Contact Admissions
Contact the admissions office:
admissions@roanoke.edu
(540) 375-2270
Meet Admissions

Brenda Porter Poggendorf, Ph.D., '81
Vice President for Enrollment and Dean of Admissions & Financial Aid

Janny Alvarado '19
Admissions Counselor
Territory: South Carolina and Virginia - Tidewater

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

Olivia Kitt '20
Admissions Counselor
Territory: Northern Virginia & Washington DC
Schedule a virtual meeting or phone call!

Patricia LeDonne
Senior Associate Director of Admissions & Director of Transfer Recruitment
Territory: Transfer Students

Clorissa Orrick
Assistant Director of Admissions
Territory: North Carolina

Courtney Penn
Associate Dean of Admissions
Territory: Alabama, Arkansas, Delaware, Florida, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Pennsylvania, Roanoke Valley (Botetourt Co., Roanoke Co., and Salem), the Midwest, Ohio, West of the Mississippi (excluding CA and CO)

Cole Rosen '13
Associate Director of Admissions
Territory: Roanoke Valley (excluding Botetourt Co., Roanoke Co., and Salem)

Bryan Ryberg
Associate Dean of Admissions
Territory: California, Central Virginia, and Virginia-Richmond

Kelsey Sowder
Assistant Director of Admissions
Territory: Georgia, Maryland, Tennessee, and West Virginia.

Kees van Haasteren
Associate Director of Admissions
Territory: Colorado, Connecticut, Massachusetts, New York, and Rhode Island