
York College Staffing Update 7/28/2026 | | | |
*includes updates from June 2026 | | | | |
Separation | | | | |
Employee Name | Title | Department | Contact | Email |
Shehla Iftekhar | Academic Advisor | Business & Economics | Lloyd Amaghionyeodiwe | lamaghionyeodiwe@PROTECTED |
Katrina Cooper | CUNY Office Assistant | College Now | Reginald Madden | rmadden@PROTECTED |
Denae Guy | Admin Coordinator | Enrollment Mgmt | Johana Rivera | jrivera30@PROTECTED |
Verika Thompson | Campus Security Asst | Campus Safety | Carlos Suarez | csuarez2@PROTECTED |
Dante Cocchiarella | Stationary Engineer | B&G | John Mezzacappa | jmezzacappa@PROTECTED |
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New hires | | | | |
Employee Name | Title | Department | Email | |
Wenddy Zepeda | Director, Admissions & Strategic Enrollment | Enrollment & Retention Mgmt | wzepeda@PROTECTED | |
Shakeem Maxwell | Custodial Assistant | B&G Custodial | smaxwell3@PROTECTED | |
Edwards Hayes | Stationary Engineer | B&G | ehayes@PROTECTED | |
Eric Bernardez | ASAP Student Advisor (SUB) | ACE | ebernardez@PROTECTED | |
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Department Transfer | | | | |
Employee Name | Title | Department | | |
Anthony Davis | Director | Welcome Center | | |
Natalie Walker | Associate Director/HE Associate | Testing Center | | |
Nicholas Jones | Associate Director/HE Associate | Strategic Enrollment | | |
Tiffany Ford | Student Life Specialist | Welcome Center | | |
Wenddy Zepeda – will lead strategic recruitment and enrollment initiatives and goals supporting the mission of the college. Wenddy previously supported KBCC directing enrollment operations, recruitment strategy and student engagement.
Shakeem Maxwell has joined York College brining his previous experience at Lehman College to our Custodial department.
Edward Hayes has several years of experience as a Stationary Engineer at KBCC and will use this expertise to support Engineering efforts at York.
Eric Bernardez will transition his previous academic advising experience from Queensborough CC to support our ACE students at York.
Anthony Davis has transitioned to the Welcome Center where he will continue to support prospective students and our current student population. Thank you Tony for your years of support directing the recruitment function. We look forward to continued service to our students at the Welcome Center.
Natalie Walker will concentrate efforts towards the Testing Center as York expands and builds this function in service to the external community. Thank you Natalie for your support and service at the Welcome Center. We look forward to great wins in the Testing Center.
Nicholas Jones will support the Enrollment function as Associate Director. Thank you Nicholas for your direction, leadership and service to Recruitment & Enrollment.
Tiffany Ford will transition her advising skills to supporting our prospective and current students at the Welcome Center. Thank you Tiffany for your service in Academic Advisement.
Thank you,
Office of Human Resources
York College/CUNY