Bard Admission Team

For general inquiries, please email admission@bard.edu. 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

Director of Admission
msiebens@bard.edu

Territories: International countries and select New York City schools

Mackie grew up outside the United States, mainly in the UK with some time spent in Asia.

Greg Armbruster

Senior Associate Director of Admission and Director of Transfer Admission
garmbrus@bard.edu

Territories: Tennessee, Alabama, Kentucky, Mississippi

Greg received his Bachelor of Music degree from Notre Dame de Namur University (Belmont, California), where he studied classical piano performance with Thomas LaRatta.

Tessa Greenhalgh

Admission Assistant

Tessa Greenhalgh grew up in the White Mountains of New Hampshire. She discovered Bard while attending a summer program and fell in love with it when she attended the Immediate Decision Plan.

Kate Hardy

Senior Associate Director of Admission
hardy@bard.edu

Territories: New York City's five boroughs, Long Island, Texas, Ohio, Maryland, D.C., Pittsburgh, Virginia, and West Virginia

Born and raised in the Hudson Valley, Kate discovered Bard when she was sixteen, through Bard's summer archaeology field school.

Angela Kozlakowski

Director of Admission Communications

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.

Kathy McManus

Director of Operations and Campus Visits

Kathy came to Dutchess County by way of New Jersey. She has held management positions in local businesses until arriving at Bard over a decade ago.

Shawn Moore

East Asia Representative
smoore@bard.edu

Territory: 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.

Photo by Pete Mauney, '93, '00

Farah Akhtar

Admission Counselor
fakhtar@bard.edu

Territories: Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Minnesota, Michigan, Wisconsin

Farah came to Bard from Pakistan and received her B.A in Multidisciplinary Studies in 2012. Her academic and social experience at Bard was incredibly formative in guiding her intellectual and professional path.

Lindsay Pike

Associate Director of Admission
lpike@bard.edu

Territories: Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, Vermont, North Carolina, and South Carolina

Lindsay graduated from Bard in 2012 with a degree in Art History.

Sam Prince

Admission Counselor
sprince@bard.edu

Territories: Alaska, Idaho, Montana, Nebraska, North Dakota, Oregon, South Dakota, Washington and Wyoming

A Bard alumnus, Sam graduated in 2014 with a degree in the Written Arts.

Sean Russell

Data Analyst

Sean graduated from SUNY Albany with a B.A. in Computer Science. He grew up locally in the Hudson Valley. He lives in Millerton, NY, where he enjoys reading and crafting.

Eric Sinclair

Marketing Technology Analyst

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

Assistant Director of Admission
jtyler@bard.edu

Territories: Delaware, New Jersey, New York State, and Pennsylvania

Josh graduated from Bard in 2006 with a B.A. in Music and in 2008 with an MAT in History Education.

Savannah Williams

Digital Media Specialist

Savannah came to Bard in 2015 from Phoenix, Arizona, and has since stayed in the Hudson Valley. She graduated in 2019 with a B.A. in Film Production and received the Peter Hutton Award.

Chase Williams

Admission Counselor and Office of Equity and Inclusion Liaison
cwilliams@bard.edu

After graduating in class of 2019, Chase spent a year working as a corporate paralegal before returning to Bard, where he will work closely with both Bard Admission and the Office of Equity and Inclusion.

Mike Wood

Assistant Director of Admission
mwood@bard.edu

Territories: Connecticut, Western Massachusetts, Colorado, Arkansas, Kansas, Missouri, Oklahoma, Dutchess County, NY, and Columbia County, NY

Mike grew up in Manhattan, NY but now lives in Millerton, NY.

Posse Graduation 2019. Photo by Brennan Cavanaugh

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 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.