For general inquiries, please email [email protected]. For specific inquiries, please email your regional counselor listed below.
Bard Admission works closely with the Office of Equity and Inclusion (OEI). Please go here for OEI staff contact information.
Mackie Siebens
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Regions: Select New York City schools and the United Kingdom
Mackie moved to the United States to attend Bard College in 2008 and graduated four years later in 2012.
Melissa Cunningham
Melissa is a lifelong resident of the Hudson Valley and comes to Bard with a background in program and operations management in the trust & safety field of the tech industry.
Tessa Greenhalgh
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Regions: Connecticut, Long Island, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey (except Princeton, NJ) and Rhode Island
Originating from New Hampshire, Tessa discovered Bard while attending a summer program there, and fell in love with it when she came to campus for the Immediate Decision Plan.
Kate Hardy
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Regions: New York City's five boroughs and Ohio. Primary contact for Bard Early College students.
A Bard alumna, Kate majored in Literature with a concentration in Gender and Sexuality Studies and went on to earn her Masters in Social Work from Columbia University, where she interned at a middle school in the Bronx and a small harm-reduction agency in midtown Manhattan while continuing her work for Bard Admissions.
Angela Kozlakowski
Angela has worked in New York City for the majority of her career, leading business operations, communications and marketing for online and traditional media companies, spanning various industries from creative arts to digital technologies.
Amber Amina Leisher
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Regions: All international countries (inclusive of US citizens living abroad) except Latin America, East Asia, and the United Kingdom. All United World Colleges (UWCs). Point of Contact for Begin in Berlin Admission.
Amber has several years of experience working in global programs and admission, and is a graduate of the University of Pennsylvania’s Graduate School of Education where she received her master’s degree in Higher Education.
Shawn Moore
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Region: East Asia
Shawn hails from Elgin, IL, and is a regional admissions representative currently based in Beijing, China, where he is responsible for international recruitment and admissions.
Cassidy Murray
Cassidy is originally from the Hudson Valley. She graduated from Lasell University in 2019 with a B.S. in Sport Management.
Farah Akhtar
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Regions: Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Wisconsin, and Pakistan
Perhaps Farah missed her Bard classroom and discussions so much that she wanted to go back to an intellectually rigorous environment. Farah currently resides in Chicago, working for Bard while also pursuing a graduate degree at the University of Chicago's Divinity School.
Sean Russell
Sean grew up locally in the Hudson Valley, and graduated from SUNY Albany with a B.A. in Computer Science. After working with a startup website company, Sean now assists the Office of Enrollment at Bard with data analysis and reporting.
Kimberly Sargeant
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Regions: Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas and Puerto Rico
After earning her Bard BA in Mathematics in 2014, she went on to then earn her Master's in Education and taught middle school math in Memphis, TN.
Eric Sinclair
Eric comes to Bard with 10+ years’ experience in the Information Services industry. He has a Bachelor’s Degree in Telecommunications and is a Dutchess County native.
Josh Tyler
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Regions: Upstate New York, Maine, and Vermont
Josh graduated from Bard with a degree in Music in 2006. He then went on to Bard's Masters of Arts in Teaching Program to earn a degree in History Education in 2008.
Savannah Williams
Savannah is a proud Bard alumna and is thrilled to able to share that through her work. She was first introduced to Bard in 2006 by her brother-in-law who also went to Bard and studied film, and was determined to be a part of the community ever since.
Chase Williams
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Regions: Delaware, Maryland, Pennsylvania, Virginia, Washington DC, Princeton, NJ and West Virginia
After graduating in class of 2019, Chase spent a year working as a corporate paralegal before returning to Bard, where he works closely with both Bard Admission and the Office of Equity and Inclusion.
Office of Equity and Inclusion
The philosophy of the Equity and Inclusion programs remains consistent with the College’s desire for diversity to be part of the learning experience of all students from a wide variety of backgrounds. The Office of Equity and Inclusion (OEI) recognizes that students with identities historically underrepresented in higher education seek to attain a rigorous liberal arts education and often need support to realize this aim. Click here to read about the OEI staff!