Residential Staff

Associate Director

Deb Pawlikowski is the Associate Director for the undergraduate residential area commonly known as ”Southfield.“ She and her staff of 38 live and breathe the out of classroom experience of Columbia’s First-Year students. Deb comes to Columbia after working in Residence Life at Cornell University, as well as her alma maters; Drew University and the University of Delaware. Deb’s professional experience also includes a semester working on the student life team and living on a ship transformed in to a floating campus, while sailing around the world with 600+ students, staff and faculty as part of the Semester at Sea program. Continuing on her ivy tour, Deb works as a Dean with a residential academic summer enrichment program, most recently on the campus of Princeton University, living and working with students in grades 4-11, future Columbians included!

Graduate Hall Directors

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David Lynch

Carman Graduate Hall Director

Hometown: Ipswich, MA

College/ Year/ Major: Teachers College - First Year Graduate Student; Psychology in Education

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Pathu Sriphanlop

Furnald Graduate Hall Director

Hometown: Cerritos, CA

College/ Year/ Major: Mailman School of Public Health, 2nd year, Sociomedical Sciences with a concentration in Health Promotion

Stephen Marositz

John Jay Graduate Hall Director

Hometown: Vernon, NJ

College/ Year/ Major: Teachers College - Educational Policy; Sociology & Education

Community Advisers

Christie Taylor

Carman Community Adviser (CA)

Hometown: San Ramon, CA

College / Year / Major: SEAS 2013

Campus Activities: Varsity Softball, SWE Member

Taylor Chaintreiul

Furnald Community Adviser (CA)

Hometown: Rochester, NY

College / Year / Major: SEAS / 2013 / Mechanical Engineering

Campus Activities: Professor Myers' Soft Tissue Lab

Matthew Chou

John Jay Community Adviser (CA)

Hometown: San Marino, CA

College / Year / Major: CC / 2014 / Economics, Political Science

Campus Activities: University Senate, Columbia Mentorship Initiative, Academic Awards Committee

Resident Advisers

Carman

	Aaron Israel Rosales M & 2nd Floor RA Hometown: Menlo Park, CA College / Year / Major: CC / 2013/ Psychology Campus Activities: Columbia Photographers Association, Columbia University Photographers Society, Remnant Christian Fellowship
	Megan Obi 3rd Floor RA Hometown: Atlanta, GA College / Year / Major: CC / 2015 / Neuroscience & Behavior Campus Activities: Club Volleyball, Columbia Bartending Agency, Culinary Society, Black Students Organization, Columbia Mentoring Initiative
	Kachenta Descartes 4th Floor RA Hometown: Brooklyn, NY College / Year / Major: CC / 2015/ Neuroscience & Behavior Campus Activities: Caribbean Students Association, Peer Health Exchange, Charles Drew Pre-Med Society and Community Impact GED Program
	Chris Canales 5th Floor RA Hometown: El Paso, TX College/ Year/ Major: CC / 2014/ Political Science, Sustainable Development and Latino Studies Campus Activities: Anchor/Reporter for CTV News, VP at Sigma Phi Epsilon, Club Soccer, Veritas Forum
	Richard Sun 6th Floor RA Hometown: Summit, NJ College / Year / Major: CC / 2013/ Economics - Mathematics; Concentration in Sustainable Development Campus Activities: University Senate, Columbia College Student Council, Sigma Phi Epsilon Fraternity
	Claire Kao 7th Floor RA Hometown: Santa Monica, CA College/ Year/ Major: SEAS / 2014 / Civil Engineering Campus Activities: American Society of Civil Engineers, Wallach Art Gallery
	Justin D'Agostino 8th Floor RA Hometown: Monroe Township, NJ College/ Year/ Major: CC / 2014 / Political Science Campus Activities: Columbia Univesity Rugby Football Club
	Madison Seely 9th floor RA Hometown: Mission Viejo, CA College/ Year/ Major: CC / 2015 / Creative Writing, Sustainable Development Campus Activities: Nonsequitur a Capella; Managing Editor of The Morningside After; Layout Editor of CHEATSHEET
	Daron Lin 10th Floor RA Hometown: Berkeley, CA College / Year / Major: SEAS / 2014/ Mechanical Engineering Campus Activities: Columbia Wushu, Chinese Student's Club, Engineers Without Borders, CU Generation, Ballroom, Cfund
	Nora Habboosh 11th Floor RA Hometown: Hamden, CT College / Year / Major: CC / 2014 / Political Science (concentration in International Relations) and Statistics (Pre-Med) Campus Activities: Columbia Choir and Chamber Choir, Columbia East Asia Review, AMSA, Columbia China Law and Business Association, Columbia Medical Center Research Assistant
	Palmer Greene 12th Floor RA Hometown: Atlanta, GA College / Year / Major: CC / 2013/ Neuroscience and Behavior Campus Activities: Club Water Polo, Columbia KIDS Volunteer, Brother of Sigma Phi Epsilon Fraternity, Columbia Neuroscience Society
	Maggie Paxson Brommer 13th Floor RA Hometown: Lancaster, PA College / Year / Major: CC / 2013 / Sustainable Development Campus Activities: Student Council, Student Union for Sustainable Development (SUSD)

Furnald

	Ben Spener 1st & 2nd Floor RA Hometown: San Antonio, TX College/ Year/ Major: CC / 2014/ Math with concentrations in Spanish and economics Campus Activities: USenate staff, Committee on Global Thought
	Mila Rusafova 3rd Floor RA Hometown: Bulgaria College/ Year/ Major: CC / 2013/ Political Science and French Campus Activities: Lab Consultant, Tutoring
	Anabel Bacon 4th Floor RA Hometown: Andover, MA College/ Year/ Major: CC/ 2014 / Sociology and Russian Literature and Culture Campus Activities: URC, Ballroom CLub, Metrotones a cappella, Office of Global Centers
	Laura Booth 5th Floor RA Hometown: Unionville, PA College/ Year/ Major: CC / 2015/ Undecided Campus Activities: Columbia Spectator, They Eye, Columbia University Journal of Anthropology
	Elleny Gutierrez 6th Floor RA Hometown: Lafayette, LA College/ Year/ Major: CC/ 2015/ Undecided Campus Activities: Assistant Tech Director for Varsity Show, CU Swing Dancing
	Casey Tolan 7th Floor RA Hometown: Shorewood, WI College/ Year/ Major: CC / 2015/prospective Urban Studies Campus Activities: Spectator, Journal of Global Health
	Taylor Clarke 8th Floor RA Hometown: Lowell, MA College/ Year/ Major: CC / 2014/ Political Science and Women's and Gender Studies Campus Activities: Columbia Women's Rugby
	Jose Ricardo Moreno 9th & 10th Floor RA Hometown: Dallas, TX College/ Year/ Major: CC / 2013/ Chemical Physics Campus Activities: Researcher in the Campos Group, President of Columbia Television

John Jay

	Uchechi Iteogu 5th Floor RA Hometown: Macon, GA College/ Year/ Major: CC / 2015/ Biology and Political Science Campus Activities: African Students Association, Columbia University Public Service Initiative, Columbia Mentoring Initiative - LGBTQ Mentor, Columbia Queer Alliance
	James Yoon 6th Floor RA Hometown: Seoul, Korea and Tenafly, NJ College/ Year/ Major: CC / 2013/ Environmental Science Campus Activities: DDC - College Mentor, Academic Associate, RCA Facilitator
	Helen Van Der Sluis 7th Floor RA Hometown: Brookings, SD College/ Year/ Major: CC / 2014 / Psychology, Concentrations: Art History and Statistics Campus Activities: mentor for Project Rosseau, Spectator, Math Mentors
	Michael Fox-Moles 8th Floor RA Hometown: Stafford, VA College/ Year/ Major: CC / 2015/ Undecided Campus Activities: Men's Varsity Swim Team, Sigma Nu Fraternity
	Melissa Fich 9th Floor RA Hometown: Short Hills, NJ College/ Year/ Major: CC / 2015/ Political Science and English & Comparative Literature Campus Activities: Columbia Political Review, volunteer tutoring
	Andrew Ren 10th Floor RA Hometown: Plainview, NY College/ Year/ Major: CC / 2015/ Financial Economics Campus Activities: Multicultural Business Association (MBA), Community Impact, Columbia Youth Adventures, Activities Board at Columbia Rep, Columbia Road Runners (CURR)
	Elizabeth Power 11th Floor RA Hometown: Morningside Heights, NYC College/ Year/ Major: CC / 2013/ English Campus Activities: King's Crown Shakespeare Troupe, Columbia Musical Theatre Society, 117th Varsity Show
	Sida Li 12th Floor RA Hometown: Paramus, NJ College / Year / Major: CC / 2015/ Political Science and Visual Arts Campus Activities: CIRCA, Peer health exchange, RHLO
	Sarah Fakhry 13th Floor RA Hometown: Cairo, Egypt College/ Year/ Major: CC / 2014/ History and Political Science Campus Activities: CIRCA, Turath, OMA Mentoring Initiative, AXO Sorority
	Devin Wright 14th Floor RA Hometown: Mahopac, NY College/ Year/ Major: CC / 2014/ Physics Campus Activities: Uptown Vocal
	Micaela Conners 15th Floor RA Hometown: Cohasset, MA College / Year / Major: CC / 2014/ Economics and Philosophy Campus Activities: Secretary of CWBS, Member of Kappa Alpha Theta