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

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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Claudia Jacobs '20

Admissions Counselor

Territory: Georgia, North Carolina (Coastal Plains, Research Triangle, Sand Hills, South Piedmont), South Carolina

clrjacobs@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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Clorissa Orrick

Assistant Director of Admissions

Territory: North Carolina (East Central, North Piedmont, Western) and Roanoke Valley Extended

orrick@roanoke.edu

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Courtney Penn

Associate Dean of Admissions

Territory: Arkansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, the Midwest, Ohio, Tennessee, West Virginia, Roanoke Valley (Botetourt Co., Roanoke Co., and Salem)

penn@roanoke.edu

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Emily Pilat

Assistant Director of Admissions

Territory: Northern Virginia & Washington DC

epilat@roanoke.edu

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Cole Rosen '13

Associate Director of Admissions

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

rosen@roanoke.edu

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Bryan Ryberg

Associate Dean of Admissions

Territory: California, Colorado, Virginia (Richmond), West of the Mississippi (excluding TX, LA, AR)

ryberg@roanoke.edu

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Kelsey Sowder

Assistant Director of Admissions

Territory: Delaware, Maryland, New York

sowder@roanoke.edu

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Kees van Haasteren

Associate Director of Admissions

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

vanhaasteren@roanoke.edu

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