Staff Bios

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

  • Pronouns: she/her/hers
  • 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

 

Grace Leitner, Graduate Professional Assistant 

  • Pronouns: she/her
  • Major: Educational Psychology, Learning, Cognition, & Motivation Concentration.
  • Year: Graduate Student
  • Favorite book: If I Stay by Gayle Forman
  • Favorite quote: “Your past is a part of who you are, but you are not tethered to it in the future.” – Dr. Al Fuertes
  • Favorite movie: The Princess Bride
  • Favorite places to visit: New York City; Bologna, Italy; London, United Kingdom
  • CliftonStrengths: Restorative, Includer, Developer, Positivity, and Achiever

 

 

 


 

Abhigya Pandey, Graduate Professional Assistant 

  • Pronouns: she/her/hers
  • Major: Interdisciplinary Studies with concentrations in Social Justice and Human Rights
  • Year: Graduate Student
  • Favorite book: The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho
  • Favorite quote:“The world is your oyster. Make it yours.” – my best friend
  • Favorite place to visit: Nepal, Thailand, and New York
  • CliftonStrengths:Adaptability, Empathy, Consistency, Learner, and Significance

 

 

 


 

Aakriti Adhikari, Leadership Consultant

  • Pronouns: she/her
  • Major: Finance
  • Year: Sophomore
  • Favorite book: Percy Jackson
  • Favorite quote: “If you are not first, you’re last”
  • Favorite place to visit: Anywhere in Europe
  • CliftonStrengths: Achiever, Learner, strategic, Arranger, Input

 

Lydia Agyare, Leadership Consultant

  • Major: BS Criminology, Law and Society
  • Year: Senior
  • Favorite book: Set Boundaries, Find Peace: A Guide to Reclaiming Yourself  by Nedra Tawwab
  • Favorite quote: “There is life without motion and motion without life.” – Lydia Agyare
  • Favorite place to visit: District of Columbia (DC)
  • CliftonStrengths: Restorative, Harmony, Empathy, Deliberative, and Adaptability

 

Andy Brown, Leadership Consultant

  • Pronouns: he/him/his
  • Major: Theater and Psychology Dual Major
  • Year: Junior
  • Favorite book: The Secret History by Donna Tartt
  • Favorite quote: “Never be so kind you forget to be clever. Never be so clever, you forget to be kind”
  • Favorite place to visit: Cape May NJ
  • CliftonStrengths: Strategic, Context, Adaptability, Relator, Responsibility

 

Ramya Karthik, Leadership Consultant

  • Pronouns: she/her/hers
  • Major: B.S. Criminology, law and Society
  • Year: Sophomore
  • Favorite book: Shadows on the Moon by Zoe Marriot
  • Favorite quote: The Future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their Dreams- Eleanor Roosevelt
  • Favorite place to visit: Goa, India
  • CliftonStrengths: Input, Strategic, Command, Relator, and Arranger

 

Maliah Peters, Leadership Consultant

  • Pronouns: she/her/hers
  • Major: Government and International Politics
  • Year: Senior
  • Favorite book: Last Night at the Telegraph Club by Malinda Lo
  • Favorite quote: “If you think you’re going to crash, accelerate even harder.” – Min Yoongi
  • Favorite place to visit: Koreatown NYC
  • CliftonStrengths: Intellection, Learner, Futuristic, Input, Restorative

 

Sam Whetzler, Leadership Consultant

  • Pronouns: she/her/hers
  • Major:Business with concentrations in Finance and Business Analytics
  • Year: Junior
  • Favorite book: A Room with a View
  • Favorite quote:“It’s the little details that are vital. Little things make big things happen.” John Wooden
  • Favorite place to visit: Any places with a beach!
  • CliftonStrengths: Discipline, Focus, Learner, intellection, Consistency

 

Sona Yathavamoorthy, Leadership Consultant

  • Pronouns: she/her/hers
  • Major: Health Informatics
  • Year: Junior
  • Favorite book: Six of Crows
  • Favorite quote: “When you want something, all the universe conspires in helping you to achieve it.”
  • Favorite place to visit: The strand bookstore in New York City
  • CliftonStrengths: Positivity, Communication, Input, Woo, Connectedness