Staff Directory

General phone and email contact information.

David Andres, Assistant Vice President, and Chief Data & Analytics Officer [email protected] 860-297-2306 Admissions & Career Services Center 205C David leads the Analytics and Strategic Initiatives Center (ASIC), which provides analysis, research, and curated data to support a strengthened culture of planning and evaluation across the college.

Benny Bauer, Digital Media Librarian​ [email protected] 860-297-4061 RLITC 184

Rosie Beranis, Wellness and Experiential Learning Librarian​ [email protected] 860-297-2477 RLITC A25

Christina Bleyer, College Librarian, Associate Vice President of Libraries and Digital Learning; Director of Special Collections and Archives, Watkinson Library 860-297-2266 RLITC A70

Cheryl Cape, Senior Instructional Designer [email protected] 860-297-2109 RLITC 135 Cheryl joined the Educational Technology team as an Instructional Technologist in July 2014, and she is the primary contact person for faculty in the sciences. Her academic background is in Earth science, with experience in GIS, teaching, and academic technology support.

Lucas Carroll, Programmer Analyst [email protected] 860-297-2474 RLITC B19 Lucas joined the Enterprise Application Group in November 2014 and supports Peoplesoft and the college imaging and document management software. Before Trinity, he spent 5 years at Southern Connecticut State University implementing a document management solution and a year at ESPN as an ETL developer. He holds a Master’s in Information Systems Management from Bowie State University and an MBA from UCONN.

David Chappell, Network and Systems Programmer [email protected] 860-297-2114 RLITC B29 David plays a primary role in providing network infrastructure services such as name service, web caching, printing, file serving, and telephony. His areas of expertise are network protocols, Unix and Linux, interoperation with MS-Windows, and cross-platform printing with PostScript.

Susan Chatham, Research Librarian [email protected] 860-297-5335 LITC Room A38

Stephanie Cox, Associate Vice President and Chief Technology Officer [email protected] 860-297-2101

Peter Delaney, Technical Support Specialist [email protected] 860-297-4121 RLITC B20 Pete joined Information Technology Services in November 2006. His responsibilities include technical support for Trinity’s PeopleSoft systems. His prior position was at the Hartford Insurance Company where he was a PeopleSoft Developer on their Financials system. He has been in the IT field since 1983 working in various industries such as banking, retail, and insurance.

Christine Devanney, Acquisitions Assistant 860-297-5120 RLITC A14

John J. Dlugosz, Director of Media Technology Services [email protected] 860-297-4182 RLITC 131 Supporting educational technology at Trinity since 1998, John is responsible for the design, installation, and support of instructional technology solutions in classrooms, learning spaces, and public spaces across Trinity’s campuses. He coordinates training and support for classroom technology use across the Trinity community and works with facilities and other campus managers on learning space maintenance and development.

Sean Donnelly, Media and Computing Specialist [email protected] 860-297-2308 RLITC C13 Sean shares his time between Media Technology where he does classroom and event support and Distributing Computing where he assists the technicians with printing and computer-related issues.

Philip Duffy, Director of Print and Media Services [email protected] 860-297-2423 RLITC C7 Phil is responsible for coordinating special event servicing and is involved with the college’s on campus video production. He has been a member of the staff since 1985.

Kristen Eshleman, Vice President for Library and Information Technology Services [email protected] 860-297-2525 RLITC Room 256 Kristen is a key member of the college’s senior administration, providing leadership of the merged LITS organization. She collaborates with fellow cabinet members, as well as with faculty, staff, and students, to advance the strategic goals of the college.

Todd Falkowski, Catalog Librarian 860-297-2271 RLITC A32

Lurdes Fernandes, Access Control and Card Services Database Administrator [email protected] 860-297-4115 RLITC A29 Lurdes assists faculty, staff, and students with their ID Cards, Personal Access Code (PAC) credentials, TEK, and mechanical keys. She also assists in the access programming of college buildings.

Amy Fitzgerald, Processing Archivist (part-time) Watkinson Library & Archives [email protected] 860-297-4060 RLITC

Brian Flynn, Data Insights Specialist and Project Coordinator [email protected] Admissions & Career Services Center 205C Brian is an innovative data professional passionate about higher education, focused on advancing the College’s analytical, assessment, and planning capabilities. He plays a key role in developing and improving the tools, data sets, and analyses used to support decision-making by College leadership.

Curtis Gamble, Access Control and Card Services Manager [email protected] 860-297-4294 RLITC A24 Curtis joined Trinity in 1995. He has held many positions in his time spent working for the college and is now responsible for access programming of college buildings, including automated door schedules, specification and maintenance of door hardware, door frames, security, and monitoring and alarming of campus buildings. He also maintains and updates the interior door signage of all buildings.

Kara Giarratana, Distributed Computing Specialist [email protected] 860-297-5255 RLITC C09 Kara joined Trinity in May of 2019 as a Distributed Computing Specialist. Kara is responsible for device deployment, troubleshooting hardware and software, as well as supporting end users. Prior to Trinity, Kara worked at Apple Inc. and is an Apple certified technician.

Amy Harrell, Head of Collections, Research, and Instruction [email protected] 860-297-2193 RLITC Room A31 Amy provides leadership for a team who builds the library collections and teaches the Trinity community to engage with them in the pursuit of teaching and learning.

John Inghilterra, Information Security Director John provides the vision and leadership necessary to manage the risk to the organization and will ensure business alignment, effective governance, system and product availability, integrity, and confidentiality.

Craig Jirowetz, Software Applications Developer [email protected] 860-297-4112 RLITC B24 Craig is responsible for creating custom Microsoft-based software programs for various Trinity College departments. These programs are developed using numerous programming languages and database tools such as C#.Net, VB.Net, VBA, JavaScript, XML, HTML and SQL. As a central member of Trinity’s core programming team, he is active in all areas of the software development process.

Liz Johnson, Business Affairs Manager [email protected] 860-297-4259 RLITC 166 Hired in 1986, Liz started her Trinity career in the Development Office, followed by many years in Campus Safety. Liz came to Information Technology Services in 1997 and is currently the Business Affairs Manager, where she takes care of financial and some operational issues for the department.

Eric Johnson-​DeBaufre, Special Collections Librarian [email protected] 860-297-4219​ RLITC, Watkinson Library As the Special Collections Librarian for Watkinson, Eric’s work engages four overlapping interests: making Watkinson’s rare and unique materials publicly accessible, supporting their educational use, promoting broader engagement with them, and preserving them for future generations.

Patrick Kennedy, Systems Manager, Enterprise Applications [email protected] 860-297-4139 RLITC B23 Patrick is a Systems Manager for the Enterprise Applications Group, providing in-depth functional analysis and support for PeopleSoft systems and related applications. Patrick also leads special projects, including technology upgrades, and consulting with users, implementations of new systems capabilities to enhance productivity and efficiency. Patrick joined Information Technology Services in 1999.

Ann Marie Krupski, Director, Client Experience [email protected] 860-297-2181 RLITC A26 Ann Marie strives to improve the quality of Library & Information Technology Services to all college constituencies, focusing on library circulation and access services, ID Card office, and IT Help Desk support. She has been a member of Library and Information Technology Services since 1995.

John Lee, Associate Director, Client Experience 860-297-2247 RLITC A28

Robert Levesque, Systems Administrator 860-297-4269 RLITC B31

Jeff Liszka, Arts & Humanities Librarian 860-297-2270 RLITC A37 Department Liaison for Arts & Humanities profile page

Ellen Lombardi, Programmer Analyst [email protected] 860-297-2097 RLITC B32 Ellen joined the Enterprise Applications Group in September of 2014. Her responsibilities include providing support for PeopleSoft applications and the reporting needs of various departments. Prior to Trinity she worked at Northeast Utilities as a Businesss Applications System Developer supporting a financial and budgeting system.

Christopher Lucas, Programmer Analyst [email protected] 860-297-2549 RLITC B37 Chris joined the Enterprise Applications Group in August 2017 as a Programmer Analyst and provides support for the PeopleSoft applications and the reporting needs of various departments. Prior to Trinity, he spent 4 years at Dattco Inc. as a Data/Business Analyst. He holds a Bachelor’s of Science in Computer Science from Southern Connecticut State University.

Jason Luis – Distributed Computing Technical Services Manager [email protected] 860-297-4265 RLITC C8 Jason’s main responsibility is to supervise 2nd-level helpdesk support for faculty and staff on and off campus. He also helps troubleshoot and repair software-related issues for clients’ desktop computers. Jason has worked for Information Technology Services since he began as an undergraduate in 1996.

Mary ​Mahoney, Digital Scholarship Coordinator 860-297-2146 RLITC 121

Amanda Matava, Digital Archivist 860-297-4084 RLITC Watkinson Library profile page

Ralford McLean, Systems Manager [email protected] 860-297-4149 RLITC B22 Ralford is responsible for maintaining many of the college’s application servers, including those used for e-mail and file sharing. He ensures interoperability between the servers and the applications housed on them.

Anusheh Nadeem, Endpoint Systems Manager 860-297-2093 RLITC C7

Tony O’Rourke, Software Application Developer [email protected] 860-297-2135 RLITC B25 Tony is a software developer with a focus on database-driven web-based applications. He develops on the .NET platform as well as PHP. As the web has evolved, Tony strives to find the appropriate solution to the task at hand. His interests lie in design patterns and software architecture.

Jose Pena, Client Experience Consultant 860-297-2242 RLITC A14

Ronald Perkins, Media Technology Services Technician & Office Manager [email protected] 860-297-2421 RLITC C13 Ron assists with the service and installation of classroom technology, and special event servicing. He helps maintain the department’s inventory and manages much of the department’s administrative functions. Ron came to Trinity after spending time at an A-V rental house and has been at Trinity since 2003.

Thomas Petraitis, System Administrator [email protected] 860-297-2254 RLITC C10 Tom transferred from the Library to Systems and Networking as a Systems Administrator in the Spring of 2017. He currently helps maintain the Video Management Security System run by Campus Safety and supports local backup to faculty and staff.

Ayinde Popo, Associate Director, Enterprise Applications and Integrations, System Administrator [email protected] 860-297-2223 RLITC B34

Latha Ragunathan, Senior Programmer Analyst [email protected] 860-297-5165 RLITC B30 Latha is a member of the Enterprise Applications Group supporting PeopleSoft applications. She has been in the information technology field since 1989 and has been working with PeopleSoft for the last 14 years. Before joining Trinity, Latha worked at Travelers Insurance as an Information Engineer supporting PeopleSoft Financials.

Josef Riccio, Library and IT Desk Manager 860-297-2245 RLITC  A15

Erik Rinaldi, Field Service Technician [email protected] 860-297-5277 RLITC C8 Erik has been working in Distributed Computing at Trinity since 2001. He is responsible for supporting the computing needs of faculty and staff as well as the telecommunication systems at Trinity.

Kim Rinaldo, Systems and Collections Librarian 860-297-2243 RLITC A39 Kim joined the Library team in 2015.  She is an administrator of Alma, the software that manages back end library operations, an e-resources librarian focusing on ebooks and streaming video, manages collection development for the leisure reading collection, and evaluates items donated to the Library.

Adam Rutkowski, Client Experience Consultant 860-297-4045 RLITC Library & IT Desk

Ruben Sosa, Client Experience Consultant 860-297-5336 RLITC Library & IT Desk

Barbara Sternal, Bicentennial Processing Archivist Watkinson Library [email protected] 860-297-2290 RLITC A63

Eric Stoykovich, College Archivist and Manuscript Librarian 860-297-2267 RLITC, Watkinson Library Eric represents two actively-growing collections, the Trinity College Archives and the Manuscripts collection. He answers questions about Trinity’s 200-year history and the handwritten records of Connecticut’s leaders. Eric seeks to elevate the awareness of the college and its stakeholders to the importance of preserving Trinity’s archives, including the digital presence of Trinity’s faculty, staff, and students.

Jessica Tait, Network Administrator [email protected] 860-297-4029 RLITC C3 Jess is responsible for all aspects of networking. She has worked in Information Technology Services since she started as an undergraduate in the summer of 2008.

David Tatem, Head, Digital Learning & Scholarship [email protected] 860-297-2124 RLITC 110 Dave has been in Educational Technology at Trinity since 1999. He is the primary instructional technology contact for faculty members in the Social Sciences. Dave is the support person for statistical software such as SPSS and STATA and also supports the use of GIS.

Joelle Thomas, Digital Learning & Discovery Librarian 860-297-2542 Profile page Department Liaison for Modern Language & Culture, and Women, Gender and Sexuality

Kyle Van Brocklin, Distributed Computing Specialist [email protected] 860-297-2234 RLITC C09 Kyle is responsible for helping faculty and staff members resolve any hardware and software issues that they have with their computers. Kyle first worked in Information Technology Services at St. Lawrence University as a student and professionally for 6 more years.

Marcelino Velez, Client Experience Consultant (Interlibrary Loan Assistant) 860-297-4174 RLITC A15

Wesley Wade – Access Control & Card Services Technician 860-297-5195 RLITC C05

Angela Wolf, Director of Operations [email protected] 860-297-2105 RLITC 164

Andrew Zucks, Access Control Integrated System Technician [email protected] 860-297-5195 RLITC C5 Andrew joined ITS in Dec 2011 and assists in maintaining door access for campus buildings. Andrew also provides additional support for the card transaction devices on campus and the college’s digital floor plans. He has been a locksmith since 2004 and has done carpentry since 1998.