Each month, Wentworth welcomes new staff and faculty to join our vibrant community. Meet the newest Wentworth employees and get to know a little bit about your colleagues.
Kayla Anderson Student Success Advisor
Costa Rica Mallory Armstrong Athletic Trainer
What’s the best vacation you have ever taken?
Robyn Butterfield Associate Director of Outreach & Financial Literacy
We are delighted to have Robyn join our Financial Aid Team! Her enthusiastic personality and years of experience will further develop our outreach and financial literacy programs.
What’s the best vacation you have ever taken?
I would change the question to “most memorable” vacation. I spent 16 days on the Amalfi cost in Italy during January of 2020, alone. I met amazing people during this time who are now “mia famiglia”.
Rachel Cristoforo
Academic Coordinator for the School of Sciences and Humanities
What’s one song you have memorized completely?
Paramore’s “Riot!” album was one of the first CDs I ever bought myself and I listened to it so often that even today I know every word of each song on the album.
Gabe Cunningham Associate Professor of Applied Mathematics
What’s one song you have memorized completely?
Bohemian Rhapsody, by Queen. Probably I can thank the movie Wayne’s World for this - which reminds me, I haven’t rewatched that movie in a long time and maybe it’s just about time...
100 Bad Days by AJR Emily Gustavson Head Cross Country/Track & Field Coach
What’s one song you have memorized completely?
Hannah Hart Community Director of Baker Hall
What’s the best vacation you have ever taken?
The best vacation I ever took was as my graduation present, my sister and I went to Hawaii where my cousin got married.
Kyle Johnson Student Success Advisor
Kyle is joining Wentworth as a Student Success Advisor. Student Success Advisors (SSAs) primarily advise all first-year students at Wentworth, assisting in addressing transitional needs, building relationships and overall setting the foundation for a successful time at Wentworth. SSAs also also assist with upper-class students and graduate students as needed and are an essential partner in student success with faculty and other offices at Wentworth.
Which living person do you most admire?
The person I admire most is my mother. She has always been a strong-willed, determined and affa ble person, who shows how to get along with others while still standing up for yourself.
Fariba Khoshnasib-Zeinabad Assistant Professor of Data Science
What’s the best vacation you have ever taken?
Boston Harbor Islands
Tahmid Latif Assistant Professor
Electrical/Computer Engineering
What’s the best vacation you have ever taken?
The Blue Ridge Mountains in North Carolina! The best feature there was and always is driving up and down the Blue Ridge Parkway, and stopping to admire nature at its fullest at the vista points.
Farzam Maleki Associate Professor
What’s the best vacation you have ever taken?
Mohank Mountain House
Joseph Rios Director of Student Engagement
What’s one song you have memorized completely?
I can best this answer - I am in the Boston Gay Men’s Chorus and had to learn 47 songs for a 2.5 hour concert this past June! I now know all the lyrics to songs from classic Disney movies and shows!
Amy Trakimas
Associate Director of International Admissions
What’s the best vacation you have ever taken?
Tour through Milan and Tuscany, Italy
Serdar Tumkor
Associate Professor
Mechanical Engineering
What’s the best vacation you have ever taken?
My best vacation was in Istanbul. The city between continents. You can see cultural influences of the many empires that once ruled there. Lots of historical places and friendly people.
Eleanor Abrams Academic Coordinator - School of Computing and Data
Lillie Acoff
Early College Coordinator
Lillie serves as a Center for Community & Learning Partnerships Early College Coordinator. Her role is to support our high school students who are enrolled in classes at Wentworth. With our largest group of students to date (over 130 students enrolled this fall semester!), Lillie’s consistent support, engagement, and coaching will be pivotal in the success of our early college students and their preparation for post-secondary opportunities.
Federica Aveta
Assistant Professor
Electrical/Computer Engineering
William Bagnall Admissions CounselorWill Bagnall is our new Admissions Counselor. His travel territories are Massachusetts, New Jer sey, and Pennsylvania. Will is new to Higher Education and looking forward to hitting the ground running!
Kayla Caulfield
Visits and Events Coordinator
Kayla will be assisting in the planning and execution of all on-campus and virtual visit options that we offer prospective students and their families. She’ll be helping with the Admissions Ambassa dor program, weekly tours, information sessions, Open Houses, and group visits.
Dalin serves as a Center for Community & Learning Partnerships Early College Coordinator. His role is to support our high school students who are enrolled in classes at Wentworth. With our largest group of students to date (over 130 students enrolled this fall semester!), Dalin’s consistent support, engagement, and coaching will be pivotal in the success of our early college students and their preparation for post-secondary opportunities.
Kelly Cole Head Coach, Women’s Basketball
Dalin Celamy Early College Coordinator Devonshire General Counsel
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Assistant Men’s Soccer Coach
Nate was a great player of ours for the past 5 years and also a valuable member for the Wentworth community. He brings a great deal of experience and knowledge to his new assistant coaching position and we are lucky to have him on staff.
Catherine Klein Assistant Women’s Soccer Coach
Aubra Linn Athletic TrainerAshley Lucas
Executive Director of Accelerate
Ashley combines over ten years of higher education experience with her unique resume of being an entrepreneur, an innovator, and a skilled maker as she reimagines Accelerate as a place to push boundaries and think beyond what is possible. Join Ashley and the Accelerate team for engaging workshops, interdisciplinary collaborations, and transformational learning experiences for all!
Mary Machado Assistant Professor of Bioengineering
Biological Engineering
Sophia Maggelakis
Senior Vice President and Provost
David Marsh
Assistant Women’s Volleyball Coach
Igor Minevich
Assistant Professor of Applied Mathematics
Rosa-Nicole Moriello
Coordinator of Club Sports and Summer Programs
A river cruise through Normandy Katherine Pacheco Associate Budget Manager
What’s the best vacation you have ever taken?
Dominique Peralta Residential Community Director
Sarah Perciaccante
Assistant Director of Fitness & Wellness and Head Strength & Conditioning Coach
Lin Pollack Biology Lab TechnicianJason Rebillot Director of Graduate Programs
As the Director of the Graduate Programs for the School of Architecture and Design, Jason will pro vide leadership and manage the administrative functions of the current (MArch) and future gradu ate programs while working collaboratively with all faculty, Graduate Curriculum Committee(s), the leadership team, and the entire Wentworth community.
Loresha is joining Wentworth as a Student Success Advisor. Student Success Advisors (SSAs) primarily advise all first-year students at Wentworth, assisting in addressing transitional needs, building relationships and overall setting the foundation for a successful time at Wentworth. SSAs also also assist with upper-class students and graduate students as needed and are an essential partner in student success with faculty and other offices at Wentworth.
Loresha Shaheed Student Success Advisor Lindsey Terjanian Head Coach, Women’s Lacrosse
Sarah White Assistant Director for Student Conduct and Restorative Practices
Sarah’s role includes hearing cases, programing, and helping to improve our conduct process by including restorative practices to resolve conflicts.