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

Ryan Jenkins

Assistant Director and Spiritual Advisor for Faith and Justice

A. Bradford

Assistant Director

Ronniesha Brown-Long

Projects and Operations Manager Co-Op

Scott Brinkley

Projects and Operations Manager Co-Op

Renee Susanto

Interfaith Program Management Intern

Faculty Affiliates

Aaron B. Daniels, PhD

Faculty Affiliate

Ahmed Faizul Huq

Faculty Affiliate

Pierre-Valery Njenji Tchetgen

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

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

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Buddhist Spiritual Advisor

Christine McEvoy

Intervarsity Multi-Ethnic Christian Fellowship Spiritual Advisor

Zainab Mohamed

Muslim Spiritual Advisor

Rabbi Sara Paasche-Orlow

Jewish Spiritual Advisor and Director of Hillel

Mussy Posner

Jewish Spiritual Advisor - Chabad

Rabbi Mendy Posner

Jewish Spiritual Advisor and Director of Chabad

Sagar Rajpal

Associate Director and Spiritual Advisor for Mindfulness and Wellness

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

Rabbi Jacob Weiss

Jewish Spiritual Advisor - Hillel

Todd Williams

Cru Agape Spiritual Advisor

Brother Jason Zink

Catholic Spiritual Advisor and Director of The Catholic Center

Spiritual Life Affiliates

Samuel Ahove

Theresa Allen

Catholic Center

Maddie Anton

Mindfulness Fellow (Mellow)

Gretchen Behrens

Catholic Center

Alyssa Berman

Natalie Bormann

Mindfulness Fellow (Mellow)

Becca Carin

Anne Dooley

Catholic Center

Laura Dudley

Mindfulness Fellow (Mellow), Yoga

Malisa Ellis

Adrian Espindola

Catholic Center

Linsey Field

Sojourn Collegiate Ministry

Curtis Fisher

Brian Fried

Eitan Gitlin

David Haig

Catholic Center

Aubrie Harris

Catholic Center

Max Hoffman

Evan Kenny

Mindfulness Fellow (Mellow)

Prince Edmond Kumah

Youth Empowerment Ministry

Priscilla Lancaster

Mindfulness Fellow (Mellow)

Br. Joseph McBride

Catholic Center

Latika Menon

Dana Middendorf

Catholic Center

Jasmine Nguyen

Catholic Center

Asher Plange

Youth Empowerment Ministry

Br. Austin Riordan

Catholic Center

Marianne Smith

InterVarsity Multi-Ethnic Christian Fellowship

Ruthann Stiles

InterVarsity Multi-Ethnic Christian Fellowship

Jennifer Stone

Mariell Surin

Catholic Center

Renee Susanto

Hannah Swartz

Brita Vitello

Catholic Center

Pebble Williams

Fr. Michael Zimmerman

Catholic Center