Meet Your Counselor
Our admissions counselors are here to help you in any way they can throughout the admissions process!
Use the below list to find your personal admissions counselor, based on your geographic location.
Ryan DePuy
![RYAN DEPUY](/sites/default/files/styles/scale/public/2020-09/ancillary-images/Snippet-RD.jpg?itok=B1fyCL_C)
Executive Director of Undergraduate Admissions
Office: McSpedon Hall
Phone: (914) 633-2275
Email: rdepuy@iona.edu
Territories
All states South and West of PA • Home School • International: Central America, South America, Africa, Western Europe, Asia, Oceania
Kevin Blake
![Kevin Blake](/sites/default/files/styles/scale/public/2024-03/ancillary-images/kevin-blake.jpg?itok=8iFHY6aB)
Associate Director of Undergraduate Admissions
Office: McSpedon Hall
Mobile: (914) 281-3867
Email: kblake@iona.edu
Territories
New Jersey • Pennsylvania • All transfer applicants • Nursing (BS) Accelerated Second-Degree program applicants
Danielle Zalamea '21, '23MBA
![Danielle Zalamea](/sites/default/files/styles/scale/public/2022-09/ancillary-images/Danielle-Zalamea--500-IU.jpg?itok=VVzrv7lT)
Assistant Director of Undergraduate Admissions
Office: McSpedon Hall
Phone: (914) 633-2150
Email: dzalamea@iona.edu
Territories
Bronx, N.Y. • Manhattan, N.Y. • Westchester County, N.Y.
Amber Caputo '22
![Amber Caputo](/sites/default/files/styles/scale/public/2022-09/ancillary-images/Amber-Caputo--500-IU_0.jpg?itok=00OUWkuU)
Undergraduate Admissions Counselor
Office: McSpedon Hall
Phone: (914) 633-2403
Email: acaputo@iona.edu
Territories
Brooklyn, N.Y. • Queens, N.Y. • Staten Island, N.Y. • Nassau and Suffolk Counties, N.Y.
Michael Celentano
![Michael Celentano](/sites/default/files/styles/scale/public/2023-07/primary-images/MichaelCelentano.jpg?itok=gMZzdnwT)
Undergraduate Admissions Counselor
Office: McSpedon Hall
Phone: (914) 633-2316
Email: mcelentano@iona.edu
TERRITORIES
Connecticut
Karina Contreras-Lopez
![Karina Contreras-Lopez](/sites/default/files/styles/scale/public/2022-09/ancillary-images/Karina-Contreras-Lopez--500-IU.jpg?itok=JWtS6XvI)
Undergraduate Admissions Counselor
Office: McSpedon Hall
Phone: (914) 633-2424
Email: kcontreraslopez@iona.edu
Territories
Orange County, N.Y. • Dutchess County, N.Y. • Putnam County, N.Y. • Rockland County, N.Y. • Upstate/Western, N.Y.
Jack Ruscetta '22
![Jack Ruscetta](/sites/default/files/styles/scale/public/2022-09/ancillary-images/Jack-Ruscetta--500-IU.jpg?itok=uRuHuBEG)
Undergraduate Admissions Counselor
Office: McSpedon Hall
Phone: (914) 633-2420
Email: jruscetta@iona.edu
TERRITORIES
Massachusetts • Rhode Island • Maine • New Hampshire • Vermont