Meet the Undergraduate Admissions Staff

Andrew M. Mantell,  Executive Director of Admissions

Dana Rinschler, Director of Undergraduate Admission

Michael Salerno, Director of Transfer Admission

Shanice Benoit, Assistant Director of Transfer & International Admission
Email: benoits@newpaltz.edu

David LaTourette, Transfer Evaluation & Admission Specialist
Email: latoured1@newpaltz.edu

Caroline Blumenfeld, Transfer Admission Advisor
Email: blumenfc1@newpaltz.edu 

Katlynn Rood, Assistant Director of Freshman Admission & Coordinator of Campus Visit Experience
Email: roodk@newpaltz.edu

Tiana Concepcion, Freshman Admission Advisor
Territories: Connecticut and Dutchess, Putnam and Westchester Counties
Email: concepct2@newpaltz.edu

Kirstin Phillips, Freshman Admission Advisor
Territories: Long Island (Nassau & Suffolk Counties)
Email: phillipk6@newpaltz.edu

Jesse Retamozo, Freshman Admission Advisor
Territories: New Jersey and Rockland, Orange, Ulster and Sullivan Counties
Email: retamozj2@newpaltz.edu

Joseph Gordon, Regional Admission Representative
Territories: New York State Capital District
Email: admissions@newpaltz.edu