AUC New York Office

420 Fifth Avenue, Third Floor
New York, NY 10018-2729
212-730-8800 / 212-730-1600 fax

The staff of the New York office of The American University in Cairo works closely with Cairo-based offices to provide services to all AUC constituencies in North America. These services support board of trustees operations, institutional advancement and communications activities, faculty and student recruitment, and university investment programs. An AUC office in Washington, D.C. is responsible for governmental relations.

Vice President and the Board of Trustees

The vice president manages relationships with the board of trustees under the direction of the president and oversees the operations of the New York office.

Mary Corrarino
Vice President and Executive Secretary of the Board of Trustees
646-810-9400

Margaret Karp
Assistant Executive Director of the New York office
646-810-9401

Natalie Sanonz
Executive Office Associate
646-810-9450

Student Affairs

The office works with the Office of Student Affairs in Cairo to manage recruitment, applications, financial advising and admissions for applicants from North America.

Dina Iskaros
Senior Student Affairs Officer
646-810-9430

Wes Clark
Student Financial Adviser
646-810-9433

Linda Davis-Ore
Administrative Coordinator
646-810-9434

Diana Dedeian
Student Admissions Advisor
646-810-9432

Candice Marks
Student Affairs Advisor
646-810-9431

Faculty Affairs

This office works with the provost’s office to identify, recruit and relocate North American faculty.

Mariam Fouad
Senior Faculty Affairs Officer
646-810-9420

Laura Specht
Faculty Recruitment Administrator
646-810-9421

Ron Sherrill
Administrative Coordinator
646-810-9422

Institutional Advancement

Institutional Advancement includes alumni relations, development, and communications and marketing.

Alumni Relations
Tawhida El-Eskary
Associate Director, Alumni Relations
Houston, TX
713-780-0536

Communications & Media Relations
David Irons
Director of Communications / North America
646-810-9412

Development
Laura Chiappetta
Senior Development Officer
646-810-9411

Dawn J. DeLeon
Development Officer
646-810-9413

Government Relations

The director manages the university’s relationships with federal government and funding agencies and facilitates communications with other Washington constituencies related to the university’s work.

Cynthia Anthony
Director of Government Relations
202-333-0345, fax 202-333-0326

Investment

The office works with the vice president for finance in Cairo to support the management of the university’s investment advisors and portfolio managers under the guidance of the investment committee of the board of trustees.

Michael Stambaugh
Senior Investment Officer
646-810-9440

Emily Haggerty
Administrative Coordinator
646-810-9441