Student Affairs Advisory Board

About the Advisory Board

The Student Affairs Advisory Board is a team comprised of alumni, parents, business and industry partners, and K-12 educators who provide strategic input and feedback to the Vice President for Student Affairs & Enrollment on programs, services and activities that promote student life, enhance the student experience, and support student success at the University at Albany. 

Topics include but are not limited to student life, health and well-being, leadership, diversity, public engagement, career development, and national trends in higher education affecting the student experience. The Board may perform additional functions as agreed upon by the Vice President and the membership of the Board.

We ask all Board members to make the following commitment:

• Foster a passion for the Division of Student Affairs & Enrollment’s programs, goals, accomplishments and challenges to enhance the UAlbany student experience
• Enthusiastically advocate on behalf of the University and the Division of Student Affairs & Enrollment both in your community and at University events
• Support the Student Life Fund at a leadership level annually as part of the 1844 Society
• Cultivate additional support by identifying and encouraging others to invest in the Division of Student Affairs & Enrollment at UAlbany.
• Attend one in-person meeting each September during Family Weekend and at least one additional virtual meeting each spring
• Participate in at least one engagement opportunity annually

If you are interested in being considered to serve on the Student Affairs Advisory Board please contact Lisa Gonzalez at 518-437-4511 or [email protected].

2024-25 Board Members

	Peter Brusoe ’03, ‘04 Chair, 2024-25 Delanson, NY Assistant Professor, SUNY Delhi
	Mahaliel H. Bethea II ’06 Vice Chair, 2024-25 Bronx, NY Director of My Brother’s Keeper & My Sister’s Keeper Initiatives,  NYC Public Schools
	Jennifer Roman ’08, ’10 Immediate Past Chair, 2023-24 Madison, WI Redesign Coordinator, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
	Jaleesce Brown ’12 Albany, NY Project Coordinator, Department of Health
	Gina Geffrard ’10 Washington DC Statistician, U.S. Census Bureau
	Jennifer A. Hepie '05 Bloomfield, NJ  CEO, Cheer Lead Me
	Maria Hetz Barnes M.S. ’14 Boston, MA Director of Recruitment, School Programs, The Jed Foundation
	Jonathan Hojnacki ’04, ’06 Philadelphia, PA IT Project Manager, Weavers Way Co-op
	Philip B. Kelly ’96, ’98 Albany, NY Coastal Program Administrative Manager, The State of New York Co-CEO, Plato’s Closet (Albany)
	Gregory Monte ’04, ’08 Brooklyn, NY Brooklyn Political Action Coordinator and Health & Safety Representative,  United Federation of Teachers Adjunct Professor of Political Science, CUNY
	Ryan McCabe Rouchell ’04 New Orleans, LA Principal/Attorney, McCabe Law Firm
	Agyeman Senkyire ’04  Sparta, NJ VP Division Small Business Manager, JP Morgan Chase Bank CEO & Founder, Adinkra Republic
	Mark Weprin ‘83 New York City Vice President for Government Affairs, Invenergy LLC