Contact Us

Heller Administration

Lisa Lynch, Ph.D.

Dean and Maurice B. Hexter Professor of Social and Economic Policy

781-736-3883 • lisalynch@brandeis.edu
Kristen Stevens

SENIOR Executive Administrator and Assistant to the Dean

781-736-8683 • kstevens@brandeis.edu
Ron Etlinger

Chief Administrative Officer

781-736-3902 • etlinger@brandeis.edu
Linda Purrini

Associate Director • Operations

781-736-3930 • purrini@brandeis.edu
Karina Sheerin

Director • Financial Control, Budgeting and Analysis

781-736-8309 • sheerin@brandeis.edu

Development and Alumni Relations

Leslie Godoff '71

Director • Development and Alumni Relations

781-736-3899 • godoff@brandeis.edu
Sharra Owens-Schwartz, MBA '10

Assistant Director • Alumni Relations and Annual Giving

781-736-4827 • sowens@brandeis.edu
Courtney Lombardo

Senior Program Administrator

781-736-3808 • clombard@brandeis.edu

Communications

Claudia Jacobs ’70

Director • Communications Initiatives

781-736-3806 • cjacobs@brandeis.edu
Alexandra Rubington

Communications Specialist

781-736-3927 • arubingt@brandeis.edu
Jack White

Web Designer

jwhite@brandeis.edu

Admissions

Lynn Davis

Assistant Dean • Admissions

781-736-2780 • ldavis@brandeis.edu
Jamie McCarthy

Assistant Director • admissions, MA-COEX and MA-SID

781-736-3923 • jmccarth@brandeis.edu
Shana Sconyers

Assistant Director • admissions, MBA and MPP

781-736-4229 • sconyers@brandeis.edu
Elizabeth Cole

Assistant Director • admissions, ms and phd

781-736-2647 • elcole@brandeis.edu
Crystal Germond

admissions coordinator

781-736-2732 • cgermond@brandeis.edu

Career Development

Martin Black

Assistant Dean • Career Development

781-736-3362 • mblack@brandeis.edu
Adam Motenko

Assistant Director • Career Development

781-736-3938 • amotenko@brandeis.edu
Nancy Pratt

Assistant Director • Career Development

781-736-3789 • npratt@brandeis.edu

Academic and Student Services

Doris Breay

Senior Assistant Dean • Academic and Student Services

781-736-2773 • breay@brandeis.edu
Ravi Lakshmikanthan, M.A. ’99

Assistant Dean • Student Records and Enrollment

781-736-2753 • kanthan@brandeis.edu
Mary Brooks, M.A. ’03

Assistant Director • Students and Community Relations

781-736-2816 • maryeliz@brandeis.edu
Victoria Corpian

Senior Department Coordinator

781-736-8387 • vsarro@brandeis.edu

Research Administration

Elaine Kennen

Associate Director • Research Accounting

781-736-3908 • kennen@brandeis.edu
Lyudmila Bagnyuk

Grant Administrator

781-736-3910 • bagnyuk@brandeis.edu
Yehfang Mok

Grant Administrator

781-736-3976 • mok@brandeis.edu
Denise Campbell

Department Accounting Associate

781-736-3980 • dacmpl@brandeis.edu

Academic Programs

Walter Leutz, Ph.D. '81 • Associate Dean • Academic Personnel

781-736-3934 • leutz@brandeis.edu

Ph.D. Program

Susan Parish, Ph.D.

Director

781-736-3928 • slp@brandeis.edu
Cheryl Sweeney

program administrator

781-736-8992 • csweeney@brandeis.edu

Programs in Sustainable International Development

Laurence Simon, Ph.D. • Executive Director • Programs in Sustainable International Development

781-736-4148 • simon@brandeis.edu

M.A. in Sustainable International Development

Marion Howard, M.A. '04

Associate Director

781-736-3794 • mwhoward@brandeis.edu
Simone Parker, M.A. '12

Program Administrator

781-736-2737 • sdparker@brandeis.edu
Faria Zaman

Assistant Director • International Admissions and Recruitment

781-736-2763 • fzaman@brandeis.edu

M.S. PROGRAM

Barry Friedman, Ph.D.

Interim Director

781-736-3783 • bfriedman@brandeis.edu
Wu Zeng, Ph.D. '09

Assistant Director

781-736-3888 • wuzengcn@brandeis.edu
Simone Parker, M.A. '12

Program Administrator

781-736-2737 • sdparker@brandeis.edu
Faria Zaman

Assistant Director • International Admissions and Recruitment

781-736-2763 • fzaman@brandeis.edu

M.B.A. Program

Brenda Anderson, Ph.D.

Director

781-736-8423 • banders@brandeis.edu
Norma DeMattos

Program Administrator

781-736-3866 • ndemat@brandeis.edu

M.P.P. Program

Michael Doonan, Ph.D. '02

Director

781-736-4831 • doonan@brandeis.edu
Janet Boguslaw, Ph.D.

Associate Director

781-736-3738 • boguslaw@brandeis.edu
Norma DeMattos

Program Administrator

781-736-3866 • ndemat@brandeis.edu

M.A. in Coexistence and Conflict

Alain Lempereur, Ph.D.

Director

781-736-3959 • lempereur@brandeis.edu
Anne Gudaitis

Program Administrator

781-736-8575 • gudaitis@brandeis.edu

Executive Education Program

Jon Chilingerian, Ph.D.

Director

781-736-3828 • chilingerian@brandeis.edu
Linda Purrini

Program Coordinator

781-736-3930 • purrini@brandeis.edu

Undergraduate Program: Health: Science, Society and Policy

Sarita Bhalotra, M.D., Ph.D. ’99

Co-Chair

781-736-3960 • bhalotra@brandeis.edu

Research Programs

Constance Horgan, Sc.D. • Associate Dean • Research

781-736-3916 • horgan@brandeis.edu

Schneider Institutes for Health Policy • website

Stanley Wallack, Ph.D. • Executive Director

781-736-3900 • wallack@brandeis.edu

Institute on Healthcare Systems • website

Christopher Tompkins, M.M.H.S. '82, Ph.D. '91 • Director

781-736-3913 • tompkins@brandeis.edu
- Council on Health Care Economics and Policy • website
  
  Michael Doonan, Ph.D. '02 • Executive Director
  
  781-736-4831 • doonan@brandeis.edu
- Health Industry Forum • website
  
  Robert Mechanic, M.B.A. • Executive Director
  
  781-736-3969 • mechanic@brandeis.edu
- Massachusetts Health Policy Forum • website
  
  Michael Doonan, Ph.D. '02 • Executive Director
  
  781-736-4831 • doonan@brandeis.edu
- Relational Coordination Research Collaborative • website
  
  Jody Hoffer Gittell • Director
  
  781-736-3680 • jgittell@brandeis.edu
Institute for Behavioral Health • website

Constance Horgan, Sc.D. • Director

781-736-3916 • horgan@brandeis.edu
- Brandeis/Harvard NIDA Research Center to Improve Quality of Drug Abuse Treatment • website
  
  Constance Horgan, Sc.D. • Director
  
  781-736-3916 • horgan@brandeis.edu
- National Prescription Monitoring Program Center of Excellence • website
  
  Peter Kreiner, Ph.D. • principal investigator/senior scientist
  
  781-736-3945 • pkreiner@brandeis.edu
Institute for Global Health and Development • website

A.K. Nandakumar, Ph.D. • Director

781-736-3926 • aknkumar@brandeis.edu

Institute on Assets and Social Policy (IASP) • website

Thomas Shapiro, Ph.D. • Director

781-736-4671 • tshapiro@brandeis.edu

Institute for Child, Youth and Family Policy (ICYFP) • website

Dolores Acevedo-Garcia, Ph.D. • Director

781-736-3715 • dacevedo@brandeis.edu

Center for Youth and Communities • website

Susan Curnan, M.S., M.F.S. • Director

781-736-3771 • curnan@brandeis.edu

Lurie Institute for Disability Policy • website

Susan Parish, Ph.D. • Director

781-736-3928 • slp@brandeis.edu

Nathan and Toby Starr Center on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities • webpage

Marji Erickson Warfield, Ph.D. '91 • Director

781-736-3833 • mew@brandeis.edu

Sillerman Center for the Advancement of Philanthropy • website

Andrew Hahn, Ph.D. '78 • Director

781-736-3774 • ahahn@brandeis.edu

Claudia Jacobs '70 • Associate Director

781-736-3806 • cjacobs@brandeis.edu