Contact Admissions

Brenda Porter Poggendorf, Ph.D., '81

Vice President for Enrollment and Dean of Admissions & Financial Aid 

poggendorf@roanoke.edu

Janny Alvarado '19

Admissions Counselor

Territory: South Carolina and Virginia - Tidewater

alvarado@roanoke.edu

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Elise Bennett '99

Senior Associate Director of Admissions & Director of International Recruitment 

Territory: American Students Abroad, International Students, Maine, New Hampshire, New Jersey, and Vermont

bennett@roanoke.edu

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Ben Bentley '17

Assistant Director of Admissions

Territory: Arkansas, Delaware, Kentucky, Pennsylvania, the Midwest, Ohio, West of the Mississippi (excluding CA, CO, TX, and LA)

bentley@roanoke.edu

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Christopher Besse '14

Associate Director of Admissions

Territory: North Carolina

besse@roanoke.edu

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Olivia Kitt '20

Admissions Counselor

Territory: Northern Virginia & Washington DC

kitt@roanoke.edu

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Patricia LeDonne

Senior Associate Director of Admissions & Director of Transfer Recruitment

Territory: Transfer Students

ledonne@roanoke.edu

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Courtney Penn

Associate Dean for Admissions Strategy

Territory: Alabama, Florida, Louisiana, Mississippi, Roanoke Valley (Botetourt Co., Roanoke Co., and Salem), and Texas

penn@roanoke.edu

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Cole Rosen '13

Associate Director of Admissions

Territory: Roanoke Valley (excluding Botetourt Co., Roanoke Co., and Salem)

rosen@roanoke.edu

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Bryan Ryberg

Associate Dean for Recruitment

Territory: California, Central Virginia, and Virginia-Richmond 

ryberg@roanoke.edu

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Kelsey Sowder

Assistant Director of Admissions

Territory: Georgia, Maryland, Tennessee, and West Virginia.

sowder@roanoke.edu

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Kees van Haasteren

Associate Director of Admissions

Territory: Colorado, Connecticut, Massachusetts, New York, and Rhode Island

vanhaasteren@roanoke.edu

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