Team Bios
Gail Ader-Fecci
Where did you go for your undergrad/grad school? What's your degree in?
Glassboro State College - B.S. Political Science
Where are you from?
East Rutherford, NJ (born in Brooklyn)
When did you start working at NYU?
January 9, 2012
What is your role in the Center for Student Life?
Administrative Aide - Budget Unit
What do you love most about your job in three words?
Working with students
Pick a NYC anthem.
"Autumn in New York" by Billie Holiday
When I'm not at work, you can find me at...
The theatre, either broadway or off-broadway
Tava Bingham
Where did you go for your undergrad/grad school? What's your degree in?
University of Texas at Austin - B.A. Women's and Gender Studies
University of Central Florida - M.A. Educational Leadership
University of Alabama - Ed.D. Higher Education Administration
Where are you from?
All over! Army Brat
When did you start working at NYU?
May 5, 2019
What is your role in the Center for Student Life?
Associate Director for Club Life, Director of Operations
What advice would you give to first year students?
Step outside of your comfort zone and try something new! Find your passion areas!
Describe your relationship with the MTA in three emojis.
🙃👀🤷🏾♀️
Favorite back to school supply?
RSVP pens (fine point) & my Passion Planner
Annie Cassutt
Where did you go for your undergrad/grad school & what's your degree in?
Iowa State University - B.S. Public Relations and Event Management and currently pursuing my M.A. in Higher Education and Student Affairs at NYU
Where are you from?
Manchester, IA
When did you start working at NYU?
September 2, 2021
What's your role in the Center for Student Life?
Graduate Assistant for Media and Communications
What is your #MondayMotivation song?
Let's Groove by Earth Wind and Fire
Favorite back to school supply?
Fresh Planner
If you were a student at NYU, which club would you be most excited to join?
The Journal of Sustainability
Where would you take family for dinner in New York City?
The Olive Garden in Times Square
Coolest celebrity spotting in the city?
Kyle Mooney from SNL and Noah Reid who plays Patrick on Schitt's Creek!
When I'm not at work, you can find me at....
A local coffee shop in Brooklyn
Sherrill Collins
Where did you go for your undergrad/grad school? What's your degree in?
New York University - B.A. Humanities
Where are you from?
New York
When did you start working at NYU?
October 29, 1990
What is your role in the Center for Student Life?
Program Administrator, Program Board
What advice would you give to first year students?
Take advantage of leadership workshops, make connections, and use work and volunteer opportunities at NYU to strengthen your resume.
If you were a student at NYU, which club would you be most excited to join?
Program Board, Organization of Black Women
When I'm not at work, you can find me at...
Home writing or at a gymnastic meet with my daughter.
Helena Francis
Where did you go for your undergrad/grad school? What's your degree in?
New York University - B.A. Social Sciences
Where are you from?
Brooklyn, New York
When did you start working at NYU?
February 16, 1999
What is your role in the Center for Student Life?
Administrative Aide
What advice would you give to first year students?
Explore career opportunities that will enable you to make a positive difference.
What do you love most about your job in three words?
Comraderie, student-focus, program-driven
Coolest celebrity spotting in the city?
Spike Lee
Dory Gurinsky
Where did you go for your undergrad/grad school & what's your degree in?
NYU - B.S. Psychology and I am back now pursuing a master's in Higher Education and Student Affairs from NYU.
Where are you from?
Austin, Texas
When did you start working at NYU?
July 20, 2020
What's your role in the Center for Student Life?
Fraternity & Sorority Life Graduate Assistant
What advice would you give to first year students?
Your first year goes by much faster than you think - take advantage of what NYU has to offer! You won't regret it.
Describe NYU in three words.
Limitless, accepting, formative
NYC, the big apple! Red or Green?
Red
Describe your relationship with the MTA in three emojis.
🥴🤔😕
Favorite back to school supply?
Mechanical pencils - it takes me back to my k-12 school days.
Coolest celebrity spotting in the city?
Kit Harrington & Rose Leslie, Sarah Silverman & Michael Sheen, Sebastian Stan, James Franco, the list goes on!
When I'm not at work, you can find me at....
Walking around NYC! It is one of my favorite things to do - I love to explore new streets and places.
Nanci Healy
Where did you go for your undergrad/grad school? What's your degree in?
Indiana University - B.A. Broadcast Journalism
Where are you from?
Northport, NY
When did you start working at NYU?
Septemer 4, 2012
What is your role in the Center for Student Life?
Assistant Director, Student Media & Communications
What is your favorite NYU tradition?
Commencement
What do you love most about your job in three words?
Working with students
If you were a student at NYU, which club would you be most excited to join?
Cheese Club and Washington Square News
Alpha Kuyateh
Where did you go for your undergrad?
Univeristy of North Carolina Greenboro - B.A. General Music
Where are you from?
Wake Forest, NC
When did you start working at NYU?
June 6, 2021
What is your role in the Center for Student Life?
Graduate Assistant for Welcome Programs and Class Activities Board
What is your #MondayMotivation Song?
"I Smile" by Kirk Franklin
NYC, the big apple! Red or Green?
Green
Favorite Back to school supply?
A new backpack
What do you love most about your job in three words?
Working with students
Horoscope?
Leo
Identity to me is...
Everything. Own every part of who you are because there is nobody else in the world like you!
If you were a student at NYU, which club would you be most excited to join?
One of the many acapella groups
When I'm not at work you can find me...
My apartment, hibernating or playing my PlayStation
Lukas La Rivière
Where did you go for your undergrad/grad school & what's your degree in?
Warren Wilson College - B.A. Philosophy
New York University - M.A. Social & Cultural Analysis
Where are you from?
New Jersey, Vermont, North Carolina
When did you start working at NYU?
June 22, 2015
What's your role in the Center for Student Life?
Assistant Director, Club Life
What is your favorite NYU tradition?
Club Fest & NY(Drag)U
What advice would you give to graduating students?
Club can be careers! Don't forget to mention the experience you have running or being a part of clubs when listing your skills and experience to employers.
What do you love most about your job in three words?
So many clubs!
Marlene Lillo-Smith
Where did you go for your undergrad/grad school? What's your degree in?
New York University - B.A. Business with a concentration in Economics
NYU - M.A. Higher Education and Student Affairs
Where are you from?
Santiago, Chile
When did you start working at NYU?
June 23, 2008
What is your role in the Center for Student Life?
Budget Assistant
What is your favorite NYU tradition?
Grad Ally
What advice would you give to graduating students?
It is time for you to take your online reputation seriously. Hiring managers will look it up!
Describe NYU in three words.
Global. Research. Purple.
Bianca Phillips
Where did you go for your undergrad/grad school & what's your degree in?
University of Florida - B.A. Anthropology
Boston College - M.A. Higher Education
Where are you from?
Pensacola, FL
When did you start working at NYU?
January 5, 2021
What's your role in the Center for Student Life?
Program Administrator for Welcome Programs and CAB
What advice would you give to first year students?
Take in absolutely every moment and cherish all of your experiences at NYU.
What is your #MondayMotivation song?
Probably Tie Me Down by Gryffin and Elley Duhe or Body by Meg Thee Stallion
NYC, the big apple! Red or Green?
Red
Describe your relationship with the MTA in three emojis.
😤🤪🤯
What do you love most about your job in three words?
the students!!!
Favorite back to school supply?
A new planner/journal and pens
Horoscope?
Aquarius
What's your NYC anthem?
“Empire State of Mind” by Jay-Z with Alicia Keys
Yankees or Mets?
Yankees
Before I was at NYU I was...
living in Boston
When I'm not at work, you can find me at....
a music festival
Stephen Polniaszek
Where did you go for your undergrad/grad school? What's your degree in?
New York University - B.A. Literature
Royal Holloway College, University of London - Theatre Credits
Auburn Theological Seminary - Course Work
Where are you from?
Buffalo, NY
When did you start working at NYU?
September 27, 1969
What is your role in the Center for Student Life?
Assistant Director, Club Life
Describe NYU in three words.
City as classroom
If you were a student at NYU, which club would you be most excited to join?
Minetta Review
Coolest celebrity spotting in the city?
Mick Jagger in E&L sound booth
Shannon Rush
Where did you go for your undergrad/grad school & what's your degree in?
Elon University - Elementary & Special Education
New York University - M.A. Higher Education and Student Affairs
Where are you from?
Lenox, MA
When did you start working at NYU?
August 28, 2019
What's your role in the Center for Student Life?
Graduate Assistant for NYU Service & Leadership
What is your favorite NYU tradition?
Kimmel Stairs during NYU Welcome
What advice would you give to first year students?
Try something (a class, an event, a club) your high school self would have never done!
What advice would you give to graduating students?
Enjoy every moment!
Describe NYU in three words.
Washington Square Park
What is your #MondayMotivation song?
NPR Up First
NYC, the big apple! Red or Green?
Red
Describe your relationship with the MTA in three emojis.
🥴🕶🤗
What do you love most about your job in three words?
Students, Mentors, Grads
Favorite back to school supply?
Post-it Notes
If you were a student at NYU, which club would you be most excited to join?
UNICEF@NYU
Horoscope?
Gemini
Where would you take family for dinner in New York City?
Roberta's
What's your NYC anthem?
"Welcome to New York" by Taylor Swift
Coolest celebrity spotting in the city?
Jennifer Hudson in the park!
Yankees or Mets?
Mets
Before I was at NYU I was...
Working full-time at a YMCA Resident camp in NH
The best $1 slice of pizza can be found at...
Joe's Pizza
When I'm not at work, you can find me at....
Somewhere outdoors!
Cameron Terry
Where did you go for your undergrad?
Univeristy of Oklahoma- B.A. Modern Dance Performance
Where are you from?
Atlanta, GA
When did you start working at NYU?
August 15, 2021
What is your role in the Center for Student Life?
Graduate Assistant for Club Life
Describe NYU in three words...
Under the arch
NYC, the big apple! Red or Green?
Green
Favorite Back to school supply?
Airpods
Audrey Underwood
Where did you go for your undergrad/grad school? What's your degree in?
New York University - B.A. Humanities
Where are you from?
The South, but I grew up in New York
When did you start working at NYU?
October 15, 1990
What is your role in the Center for Student Life?
Budget Manager
What is your favorite NYU tradition?
Strawberry Fest
What advice would you give to first year students?
Be yourself
Describe your relationship with the MTA in three emojis.
☺️🐌 ☹
Isabella Villacampa
Where did you go for your undergrad/grad school? What's your degree in?
Cal Poly San Luis Obispo - B.S. Business Administration
Indiana University - M.Ed. Higher Educations and Student Affairs
Where are you from?
Vacaville, CA
When did you start working at NYU?
May 24, 2014
What is your role in the Center for Student Life?
Associate Director, Commuity Engagement, Welcome Programs
What is your favorite NYU tradition?
Student Leadership Retreats
Describe NYU in three words.
I heard someone describe NYU students one time as "Memes, Politics & Brunch"
If you were a student at NYU, which club would you be most excited to join?
International Filipino Association