Our People - Administrative | CIIS Skip to Content Our People Academic Departments Administrative Offices Shana L. Alexander Chief Financial Officer Executive Leadership Finance and Accounting President’s Cabinet shanaalexander@ciis.edu Agnes Amonoy Accounting Coordinator Finance and Accounting aamonoy@ciis.edu Jacob Archuletta Clinic Associate Community Counseling Clinics jarchuletta1@ciis.edu Giselle M. Avina ICC Pierce Associate Community Counseling Clinics gavina1@ciis.edu John Azzizzi Controller Finance and Accounting President’s Cabinet jazzizzi1@ciis.edu Adrienn Baracz ICC Pierce Associate Community Counseling Clinics abaracz1@ciis.edu Adriana Beltrame dos Santos Program Manager Division of Community Engagement and Belonging abeltramedossantos@ciis.edu Anna Benassi Executive Director of CIIS Clinic Services and Associate Professor Counseling Psychology Integral Counseling Psychology Integral Counseling Psychology-Hybrid Community Counseling Clinics President’s Cabinet School of Professional Psychology and Health abenassi@ciis.edu Yaritza Benitez University Events Manager Office of Events Public Programs ybenitez@ciis.edu Amelia Bernesby Administrative Assistant Community Counseling Clinics School of Professional Psychology and Health abernesby@ciis.edu S. Brock Blomberg President Board of Trustees Executive Leadership Office of the President brock@ciis.edu Kelsey E. Blumrich ICC Pierce Associate Community Counseling Clinics kblumrich1@ciis.edu Kate Boeyen Assistant Director of Enrollment Operations Admissions kboeyen@ciis.edu Laure Bowman Coordinator Faculty Development, Community and Collaboration Office of the Provost lbowman@ciis.edu Nichol Bradford Executive Director, Transformative Technology Lab Blue Sky Leaders Board of Trustees Kris Brandenburger, Ph.D. Executive Dean of Institutional Research, Innovation and Strategy; Accreditation Liaison Officer Office of the Provost President’s Cabinet kbrandenburger@ciis.edu Rachel Bryant Vice President Division of Community Engagement and Belonging Executive Leadership President’s Cabinet rbryant@ciis.edu Richard Buggs Vice President for External Relations Advancement Executive Leadership President’s Cabinet rbuggs@ciis.edu 415.575.6116 Rodrigo Xavier Caldera Director, Center for Somatic Psychotherapy Community Counseling Clinics rcaldera@ciis.edu Jeanine M. Canty, Ph.D. Professor Transformative Inquiry President’s Cabinet School of Consciousness and Transformation jcanty@ciis.edu Naomi Carrillo Graduate Academic Advisor Community Mental Health Counseling Psychology Integral Counseling Psychology Somatic Psychology Academic Administration School of Professional Psychology and Health ncarrillo@ciis.edu 415.748.5787 Taylor Carter Executive Administrative Manager Finance and Accounting tcarter@ciis.edu Vaishali Chadha Transformational Coach & Fundraiser Board of Trustees Keka Chakraborty Data Integration Manager Office of the Provost kchakraborty@ciis.edu Tim Chang Partner, Mayfield Board of Trustees Miky Chau HR Assistant Human Resources mchau@ciis.edu David Chou Library Circulation Assistant Library dchou@ciis.edu Mark Chou IT Services Technology Coordinator Information Technology mchou@ciis.edu Diane V. Cirincione Clinical Psychologist, Author, Entrepreneur; Founder & Executive Director, Attitudinal Healing International Board of Trustees Kathleen Marie Clancy Sr. Systems Analyst Institutional Research kclancy@ciis.edu 415.533.5357 Ben Cline-Suzuki Dean of Information Technology Information Technology Office of the Provost President’s Cabinet bcline@ciis.edu Kevin Curtis Director of Facilities and Business Operations Facilities and Business Operations President’s Cabinet kcurtis1@ciis.edu 415.575.6296 Ruby Darling Clinic Associate Community Counseling Clinics rdarling1@ciis.edu Aurora DeMesa Program Manager Finance and Accounting ademesa@ciis.edu Michelle Domingo Admissions Counselor Integrative Health Studies Research Psychology Women's Spirituality Admissions mdomingo@ciis.edu 415.851.8950 Erin Doninger Student Coordinator Division of Community Engagement and Belonging edoninger@mymail.ciis.edu Hillary Drake Events and Administration Specialist Office of Events hdrake@ciis.edu Danielle Drake, Ph.D. Dean of Faculty Development, Community and Collaboration Faculty Development, Community and Collaboration Office of the Provost President’s Cabinet dydrake@ciis.edu Marissa Dudek Admissions Counselor Anthropology and Social Change Community Mental Health Drama Therapy Interdisciplinary Arts Admissions mdudek2@ciis.edu 415.575.6159 Ellen Durst Special Projects Advisor Advancement edurst@ciis.edu 628.279.0852 Debra Ehmann Graduate Academic Advisor Research Psychology Transformative Inquiry Undergraduate Studies Academic Administration School of Consciousness and Transformation School of Undergraduate Studies dehmann@ciis.edu Bill Elfsten Conscious Business Professional Board of Trustees Alexandra Elliott Director Office of Events President’s Cabinet Public Programs aelliott@ciis.edu Michelle Eng Vice Provost Office of the Provost President’s Cabinet meng@ciis.edu Crystal Nohelani Erlendson Creative Director Office of Strategic Communications & Relations President’s Cabinet cerlendson@ciis.edu Collin Eyre Academic Services Manager Clinical Psychology Community Mental Health Counseling Psychology Drama Therapy Expressive Arts Coaching & Community Building Expressive Arts Therapy Integral Counseling Psychology Integral Counseling Psychology-Hybrid Integrative Health Studies Somatic Psychology Academic Administration School of Professional Psychology and Health ceyre@ciis.edu Darren Farias Associate Director of Financial Aid Financial Aid dfarias@ciis.edu 415.575.3481 Lael Fon Director of Institutional Research Institutional Research President’s Cabinet lfon@ciis.edu Chantal Noa Forbes Senior Adjunct Faculty Ecology, Spirituality, and Religion Center for Writing and Scholarship School of Consciousness and Transformation cnforbes1@ciis.edu Abigail Fredrickson Receptionist Facilities and Business Operations afredrickson@ciis.edu Hannah Freund Clinic Manager Community Counseling Clinics hfreund1@ciis.edu Angel Gambino Executive, Multi-Exited Entrepreneur, Investor, Community Builder Board of Trustees Lisa Garbus, Ph.D., LMFT Clinical Director, Integral Counseling Center at Pierce Street Community Counseling Clinics lgarbus1@ciis.edu 415.776.3109 Shmee Giarratana, MS Director of Student Success and International Student Advisor Student Affairs sgiarratana@ciis.edu Jenny Gillette Assistant Library Director for Systems & Technical Services Library jgillette@ciis.edu 628.222.6347 Chip Goldstein Board of Trustees Liaison Office of the President President’s Cabinet cbgoldstein@ciis.edu Elizabeth Gordon Betsy Gordon Foundation Board of Trustees Lea Graham Graduate Academic Advisor Ecology, Spirituality, and Religion Human Sexuality Philosophy, Cosmology, and Consciousness Women's Spirituality Academic Administration School of Consciousness and Transformation lgraham1@ciis.edu Kellen R. Grayson, Psy.D., LMFT Clinical Director, Golden Gate Integral Counseling Center Community Counseling Clinics School of Professional Psychology and Health 415.320.0141 Margo Green Clinic Associate Community Counseling Clinics mgreen3@ciis.edu Julia Gross Interlibrary Loan and Digitization Specialist Library jgross@ciis.edu 415.229.9740 Jennifer Gruczelak Director of Financial Aid Financial Aid jgruczelak@ciis.edu 415.523.1221 Emlyn Guiney Senior Manager of Events and Engagement Office of Events Public Programs eguiney@ciis.edu Jessica Gunther Sr. Instructional Designer and Virtual Course Manager Information Technology jgunther@ciis.edu Dan Gurler Registrar President’s Cabinet Registrar dgurler@ciis.edu 415.598.0952 Heidi Fraser Hageman Adjunct Faculty; Director of the Center for Writing and Scholarship East-West Psychology Center for Writing and Scholarship School of Consciousness and Transformation hfraser@ciis.edu 415.967.2976 Skylar Hall Admissions Counselor, Email Marketing Specialist Clinical Psychology Human Sexuality Transformative Inquiry Admissions shall@ciis.edu 415.575.6155 Teri Halliwell Academic Operations Specialist Community Mental Health Counseling Psychology Integral Counseling Psychology Somatic Psychology Academic Administration School of Professional Psychology and Health thalliwell@ciis.edu Lesa Hammond Interim Chief Human Resources Officer Executive Leadership Human Resources President’s Cabinet lhammond@ciis.edu Justin F. Harris Clinic Manager, Golden Gate Integral Counseling Center Community Counseling Clinics jfharris@ciis.edu 310.593.3912 Sarah Heady Director of Institutional Giving Advancement President’s Cabinet sheady@ciis.edu 415.229.9738 Mike Hebel Attorney, Financial Planner, Real Estate Investor Board of Trustees Elizabeth Hernandez Financial Aid Officer II Financial Aid ehernandez@ciis.edu 925.466.5509 Jillian (Jill) Heron Academic Operations Specialist Counseling Psychology Drama Therapy Integral Counseling Psychology Integral Counseling Psychology-Hybrid Academic Administration School of Professional Psychology and Health jheron@ciis.edu Tiffanie Ho Institutional Effectiveness Coordinator Office of the Provost tho@ciis.edu Shawna Holbrook Executive Director of Admissions Admissions President’s Cabinet sholbrook@ciis.edu Lianne Hope Academic Services Manager Anthropology and Social Change East-West Psychology Ecology, Spirituality, and Religion Human Sexuality Interdisciplinary Arts Philosophy, Cosmology, and Consciousness Research Psychology Transformative Inquiry Undergraduate Studies Women's Spirituality Academic Administration School of Consciousness and Transformation School of Undergraduate Studies lhope@ciis.edu Christine Imfeld, M.A., NBC-HWC, CWP Graduate Academic Advisor Clinical Psychology Counseling Psychology Expressive Arts Coaching & Community Building Expressive Arts Therapy Integrative Health Studies Academic Administration School of Professional Psychology and Health cimfeld@ciis.edu Karen Isch Staff and Student Worker HR Coordinator Human Resources kIsch@ciis.edu Deanna Jimenez Assistant Professor Center for Black & Indigenous Praxis Counseling Psychology Somatic Psychology Division of Community Engagement and Belonging School of Professional Psychology and Health djimenez@ciis.edu 510.967.4568 Jessica Johnson Admissions Counselor Undergraduate Studies Admissions School of Undergraduate Studies jjohnson1@ciis.edu 628.279.0869 Kristi Jones Accountant Finance and Accounting kjones4@ciis.edu Joshua Ketchum Accountant Finance and Accounting jketchum@ciis.edu Hasib Khan Student Accounts Manager Student Accounts hkhan@ciis.edu 415.523.1214 Mohadeseh (Mohi) Khazaee Graduate Academic Advisor Counseling Psychology Drama Therapy Integral Counseling Psychology Integral Counseling Psychology-Hybrid Academic Administration School of Professional Psychology and Health mkhazaee@ciis.edu 415.575.6225 Margaux Bianca Kraemer Executive Assistant to the Provost's Office; Deputy Title IX Coordinator Office of the Provost President’s Cabinet mkraemer01@ciis.edu Violeta (V) Krasnić Academic Operations Specialist Ecology, Spirituality, and Religion Human Sexuality Philosophy, Cosmology, and Consciousness Women's Spirituality Academic Administration School of Consciousness and Transformation vkrasnic@ciis.edu Daniel Kuan Assistant Manager Student Accounts Student Accounts dkuan@ciis.edu 415.801.7545 Cheryl Kulkarni Student Systems Analyst Registrar ckulkarni@ciis.edu 415.237.0173 Susan Elisabeth Laurenson Leadership Development Coach, Institute for Health & Healing Board of Trustees Jimmy Law Research & Insights Manager Office of Strategic Communications & Relations jlaw@ciis.edu Amanda Lee Institutional Research Analyst Institutional Research alee2@ciis.edu Dave Leech Director of OSAS Office of Student Accessibility Services (OSAS) Student Affairs dleech@ciis.edu Jacqueline Legazcue Social Media and Digital Content Manager Office of Strategic Communications & Relations jlegazcue@ciis.edu Emily Licholai Clinic Associate Community Counseling Clinics elicholai1@ciis.edu Brian Lieske Academic Operations Specialist Clinical Psychology Counseling Psychology Expressive Arts Coaching & Community Building Expressive Arts Therapy Integrative Health Studies Academic Administration School of Professional Psychology and Health blieske@ciis.edu Alice Lin Lead Creative Designer Office of Strategic Communications & Relations alin@ciis.edu Kathy Littles Provost Executive Leadership Office of the Provost President’s Cabinet klittles@ciis.edu Vanessa Love Title IX and EEO Coordinator Human Resources vlove@ciis.edu Scott Lozier Associate Director of Web Services Office of Strategic Communications & Relations slozier@ciis.edu Sean K. MacCracken Academic Operations Specialist Anthropology and Social Change East-West Psychology Interdisciplinary Arts Academic Administration School of Consciousness and Transformation smaccracken@ciis.edu 415.575.6249 James Manganaro Clinic Associate Community Counseling Clinics jmanganaro1@ciis.edu Thomas Marchevsky Clinic Director, The Clinic Without Walls (TCWOW) Community Counseling Clinics tmarchevsky@ciis.edu 415.575.6100 David Mariuz Admissions Office Coordinator Admissions dmariuz@ciis.edu Jennifer Masciocchi SEO & Marketing Analytics Manager Office of Strategic Communications & Relations jfreed@ciis.edu Ontrell Mays Facilities Associate Facilities and Business Operations omays@ciis.edu Ishan McCarthy Admissions Counselor Integral Counseling Psychology Integral Counseling Psychology-Hybrid Admissions imccarthy@ciis.edu 415.534.0353 Karen McClendon Dean of Institutional Effectiveness Office of the Provost President’s Cabinet kmcclendon@ciis.edu Shederick A. McClendon Dean of Students Office of the Provost President’s Cabinet Student Affairs smcclendon@ciis.edu Jessica McGuire Institutional Research Manager Institutional Research jmcguire@ciis.edu 415.575.3421 Heather McKibbon Clinic Manager Community Counseling Clinics hmckibbon1@ciis.edu Ariana Medina Admissions Manager Admissions arianamedina@ciis.edu Nelson Melgar Multimedia Specialist and Production Manager Office of Strategic Communications & Relations nmelgar@ciis.edu Cynthia Mitchell Associate Director of Alumni Relations Advancement cmitchell@ciis.edu 415.575.6278 Jia Mizell ICC Golden Gate Associate Community Counseling Clinics jmizell1@ciis.edu Nikole Moffett Senior Financial Aid Officer Financial Aid nmoffett@ciis.edu 925.466.5581 Gary Moon Investment Entrepreneur Board of Trustees Bill Mosca Nonprofit Governance and Management Consultant; Licensed Acupuncturist Board of Trustees Alexei Mosiak Clinic Associate Community Counseling Clinics amosiak1@ciis.edu Laura Neil Editing and Publication Manager Center for Writing and Scholarship President’s Cabinet lneil@ciis.edu Camille Nicholas Student Accounts Coordinator Student Accounts cnicholas@ciis.edu 415.390.6772 Michael Nicoloff Assistant Library Director for Public Services and Research Support Library mnicoloff@ciis.edu 415.229.9743 Adeseye Oginni Benefits Specialist Human Resources aoginni@ciis.edu Kelson Pamarang Assistant Director of Admissions for Certificate Programs Blue Sky Leaders Center for Psychedelic Therapies and Research Climate Psychology Certificate Sex Therapy Certificate Admissions kpamarang@ciis.edu 628.279.0871 Tejal Patel Associate Director of Financial Planning & Analysis Finance and Accounting President’s Cabinet tpatel@ciis.edu Jesus Perello Facilities Manager Facilities and Business Operations jperello@ciis.edu 415.629.9187 Patty Emily Pforte Associate Director of Communications and Community Engagement Division of Community Engagement and Belonging President’s Cabinet ppforte@ciis.edu Michael Pinto Chair, CIIS Board of Trustees; Founder (of several environmental, educational and research foundations) Board of Trustees Deanna Pittman Manager Dissertation Office dpittman@ciis.edu Amanda Poag HR Coordinator Human Resources apoag@ciis.edu Ricki Pollycove Obstetrician & Gynecologist, California Pacific Medical Center Board of Trustees Laura Pustarfi Executive Director Blue Sky Leaders Center for Psychedelic Therapies and Research Climate Psychology Certificate Ecology, Spirituality, and Religion Sex Therapy Certificate President’s Cabinet School of Consciousness and Transformation lpustarfi@ciis.edu 415.575.1261 Madeline C. Rafferty Legal Affairs Coordinator Finance and Accounting mrafferty@ciis.edu Tana Reed Coordinator Registrar treed@ciis.edu 415.854.3821 Thomas Reid Academic Operations Specialist Research Psychology Transformative Inquiry Undergraduate Studies Academic Administration School of Consciousness and Transformation School of Undergraduate Studies treid@ciis.edu Renatas Reklaitis ICC Church Associate Community Counseling Clinics rreklaitis1@ciis.edu Rhonda Reliford Executive Director, Office of the President Blue Sky Leaders Office of the President President’s Cabinet rreliford1@ciis.edu 415.575.3401 Yolanda Richardson Payroll Manager Human Resources yrichardson@ciis.edu Shaun Roberts Director of Annual Giving Advancement President’s Cabinet sroberts1@ciis.edu 415.390.5365 Molly June Roquet Assistant Library Director for Public Services and Research Support Library mroquet@ciis.edu 415.510.7631 Sunflower B Rose Student Coordinator Division of Community Engagement and Belonging srose1@mymail.ciis.edu Maxine R. Rosin ICC Pierce Associate Community Counseling Clinics mrosin1@ciis.edu Evan Rutter Executive Executive Leadership Office of Strategic Communications & Relations President’s Cabinet erutter@ciis.edu Erica Saini Director Community Counseling Clinics esaini@ciis.edu Valentina Salazar Hurtado Program Manager Division of Community Engagement and Belonging vsalazar@ciis.edu Angelina Salgado Assistant Registrar Registrar asalgado@ciis.edu 415.598.0952 Brenda Sanders Vice-Chair, CIIS Board of Trustees; Environmental Scientist and Professor Board of Trustees Kim Scarano Associate Director of Human Resources Human Resources President’s Cabinet kscarano@ciis.edu 818.930.2940 Pele Shalev Events Manager Office of Events Public Programs pshalev@ciis.edu Ronda Sharp Assistant Director of Admissions Recruiting and Events Expressive Arts Coaching & Community Building Expressive Arts Therapy Somatic Psychology Admissions rsharp@ciis.edu 415.282.0856 Dana Smart Web Services Manager Office of Strategic Communications & Relations dsmart@ciis.edu Svetlana Smirnova Director of Integrated Marketing Office of Strategic Communications & Relations President’s Cabinet ssmirnova@ciis.edu Dennis Spears Admissions Counselor East-West Psychology Ecology, Spirituality, and Religion Philosophy, Cosmology, and Consciousness Admissions dspears@ciis.edu 415.906.1617 Victoria (Vicky) Julita Spiers California Licensed Marriage & Family Therapist, Church St Integral Counseling Center Clinic Manager Community Counseling Clinics vjspiers@ciis.edu Jessica Stinson Department Account Manager Finance and Accounting jstinson@ciis.edu Deborah (Debbie) Stone Clinical Director, Church Street Integral Counseling Center Community Counseling Clinics dstone@ciis.edu Kelly Sundin Dean of Research and Academic Support, University Librarian Library Office of the Provost President’s Cabinet ksundin@ciis.edu 415.575.6187 Michael Takacs Associate Registrar Registrar mtakacs@ciis.edu 925.466.5505 Sarah Tower Senior Manager Field Placement stower@ciis.edu 323.384.4758 Kirstin Van Cleef Executive Director Office of Events President’s Cabinet Public Programs kvancleef@ciis.edu 480.688.0615 Lilia Velloso Administrator Office of Research and Academic Support (ORAS) lvelloso@ciis.edu Tajinder Virdee Development and Operations Database Manager Advancement tvirdee@ciis.edu 415.229.9737 Anna Wald Graduate Academic Advisor Anthropology and Social Change East-West Psychology Interdisciplinary Arts Academic Administration School of Consciousness and Transformation awald@ciis.edu Chris Walling Faculty Trustee, Associate Professor, and Program Chair Research Psychology Board of Trustees School of Consciousness and Transformation cwalling@ciis.edu Christopher Walsh Facilites Associate Facilities and Business Operations cwalsh@ciis.edu Sara Wang Acquisitions and Cataloging Specialist Library swang@ciis.edu 415.575.6186 Emily Warfield Reference and Instruction Librarian Library ewarfield@ciis.edu 628.222.6347 Joseph Warner, M.A. AMFT Clinic Manager, Integral Counseling Center at Pierce Street Community Counseling Clinics jwarner1@ciis.edu Lisa Webb Director of Community Standards and Student Life Student Affairs lwebb@ciis.edu Melissa Whippo Clinical Director, KAP Clinic Community Counseling Clinics mwhippo@ciis.edu Daphne Crocker White Clinical Psychologist, Writer, and Editor Board of Trustees Shannon Wolfe Library Office Manager Library Meihong Xu Author and Psychotherapist Board of Trustees Jessica E. Yip ICC Church Associate Community Counseling Clinics jyip1@ciis.edu Julie Christine Young Coordinator Center for Writing and Scholarship jyoung@ciis.edu