Verto Education offers the only first year abroad experience that keeps you on-track to graduate with our world-class Academic Provider and 75+ partner colleges.
Our Mission
Verto transforms access to higher education through a coming-of-age first-year experience.
Our Values
Verto Education was founded to make travel the path of least resistance to a college education. We believe in inclusion, transparency, access, equity and, above all, the power of travel to foster empathy and kindness across cultures.
What Verto Education Offers
An Accessible, Global Academic Year
Verto Education helps participants discover themselves and the world around them by making education abroad a foundational and accessible part of your college plan.
With Verto and our Academic Provider, the University of New Haven, students can begin college with a study abroad experience, while having the option to gain admission to Verto’s 75+ partner colleges.
Verto participants walk away with much more than incredible memories and transferable credits; they gain the confidence, self-awareness, and global perspective needed to thrive in college and in life.
Admission to a Verto Partner College
Participants can gain admission to our 75+ partner colleges, where the credits earned from our Academic Provider while abroad will count towards graduation. Participants have many options available after their time with Verto, allowing them to stay on track to graduate.
All courses, credits, faculty, and transcripts at Verto locations are delivered by our accredited Academic Provider, the University of New Haven.
A Well-Rounded Cross-Cultural Experience Focused on Personal Growth
The Verto Experience fosters self-discovery through mentorship and our Verto Discovery Programming. Workshops, excursions, and cultural immersion programming help students develop a sense of who they are and what they want from their university career.
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Meet Our Team
Executive Leadership
Mitch Gordon
President & Co-Founder
Dr. Michael Kabbaz
Chief Strategy Officer, EVP University Partnerships
Dr. Paige Butler
Vice President of Academic Affairs
Emily Herman
Chief Revenue Officer, EVP Enrollment
Hilary Roberts
Chief of Staff
Preston Fry
Chief Financial Officer
Jill Oakley Jeppe
Vice President for Partnership Development
Program Location Staff
Buenos Aires
Leo Rowland
Program Director
Graciela Lehmann
Assistant Academic Director
Mercedes Hammar
Program Operations Coordinator
Lucila Lendner
Senior Student Success Advisor
Florence
Cristiana Gallai
Program Director, Italy
Anneka Stevens
Assistant Director of Student Success
Alice Cini
Assistant Academic Director, Italy
Johanna Mae Indias
Academic Operations Specialist
Kristi Bauer
Administrative & Operations Assistant, Italy
London
Dr. James Illingworth
Program Director
Matthew Paffhouse
Student Success Director
Sarah Hutchinson
Student Success Manager
Michelle Coles
Student Success Manager
Dr. Glenn Odom
Associate Academic Director
Aisha Smart
Program Operations Coordinator
Prague
Andrea Bravo
Director of Student Success
Jill Cefalo
Program Director
Bernice Adu-Boahen
Student Success Advisor
Bibiana Machátová
Associate Academic Director
Florin Stugar
Academic Operations Specialist, Czech Republic
Maria Andreou
Assistant Student Success Manager
Seville
Dr. Oscar Ceballos
Program Director
Cristina Gonzalez
Assistant Student Success Manager
Fran Pascual
Program Administrator
Tamara Soledad Lista
Student Success Advisor
Nicole Ewer
Student Success Advisor
María Esther Beltrán
Assistant Director of Student Success
Kelly Southworth
Assistant Student Success Manager
Verto Headquarters Staff
Academic Affairs
Maren Haas
Director of Academic Operations
Colleen Dutton
Registrar
Sara Troy
Sr. Director of Academic Affairs
Steven J. Mockler
Associate Director, Academic Operations
Israel Perez
Curriculum and Transfer Specialist
Dr. Di Lampitt
Director of Global Faculty Development and Academic Initiatives
Admissions
Allison Schuyler
Sr. Director of Enrollment and Student Financial Services
Dan Quick
Director of Enrollment Operations
Hillevi Johnson
Associate Director of Admissions
Alyssa Giessel
Associate Director of Admissions
Gabriela Granote
Senior Admissions Counselor Team Lead
Bradley Good
Senior Admissions Counselor – Senior Team Lead
Samantha Williams
Senior Admissions Counselor
Marla McLeod
Senior Admissions Counselor
Michelle Korczynski
Senior Admissions Counselor
Michelle Dawson
Senior Admissions Counselor
Kristen Korkowski
Senior Admissions Counselor
Shaunene Edwards
Senior Admissions Counselor Team Lead
Katarina Alexander
Senior Admissions Counselor
Carolyn Coyle
Senior Admissions Counselor
Dottie McCartney
Senior Admissions Counselor
Alison Eadie
Senior Admissions Counselor
Sarah Almuhairi Wolf
Senior Director of Revenue Operations
Alex Stawiarski
Revenue Operations Manager
