What Is an Ally?
Allies include staff, faculty, and students at UMass Amherst who display an "Ally" placard outside their office or residence hall room. This sign identifies them as individuals who are willing to provide a safe haven, a listening ear, and support for lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender people or anyone dealing with sexual orientation and/or gender identity issues.
All allies have attended a training workshop through the Stonewall Center to learn about the benefits and responsibilities of being an ally to LGBT people in our community. Every ally has signed an ally contract before posting their placard.
Allies are committed to educating others and themselves about the oppression of lesbians, gay men, bisexuals, and transgender people and to combat heterosexism and genderism personally and institutionally. They are committed to providing support to members of the LGBT and Ally community.
Our Allies
Career Services
-Rachel Britt-Little, Graduate Assistant
-Brian Frenette Assistant Director, Field Experience
-Sharon Jefferson, Receptionist
-Tommie Joyner, Jr., Assistant Director, Career Planning
-Mary Ellen Liseno, Assistant Director, Career Planning
-Candice Serafino, Assistant Director, Field Experience
Center for Counseling and Psychological Health (CCPH)
-Jordan Barnard, psychology intern
-Deborah Berkman, psychologist
-Ellen Bollier, Registered Nurse
-Jessi Bond, social worker
-Jennifer Lefort, psychologist
-Robyn Miller, Registered Nurse
-Julia Moss, psychologist
-Lydia Rackenberg, social worker
-Josh Relin, psychologist
-Harry Rockland-Miller, Director
-Melissa Rotkiewicz, psychologist
-Linda Scott, psychologist
-Chris Shanky, social worker
-Natercia Teixeira, social worker
-Nate Thorn, postdoctoral fellow
Center for Student Development (CSD)
Business Office
Allen Brainerd, Director of Finance and Business Services
Center for Educational Policy Advocacy
Cameron Russell, Director
Center for Multicultural Advancement and Student Success (CMASS)
-Ophelia Sowers, Administrative Assistant
-Joyce White Vincent, Associate Director, Cultural Enrichment
Center for Student Businesses
-Andrew Considine, student staff, Sweets and More
-Kristy Derba, Business Consultant
-Melissa Fiore, Business Consultant
-Hanna Gao, Business Consultant
-Ross P. McNamara, Business Consultant
-Patrick O'Loughlin, student staff, Bike Coop
-Michael Prewitt, Business Consultant
-Rosemary Schmidt, Director
-Claire Spencer, student staff, Program Coordinator
Craft Center
-Shannen Adler-Guthrie, student staff, Student Union Art Gallery
-Nataly Grif, student staff, Craft Center
-Paula Hodecker, Director
-Carl Shulman, student staff, Craft Center
-Karla Stingerstein, Graduate Assistant Director, Student Union Art Gallery
-Marjorie Valdivia, Graduate Assistant
Office of Fraternities and Sororities
Michael Wiseman, Director
Office of Religious and Spiritual Life
Larry Goldbaum, Director
Student Activities and Involvement Center
Lloyd Henley, Associate Director
Student Legal Services Office
-Corey Carvalho, Staff Attorney
-Charles DiMare, Director
-Pamela Dutta, Program Coordinator
-Elizabeth Priest, Law Clerk
-Laura Sylvester, Outreach Coordinator
Union Video Center - TV 19
-Darol Bishop, Director
-Anna Meiler, student staff, Outreach Coordinator
-Michael Tracy, student staff, Production Coordinator
-John Ward, student staff, Videographer
WMUA-FM
Glenn Siegel, Administrative Assistant
College of Humanities and Fine Arts Advising Center
-Darlene N. Baptiste, Office Manager
-Shmuel Bolozky, Assistant Dean of Advising, and Professor of Hebrew and Chair of Judaic and Near Eastern Studies
-Kelly A. Gray, Success Coordinator
-Jose Ornelas, Asistant Dean, and Professor of Spanish and Portuguese
-Sandra S. Pirrello, Assistant Dean and Director of Advising
-Nikki R. Stoia, Executive Director, and Associate Dean of the College of Humanities and Fine Arts and Music Undergraduate Advisor
College of Natural Sciences
-Amanda Leigh-Hawkins, Clerk
College of Social and Behavioral Sciences Advising
-Lea Arnold-Rice, Director of Advising
-Brittney Figueira, Peer Adviser
-Sarah Foster, Peer Adviser
-Alyssa Grant, Peer Adviser
-Kiri Mullen, Peer Adviser
-Erin O'Malley, Peer Adviser
-Courtney Patterson, Peer Adviser
-Richard Shaughnessy, Peer Adviser
-Anna Thibeault, Peer Adviser
Communication Department
-Kevin T. Anderson, Lecturer
-Mari Castaneda, Professor
-Briankle Chang, Associate Professor
-Martha Fuentes-Bautista, Assistant Professor
-Henry Geddes, Associate Professor
-Jarice Hanson, Professor
-Lisa Henderson, Chair and Professor
-Lynn Phillips, Lecturer and Chief Undergraduate Advisor
-Ralph Whitehead, Professor of Journalism
Communication Department Advising
-Anthony P. Bulak, Peer Adviser
-Justin Cerra, Peer Adviser
-Jacqueline Hennessy, Peer Adviser
-Rachel Levine, Peer Adviser
-Rachel Levitt, Peer Adviser
-Brian Paris, Peer Adviser
-Daphnee Puryear, Peer Adviser
-Eliza Shirazi, Peer Adviser
-Gillian Sontz, Peer Adviser
Dean of Students Office
-Allison Berger, Assistant Dean of Students
-Sally Linowski, Assistant Dean of Students
Development and Alumni Relations
-Melanie Cosgrove, Senior Associate Director, Student and Alumni Programs
-Wesley J. Dunham, Assistant Director, Annual Giving
-Kevin Fleming, Senior Associate Director, Alumni Volunteer Programs
-Deborah Goodhind, Associate Executive Director, Alumni Relations
-Wesley Goscenski, Associate Manager, Records and Gift Processing-Biographical Administration
-Elena Lamontagne, Director, Alumni Marketing and Communications
-Angela Lussier, Associate Director, Alumni Career Programs
-Janine Sicks, Director, Alumni Events and Programs
Disability Services
-Lorie A. Gwozdzik, Clerk
-Bernadette Hait, Receptionist
-Larissa E. Hopkins, Consumer Manager
-Ryan Kidder, Consumer Manager
-Ben Ostiguy, Associate Director
-Jacqueline Walton, Consumer Manager
New Student Orientation
-Elizabeth Cleary, Assistant Director
-Tom Fleenor, Program Coordinator
-Jeanne Horrigan, Director
Peer Health Educators
-Linnea Borden
-Briana Buckley
-Jillian Ela
-Emily Engel
-Dorian Holliday
-Derek Luthi
-Emily Merlino
-Emmaline Orton
-Rebecca Pinsky
-Jacqueline N. Tejeda
-Jasmine Torres
Psychology Department
-Rebecca M. Ametrano, Graduate Student
-David Arnold, Professor
-Samantha Bernecker, Graduate Student
-Rosanna Breaux, Graduate Student
-Karin Jong-Mee Garber, Graduate Student
-Holly Grant-Marsney, Graduate Student
-Shayl Griffith, Graduate Student
-Harold D. Grotevant, Professor
-Richard Halgin, Professor
-Hillary Halpern, Graduate Student
-Lisa Harvey, Professor
-Claudia Lugo, Graduate Student
-Marian L. MacDonald, Professor
-Nastassja Marshall, Graduate Student
-Nicholas Morrison, Graduate Student
-MK Oakley, Graduate Student
-Maureen Perry-Jenkins, Professor
-Gennarina Santorelli, Graduate Student
-Rebecca Stowe, Lecturer
-Jeffery Winer, Graduate Student
-Yesel Yoon, Graduate Student
Recreation Center
-John Blihar, Director, Campus Recreation
-Jason Incorvati, Associate Director, Campus Recreation
-Jill Isabelle, Assistant Director, Fitness/Wellness
-Krystle Nowak, Assistant Manager, Recreation Center
-Jeanne Orr, Senior Associate, Campus Recreation
-Patricia Shea, Assistant Director, Marketing and Member Services
Residential Life
East Multi-Year
Brett/Brooks/Wheeler Halls
-Haley Burgess, Resident Assistant
-Rachel Burgess, Resident Assistant
-Edwin Cabrera, Resident Assistant
-Jeffrey Chang, Resident Assistant
-Alan Couture, Resident Assistant
-Amanda Dickinson, Resident Assistant
-Hallie Farrah, Resident Assistant
-Nicholas Fernald, Resident Assistant
-Kara Johnston, Resident Assistant
-Dan Leary, Resident Assistant
-Michael Leung, Resident Assistant
-Joseph Petrelli, Resident Assistant
-Kristi Shrestha, Resident Assistant
-Sam Tabari, Residence Director
-Lindsay Turgeon, Resident Assistant
-Phi Bao Truong, Resident Assistant
-Nicholas Vasques, Resident Assistant
-Linda Vo, Resident Assistant
-Daniel Whelan, Resident Assistant
Brown Hall
-Jasmine Skye Gulick, Resident Assistant
-Matteen Hakin, Resident Assistant
-Adrienne E. Harvey, Resident Assistant
-Alfredo Mesiti, Resident Assistant
-Andy Ng, Resident Assistant
-Kyle Pereira, Resident Assistant
-Andrea Strand, Resident Assistant
Cashin Hall
-Paul Uccello, Resident Assistant
Chadbourne/Greenough Halls
-Arnav Chandra, Resident Assistant
-Stephanie Chanthavong, Resident Assistant
-Elise Conde, Resident Assistant
-Ahmed Zakaria, Resident Assistant
Grayson/Field Halls
-Jeannette Adelsberger, Resident Assistant
-Erica Capone, Resident Assistant
-Joey Costello, Resident Assistant
-Rebecca Ellis, Resident Assistant
-Noga Flory, Residence Director
-Laura Gallant, Resident Assistant
-Brianna Henry, Resident Assistant
-Julia Legler, Resident Assistant
-Arianna Moscone, Resident Assistant
-Abigail Nelson, Resident Assistant
-Michael Oram, Resident Assistant
-Michael Petrillo, Resident Assistant
-Erik Reinbergs, Assistant Residence Director
-Christian Rose, Resident Assistant
-Ryan Royer, Resident Assistant
-Jenny Sargent, Resident Assistant
-Philip Sesay, Resident Assistant
-Michael Spahr, Resident Assistant
-Tobias Sweeney, Resident Assistant
-Zachary Taylor, Resident Assistant
-Matthew Wilbur, Resident Assistant
-Anthony Zambella, Resident Assistant
McNamara Hall
-Mitchell Fleischman, Resident Assistant
-Melissa Howard, Resident Assistant
-Hen Naeh, Resident Assistant
-Wirda Razaq, Resident Assistant
-Ahmed Sirage, Resident Assistant
-Rachel Vogel, Resident Assistant
North/Lincoln Apartments
-Dana Alhaffar, Grad Assistant
Thatcher/Lewis/Johnson Halls
-Michelle Hien, Resident Assistant
-Eric Hsiao, Resident Assistant
-Jessica Jankowski, Resident Assistant
-Brian Krouzeh, Resident Assistant
-Benjamin A.R. Mason, Resident Assistant
-Nathaniel May, Resident Assistant
-Grace Nauman, Resident Assistant
-Nhat Nguyen, Resident Assistant
-Yulia Orlova, Resident Assistant
East Residential First-Year Experience
-Cornelius Taabazuing, Community Standards Grad Assistant
Baker Hall
-Christopher Baron, Resident Assistant
-Jenna Cavanaugh, Resident Assistant
-Patrice Charlot, Resident Assistant
-Emily Covill, Resident Assistant
-Kristen Dedrick, Residence Director
-Brendan Denommee, Resident Assistant
-Michelle Piantedosi, Resident Assistant
-Paige Shea, Resident Assistant
-Kelsey Stokes, Resident Assistant
-Tim Winfield, Resident Assistant
Crabtree/Knowlton Halls
-Sara Amell, Resident Assistant
-Peter Blum, Resident Assistant
-Matthew Buono, Resident Assistant
-Jon-Paul Chaffiote, Resident Assistant
-Jennifer Haley, Resident Assistant
-Sadia Islam, Resident Assistant
-John Jermyn, Resident Assistant
-Katy Maher, Residence Director
-Ryan Murphy, Resident Assistant
-Kendall Richards, Resident Assistant
-Chelsea Van Thof, Resident Assistant
Dwight/Mary Lyon Halls
-Zahra Anwar, Resident Assistant
-Esther Boama-Nyarko, Resident Assistant
-Matthew Boucher, Resident Assistant
-Saulo DePaula, Resident Assistant
-Eric Koegler, Resident Assistant
-Oscar Lee, Resident Assistant
-Andrew McGeehan, Residence Director
-Domonic Mei, Resident Assistant
-Holli Selman, Resident Assistant
Gorman Hall
-Brandon P. Arbour, Resident Assistant
-Paige Bailey, Resident Assistant
-Genia Bettencourt, Residence Director
-Patricia Cahill, Resident Assistant
-Shannon Griffin, Resident Assistant
-Nina Haddad, Resident Assistant
-Madlyn MacKillop, Resident Assistant
-Ian Olney, Resident Assistant
-Corbin Shapiro, Resident Assistant
-Hayley Sullivan, Resident Assistant
Hamlin/Leach Halls
-Stephanie Cicalis, Resident Assistant
-Camille Curtis, Learning Communities Graduate Assistant
-Blake Foster, Resident Assistant
-Jeslyn Gordon, Resident Assistant
-Michael S. Green, Peer Mentor
-Alexander Huang, Resident Assistant
-Dylan Larke, Residence Director
-John Lee, Peer Mentor
-Adreanna Maier, Peer Mentor
-Philip Mei, Resident Assistant
-Jonathan Murray, Resident Assistant
-Patrick Notini, Resident Assistant
Van Meter/Butterfield Halls
-Sarah Dingman, Resident Assistant
-Lisa Donaghue, Resident Assistant
-George Egan, Resident Assistant
-Kara Eich-Richardson, Residence Director
-Anders Minter, Assistant Residence Director
-Jilian O'Neill, Resident Assistant
-Marcelo S. Portugal, Resident Assistant
-Alexandra Russell, Resident Assistant
-Alexander Stanton, Resident Assistant
-Tyler Vachon, Resident Assistant
-Vanessa Villamarin, Resident Assistant
Webster/Dickinson Halls
-Wei Cami Chen, Resident Assistant
-Rachel David, Peer Mentor
-Stuart Farber, Resident Assistant
-Scott Glendye, Peer Mentor
-Morgan Goodno, Peer Mentor
-James Jesson, Resident Asistant
-Kent Li, Resident Asistant
-Ellie Miske, Resident Asistant
-Kathryn Rivard, Resident Assistant
Southwest Multi-Year
-Bryce Aquino, Community Standards Grad Assistant
Coolidge Hall
-Randi Alexander, Resident Assistant
-Jaclyn Barzvi, Resident Assistant
-Jessica Capri, Resident Assistant
-Michael Child, Resident Assistant
-William Elum, Residence Director
-Neal Lojek, Resident Assistant
-Del Puvanasingam, Resident Assistant
-Peter Sorgi, Resident Assistant
-Camden Vancil, Resident Assistant
-Xiang Zhao, Resident Assistant
John Adams Hall
-Mary Lenahan, Resident Assistant
-Brittany Lewis, Resident Assistant
-Dimitrios Mitropoulos, Resident Assistant
-Katharine Moroney, Resident Assistant
-Casey Waugh, Resident Assistant
John Quincy Adams Hall
-Travis Gagen, Learning Communities Graduate Assistant
-Maria Hodgins, Resident Assistant
-Amelia John-Schonfeld, Resident Assistant
-Jocelyn Mejia, Resident Assistant
-Deanna Panetta, Resident Assistant
-Jesse Wolff, Resident Assistant
MacKimmie/Patterson Halls
-Priscilla Argueta, Resident Assistant
-Mavra Coyle, Resident Assistant
-Evan Detolla, Resident Assistant
-Elsa de León, Resident Assistant
-Carl Ericson, Resident Assistant
-Nair Ferreira, Resident Assistant
-Samantha Foresta, Resident Assistant
-Joja Golyanin, Resident Assistant
-Alexandra Karkos, Resident Assistant
-John Karlen, Resident Assistant
-Jason Liang, Resident Assistant
-Ravina Sangra, Resident Assistant
-Michael Sullivan, Resident Assistant
-Main Tham, Resident Assistant
-Andy Vo, Resident Assistant
-Carl Wolsieffer, Resident Assistant
Prince/Crampton Halls
-Kevin Byrne, Resident Assistant
-Amy Cheung, Resident Assistant
-Haiditsa Cotzany, Resident Assistant
-Alexis Gianquitto, Resident Assistant
-Rebecca Lach, Resident Assistant
-Oscar Lopez, Residence Director
-Jenn Rulka, Resident Assistant
-Neha Singhal, Assistant Residence Director
-Christian Strand, Resident Assistant
-Ariadne Zamelis, Resident Assistant
-Vlad Zenchenko, Resident Assistant
-Andy Zou, Resident Assistant
Washington Hall
-Cortney Johnson, Assistant Residence Director
-Emily Lew, Resident Assistant
-Thomas Mangano, Jr., Resident Assistant
-Alexis M. Minniti, Resident Assistant
-Priyanka Patel, Resident Assistant
-Thondup Tsering, Residence Director
Southwest Residential First-Year Experience
Cance Hall
-Amber Blunt, Resident Assistant
-Magda Compere, Resident Assistant
-Alysha Coy Dockum, Residence Director
-Tim Enfield, Resident Assistant
-Raya Fariz, Resident Assistant
-Tim Goodin, Resident Assistant
-Nicholas Lake, Resident Assistant
-Dhruv Manek, Resident Assistant
-Annika Monkarsh, Resident Assistant
-Robert Norman, Resident Assistant
-Subhrangi Swain, Resident Assistant
James/Emerson Halls
-Jennifer Castelly, Resident Assistant
-Abhishek Ram Chandra, Resident Assistant
-Catherine Dam, Resident Assistant
-Monica Gandhi, Resident Assistant
-Ryan Kimmitt, Resident Assistant
-Christopher Lowe, Resident Assistant
-Melissa Mahoney, Resident Assistant
-Kerry McDonough, Resident Assistant
-Erin McGowan, Resident Assistant
-Monica Rochon, Residence Director
Kennedy Hall
-Molly Barlow, Resident Assistant
-Todd Brelsford, Residence Director
-Sidrah Khan, Resident Assistant
-Kevin Kieda, Resident Assistant
-Christina Lincoln, Resident Assistant
-Nisheet Nautiyal, Resident Assistant
-Max Shuchman, Resident Assistant
-Laura Stirchak, Resident Assistant
Melville/Thoreau Halls
-Elaine Borenstein, Resident Assistant
-Alex Brown, Resident Assistant
-Chad Brown, Resident Assistant
-Annie DeWitt, Resident Assistant
-Zachery Dumke, Resident Assistant
-Sara Ekmalian, Resident Assistant
-Erun Fernando, Resident Assistant
-Brandon Learned, Resident Assistant
-Thomas Penfield, Resident Assistant
-Evelin Szymborn, Resident Assistant
-Brittany Turcotte, Resident Assistant
-Steve Weglinski, Residence Director
Moore Hall
-Joshua Haney, Resident Assistant
-Derek D. Monson, Resident Assistant
-Crystal Quist, Resident Assistant
-Kara Zarnoch, Residence Director
Pierpont Hall
-Michele Abercrombie, Resident Assistant
-Samuel Boegehold, Resident Assistant
-Zac Broughton, Resident Assistant
-Moira Cormier, Peer Mentor
-Cameron Delay, Resident Assistant
-Jacqueline Dellanno, Resident Assistant
-Rachel Halpern, Resident Assistant
-Elsie Hobeika, Resident Assistant
-DeVaughn King, Residence Director
-Klaudia Konopka, Resident Assistant
-Fred Lawrence, Resident Assistant
-Erin Paugh, Peer Mentor
-Digna Pena, Peer Mentor
-Johannes Raatz, Peer Mentor
University Health Services (UHS)
Administration
-Katherine Cruz, Office Assistant
-Donna Yezierski, Associate Director, UHS; Director, Operations, Systems, and Clinic Services
Center for Health Promotion
-Amanda Collings Vann, Health Educator
-Ruth Ever, Assistant Director
-Diane Fedorchak, BASICS Project Director
-Michelle Letendre, Prevention Specialist, BASICS
-April McNally, Health Educator
-Susan Molano, Prevention Specialist, BASICS
-Tom Schiff, Health Educator
-Caren Weiner, Nutritionist
-Elizabeth Zellmer, Administrative Assistant
Eye Care Services
-Fredrick H. Bloom, Optometrist/Director
-Christopher Richter, Optometric Assistant
-Donna Sims, Optician
Financial Services
-Leslie Marsland, Accountant
-Mary R. Norton, Clerk
Health Records
-Amy Bellino, Transcription Supervisor
-Elsa Yarmac, File Clerk
Human Resources
-Karen DeSalvio, Manager
Laboratory
-Dagbjort Lara Kempf, Medical Technologist
-Marcia Wapoli, Technician
New Student Immunization
-Tiffany Gayle, Coordinator
-Patricia Mascis, Manager
Patient Services
Ruth E. McNew, Patient Services Representative
Physical Therapy
Justine Smith, Supervisor
Primary Care Providers
-Ethel Allen, Licensed Practical Nurse
-Ann Becker, Public Health Nurse
-Christine Bergeron, Certified Medical Assistant
-Jessica Conrad, Family Nurse Practitioner
-Camille Davis, Certified Medical Assistant
-G. Bryan Delabarre, Certified Medical Assistant
-Cynthia Fonseca, Clinic Nurse Supervisor
-Kerry Beth Garvey, Registered Nurse
-Gail Gnatek, Family Nurse Practitioner
-Cindy Hildebrand, Resource Nurse
-Christine Horn, Nurse Practitioner
-Tara Learned, Certified Medical Assistant
-Constance Lentz, Staff Physician
-Warren Morgan, Staff Physician
-Diane Norman, Nurse Practitioner
-Rich Rosen, Staff Physician
-Richard Rubin, Senior Staff Physician
-Constance Schwaiger, Family Nurse Practitioner
Radiology
Kathy Rhines, Manager
Specialty Clinic
Karoline Korslund-Boisclair
Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs Office
-Debra Amos, Administrative Assistant
-Sara Littlecrow Russell, Associate to the Vice Chancellor
Women of Color Leadership Network
Hind Mari, Director
