Office of Financial Aid

"Funding Future"

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Contact Information

200 Dowman Drive
Boisfeuillet Jones Center Suite 300
Atlanta, GA 30322-1960

Main Office Phone Number
(404) 727-6039
(800) 727-6039

Student Employment Phone Number
(404) 727-6039

Fax
(404) 727-6709

Hours

Weekday Office Hours:
Customer Support staff available by phone from 9:00am - 4:00pm

Advisors available:
Peak Seasonal Hours (March-July) 1:00pm - 5:00pm
Off Peak Seasonal Hours (August-February) 9:00am - 12:00pm and 1:00pm - 4:00pm


Advisors & Office Staff

Advisors are assigned to students/families based on the first letter of the student’s last name as indicated below:

Emory College of Arts and Sciences

First letter of the student’s last name Staff Email
A – F Stephanie Samuels stephanie.o.samuels@emory.edu
G – H Erik Lips, Senior Asst. Director elips@emory.edu
I – K, R – Sg Patricia Nicol, Asst. Director pkennis@emory.edu
L – Q Penny King psking@emory.edu
Sh – Z John Sisk, Asst. Director jsisk@emory.edu

School of Business / Graduate School / School of Law / School of Theology

First letter of the student’s last name Staff Email
A – Gq Kymberly Dent kdent@emory.edu
Gr – O Delicia Lucky dlucky@emory.edu
P – Z Penne Jacobsen pjaco02@emory.edu
Manager Brenda Hill, Associate Director bhill@emory.edu

Allied Health / School of Medicine / School of Nursing / Public Health

First letter of the student’s last name Staff Email
A – K Nancy Tappin ntappin@emory.edu
L – Z Jennifer Lyles jlyles@emory.edu
Manager Cindy Gershman, Associate Director cgershm@emory.edu

Oxford College

Office of Enrollment Services
P. O. Box 1418, 100 Hamill Street
Oxford, GA 30054‐1418
Phone (770) 784‐8328, (800) 723‐8328
Fax (770) 784‐8359

Customer Support Unit - Our customer support unit is a front line source for students and families who have general questions about the aid application process.
First letter of the student’s last name Staff Email
A – M Amy Wiley aswiley@emory.edu
N – Z Bonnie Cowan bcowan2@emory.edu
Advising Staff
Advisor Vacant  
Manager Jennifer Patil, Associate Director jennifer.patil@emory.edu


Additional Office Staff


Customer Support Unit

Our customer support unit is a front line source for students and families who have general
questions about the aid application process. Additionally this unit also coordinates collection of
all application documents (i.e tax returns, W‐2s, citizenship, entrance interview counseling, etc.)
needed for file completion.
First letter of the student’s last name Staff Email
A – D Deirdre Russell deirdre.russell@emory.edu
E – K Michelle Hutchinson myhutch@emory.edu
L – R Nicole Thomas nthoma5@emory.edu
S – Z Carolyn Mays cmays@emory.edu
Manager Anita Haynes, Assistant Director ahayn01@emory.edu

Loan Program Specialists

Maria Carthon, Assistant Director mcartho@emory.edu
Tere Coll-Harris, Assistant Director acoll@emory.edu

Student Employment

Patricia Nicol, Assistant Director pkennis@emory.edu
Mary Hicks, Sr. Financial Aid Assistant mbhicks@emory.edu

Systems Staff

Yolanda Copeland, Database Coordinator ycopela@emory.edu
Jennifer Kostyrna, Business Operations Specialist jkostyr@emory.edu
Christine Gomez, Business Analyst II christine.gomez@emory.edu
Mary Walters, Business Analyst III mwalter@emory.edu

Office Management

Dean Bentley, Director of Financial Aid
Don McVay, Senior Associate Director of Financial Aid dmcvay@emory.edu
Melissa Sacks, Administrative Assistant msacks2@emory.edu
Lori Cromwell, Associate Director, Financial Operations lcromwe@emory.edu
Janet Kimble, Senior Accountant jkimble@emory.edu
Steve Shi, Information Analyst yshi6@emory.edu