Staff Bios – Leadership Education and Development

Nick Lennon, Director
Favorite Book: Tuesdays with Morrie by Mitch Albom
Favorite Quote: “Try not to become a man of success, but rather try to become a man of value.” ~ Albert Einstein
Favorite Movie: Good Will Hunting
Favorite Place to Visit: Cambodia
CliftonStrengths: Empathy, Connectedness, Learner, Developer, and Relator

Lisa Snyder, Associate Director
Favorite Book: Hunger Games, My Sister’s Keeper, Goodnight Moon, and Guess How Much I Love You
Favorite Quote: “Hope is the little voice you hear whisper “maybe” when it seems the entire world is shouting “no!”
Favorite Movie: Perks of Being a Wall Flower, Moana, Coco, and The Greatest Showman
Favorite Place to Visit: the beach
CliftonStrengths: Developer, Empathy, Positivity, Responsibility, and Adaptability

Phil Rippa, Office Manager
Favorite Book: The Martian
Favorite Quote: “We speak with more than our mouths. We listen with more than our ears.” – Fred Rogers
Favorite Movie: The Original Star Wars Trilogy
Favorite Place to Visit: Home
CliftonStrengths: Empathy, Achiever, Developer, Relator, Strategic

Monica Brown
Favorite book: The Giving Tree By: Shel Silverstein
Favorite movie: “Tell me and I forget. Teach me and I remember. Involve me and I learn.” Benjamin Franklin “No act of kindness, no matter how small, is ever wasted” – Aesop
Favorite quote: The Notebook, Elf, and About Time
Favorite place to visit: Any place with Family or Friends
CliftonStrengths: Developer, Empathy, Woo, Positivity, and Includer

Deborah Fasholé-Luke, Graduate Assistant

Favorite Book: Americanah by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Favorite Quote: “For to be free is not merely to cast off one’s chains, but to live in a way that respects and enhances the freedom of others.”- Nelson Mandela
Favorite Movie: The Sound of Music or The Parent Trap
Favorite Place To Visit: Cape Town, South Africa
Clifton Strengths: Restorative, Deliberative, Connectedness, Intellection, Analytical

Samantha (Sam) Harrison, Student Office Assistant

Favorite Book: info coming soon…
Favorite Quote: info coming soon…
Favorite Movie: info coming soon…
Favorite Place To Visit: info coming soon…
Clifton Strengths: info coming soon…

Sara Alhassan, Student Office Assistant

Jordan Anderson, Leadership Consultant
Favorite book: The Hate You Give
Favorite movie: San Andreas 2
Favorite quote: “You will never be truly happy if you continuously hold onto the things that make you sad”
Favorite place to visit: Atlanta, Georgia
CliftonStrengths: Empathy, Consistency, Futuristic, Connectedness, and Includer

Elena Dajero, Leadership Consultant
Favorite book: We Were Liars by E. Lockhart
Favorite movie: MCU, Harry Potter Series and Mulan
Favorite quote: “It is our choices that show what we truly are, far more than our abilities”. -Albus Dumbledore
Favorite place to visit: Costa Ballena, Spain
CliftonStrengths: Input, Context, Positivity, Communication and Developer

Kathleen Dwyer, Leadership Consultant

Favorite Book: Pride and Prejudice
Favorite Movie: Pirates of the Caribbean, Marriage Story, The Nightmare Before Christmas
Favorite Quote: “Imperfection is underrated. Perfection is overrated.” – Helena Bonham Carter
Favorite Place to Visit: Disney World
CliftonStrengths: Individualization, Maximizer, Achiever, Discipline, and Deliberative

D.J. Grant, Leadership Consultant
Favorite book: More Happy Than Not, by Adam Silvera
Favorite movie: The Lovely Bones
Favorite place to visit: Surf City, North Carolina
CliftonStrengths: Restorative, Individualization, Learner, Relator, and Strategic

Betzy Balladares Oviedo, Leadership Consultant

Amna Rashid, Leadership Consultant

Favorite book: Jane Eyre
Favorite quote: “Plant trees under whose shade you do not plan to sit”
Favorite movie: Clueless
Favorite place to visit: Pittsburgh, PA
Clifton strengths: Input, Intellection, Restorative, Achiever, Ideation