MEET OUR STAFF
The Office of Undergraduate Admission team is committed to getting to know you as an individual in our applicant pool throughout the admission process. Should you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact us!
Matthew Harris '06, '14
Executive Director of Undergraduate Admission
Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota and South Dakota
Candice Keith Hispanohablante
Senior Director of Undergraduate Admission
Hawaii
Carolyn Westermann '92
Senior Director of Undergraduate Admission
Alabama, Arkansas, Mississippi, North Carolina and South Carolina
Alyssa Bachmann
Assistant Director of Admission
Florida, Illinois and Wisconsin
Bernadette Bogdan McWilliams
Assistant Director of Admission
Connecticut, New Jersey (Atlantic, Burlington, Camden, Cape May, Cumberland, Gloucester, Ocean and Salem Counties), Puerto Rico and the Caribbean
Homeschool Applicants
Kristina Bolton
Associate Director of International Admission
International Applicants
Jamie Bowers
Senior Assistant Director of Admission
Delaware, Pennsylvania (Adams, Allegheny, Armstrong, Beaver, Bedford, Blair, Bradford, Butler, Cambria, Cameron, Centre, Clarion, Clearfield, Clinton, Columbia, Crawford, Cumberland, Elk, Erie, Fayette, Forest, Franklin, Fulton, Greene, Huntingdon, Indiana, Jefferson, Juniata, Lawrence, Lycoming, McKean, Mercer, Mifflin, Montour, Northumberland, Perry, Potter, Snyder, Somerset, Sullivan, Tioga, Union, Venango, Warren, Washington and Westmoreland Counties) and West Virginia
Naeem Brown
Assistant Director of Admission
Georgia, Oklahoma and Texas
Jumana Chowdhury
Assistant Director of Admission
Pennsylvania (Berks, Bucks, Chester, Dauphin, Delaware, Lancaster, Lebanon, Montgomery, Schuylkill and York Counties)
Melanie Egan MS '16
Director of Technology for Admission
Andy Halstead
Senior Assistant Director of Admission
Maryland, Virginia and Washington DC
Maureen Healey '07
Associate Director of Admission
Pennsylvania (Carbon, Lackawanna, Luzerne, Monroe, Pike, Susquehanna, Wayne and Wyoming Counties)
Pamela Holt
Senior Assistant Director of Admission
New York (Upstate, Western, plus Rockland and Westchester Counties) and Vermont
Pam is currently on leave. Please contact gotovu@villanova.edu at this time.
Julie Neild
Assistant Director of Admission
Massachusetts, Maine, New Hampshire and Rhode Island
Graciela Petrelli '23, '24
Assistant Director of Admission
Indiana, Kentucky, Michigan, Ohio and Tennessee
Patrick Ronay
Senior Assistant Director of Admission
Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, Utah, Washington and Wyoming
Rosemary Solewin
Associate Director of Admission
Pennsylvania (Lehigh and Northampton Counties)
Transfer Applicants
Abigail Tipton
Assistant Director of Admission
New Jersey (Bergen, Essex, Hudson, Hunterdon, Mercer, Middlesex, Monmouth, Morris, Passaic, Somerset, Sussex, Union and Warren Counties)
Erica Woods
Senior Associate Director of Admission
Louisiana, New York (5 boroughs of NYC and Long Island), Pennsylvania (Philadelphia County)