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: Alabama, Florida, Louisiana, Mississippi, Texas, Virginia-Tidewater Region

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

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

Clorissa Orrick
Assistant Director of Admissions
Territory: North Carolina and Roanoke Valley Extended

Courtney Penn
Associate Dean of Admissions
Territory: Arkansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, the Midwest, Ohio, Tennessee, West Virginia, Roanoke Valley (Botetourt Co., Roanoke Co., and Salem)

Emily Pilat
Assistant Director of Admissions
Territory: Northern Virginia & Washington DC, South Carolina
Schedule a virtual meeting or phone call!

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

Bryan Ryberg
Associate Dean of Admissions
Territory: California, Colorado, Virginia (Richmond), West of the Mississippi (excluding TX, LA, AR)

Kelsey Sowder
Assistant Director of Admissions
Territory: Delaware, Georgia, Maryland, New York

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