Hofstra Law

Administration and Staff Directory

Administration

Dean’s Office

Dean and Professor of Law

(516) 463-4068

Tara-Marie Desruisseaux	Assistant Dean for Diversity and Inclusion	(516) 463-4159	Email
Maria Filotti	Administrative Assistant to the Dean	(516) 463-6304	Email
Ashira Ostrow	Peter S. Kalikow Distinguished Professor of Real Estate and Land Use Law, Senior Associate Dean for Academic Affairs, and Executive Director of the Wilbur F. Breslin Center for Real Estate Studies	(516) 463-7051	Email

Academic Records

Brian T. Kaspar*

Senior Associate Dean for Academic Records and Registrar

(516) 463-5917

Academic Success Program

Lauren Hespos	Visiting Assistant Professor of Academic Support and Bar Preparation	(516) 463-7014	Email
Nicole R. Lefton*	Professor of Academic Support and Bar Preparation Programs	(516) 463-4008	Email
C. Benjie Louis	Professor of Academic Support	(516) 463-5270	Email

Admissions and Financial Aid

Adonza S. Anderson	Assistant Dean for Enrollment Management	(516) 463-5243	Email
Carol Carter	Assistant Director of Graduate Admissions	(516) 463-5916	Email
Robert Harrison*	Associate Dean for Enrollment Management	(516) 463-5916	Email
Maricia “Kathy” McCoy	Recruiter/Counselor for Enrollment Management	(516) 463-5916	Email
Megan Meighan	Director of Enrollment Management	(516) 463-5916	Email
Dana Vitale	Associate Director of Financial Aid	(516) 463-6706	Email

Career Services

Christopher Caruso*	Senior Associate Dean for Career Services	(516) 463-5861	Email
Latoya Felton	Director of Career Services and Diversity Initiatives	(516) 463-5387	Email
Margaret Garte	Director of Public Service and JD Advantage Career Planning	(516) 463-5385	Email
Carin Grassini	Director of Career and Professional Development	(516) 463-7036	Email
Frances Mingoia	Director of Career and Professional Development	(516) 463-6065	Email
Lori Rowan	Director of Career and Professional Development	(516) 463-7315	Email
Daphne E. Telfeyan	Senior Assistant Dean for Career Development and Employer Relations	(516) 463-7053	Email

The Robert and Priscilla Livingston Center for Children, Families and the Law

Amy Brown, Esq.	Program Director for the Center for Children, Families and the Law and Faculty Administrative Editor, Family Court Review	(516) 463-2797	Email
Glorisbel Roman, Esq.	Managing Attorney, Center for Children, Families and the Law	(516) 463-4157	Email

Clinic Programs

Yvonne V. Atkinson	Office Manager/Paralegal, Law School Clinical Program	(516) 463-4734	Email
Ka Fei Wong	Attorney-in-Charge, Pro Se Litigant Program	(516) 463-5894	Email

Communications

Tobie-Lynn Accardi	Senior Creative Director	(516) 463-7061	Email
Danielle Collins Groner*	Assistant Dean for Communications and Marketing	(516) 463-4142	Email
Michael G. Wagner	Senior Web Developer	(516) 463-0391	Email
Brooke Walker	Associate Director of Digital Communications	(516) 463-7361	Email

Development and Alumni Relations

Nadège Boisson Pardo*	Associate Dean for Development and Alumni Relations	(516) 463-4757	Email
Charmise P. Woodside-Desiré	Director of Alumni Relations and Annual Giving	(516) 463-4390	Email

Distance Education

Ronald J. Colombo*	Professor of Law and Associate Dean for Distance Education	(516) 463-5931	Email
John Tsiforas	Director of Law & Technology, Director of Distance Education and Visiting Assistant Professor of Law	(516) 463-6414	Email

Events

Judith N. Black

Senior Director of Event Management and CLE Director

(516) 463-6889

Externships and Pro Bono Programs

Luciana DeCarlo*

Director of Externships and Pro Bono Programs

(516) 463-0386

Finance and Personnel

Margaret Celano	Administrative Assistant	(516) 463-4480	Email
Laura Fetter	Director of Administrative Operations	(516) 463-4673	Email
Mary T. Ruggilo*	Senior Associate Dean for Finance and Administration	(516) 463-7285	Email

Gitenstein Institute for Health Law and Policy

Janet L. Dolgin*	Jack and Freda Dicker Distinguished Professor of Health Care Law and Director of the Gitenstein Institute for Health Law and Policy; Professor of Science Education, Hofstra Northwell School of Medicine	(516) 463-5873	Email
Kerlann Flowers	Legal Director and Senior Attorney for the Northwell/Hofstra Medical Legal Partnership and Senior Fellow for the Gitenstein Institute for Health Law and Policy and Visiting Assistant Professor of Law	(516) 463-9554	Email
Michelle C. Wallace	Assistant Director of the Gitenstein Institute and Bioethics Center Coordinator	(516) 463-6128	Email

Hofstra Legal Hand Call-In Center

Kristen A. Clodfelter	Legal Hand Call-in Center Attorney	(516) 463-5862	Email
Judge Fern A. Fisher*	Executive Director for the Legal Hand Call-In Center, Inc. and Philip Sassower Endowed Distinguished Visiting Associate Professor of Law	(516) 463-5159	Email

Information Technology Services/Help Desk

Nicholas Mahan	Assistant Director of Information Technology Services and Systems Administrator	(516) 463-4432	Email
Jessica Schaefer	Assistant Director of Information Technology Services	(516) 463-4794	Email
Joshua Shnayer	Help Desk Operations Manager	(516) 463-7328	Email
Jackson Snellings*	Senior Director of Information Technology Services	(516) 463-4993	Email

Law Library

Nancy Coradin	Acquisitions and Electronic Resource Management Librarian	(516) 463-5912	Email
Carolyn Hasselmann	Reference Librarian	(516) 463-5905	Email
Isaac Samuels	Reference Librarian	(516) 463-7808	Email
Lisa A. Spar	Associate Director of the Law Library	(516) 463-5392	Email
Hunter Whaley*	Director of the Law Library, Assistant Professor of Library Services and Assistant Dean for Information Services	(516) 463-5901	Email

Monroe H. Freedman Institute for the Study of Legal Ethics

Judith N. Black	Monroe H. Freedman Institute for the Study of Legal Ethics Coordinator	(516) 463-6889	Email
Theo Liebmann*	Clinical Professor of Law and Executive Director of the Monroe H. Freedman Institute for the Study of Legal Ethics	(516) 463-4736	Email

Paralegal Studies Certificate Program

Jackie Lazarus

Program Director, Paralegal Studies Certificate Program

(516) 463-6079

Public Justice Programs

Jennifer A. Gundlach*	Emily and Stephen Mendel Distinguished Professor of Law and Clinical Professor of Law, and Faculty Director of Public Justice Programs	(516) 463-4190	Email
Franca Sachs	Director of Public Justice Programs	(516) 463-5872	Email

Student Affairs

Michele LoFaso	Senior Director of Student Affairs and Wellbeing	(516) 463-6067	Email
Lisa Monticciolo*	Dean of Students and Diversity and Inclusion Officer	(516) 463-5771	Email
Jessika Pineda	Associate Director of International Programs and Student Affairs	(516) 463-0417	Email

* Denotes Department Head

Staff

Amy Angrisani	Senior Support Specialist, Dean of Students and Diversity and Inclusion Officer	(516) 463-4368	Email
Frances Avnet	Executive Secretary, Faculty Support Staff	(516) 463-5877	Email
Jessie Beckett	Senior Assistant to Library Tech Services	(516) 463-5902	Email
Rosemary Burcheri	Senior Support Specialist	(516) 463-4671	Email
Marjorie Butler	Accounts Clerk Specialist, Law Library	(516) 463-5898	Email
Jennifer Calautti	Executive Secretary, Academic Support	(516) 463-5878	Email
Donna Calderon	Accounts Clerk Specialist, Law Library	(516) 463-5898	Email
Ahmed Chaudhry	Senior Support Specialist, Enrollment Management	(516) 463-5859	Email
Linda DiSanti	Senior Executive Secretary, Communications and Faculty Support Staff	(516) 463-7239	Email
Mary Fair	Senior Assistant, Academic Records	(516) 463-5919	Email
Marcela Fernandez	Senior Executive Secretary, Faculty Support Staff	(516) 463-4761	Email
Diane Gayer	Senior Support Specialist, Development and Alumni Relations	(516) 463-6340	Email
Joshua Handley	Senior Assistant, Career Services	(516) 463-5024	Email
Sheryl Johnson	Senior Assistant, Law Library	(516) 463-5902	Email
Kimberly Jonas	Senior Support Specialist	(516) 463-7056	Email
Cindy Kerrigan	Senior Support Specialist, IT	(516) 463-5860	Email
Zyaire Layne	Senior Executive Secretary	(516) 463-5044	Email
Betty Black Leonardo	Executive Secretary, Faculty Support Staff	(516) 463-5928	Email
Kristen Papach	Senior Support Specialist	(516) 463-4547	Email
Kristin Radecker	Senior Executive Secretary, Neighborhood Law Clinic	(516) 463-5934	Email
E. Margot Rivera	Senior Executive Secretary, Neighborhood Law Office	(516) 463-5935	Email
Richard Torrani	Senior Assistant, Law Library	(516) 463-5898	Email
Doris Urbach	Senior Support Specialist, Career Services	(516) 463-5871	Email