Staff Directory

Tutoring and Study Skills

Program Manager

Zayd Abukar

abukar.3@osu.edu 614-247-7198

LASER

Project Director

Frederick L. Aldama, PhD

aldama.1@osu.edu 614-292-5848

The Womens Place

Director

Jennifer Beard

beard.140@osu.edu 614-292-3957

Administration

Fiscal Associate

Deloris Bosley

bosley.2@osu.edu 614-292-4512

Young Scholars Program

Program Manager

Brandon Britt

Britt.81@osu.edu 614-292-8889

Hale Black Cultural Center

Assistant Director

Andre Brown, PhD

brown.7896@osu.edu

Latinx Student Success

Program Coordinator

Michael Bustamante

bustamante.40@osu.edu

Young Scholars Program

Program Coordinator and Instructor

Kerra Carson, MA

carson.139@osu.edu 614-688-1042

Administration

Executive Assistant to the Vice Provost

Barbara Carter

carter.647@osu.edu 614-688-5429

Administration

Director for Strategic Diversity Planning, Training, and Assessment

Sara Childers, PhD

childers.23@osu.edu 614-247-1624

Morrill Scholarship Program

Program Coordinator

Ralph Cochran

cochran.431@osu.edu

Upward Bound Program

Program Director

Laura Commodore, PhD

commodore.2@osu.edu 614-292-1896

Morrill Scholarship Program

Director

Robert Decatur

decatur.3@osu.edu 614-247-6824

Young Scholars Program

Program Coordinator - Lorain

Natasha Diaz

roman.60@osu.edu 440-2232200 ext 21250

Administration , Advancement

Photographer/Videographer

Joshua Edmonds

edmonds.115@osu.edu 614-247-8034

Young Scholars Program

Program Manager - Dayton

Janeisha Finch

finch.51@osu.edu 937-542-3237

Young Scholars Program

Program Coordinator - Akron

Eric Fletcher

fletcher.124@osu.edu 216-634-2196

The Womens Place

Communications and Project Manager

Diane Florian

florian.1@osu.edu 614-292-7524

Ohio LSAMP Alliance

Interim Director of The Ohio LSAMP Alliance

Dorinda Gallant, PhD

gallant.32@osu.edu 614-688-2998

Upward Bound Program - Wooster

Program Director

Jacob Gillam

gillam.25@osu.edu 330-287-1344

Morrill Scholarship Program

Program Coordinator

Donya Gilmore

gibson.291@osu.edu 614-247-7450

Young Scholars Program

Program Coordinator - Canton

Lisa Gissendaner

gissendaner.1@osu.edu 330-453-0075

Administration

Director of Scholarships and Grants

Shannon Gonzales-Miller

gonzales-miller.1@osu.edu 614-292-8569

Hale Black Cultural Center

Office Assistant

LaShalle Harvey-Johnson

harvey.129@osu.edu 614-292-0074

Young Scholars Program

Assistant Director

Armada Henderson

henderson.409@osu.edu 614-247-7132

Administration

Faculty Fellow

Samuel Hodge, PhD

hodge.14@osu.edu

Administration

Office Manager/Assistant to Assistant Vice Provosts

Audrey Howard

howard.550@osu.edu 614-688-1073

Administration

Special Assistant to the Assistant Provost/Analysis and Data Management

Don Ibezim, PhD

ibezim.1@osu.edu 614-247-7423

Upward Bound Program

Academic Counselor

Clarence Jackson, Jr.

jackson.2750@osu.edu

Ohio LSAMP Alliance

Program Manager

Nikki Johnson

johnson.5280@osu.edu 614-688-1955

Advancement

Executive Communications Specialist

Kim Kovarik

kovarik.9@osu.edu 614-292-8441

ACCESS Collaborative

Program Director
Academic / Faculty Title

Traci Lewis

lewis.40@osu.edu 614-292-8936

Administration/Special Programs

Assistant Director

Jackie Lipscomb

lipscomb.3@osu.edu 614-292-8236

James L. Moore III Scholars

Program Manager

Lauren Lopez

lopez.233@osu.edu

Administration , Advancement

Executive Communications Specialist

Aaron Marshall

marshall.108@osu.edu 614-247-7868

Hale Black Cultural Center

Program Manager

Phillip Mayo

mayo.4@osu.edu 614-688-1293

Advancement

Director of Development

Kimberly Lowe McCalla

mccalla.27@osu.edu 614-292-7888

Administration

Faculty Fellow, Director of Leadership Initiatives for Women of Color

Jacquelyn Meshelemiah, PhD

Meshelemiah.1@osu.edu

ACCESS Collaborative

Program Coordinator, CCAMPIS/ACCESS

Elena Moore

moore.4068@osu.edu 614-247-8431

Administration , Bell National Resource Center

Vice Provost for Diversity and Inclusion, Chief Diversity Officer
Executive Director of the Bell National Resource Center

James Moore III, PhD

moore.1408@osu.edu 614-688-3704

Tutoring and Study Skills

Program Coordinator

Ryana Munford

munford.2@osu.edu 614-247-8208

Administration

Clinical Therapist

Peter Oduwole

oduwole.3@osu.edu

ACCESS Collaborative

Program Manager

Jessica Parent

parent.22@osu.edu 614-247-8258

Young Scholars Program

Program Manager - Youngstown

Tiffany Payiavlas

payiavlas.2@osu.edu 330-744-6949

Young Scholars Program

Program Coordinator - Columbus

Trina Phillips

phillips.564@osu.edu 614-688-4240

Administration/Special Programs

Program and Marketing Coordinator

Takara Robinson

robinson.2645@osu.edu 614-292-4608

Upward Bound Program - Wooster

Academic Advisor

Brooke Skiba

Skiba.13@osu.edu 330-287-1344

Bell National Resource Center

Office Staff Coordinator

Melvina Smith

smith.3537@osu.edu 614-688-5322

Administration

Assistant Vice Provost

Robert Solomon

solomon.51@osu.edu 614-247-1544

Administration/Special Programs

Program Manager

Colby Taylor

taylor.972@osu.edu 614-292-1417

Bell National Resource Center

Program Director

Dan Thomas

thomas.921@osu.edu 614-292-8731

Upward Bound Program - Wooster

Program Assistant

Ashley Van Hesteren

vanhesteren.2@osu.edu 330-287-1285

Ohio LSAMP Alliance

Program Coordinator

Taylor Watkins

watkins.723@osu.edu 614-292-0284

Bell National Resource Center

Program Coordinator

Andre'as Williams

williams.4973@osu.edu 614-247-4766

Hale Black Cultural Center

Director

Larry Williamson

williamson.1@osu.edu 614-292-0074

Administration

Columbus State Advising Specialist

Chaka Wilson

wilson.1071@osu.edu

Administration/Special Programs

Special Assistant to the Vice Provost/Director of Administration/Special Programs

Rose Wilson-Hill

wilson-hill.46@osu.edu 614-292-8156

Morrill Scholarship Program

Program Coordinator

Nora Yepez-Ornelas

Yepez-Ornelas.1@osu.edu

Young Scholars Program

Program Coordinator

Ricardo Zamaripa

zamaripa.3@osu.edu 614-247-2781

Administration

Assistant Vice Provost

Yolanda Zepeda

zepeda.3@osu.edu 614-292-5848