedication and service to the university

St. John’s University is ever grateful for its employees' commitment and dedication. Our Years of Service recognition program celebrates faculty, staff and administrators who achieve milestones with the University. Five, 10, 15, 20, 30, 35, 45, 55 and 65 years of service are recognized with a personal letter from the University President, a Years of Service Certificate and a special gift to commemorate the milestone. 

Below are the employees recognized in the first three quarters of 2023 with a years of service milestone.

Employees who achieve 25, 40, 50 and 60 years of service are honored at the annual Employee Recognition Convocation.

2023 First, Second and Third Quarter Milestones

Full-time Faculty

Saurabh Agarwal
College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences

Jennifer Bhuiyan
College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences

Mellissa A. Bortz
St. John's College of Liberal Arts and Sciences

Nicole A. Bradley
College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences

Carlos Chavez
College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences

Murali Devi
St. John's College of Liberal Arts and Sciences

Edrex Fontanilla
The Collins College of Professional Studies

Brian K. Harte
The Collins College of Professional Studies

Tamara Issak
St. John's College of Liberal Arts and Sciences

Elsen Jacob
College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences

Sakina Jangbar
St. John's College of Liberal Arts and Sciences

Sungwon Kim
The Collins College of Professional Studies

Katherine Klonick
School of Law Education

Nitesh Kunda
College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences

Zhuoyao Li
St. John's College of Liberal Arts and Sciences

Seung Eun McDevitt
The School of Education

Maria Mello
The School of Education

Ipshita Pal
The Collins College of Professional Studies

Cecelia Parnther
The School of Education

Yanni Ping
The Peter J. Tobin College of Business

Vladimir Poltoratsky
College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences

April J. Rogers
College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences

Robert J. Romano
The Collins College of Professional Studies

Olivia Stewart
The School of Education

Mary Townsend
St. John's College of Liberal Arts and Sciences

Erika Vause
St. John's College of Liberal Arts and Sciences

Roy Weissman
The Peter J. Tobin College of Business

Jie Xu
The Collins College of Professional Studies

Jin Zhi
The Collins College of Professional Studies

Administrators

Nicholas Boffardi
University Marketing and Communications

Jennifer L. Boglioli-Puleo
St. John's College of Liberal Arts and Sciences

Alexandra Coby-Marquez
University Freshman Center

Wendy D. Cohen
Tobin Center for Executive Education

Rosa DiLiberto
The Collins College of Professional Studies

Brittany J. Dotson-Lazar
The School of Education

Anika Dorsey Good
Office of Admissions

Luca Iandoli, Dean
The Collins College of Professional Studies

Son Mi Jo
Administrative and Instructional Leadership

Jason Luchs
Counseling Center

Nicole Miskiewicz
Facilities Services

Margaret Nugent Dwyer
University Marketing and Communications

Amy S. Park
Student Financial Services

Elizabeth Ponce de Leon
Office of Multicultural Affairs

Dillon Pottish
Men's Tennis, Athletics

Alexandra Sachs
Lifeskills

David Salomon
Athletics

Eric W. Shannon
Law School Career Services

Lin Zhu
Graduate Admissions

Staff

Joseph Difilippi
Public Safety

John G. Fanizzi
Public Safety

Susan E. Fourman
The Collins College of Professional Studies

Pattarin Noonium
Employee Benefits

Theresa Volastro
Campus Ministry

Instructors, Proctors, Tutors

Jacque G. Ambadies
Emergency Medical Services Institute
College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences

Armen Baltaian
Emergency Medical Services Institute
College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences

Scott Chiang
Emergency Medical Services Institute
College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences

Jessica C. DeResto
Emergency Medical Services Institute
College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences

Lisa A. DeSena
Emergency Medical Services Institute
College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences

Justin Enzmann
Emergency Medical Services Institute
College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences

Timothy T. Hoffman
Emergency Medical Services Institute
College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences

John W. Klein
Emergency Medical Services Institute
College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences

Maria Klein
Emergency Medical Services Institute
College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences

Liam G. Lyons
Emergency Medical Services Institute
College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences

Robert H. MacKay
Emergency Medical Services Institute
College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences

Aram Markosyan
Emergency Medical Services Institute
College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences

Daniel Meisels
Emergency Medical Services Institute
College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences

Nina G. Mistier
Parent Engagement Coordinator
Liberty Partnership

Anthony Portigiano
Emergency Medical Services Institute
College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences

Irene Quinn
Emergency Medical Services Institute
College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences

Vincent Santoiemma
Emergency Medical Services Institute
College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences

Peter Shanhai
Emergency Medical Services Institute
College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences

Barry K. Shapiro
Emergency Medical Services Institute
College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences

Vinicio Torre
Emergency Medical Services Institute
College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences

Charles J. Valicenti
Emergency Medical Services Institute
College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences

Meagan E. Valicenti
Emergency Medical Services Institute
College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences

Shoshana Weiner
Emergency Medical Services Institute
College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences

Stewart Wolf
Emergency Medical Services Institute
College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences

Faculty

Anthony J. Annunziato
Associate Professor, Clinical Associate Professor
The School of Education

Mark Brown
Professor and Chair
School of Risk Management, Insurance and Actuarial Science
The Peter J. Tobin College of Business

Raj Chetty
Associate Professor and Assistant Chair, English
St. John's College of Liberal Arts and Sciences

James Croft
Associate Professor, Legal Studies
The Collins College of Professional Studies

Russell J. DiGate
Professor
College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences

Michael P. Downton
Associate Professor, Curriculum and Instruction
The School of Education

Amy R. Gansell
Associate Professor, Art and Design
St. John's College of Liberal Arts and Sciences

Aleksandr V. Gevorkyan
Associate Professor, Economics and Finance
The Peter J. Tobin College of Business

Sven Horak
Associate Professor, MECO Management
The Peter J. Tobin College of Business

Ishita Khemka
Associate Professor, Education Specialties
The School of Education

Suzanne Miller
Associate Professor, Communication Sciences and Disorders
St. John's College of Liberal Arts and Sciences

Lauren J. Moskowitz
Associate Professor, Psychology
St. John's College of Liberal Arts and Sciences

Tuija M. Parikka
Associate Professor, Mass Communication
The Collins College of Professional Studies

Robert Jay Rivera
Associate Professor, Theology and Religious Studies
St. John's College of Liberal Arts and Sciences

Matteo Ruggiu
Associate Professor, Biological Sciences
St. John's College of Liberal Arts and Sciences

Christine Wang
Associate Professor Industry Professional
College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences

Administrators

Brian Baumer
Associate Vice President of Campus Facilities and Services
Facilities Services

Tobias Bisharat
Project Director Space Management
Facilities Services

John A. Breheny
Director of Public Safety
Public Safety

Jai Dwivedi
Director Lab Instruction, Biological Sciences
St. John's College of Liberal Arts and Sciences

Cheresa J. Fewell
Associate Director
Career Services

Matthew G. Gallagher
Financial Business Manager
Facilities Services

Ellen M. Gamber
Assistant Director of Enrollment Operations & Data
Law School Admissions

Shaneeza A. Hack
IT Systems Engineer Infrastructure
Information Technology

Sharon Hewitt Watkins
VP for Business Affairs, CFO and Treasurer
Office of Business Affairs

Mansoor Khan
Systems Analyst & Data Manager
Information Technology

Luis G. Manzo
Assistant VP Student Wellness
Student Life

Courtney Mitchell
Assistant Registrar
Office of the Registrar

Cathleen A. Murphy
Associate Dean Health Sciences Program
College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences

Maureen A. O'Brien
Executive Assistant
Office of the President

Rosalie Romano
Director Customer Call Center
Customer Service Center

Lily Scarabino
Certification Officer, Dean's Office
The School of Education

Clifford Warner
Release Manager
Information Technology

Richard P. Wolcott
Director of Conference Services
Conference Services

Samantha R. Wright
Chief Enrollment Officer
Enrollment Management

Staff

James P. Delargy
Uniformed Sergeant
Public Safety

Michael E. Fox
Public Safety Officer
Public Safety

Lisa J. Goldrick
Training & Development Assistant
Human Resources

Kara A. James
Senior Secretary
Vincentian Institute for Social Action

Karen Whitton
Faculty Payroll Assistant
Human Resources

Jennesa Wong
IT Business Process Analyst
Information Technology

Full-time Faculty

Ebtesam Ahmed
Clinical Professor, Clinical Health Professions
College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences

Jennifer Baum
Professor Clinical Legal Education and Director Child Advocacy
School of Law

William R. Carroll
Associate Professor, Marketing
The Peter J. Tobin College of Business

Sanae Elmoudden
Associate Professor and Assistant Chair, Communication Studies
St. John's College of Liberal Arts and Sciences

John J. Fitzgerald
Associate Professor, Theology and Religious Studies
St. John's College of Liberal Arts and Sciences

Anne Galvin
Associate Professor, Sociology and Anthropology
St. John's College of Liberal Arts and Sciences

David Kearn
Associate Professor, Government and Politics
St. John's College of Liberal Arts and Sciences

Audrey F. Murphy
Associate Professor, Education Specialties
The School of Education

Alejandro Quintana
Associate Professor, History
St. John's College of Liberal Arts and Sciences

Nicole Rice
Professor, English
St. John's College of Liberal Arts and Sciences

Maha Saad
Associate Clinical Professor, Clinical Health Professions
College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences

Abu T. Serajuddin
Professor, Pharmaceutical Sciences
College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences

Jeremy Sheff
Professor of Law and Director Intellectual Property Law Center
School of Law

Matthew L. Sutton
Associate Professor, Theology and Religious Studies
St. John's College of Liberal Arts and Sciences

John A. Swan
Associate Professor, Mass Communication
The Collins College of Professional Studies

Administrators

Jennifer O. Briones
IT Systems Supervisor
Information Technology

Glanson V. Cherian
Application Engineer
Information Technology

Ilana M. Ciccone
Assistant Director Admissions and Student Ambassador Program Coordinator
Admissions

Jacqueline Clemente-Papadopoulos
Director Business Transformation and Customer Success
Information Technology

Karen A. Crowley
Associate Director of HR Services
Human Resources

Patricia M. Dorrian
Associate Director Compensation and Analytics
Human Resources

Christina A. Drew
Director Physical Security Systems and Human Services Operations
Public Safety

Tri M. Duong
Director Campus Ministry, Staten Island
Campus Ministry

Derek T. Finneran
IT Systems Analyst
Information Technology

Caroline Fuchs
University Librarian And Dean of Libraries
University Libraries

Asnath L. Gedeon
Director, McNair Scholars/CSTEP Programs
Special Programs

Gina M. Kilian
Associate Director Academic Budget Plan and Resource
Office of the Provost

Nikia K. Legrand
Senior Assistant Director of Student Financial Services
Student Financial Services

Dake Li
Banner Application Developer
Information Technology

Richard M. Martinez
Senior Broadcast Engineer
Instructional TV Center, The Collins College of Professional Studies

Jad N. Nammour
Photographer
University Photography

Theresa M. Peros
Assistant Dean
The Collins College of Professional Studies

Andrea M. Pinnavaia
Campus Minister for Liturgy and Faith Formation
University Mission

Tara E. Rooney
Director, Center for Psychological Services
Psychological Services Center

Jennifer L. Rouse
Senior Graphic Designer
University Marketing and Communications

Carolyn J. Rutigliano
Associate Production Manager, Instructional Television
Film and Radio Center, The Collins College of Professional Studies

Martha Simone
Budget Coordinator
Office of the Provost

Susana M. Solis
Director of Laboratories
College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences

Lisa Tillmon
Payroll Manager
Human Resources

John P. Tufano
Associate Director Budgeting, Analyses and Financial Systems
Business Affairs

Mary E. Warne
Senior Assistant Director of Student Financial Services
Student Financial Services

Jill Wong
Senior Accountant
Business Affairs

Staff

Paul Bonitto
Public Safety Officer
Public Safety

James F. Carroll
Public Safety Officer
Public Safety

Valencia Y. Charlier
Department Assistant III
Office of Admissions

Jerry Chiou
IT Systems Specialist
Information Technology

Linda M. DiLorenzo
Senior Secretary
The Collins College of Professional Studies

Leo A. Gonzalez
Public Safety Officer
Public Safety

Totwatti Haripersaud
Printing and Distribution Clerk
Printing and Distribution

Mayantie Maharaj
Library Technical Assistant IV
University Libraries

Elana Pirov
Academic Support Assistant IV, Dean's Office
The Collins College of Professional Studies

Faculty

Emily M. Ambizas
Associate Clinical Professor, Clinical Health Professions
College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences

Alla Baeva
Associate Professor, Mass Communication
The Collins College of Professional Studies

Craig A. Baron
Associate Professor, Arts and Humanities
The Collins College of Professional Studies

Blase C. Billack
Professor, Pharmaceutical Sciences
College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences

Ellen Boegel
Professor, Legal Studies
The Collins College of Professional Studies

Christopher J. Borgen
Professor of Law / Co-Director of the Center for International and Comparative Law
School of Law

Marilyn J. Dono-Koulouris
Associate Professor and Associate Dean of Undergraduate Staten Island
St. John's College of Liberal Arts and Sciences - DNY Instruction

Regina Ginzburg
Clinical Professor, Clinical Health Professions
College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences

Paul R. Gyllenhammer
Associate Professor, Philosophy
St. John's College of Liberal Arts and Sciences

Diane Hardej
Associate Professor, Pharmaceutical Sciences
College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences

Sum Lam
Associate Clinical Professor, Clinical Health Professions
College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences

Paula K. Lazrus
Professor, Institute for Core Studies
St. John's College of Liberal Arts and Sciences

Steven R. Mentz
Professor, English
St. John's Collge of Liberal Arts and Sciences

Patricia M. Montana
Professor of Legal Writing, Director Street Law Program
School of Law

Basilio G. Monteiro
Associate Professor, Mass Communication
The Collins College of Professional Studies

John J. Neumann
Associate Professor, Economics and Finance
The Peter J. Tobin College of Business

Rong Qu
Associate Professor, Economics and Finance
The Peter J. Tobin College of Business

Laura M. Schramm
Professor Biological Sciences and Program Director Environmental Studies
St. John's College of Liberal Arts and Sciences

Heidi A. Upton
Associate Professor, Art and Design
St. John's College of Liberal Arts and Sciences

G. Ray Warner
Professor of Law and Associate Dean for Bankruptcy Studies
School of Law

Gregory A. Wilson
Professor, Arts and Humanities
St. John's College of Liberal Arts and Sciences

Administrators

Carron Anderson
Senior Assistant Registrar
Law School Registrar

Victoria Chebrucher
Director of Graphic Design
Marketing and Communications

Jennifer Chibatar
Assistant Dean
The Peter J. Tobin College of Business

John J. Flynn
Assistant Dean of Students and Director of Conduct
Student Life Office

Rino Grzinic
Director of Development CCPS
University Development

Nicholas A. Legakis
Senior Director Institutional Advancement Development
Institutional Advancement

Cecelia Robles Maring
Senior Assistant Registrar
Registrar

Lawrence Pistell
Senior Associate Director, Center for Professional Education
Tobin Center for Executive Education

Charles C. Pizzo
Director First Year Academic Advising
Center for Student Success

Justin E. Schaefer
Senior Assistant Director
Student Financial Services

William G. Schaeffer
Director of Development, The Peter J. Tobin College of Business
Institutional Advancement, Major Gifts

Kerri L. Scianna
Assistant Director
Student Financial Services

Ching Wen Rosa Yen
Director
Multicultural Affairs

Staff

Frances R. Balla
Department Chair Secretary
St. John's College of Liberal Arts and Sciences

Nadia O. Mejia
Vincentian Center for Church and Society
St. Thomas More Church

Patricia A. Minton
Gift Processing Assistant
Institutional Advancement

Brenda D. Padro
Department Chair Secretary
St. John's College of Liberal Arts and Sciences

Douglas M. Simmons
Public Safety Officer
Public Safety

Faculty

Louis DiGena
Associate Professor, Art and Design
St. John's College of Liberal Arts and Sciences

Philip M. Drucker
Associate Professor, Psychology
St. John's College of Liberal Arts and Sciences

Robert Fanuzzi
Associate Professor, English
St. John's College of Liberal Arts and Sciences

David Haddorff
Associate Professor, Theology and Religious Studies
St. John's College of Liberal Arts and Sciences

Brook A. Lauro
Associate Professor, Computer Science, Mathematics and Science
The Collins College of Professional Studies

Jay Nathan
Professor, Management
The Peter J. Tobin College of Business

Walter Petrovitz
Associate Professor, Linguistics Coordinator and Department Chair
St. John's College of Liberal Arts and Sciences

Ales Vancura
Professor, Biological Sciences
St. John's College of Liberal Arts and Sciences

Enju Wang
Professor, Chemistry
St. John's College of Liberal Arts and Sciences

Administrators

Gregory T. Gades
Senior Assistant Dean & Director Undergraduate Special Events
St. John's College of Liberal Arts and Sciences

Lisa Getman
Assistant Director
Center for Teaching and Learning

David Masur
Head Coach - Men's Soccer
Athletics Department

Staff

Christina Gaiser
Print and Distribution Clerk
Printing and Distribution

Full-time Faculty

Vipul K. Bansal
Professor, Economics and Finance
The Peter J. Tobin College of Business

Judith L. Beizer
Clinical Professor, Clinical Health Professions
College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences

Almerinda Forte
Professor, Administration and Economics
The Collins College of Professional Studies

Marie George
Professor, Philosophy
St. John's College of Liberal Arts and Sciences

Deborah Kleiner
Associate Professor, Law
The Peter J. Tobin College of Business

Kwaloong Thomas Liaw
Professor, Economics and Finance
The Peter J. Tobin College of Business

Lawrence F. Pitilli
Associate Professor
The Collins College of Professional Studies

John N. Wurpel
Associate Professor, Pharmaceutical Sciences
College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences

Administrators

Eileen M. Flood
Executive Director of Financial Aid, Compliance and Bursar
Student Financial Services

Maureen Furlong-Weber
Director
School of Risk Management

Odaris M. Ithier
Creative Director
University Marketing and Communications

Diane L. Peck
Senior Associate Director Financial Services
Student Financial Services

Faculty

Michael D. Henry
Professor, Philosophy
St. John's College of Liberal Arts and Sciences

John N. Spiridakis
Professor, Education Specialties
The School of Education

Administrators

Spencer H. Wilson
Key Manager
Office of Public Safety

Faculty

Anna M. Donnelly
Associate Professor and Reference Librarian
University Libraries

10 Semesters

Richard S. Brown
The School of Education

Amy Chiu
College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences

Kathleen M. Garrigan
The Collins College of Professional Studies

Terry H. Gozdziewski
St. John's College of Liberal Arts and Sciences

Lusik Hovhannisyan
St. John's College

Lawrence W. King
The Collins College of Professional Studies

Mark B. Kraft
St. John's College of Liberal Arts and Sciences

Kayalyn Marafioti
School of Law

Monica Mauriello Harr
St. John's College of Liberal Arts and Sciences

Siddique Mohamed
St. John's College of Liberal Arts and Sciences

Mark Molinari
The Collins College of Professional Studies

Anna Maria Montuori
The School of Education

Mary K. Quinn
School of Law

Matthew Reeck
St. John's College of Liberal Arts and Sciences

Josephine N. Rossicone
The School of Education

Humara Sultana
St. John's College of Liberal Arts and Sciences

Pedram A. Tabibi
School of Law

Nancy Thevenin
School of Law

Maryam Vulis
St. John's College of Liberal Arts and Sciences

20 Semesters

Richard F. Bernato
The School of Education

Daniel Chu
School of Law

Jolie Cuminale
St. John's College of Liberal Arts and Sciences

Jody B. Cutler-Bittner
St. John's College of Liberal Arts and Sciences

Stephen F. Haller
The Collins College of Professional Studies

Thomas D. Hughes
The Collins College of Professional Studies

Elaine Iodice
The School of Education

Michael A. Jeziorski
The Collins College of Professional Studies

Marie Nitopi
St. John's College of Liberal Arts and Sciences

Wayne I. Robins
The Collins College of Professional Studies

Mathew H. Schlamkowitz
The Peter J. Tobin College of Business

Wen-shan Shih
St. John's College of Liberal Arts and Sciences

Rebecca C. Trumino
St. John's College of Liberal Arts and Sciences

Thomas Weber
The Collins College of Professional Studies

30 Semesters

Tara R. Benton
St. John's College of Liberal Arts and Sciences

Edgar Devina
St. John's College of Liberal Arts and Sciences

Thomas J. Fasano
The School of Education

Christopher F. Graham
School of Law

Mei-Ching T. Hsiau
St. John's College of Liberal Arts and Sciences

Matthew Richard Russo
St. John's College of Liberal Arts and Sciences

Hyrum C. Smith
The Collins College of Professional Studies

Stanislav I. Stoyanov
The College of Business

40 Semesters

Richard B. Baslaw
The Collins College of Professional Studies

Bernard J. Bertone
The College of Professional Studies

Mark Lekarew
St. John's College of Liberal Arts and Sciences

Dennis Patrick O'Brien
St. John's College of Liberal Arts and Sciences

Liza R. Papi
St. John's College of Liberal Arts and Sciences

Renee Bennett Tone
The Collins College of Professional Studies

Faith L. Unger
St. John's College of Liberal Arts and Sciences

Jeffrey R. Weiser
The Collins College of Professional Studies