Our Staff

Northeastern provides a staff of over seventy-five trained and registered Spiritual Advisors and Affiliates to serve our students. Learn more about our Executive Staff, Advisors, and Affiliates below.

Executive Staff

Alexander Levering Kern

Executive Director and Lead Spiritual Advisor

Sagar Rajpal

Associate Director and Spiritual Advisor for Mindfulness and Wellness

Soo Laski

Assistant Director and Spiritual Advisor for Community and Belonging

Ryan Jenkins

Assistant Director and Spiritual Advisor for Faith and Justice

Parys Carrington

Service and Social Justice Manager Co-op

Aaron B. Daniels, PhD

Faculty Affiliate

Ori Fienberg

Staff Affiliate

Ahmed Faizul Huq

Faculty Affiliate

Spiritual Advisors

Autumn Allen

Muslim Spiritual Advisor

Partha Biswas

Hindu Spiritual Advisor

Anjum Biswas

Hindu Spiritual Advisor

Rev. Thomas Chininis

Greek Orthodox Spiritual Advisor

Nadia Colburn

Spiritual Advisor for Mindfulness, Wellness, and Creative Expression/Writer in Residence

Joyce DeGreeff

Lutheran Spiritual Advisor

Donna Hakimian

Bahá'í Spiritual Advisior

Lindsay Hicks

Sojourn Collegiate Ministry Spiritual Advisor

Chi Hwang

SOON Movement Spiritual Advisor

Ryan Jenkins

Assistant Director and Spiritual Advisor for Faith and Justice

Alexander Levering Kern

Executive Director and Lead Spiritual Advisor

Fayez Khwaja

Muslim Spiritual Advisor

Soo Laski

Assistant Director and Spiritual Advisor for Community and Belonging

Christine McEvoy

Intervarsity Multi-Ethnic Christian Fellowship Spiritual Advisor

Zainab Mohamed

Muslim Spiritual Advisor

Rabbi Sara Paasche-Orlow

Hillel Spiritual Advisor

Ji Hyang Padma

Buddhist Spiritual Advisor

Rabbi Mendy Posner

Chabad Spiritual Advisor

Mussy Posner

Chabad Spiritual Advisor

Sagar Rajpal

Associate Director and Spiritual Advisor for Mindfulness and Wellness

Rev. Sujith Sam Mammen

Mar Thoma Church Spiritual Advisor

Sarbpreet Singh

Sikh Spiritual Advisor

Patricia St. Onge

Spiritual Advisor, Mills at Northeastern University, Oakland

Luke Thoreson

Intervarsity Multi-Ethnic Christian Fellowship Spiritual Advisor

Kevin Vetiac

Episcopal Spiritual Advisor

Todd Williams

Cru Agape Spiritual Advisor

Brother Jason Zink

Catholic Spiritual Advisor and Director of The Catholic Center

CSDS Affiliates

Samuel Ahove

Theresa Allen

Catholic Center

Maddie Anton

Mindfulness Fellow (Mellow)

Jay Ballard

Gretchen Behrens

Catholic Center

Natalie Bormann

Mindfulness Fellow (Mellow)

Liz Bucar

Elena Castellini

Aaron B. Daniels, PhD

Faculty Affiliate

Laura Dudley

Mindfulness Fellow (Mellow), Yoga

Malisa Ellis

Adrian Espindola

Catholic Center

Ori Fienberg

Staff Affiliate

Curtis Fisher

Alina Mizrahi Gitlin

David Haig

Catholic Center

Aubrie Harris

Catholic Center

Ahmed Faizul Huq

Faculty Affiliate

Evan Kenny

Mindfulness Fellow (Mellow)

Prince Edmond Kumah

Youth Empowerment Ministry

Priscilla Lancaster

Mindfulness Fellow (Mellow)

Br. Joseph McBride

Catholic Center

Latika Menon

Professor Marc H. Meyer

Dana Middendorf

Catholic Center

David Newman

Jasmine Nguyen

Catholic Center

Chloe Noll

Secular Humanist Society

Asher Plange

Youth Empowerment Ministry

Liron Rephael

Br. Austin Riordan

Catholic Center

Marianne Smith

InterVarsity Multi-Ethnic Christian Fellowship

Ruthann Stiles

InterVarsity Multi-Ethnic Christian Fellowship

Jennifer Stone

Harvey Sugiuchi

Mariell Surin

Catholic Center

Valeria Uzcategui

Mindfulness Fellow (Mellow)

Sophie Esteves Varvella Vicente

Mindfulness Fellow (Mellow)

Brita Vitello

Catholic Center

Pebble Williams