Paving the way for Gallaudet’s future
The Office of the President prioritizes transformation, collaboration, diversity, equity, and innovation within the university to advance our students’ dreams and aspirations.
Through these strategic priorities, we establish an environment where faculty and staff become leaders in academia and students flourish in their studies and research. Altogether, our GU community functions as leaders for the deaf and hard of hearing communities worldwide.
We value:- Transformative leadership: Understanding our global reach in leadership and innovation, we own our responsibility to represent self-determination and empowerment for deaf and hard of hearing people everywhere.
- Inclusive Excellence: We are building an equitable, empathetic, and inclusive institution through the advancement of diverse thoughts, values, histories, policies, and practices.
- Exceptional Teamwork: The joint effort of colleagues within our office, across divisions, and externally speak to our dedicated work in the service of advancing the University.
People ask, what is Gallaudet’s secret sauce? How have you been so successful? How have you been able to achieve so many of the things you set out to do?
I have a few thoughts to share with you. I’m certain you can add to them. But firstly – it is our people. It is YOU. You are our secret sauce.
Secondly, you carry and embody Deaf Gain. As I often explain to people: I grew up Deaf. What that means is as Deaf people, every day, we have to adapt to situations that we encounter – we must analyze and strategize how to access communication.
We are constantly adapting and managing situations every day, all day – with our families, our communities, at the grocery store or the theater, in the workplace, in school, in our broader world, in our travels – we are always adapting. That is one of our greatest gains.
Deaf Gain gives us a creative edge. We are experts at problem-solving. We use our visual language, our visual way of being, to be successful every day.
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Meet the Team
Roberta Cordano
President
Heather Harker
Chief of Staff
Marianne Belsky
Chief Academic Officer
Senda Benaissa
Special Assistant to the President
Lindsay Buchko
Director, Institutional Research
Jonathan Cetrano
Presidential Operations and Engagement Officer
Nicole Sutliffe
Chief Administrative Officer
Kati Mitchell
Board and Executive Liaison
Allison Polk
Executive Director, Institutional Advancement
Brandi Rarus
Chief Enrollment and Communications Officer
Kristin Mulrooney
Strategic Planning and Integration Officer
Travis Imel
Chief Student Affairs Officer
Faye Kuo
General Counsel
Brad Hermes
Chief Financial Officer
Tabitha Jacques
Placemaking Director
Kim Bianco Majeri
Government Affairs Manager
Richard Dougherty
Executive Director, Architecture and Facilities Management
Christina Shen
Executive Director, Human Resources
Contact
- Office of the President
- College Hall | 208
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- (202) 651-5005
- (202) 250-2837
