Staff Directory
Leadership Administration
Currently Vacant
Manager, Departmental Academic Operations & Administrative Services
Responsible for the administrative, financial, human resources, research, and operational management of LHAE.
Phone: 416-978-1210
Executive Assistant & Finance Administration
Caroline Song
Executive Assistant and Academic Administrator
Responsible for academic HR, including:
- Faculty searches, reviews, promotions and GFMs, PTR, and workload
- Hiring and advancement of sessional lecturers
- Coordinating/organizing departmental events
Email: caroline.song@utoronto.ca
Phone: 416-978-1254
Diedra Dick
Business Officer
Responsible for:
- Human resources (payroll, contracts, and onboarding of new faculty/ staff)​
- Finance (expense claims, invoice processing, and budgets)​
- Operations (shared spaces, offices, keys, printer codes, IT purchases, etc.)
Email: diedra.dick@utoronto.ca
Phone: 416-978-0728
Alexandra Calomino (On Leave)
Finance & Operations Assistant
Responsible for:
- Human resources (payroll, contracts)​
- Finance (expense claims, invoice processing)
- Operations (room booking, supplies)
Phone: 416-978-1201
Naven Jeyakumar
Interim Finance & Operations Assistant
Responsible for:
- Human resources (payroll, contracts)​
- Finance (expense claims, invoice processing)
- Operations (room booking, supplies)
Email: naven.jeyakumar@utoronto.ca
Phone: 416-978-1201
Graduate Program Administration
Brandon Wells
Academic Programs Coordinator
Responsible for providing operational guidance and oversight of LHAE's graduate programs administration, and for the following:
- Governance
- Course scheduling
- Student awards and funding opportunities​
Email: brandon.wells@utoronto.ca
Phone: 416-978-0748
Currently Vacant
Graduate Success & Student Engagement Liaison
- Provides administrative support for Doctoral students (all programs)
- Supports student engagement events (all programs)
Email: lhae.doctoral@utoronto.ca
Phone: 416-978-1205
Omar Elfarseisy
Graduate Â鶹´«Ã½¼¯ÍÅ & Student Engagement Liaison
- Â鶹´«Ã½¼¯ÍÅ (all programs)
- Recruitment and student engagement events
Email: omar.elfarseisy@utoronto.ca
Phone: 416-978-1251
Michaela Young
Student Success Officer, Collaborative Specializations
- Provides administrative support for Master's students (all programs)
- Provides administrative support for students in collaborative specializations
- Supports admissions (collaborative specializations)
Email: michaela.young@utoronto.ca
Phone: 416-978-7091
Currently Vacant
Student Success Officer
Special Offices
Gary Cronin
Recruitment Officer & Communications Specialist
- Develops and implements recruitment strategies for the department
- Provide communication strategies for the department
- Coordinates/Organizes Departmental Events
- Develops promotional material related to events and program
- Manages social media
- Manages departmental website
Email: gary.cronin@utoronto.ca
Phone: 416-978-0022