Meet The Staff

Shaun Jacobs-Patterson
Executive Director
Center for Academic Success & Engagement
Email: sjacobspatterson@saintpeters.edu
Phone: (201)-761-6290
Office Location: CASE (Lower Level, McDermott Hall)

Sarah Smyth, M.Ed, CSW
Director, TRIO Student Support Services
Email: ssmyth1@saintpeters.edu
Phone: (201) 761-6293
Office Hours: (by appointment)
Schedule through EAB Navigate.
Office Location: CASE (Lower Level, McDermott Hall)

Katelyn R. Joyce, M.Ed.
Assistant Director, TRIO Student Support Services
Email: kjoyce14@saintpeters.edu
Phone: (201) 761-6292
Office Hours: (by appointment) Schedule through EAB Navigate.
Office Location: CASE (Lower Level, McDermott Hall)

Marena Gad, M.Ed.
Coordinator for Retention and Academic Success
Email: mgad17@saintpeters.edu
Phone: (201) 761-6292
Office Hours: (by appointment) Schedule through EAB Navigate.
Office Location: CASE (Lower Level, McDermott Hall)

Crystal Cannady
Academic Specialist
Email: ccannady@saintpeters.edu
Phone: (201) 761-6292
Office Hours: (by appointment) Schedule through EAB Navigate.
Office Location: CASE (Lower Level, McDermott Hall)

Daiyana Martinez
Student Success Advisor
PODS Program
Email: dmartinez8@saintpeters.edu
Phone: (201) 761-6292
Office Hours: (by appointment)
Schedule through EAB Navigate.
Office Location: CASE (Lower Level, McDermott Hall)

Isabel Elliott
Counselor and Advisor, Educational Opportunity Fund (EOF) Program
Email: ielliott@saintpeters.edu
Phone: (201) 761-6292
Office Hours: (by appointment) Schedule through EAB Navigate.
Office Location: CASE (Lower Level, McDermott Hall)

Tessa Robin-Sims
Administrative Assistant
Email: trobinsims@saintpeters.edu
Phone: (201) 761-6032