Staff

Melvin D. Adams, III, Ed.D.

Dean of Student Life & Title IX Investigator

melvin.adams@meca.edu

207.699.5035

Ally Anderson

Assistant Director of Financial Aid

alexandra.anderson@meca.edu

207.699.5020

Pedro Antonio

Custodian

pantonio@meca.edu

Asa Bradford

Senior Deployment Manager

abradford@meca.edu

207.699.5031

Kaleigh Brann

Assistant Director of Student Life–Operations and Housing

kbrann@meca.edu

207.699.5086

Emily Brighi

Associate Director of Admissions

ebrighi@meca.edu

207.699.5028

Nik Bsullak '99

Director of Continuing & Professional Studies + Pre-College

nbsullak@meca.edu

207.699.5060

Mace Button

Summer Maintenance Support

mbutton@meca.edu

Jen Campanaro

Director of Admissions

jcampanaro@meca.edu

207.699.5023

Seth Clayter

Director of Technology

seth@meca.edu

207.699.5032

Ian Colwell '20

Admissions Counselor

icolwell@meca.edu

207-699-5022

Natalie Conn Salt '07

Staff Photographer

nconn@meca.edu

Josie Cotton

Assistant Director of Continuing & Professional Studies

jcotton@meca.edu

Doug Doering

Associate Director of Facilities

ddoering@meca.edu

207.699.5082

Steve Drown

Adjunct Assistant Professor of Music

sdrown@meca.edu

207.415.6812

Cat Duffy

Digital Communications & Social Media Specialist

cduffy@meca.edu

207.775.5153

London Dupere '08

Senior Admissions Counselor

london.dupere-staff@meca.edu

Elizabeth Elicker

Executive Vice President

belicker@meca.edu

207.699.5045

Demetri Espinosa

Admissions Counselor

Paul Gebhardt '96

Dean of Undergraduate Studies

pgebhardt@meca.edu

207-699-5014

Emma Gifford, LCSW

Assistant Director of Counseling and Wellness

egifford@meca.edu

Elyse Grams MFA '20

Assistant Director of Admissions

elyse.grams-staff@meca.edu

207.699.5024

Georgia Hill

Writing Coach

georgiahill80@gmail.com

Tammy Jackson '02

Senior Student Accounts Specialist - Undergraduate

tjackson@meca.edu

207.699.5049

Leigh Kapantais

Admissions Counselor

lkapantais@meca.edu

Rachel Katz MFA '00

Administrative Director of Graduate Programs

rkatz@meca.edu

207.699.5030

Isaac Kestenbaum Salt '08

Assistant Professor and Director of the Salt Institute for Documentary Studies

ikestenbaum@meca.edu

Caroline Kouba '22

Exhibitions Assistant

ckouba@meca.edu

Adrian Malbon

Summer Maintenance Support

agriffis@meca.edu

Jenny McGee Dougherty '05

Director of Artists at Work

jmcgee@meca.edu

207.699.5018

Bennett Morris MFA '07

Assistant Professor & Chair of Printmaking

bmorris@meca.edu

Autumn Noel '25

Admissions CRM Coordinator

autumn.noel@meca.edu

207.699.5053

Liv Numa

Assistant Director of Student Life—Residential Education

lnuma@meca.edu

207.699.5067

Dorothy Olaru

Associate Director of Business Services

dolaru@meca.edu

207.699.5013

Bilal Rasheed

Senior Systems Manager

brasheed@meca.edu

Nikki Rayburn '11

Associate Registrar & Academic Advisor

nrayburn@meca.edu

207.699.5058

Laura Retherford

Vice President of Development

lretherford@meca.edu

207.699.5039

Tanya Romano

Director of Human Resources

tromano@meca.edu

207.699.5071

Pam Ryder

Dining Services Manager

pryder@meca.edu

207.699.5066

Sarah Sawtelle '19

Exhibitions Manager

ssawtelle@meca.edu

207.699.5081

Melissa Sullivan

Executive Assistant

msullivan@meca.edu

207.699.5043

Sage Sylvia

Admissions Administrative Coordinator

ssylvia@meca.edu

207.699.5026

Demi Talbot

Admissions Communications & Events Manager

dtalbot@meca.edu

207.699.5019

Joel Tsui '16, Salt '17, MFA '19

Graduate Admissions Coordinator

joel.tsui-staff@meca.edu

207.699.5021

Annie Wadleigh

Associate Director of Development

awadleigh@meca.edu

207.699.5015

Donna Wermenchuk

Payroll & HR Coordinator

dwermenchuk@meca.edu

207.699.5048

Mika Whalen

Custodian

swhalen@meca.edu

Iris Williamson

Director of Exhibitions

iwilliamson@meca.edu

207.699.5025

Allie Wittmann MFA '22

Major Gifts Officer

awittmann@meca.edu

207.699.5012

Elias Young '24

Maintenance Technician

eyoung@meca.edu