Michael K. Thomas
President and CEO
617.533.9519
presidentsoffice@nebhe.org

Raquel Silva
Executive Assistant to the President
617.533.9519
rsilva@nebhe.org


Administration and Finance

Celana Bethea
Business Operations Manager
617.533.9511
cbethea@nebhe.org

Charles F. Desmond
Senior Fellow
617.533.9506
cdesmond@nebhe.org

Daren Follweiler
Manager of Technology
617.533.9512
dfollweiler@nebhe.org

Jack Harrington
Chief Financial Officer
jharrington@nebhe.org

Peggy Hayes
Director of Communications and Marketing
617.533.9501
mhayes@nebhe.org


Programs

Jared B. Abdirkin
Director, State Authorization Reciprocity Agreements (SARA)
617.533.9503
jabdirkin@nebhe.org

Tatiana Cruz
Fellow, Faculty Diversity / North Star Collective
tcruz@nebhe.org

Kamille Gentles-Peart
Fellow, Faculty Diversity / North Star Collective
kgentles-peart@nebhe.org

Rob Johnston
Program Coordinator, Transfer Initiatives
617.533.9522
rjohnston@nebhe.org

Jonathan Gowin
Director of the Regional Student Program (Tuition Break) & Technology Operations
617.533.9537 (direct)
857.284.4879 (Tuition Break)
jgowin@nebhe.org
tuitionbreak@nebhe.org

Sarah Kuczynski
Director, Transfer Initiatives
617.533.9531
skuczynski@nebhe.org

Charlotte Ochs
Program Coordinator, Tuition Break and SARA
617.533.9521
cochs@nebhe.org

Kristine Carrillo
Access & Outreach Intern
kcarillo@nebhe.org


Policy and Research

Rachael Conway
Policy Analyst
971.404.1264
rconway@nebhe.org

Sahil Gadge
Systems & Data Engineer
617.533.9528
sgadge@nebhe.org

Lindsey Gwozdz
Fellow, Open Education
lgwozdz@nebhe.org

Amy Knott
Program Coordinator, Open Education
617.533.9509
aknott@nebhe.org

Robert Merth
Senior Research Associate
617.533.9524
rmerth@nebhe.org

Grace Moore
Policy & Research Intern
gmoore@nebhe.org

Laura Robert-Rivera
Senior Project Manager
617.533.9529
lrobert-rivera@nebhe.org

Leslie Sears
Program Coordinator, Tech Talent Accelerator
617.533.9510
lsears@nebhe.org

Katie Singer
Director of Policy & Research
617.533.9530
ksinger@nebhe.org