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The Fitzroy Admissions Building is located at 2 Eaton Road, Troy NY. If you are coming for an information session and tour, please refer to your confirmation email for specific parking and location information. Please note that RPI is a tobacco-free campus, and with the exception of service animals, pets are not allowed to be inside university buildings or tied up outside. All pets must be on a leash in outdoor areas. 

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Meet our Admissions Counselors

Ulysses deArmas
Ulysses deArmas (he/him/his)
Associate Director

dearmu@rpi.edu

Area of Responsibility: Maryland; New York City (Manhattan); Virginia; Washington D.C.; West Virginia; U.S. Territories (including U.S. Virgin Islands, Guam, and Puerto Rico); Liaison for LGBTQ+ students

Elena Grande
Elena Grande (she/her/hers)
Assistant Director

grande2@rpi.edu

Area of Responsibility: New Jersey

Heather Hansen
Heather Hansen (she/her/hers)
Associate Director, Undergraduate Operations
Valen Headley
Valen Headley (she/her/hers)
Assistant Director

headlv@rpi.edu

Area of Responsibility: Illinois; New York City (Brooklyn/Queens)

Nikki Hogan
Nikki Hogan (she/her/hers)
Admissions Associate

(she/her/hers)
admissions@rpi.edu

Area of Responsibility: On-campus events & virtual information sessions

Leslie LeBrecque
Leslie LaBrecque (she/her/hers)
Assistant Director

labrel@rpi.edu

Area of Responsibility: Kansas; North Carolina; New York (Albany & Rensselaer Counties); Oklahoma; South Carolina; Texas; Accessibility and Neurodiversity Liaison

Arianna Livshits
Arianna Livshits (she/her/hers)
Senior Event Planner

paluma3@rpi.edu

Area of Responsibility: On and off-campus events; New York (Saratoga and Schenectady Counties)

Karen S. Long
Karen S. Long (she/her/hers)
Director, Undergraduate Admissions

longks@rpi.edu

Area of Responsibility: Massachusetts (Greater Boston & Cape Cod) 

Sarah Maliarik
Sarah Maliarik (she/her/hers)
Assistant Director

malias@rpi.edu

Area of Responsibility: Alaska; California (Northern); Hawaii; Massachusetts (Central); Nevada

Randi Moore
Randi Moore (she/her/hers)
Assistant Director

moorer7@rpi.edu

Area of Responsibility: Delaware; Florida; Georgia; Pennsylvania

Clare Piotrowski
Clare Piotrowski (she/her/hers)
Assistant Director

neec2@rpi.edu

Area of Responsibility: Arizona; Michigan; Minnesota; New Mexico; New York (Bronx, Staten Island, & Westchester County); Wisconsin; Accessibility and Neurodiversity Liaison

Denise Rhodes
Denise Rhodes (she/her/hers)
Assistant Director

rhoded2@rpi.edu

Area of Responsibility: Colorado; Idaho; Indiana; Iowa; Montana; Nebraska; New York (Long Island); North Dakota; South Dakota; Utah; Wyoming

Nicholas Rosato
Nicholas Rosato (he/him/his)
Associate Director; Director of Transfer Admissions

rosatn@rpi.edu

Area of Responsibility: New York (Central Hudson Valley & Catskills; Rockland County), International (excluding China & India); U.S. Citizens Living Abroad; Homeschooled Students; Transfer 

Matt Stabler
Matt Stabler (he/him/his)
Assistant Director

stablm@rpi.edu

Area of Responsibility: Connecticut; Massachusetts (Western); Rhode Island

Shaun Tarantelli
Shaun Tarantelli (he/him/his)
Assistant Director

tarans2@rpi.edu

Area of Responsibility: New York (Western, Central, and Northern); Oregon; Washington

Jeanine Thompson '04
Jeanine Thompson '04 (she/her/hers)
Assistant Director

thompj19@rpi.edu

Area of Responsibility: California (Southern); Maine; New Hampshire; Vermont

Megan Whalen
Megan Whalen (she/her/hers)
Associate Director; Director of International Recruitment

doppm@rpi.edu

Area of Responsibility: Alabama; Arkansas; Kentucky; Louisiana; Mississippi; Missouri; Ohio; Tennessee; International (China & India); Liaison for Military Veterans 

Support Staff

NameTitleEmailTelephone
Davide AbateOperations Associateabated@rpi.edu518-276-6172
Mary Jo BakerClerkbakerm2@rpi.edu518-276-3033
Nicholas BedoreOperations Specialistbedorn@rpi.edu518-276-6216
Debora JacksonBusiness Managerjacksd3@rpi.edu518-276-2086
Joseph JacksonBusiness Support Analystjacksj8@rpi.edu518-276-4142
Gail JerkinsExecutive Assistant to the Vice Presidentjerkig@rpi.edu518-276-2114
Jeremy MartelOperations Specialistmartej2@rpi.edu518-276-6194
Sami OuelletteClerk  
Jude PolandOperations Specialistpolanj@rpi.edu518-276-8146
Jennifer TopetroOperations Associatetopetj@rpi.edu518-276-6159
Jeanne WaughAdministrative Coordinatorwaughj@rpi.edu518-276-2762
Lisa WoychikAdministrative Coordinatorwoychl@rpi.edu518-276-2716
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