Admission Officers by State and World Region
Below is an alphabetical listing of the Tufts admissions officers and their geographic liaison assignments. You can reach your appointed officer by e-mailing him or her at the address provided. If you need immediate assistance with your application, please contact the Admissions Office directly at admissions.inquiry@ase.tufts.edu.
Matthew Alander '08
Assistant Director of Admissions
matthew.alander@tufts.edu
Alaska, California (Sacramento and Northern CA), Connecticut (New Haven, Middlesex County), Massachusetts*, Oregon, Washington
Susan Garrity Ardizzoni
Director of Undergraduate Admissions
susan.ardizzoni@tufts.edu
New York (New York City), Pennsylvania (Central/Western), West Virginia
Benjamin Baum
Senior Assistant Director of Admissions
benjamin.baum@tufts.edu
Delaware, Georgia, Massachusetts*, New York (Westchester), Pennsylvania (Philadelphia and Eastern PA)
Lee Coffin
Dean of Undergraduate Admissions
lee.coffin@tufts.edu
Connecticut (Fairfield County), District of Columbia
Walker Coppedge
Associate Director of Admissions
walker.coppedge@tufts.edu
California (Marin and Sonoma Counties, Oakland and San Francisco), Massachusetts* (Boston), Canada
Danielle Esposito da Silva
Senior Assistant Director of Admissions
danielle.dasilva@tufts.edu
California (Los Angeles and San Fernando Valley), New York (Suffolk County), Caribbean, Guam, Latin America
Trevor Donadt '10
Admissions Counselor
trevor.donadt@tufts.edu
Colorado, Idaho, Massachusetts*, Montana, New Hampshire, New Jersey (Bergen, Hunterdon, Middlesex, Passaic and Somerset Counties), New York (Hudson Valley and Rockland County), Utah, Wyoming
Benjamin Esparza
Assistant Director of Admissions
benjamin.esparza@tufts.edu
Arizona, Massachusetts*, New Jersey (Essex, Hudson, Monmouth, Ocean and Union Counties), New Mexico, Nevada, Oklahoma, Texas (Amarillo, Beaumont, Dallas/Fort Worth, Houston, Lubbock, Midland)
Daniel Grayson '06
Senior Assistant Director of Admissions
daniel.grayson@tufts.edu
Maryland, Massachusetts*, Asia (Bangladesh, Cambodia, Indonesia, Japan, Laos, Myanmar, Nepal, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, Vietnam), India, Oceania
David Jewett
Assistant Director of Admissions
david.jewett@tufts.edu
Iowa, Massachusetts*, Michigan, Minnesota, Nebraska, New Jersey (Morris, Sussex and Warren Counties), North Dakota, South Dakota, Wisconsin
Kim Barth Kembel
Senior Admissions Officer
kim.kembel@tufts.edu
Maine, Massachusetts*
Kerrin Damon Lyons
Senior Assistant Director of Admissions
kerrin.lyons@tufts.edu
Connecticut (Hartford), Kentucky, Ohio, Massachusetts*, Africa, Middle East
Courtney Minden
Associate Director of Admissions
courtney.minden@tufts.edu
Massachusetts*, Europe, Turkey
Denny Paredes
Associate Director of Admissions
denny.paredes@tufts.edu
California (Los Angeles and San Diego), Florida (Miami/South), Hawaii,
Puerto Rico, Virgin Islands
Edward Pickett III
Admissions Counselor
Edward.Pickett@tufts.edu
Alabama, Arkansas, Louisiana, Massachusetts*, Mississippi, South Carolina, Virginia, Vermont
Justin Pike
Admissions Counselor
justin.pike@tufts.edu
California (Orange County, Riverside and San Bernardino Counties), Massachusetts*
Meredith Reynolds '11
Admissions Counselor
meredith.reynolds@tufts.edu
Florida (Northern and Central Florida), Massachusetts*, New York (Buffalo and Rochester)
Karen Richardson
Director of Diversity Recruitment and Associate Director of Admissions
karen.richardson@tufts.edu
New Jersey (Atlantic, Burlington, Camden, Cape May, Cumberland, Gloucester, Mercer and Salem Counties), New York (New York City), North Carolina
Emily Roper-Doten
Associate Director of Admissions
emily.roper_doten@tufts.edu
California (Bakersfield, Carmel, Central Valley, Santa Barbara, Silicon Valley), New York (The Adirondacks, Capital Region, The Catskills, and Central NY), Tennessee
Jennifer Simons
Director of International Recruitment and Associate Director of Admissions
jennifer.simons@tufts.edu
New York (Nassau County), Asia (China, Hong Kong, Korea, Sri Lanka and Taiwan)
Naiara Souto '10
Admissions Counselor
naiara.souto@tufts.edu
Connecticut (New London and Windham Counties), Massachusetts*,
Rhode Island, Texas (Austin, Corpus Christi, El Paso, San Antonio and the Rio Grande Valley)
Laura Shapiro Tapper
Assistant Director of Admissions
laura.tapper@tufts.edu
Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Massachusetts*, Missouri
*Please note: Many Tufts admissions officers share territories in the state of Massachusetts. If you have questions regarding a specific high school, please call the office directly at (617) 627-3170.