Admissions Counselors

Meet the Admissions Team

See, we are real people, and we’re so glad you’re considering to spend the next four years of your life at NYU. We think it’s a pretty special place. But see for yourself by reviewing our website and by paying NYU a visit. If you need additional information, then please contact us at 212-998-4500 or admissions@nyu.edu and one of our admissions counselors (those are our smiling faces below) will be happy to help. Of course, you can also meet us in person at one of our events on campus or in a city near you.

If you're interested primarily in our campuses in Abu Dhabi or Shanghai, we have dedicated admissions counselors that specialize in those locations. Meet their teams:

We can’t wait to see you at NYU!

Kevin Akinfolarin

Assistant Director of Admissions

East Asia (China), New York: (Manhattan - Downtown), West Brooklyn (Bath Beach, Bay Ridge, Bensonhurst, Boerum Hill, Borough Park, Carroll Gardens, Cobble Hill, Coney Island, Dyker Heights, Fort Hamilton, Gowanus, Gravesend, Kensington and Parkville, Park Slope, Prospect Heights, Red Hook, Sea Gate, Sunset Park, Windsor Terrace), Queens

Juan Arellano

Associate Director of Admissions

Europe excluding Belarus, Estonia, France, Ireland, Lithuania, Switzerland, The United Kingdom, and Ukraine

Denisse Ballinas

Senior Assistant Director, Diversity Initiatives

Georgia, New York (Manhattan - Midtown, Washington Heights, Inwood, Harlem, The Bronx, Westchester & Rockland Counties)

Kennedy Carlick

Assistant Director of Admissions

Connecticut (Northern: Litchfield, Hartford, Tolland & Windham Counties), Maine, New Jersey (Bergen, Essex, Hudson, Hunterdon, Morris, Passaic, Sussex, Warren), Ohio, Rhode Island

Joal Chen

Senior Assistant Director of Admissions

Delaware, Maryland, New Jersey (Burlington, Salem, Camden, Gloucester, Cumberland counties), Washington D.C, West Virginia, Virginia

Jennifer Chicon

Assistant Director of Admissions

Georgia, Connecticut (Northern: Litchfield, Hartford, Tolland & Windham Counties), New York: (Central New York: Hudson Valley, Dutchess County, Putnam County, Ulster County, Orange County, Albany/Capital Region, Catskills region, Adirondacks region)

Liam Dean-Johnson

Senior Assistant Director of Admissions

Canada (Nunavut, Manitoba, Ontario, Quebec, Newfoundland and Labrador, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, PEI), Colorado, North Dakota, Oceania (Australia, New Zealand, South Pacific Islands) South Dakota, Utah, Wyoming

Chelsea Duncan

Associate Director of Admissions

California (Davis, Fresno, Lake Tahoe, Monterrey, Sacramento, San Luis Obispo, San Jose, Santa Clara, Santa Cruz, & Stockton areas)

Michael Durant

Associate Director of Admissions

Africa, Florida (South Florida, Miami/Ft. Lauderdale), South Carolina

Bobbe Fernando

Senior Director of Global Admissions

New York (Staten Island), Turkey

Logan Jacobs

Assistant Director of Admissions

Connecticut (Southern: Fairfield, New Haven, Middlesex & New London Counties), Florida (Central & Northern), North Carolina, Long Island

Aurora Kearney

Assistant Director of Admissions

Central New York: Hudson Valley, Dutchess County, Putnam County, Ulster County, Orange County, Albany/Capital Region, Catskills region, Adirondacks region, Massachusetts (Western Massachusetts), New Hampshire, New York (Upstate - Buffalo, Fingerlakes Region, Ithaca Rochester, Syracuse), Vermont.

Katerina Jennings

Assistant Director of Admissions

Central and Eastern MA (Worcester and east)

Jake Jerzy

Senior Assistant Director of Admissions

Illionois, New York: East Brooklyn (Bergen Beach, Brighton Beach, Brownsville, Canarsie, Crown Heights, East Flatbush, East New York, Flatbush, Flatlands, Lefferts Gardens, Manhattan Beach, Marine Park, Midwood, Mill Basin, Prospect Park South, Sheepshead Bay), North Brooklyn (Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn Heights, Bushwick, Clinton Hill, Downtown Brooklyn, Dumbo, Fort Greene, Greenpoint, Navy Yard, Williamsburg), Wisconsin.

Phoebe Kingsak

Senior Assistant Director of Admissions

Oklahoma, Texas

Katie Korhonen

Director of Global Admissions, Evaluation, and Strategy

East Asia (Korea, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Japan), New York (Manhattan - Upper West Side)

Maggie Lucas

Senior Associate Director of Admissions

California (Los Angeles, Santa Barbara, and Ventura counties), Guam, Hawaii, Northern Mariana Islands

Kristy Materasso

Director of Recruitment and University Relations

New Jersey (Atlantic, Cape May, Mercer, Middlesex, Monmouth, Ocean, Somerset, and Union counties)

Denisse Melgar

Senior Assistant Director of Admissions

California (East Bay, North Bay, San Francisco), South America

Lisa Mortini

Assistant Director of Admissions

France, Ireland, Switzerland, United Kingdom

Alexander Polk

Assistant Director of Admissions

Central America, The Caribbean, Mexico, New York (Manhattan - Upper East Side), Non-US Caribbean, Puerto Rico, Virgin Islands

David Querusio

Assistant Director of Admissions

Kentucky, Pennsylvania, Tennessee

Priti Ravani

Assistant Director of Admissions

Asia: (Central, India, Bangladesh, Nepal, Sri Lanka, excluding Pakistan), Central Asia (including Russia), Eastern Europe (Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Belarus and Ukraine), Michigan