Faculty & Staff Directory

Brunel Blaise

Campus Safety and Security
Security Officer

Email: bblaise@caldwell.edu

Campus Safety and Security

Security Officer

bblaise@caldwell.edu

Information Technology

Executive Director, Application Support and Deployment

DBohny@caldwell.edu

Psychology and Counseling

Adjunct Lecturer

wng@caldwell.edu

Kathleen Boreale

Nursing and Public Health
Dean

Email: kboreale@caldwell.edu
Phone: 973-618-3142
Office Location: Werner Hall, Room 330

Kathleen Boreale, PhD, RN, APN-C, FNP-BC, ACHPN is an experienced registered nurse, nurse practitioner, and educator. Dr. Boreale has worked in various areas of practice at the bedside in medical/surgical, neurology, emergency care, and critical care. Dr. Boreale is a board-certified Family Nurse Practitioner and holds a national certification as an Advanced Hospice and Palliative Care Nurse, having graduated as one of the first Palliative Care Nurse Practitioners in the United States. Her current area of practice and research focus is on the care of those individuals living with epilepsy.

Dr. Boreale received her Bachelor of Science in Nursing from Lynchburg College in Virginia. She received her Master of Science and PhD in Nursing from Rutgers University. She also completed two post-master’s programs with a focus in Palliative Care from New York University and a Family Nurse Practitioner from Monmouth University. In addition to her advanced practice expertise in epilepsy management, Dr. Boreale’s specialty areas include pain management, palliative care, and neurology.

Dr. Boreale joined Caldwell University as a Faculty in 2016 and has previously served in administrative roles while at Caldwell University, as both the Assistant Dean and Associate Dean for the School of Nursing and Public Health. As the Dean of the School of Nursing and Health Services, Dr. Boreale is excited to see the collaboration among all the disciplines within the newly formed school. She is committed to sharing her more than 30 years of clinical and academic experience with the students at Caldwell University.

Dr. Boreale received her Bachelor of Science in Nursing from Lynchburg College in Virginia. She received her Master of Science and PhD in Nursing from Rutgers University. She also completed two post-master’s programs with a focus on Palliative Care from New York University and a Family Nurse Practitioner from Monmouth University. In addition to her advanced practice expertise in epilepsy management, Dr. Boreale’s specialty areas include pain management, palliative care, and neurology.

Dr. Boreale joined Caldwell University as a Faculty in 2016 and has previously served in administrative roles while at Caldwell University, as both the Assistant Dean and Associate Dean for the School of Nursing and Public Health. As the Dean of the School of Nursing and Health Services, Dr. Boreale is excited to see the collaboration among all the disciplines within the newly formed school. She is committed to sharing her more than 30 years of clinical and academic experience with the students at Caldwell University.

Nursing and Public Health

Dean

kboreale@caldwell.edu

Psychology and Counseling

Adjunct Lecturer

cbowen@caldwell.edu

Athletics

Head Acrobatics & Tumbling Coach/Athletics Administrator

aboyd@caldwell.edu

English

Adjunct Instructor

mbrady@caldwell.edu

Athletics

Assistant Sprint Football Coach

pbrand@caldwell.edu

Athletics

Assistant Director of Athletics for Academics and Student-Athlete Support Services

mbratkovich@caldwell.edu

Psychology and Counseling

Adjunct

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Natural Sciences

Adjunct Lecturer

WBruffy@caldwell.edu

Communication and Media Studies, Mathematics, Music

Faculty Secretary School of Arts and Sciences

bbudris@caldwell.edu

Student Life

Assistant Director of Multicultural Initiatives

nburgess@caldwell.edu

Business and Computer Science

Adjunct Lecturer

jbyrnes@caldwell.edu

Nursing and Public Health

Adjunct Lecturer

mbyrnes@caldwell.edu

Sociology and Criminal Justice

Professor

Ycai@caldwell.edu

Theology and Philosophy

Adjunct Lecturer

bcaldwell@caldwell.edu

Education

Field Supervisor

dcalligaro@caldwell.edu

Communication and Media Studies

Professor

SCameron@caldwell.edu

Jeffrey Camp

Campus Safety and Security, Mailroom
Director

Email: jcamp@caldwell.edu
Phone: 973-618-3259
Office Location: Student Center, 119

Office:
Mon: 8:30-4:30
Tues: 8:30-4:30
Wed: 8:30-4:30
Thurs: 8:30-4:30
Fri: 8:30-4:30

With over 35 years of experience in public safety, I have dedicated my career to ensuring the safety and well-being of communities. Starting at the Clifton Police Department, I spent the majority of my time in the anti-crime unit, eventually moving up to supervise the unit. I finished my tenure at the department as the administrative Lieutenant on the Chief’s Command Staff.

Transitioning to the Passaic County Sheriff’s Office, I took on the role of Director of Staff Operations, where I was responsible for strategic planning and research functions, including the development and implementation of master plans and department policies.

My career then led me to the higher education sector, where I served as the Director of Security at Berkeley College. In this role, I oversaw the safety and well-being of approximately 6000 college students, staff, and visitors across seven campuses in New York and New Jersey.

Having joined Caldwell University in February of 2022, I currently serve as the Director of Campus Safety and Security.

I hold a Bachelor’s degree in Criminal Justice from Jersey City State College and am a graduate of the 205th Session of the prestigious FBI National Academy. This professional development course has equipped me with the skills and knowledge necessary to improve law enforcement standards and cooperation worldwide.

In addition to my professional accomplishments, I am actively involved in my community through volunteerism.

Campus Safety and Security, Mailroom

Director

jcamp@caldwell.edu

Sociology and Criminal Justice

Assistant Professor

lcampagna@caldwell.edu

Business and Computer Science

Lecturer

rcampbell@caldwell.edu

Academic Affairs

Dissertation Coach

ncandela@caldwell.edu

Human Resources

Senior HR Generalist/Operations Assistant

JCannon@caldwell.edu

Campus Safety and Security

Administrative Assistant

lcapozzi@caldwell.edu

Counseling Services

Intern

dcarlson@caldwell.edu

Nursing and Public Health

Adjunct Faculty

tcarmosino@caldwell.edu

Athletics

Athletic Trainer

kcasper@caldwell.edu

Psychology and Counseling

Adjunct Instructor

scastellano@caldwell.edu

Education

Adjunct Lecturer

mcastronova@caldwell.edu

Music

Accompanist

nchamberlain@caldwell.edu

Natural Sciences

Adjunct Lecturer

mchan@caldwell.edu

Sociology and Criminal Justice

Adjunct Lecturer

mcheng@caldwell.edu

Ellina Chernobilsky

Academic Affairs
Senior Associate Vice President for Academic Affairs

Email: echernobilsky@caldwell.edu
Phone: 973-618-3951
Office Location: Alumni Theater, Room 104

B.S. Upsala College
M.A.T. University of Memphis
Ph.D. Rutgers University

Ellina Chernobilsky holds Ph.D. in Education and has served as a faculty member of the Education Department of Caldwell University since 2007. She started her administrative duties at Caldwell University in 2018 but continues to teach in the Education Programs. Prior to earning her Ph.D., Dr. Chernobilsky was a classroom teacher and used action research as a means to study and improve her own teaching in order to help herself and her students become better learners. Her research interests include but are not limited to the issues of professional development on all levels of education, student learning, multilingualism, action research in education, use of data and data mining in education. Currently, she is exploring the pedagogical and andragogical uses of generative AI. She regularly teaches courses in educational research, educational technology, and teaching in higher education. She has spent time teaching in Uzbekistan, China, and Russia.

Academic Affairs

Senior Associate Vice President for Academic Affairs

echernobilsky@caldwell.edu

Athletics

Assistant Women’s Lacrosse Coach

ochristiano@caldwell.edu

Education

Adjunct Lecturer

LCilento@caldwell.edu

Counseling

Assistant Professor

lbclark@caldwell.edu

Education

Professor, Coordinator of the Post Baccalaureate Teacher Certification Program

wcmielew@caldwell.edu

Psychology and Counseling

Adjunct Lecturer

ccolasurdo@caldwell.edu

Matt Collum

Academic Affairs
Assistant Director, Retention Initiatives

Email: MCollum@caldwell.edu
Office: 973-618-3272
Office Location: Aquinas Hall, Cougar One Stop

Matt comes to Caldwell University from Boston College (BC), where he worked in Campus Recreation as the Assistant Director, Member Services & Operations. He also served as a game clock, play/shot clock, and scoreboard operator for BC’s basketball, hockey, lacrosse, and football programs, and is a sports junkie. He was a Graduate Assistant at Western Illinois University, and interned with West Virginia University (both Campus Recreation positions).

Matt’s interests (outside of sports) include movies and TV shows (to name a few: Star Wars, Breaking Bad, Harry Potter, Game of Thrones, The Office), spending time with family and friends, and working with college students in Higher Education.

Education
M.S.: Sport Management (Western Illinois University)
B.S.: Health and Physical Education; K-12 Teaching (Montclair State University)

Academic Affairs

Assistant Director, Retention Initiatives

MCollum@caldwell.edu

Hector Colón

Athletics
Head Coach Women’s Volleyball

Email: hcolon@caldwell.edu
Phone: 973-618-3460
Office Location: Newman Center

Colón has been connected to the sport for more than 30 years, including coaching at club and high school through the junior college and NCAA levels. He most recently served as assistant coach at nearby Saint Elizabeth (N.J.) University since 2022 after stints at Morris Catholic High School and Union College.

“Héctor’s experience in many areas of the sport made him a very attractive candidate for the position,” said Corino. “We believe that his leadership will have an immediate and lasting impact on our volleyball program.”

Colón graduated from CUNY John Jay College of Criminal Justice with a B.S. in Criminal Justice. In addition to his vast coaching work, he has served as a journalist in the sport, featuring clubs, players, coaches and schools in many articles and photographs.

His work in coaching took off with a role at VB Rags Academy in Randolph, N.J., in 2013, where he has gained experience in mentoring players in both indoor and beach volleyball. In August 2021, he assisted at a beach clinic led by AVP legends Mike and Patty Dodd.

This past season, Colón helped Saint Elizabeth’s reach the playoffs for just the third time in the program’s history, while the team recorded cumulative GPAs of 3.22 and 3.64 during his tenure.

The Cranford, N.J. resident and Union, N.J. native also serves as a consulting coach at Generation Next Volleyball, where he develops practice and development plans for the club.

“I look forward to the challenge of coaching at this level,” said Colón. “I believe in creating a positive space and if you do it right, success will come.”

Athletics

Head Coach Women’s Volleyball

hcolon@caldwell.edu

Cindy Concannon

Academic Affairs
Clinical Director, Mary Jo Rolli Codey Center

Email: cconcannon@caldwell.edu
Work: 973-618-3667
Office Location: Student Center, 104

Cindy Concannon MA LPC, LPAT, is the Clinical Director of the Mary Jo Rolli Codey Center. The Center provides mental health counseling to the local community and serves as a training clinic for Caldwell’s masters students in the clinical mental health counselor and clinical mental health counselor with art therapy concentration education programs. The Center serves adults, children, adolescents and teens, diverse populations including people with Aphasia and their caregivers. Cindy has worked with populations of all ages with challenges that include trauma, grief, survivors of domestic violence, mental health problems, stroke and traumatic brain injury, and people living with Aphasia. Cindy utilizes the creativity in therapy as a form of communication, fostering self-discovery.

Licensure/Certifications
LPC – Licensed Professional Counselor NJ
LPAT – Licensed Professional Art Therapist NJ
ATR-BC – Registered and Board Certified Art Therapist (National)
NCC – National Certified Counselor

Associations
American Counseling Association
Creativity in Counseling Association
American Art Therapy Association
New Jersey Art Therapy Association

Education
M.A., Counseling/Art Therapy Concentration Caldwell University, 2019;
B.A., Fine Arts Studio/ Drawing Concentration; Montclair State University, 2013

Academic Affairs

Clinical Director, Mary Jo Rolli Codey Center

cconcannon@caldwell.edu

Christie Conforti

Athletics
Assistant Director of Athletics / Head Women’s Basketball Coach

Email: cconforti@caldwell.edu
Phone: 973-618-3361
Office Location: Newman Center, Athletics Suite

Christie Conforti joined the Caldwell Athletics staff as Assistant Director of Athletics and Women’s Basketball Head Coach in April 2021 and enters her fourth year at Caldwell. In addition to her coaching duties, Conforti oversees several sports and serves as one of the advisors for the Student Athlete-Advisory Committee (SAAC).

In her first season at Caldwell, Conforti guided the Cougars to a 13-15 overall record and eight wins in the conference. The Cougars reached the opening round of the CACC Tournament with the program earning one CACC All-Conference selection, two Met Basketball Writers honorees and three on the CACC All-Academic Team. She followed up with another CACC tournament qualifier in 2022-23.

Conforti comes to Caldwell from fellow Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference institution Concordia College, where she served as the women’s basketball head coach for seven seasons. She previously served as an assistant coach for the Clippers for one plus seasons before taking over as the interim head coach in the middle of the 2013-14 season. Conforti’s first full season as head coach was in 2014-15 and by her third season she led the Clippers to their first ever CACC Championship Tournament appearance in 2016-17. The past season, Concordia forged new milestones under Conforti’s leadership. The Clippers reached the semifinals of the CACC Championship for the first time and earned the program’s first-ever bid to the NCAA Division II Championship.

Conforti was a member of the Pace University Setters, where she earned recognition on the Northeast-10 Conference Commissioner’s Honor Roll for the 2007-08 season. She earned a Bachelor of Science in Psychology from Pace in 2010.

Conforti hails from Staten Island, N.Y., where she attended St. John Villa Academy, and lives there now with her husband Joseph and daughter Camryn.

Athletics

Assistant Director of Athletics / Head Women’s Basketball Coach

cconforti@caldwell.edu

Education

Dr.

cconklin@caldwell.edu

Psychology and Counseling

Adjunct Lecturer

cconselyea@caldwell.edu

Business and Computer Science

Adjunct Lecturer

rwatkins@caldwell.edu

Communication and Media Studies

Adjunct Lecturer

mcori@caldwell.edu

Mark Corino

Athletics
Assistant Vice President, Director of Athletics

Email: MCorino@caldwell.edu
Phone: 973-618-3260
FAX: 973-618-3370
Office Location: Newman Center, Athletic Suite

Mark A. Corino begins his 34th year at Caldwell University as the Assistant Vice President and Director of Athletics. In addition to his administrative responsibilities, Corino also serves as the head men’s basketball coach for the university, a role he has worked in since his came to Caldwell in 1988.

In perhaps the most challenging year for all college athletics, Corino navigated the Caldwell Athletics Department through the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020-21. Corino successfully guided the department through the implementation of a testing and tracing program and mask guidance while following all health and safety protocols that were issued from the local, state and national levels. His leadership and support from the university administration allowed the department’s athletic programs to compete safely during the spring 2021 semester with some teams like men’s and women’s soccer and women’s volleyball, competing outside of their traditional fall seasons of competition.

In 2018, the university dedicated the playing floor at the George R. Newman Center in honor of Corino for his extensive contributions to the department as the director of athletics and as the head coach of the men’s basketball program. Mark A. Corino Court was officially dedicated on December 8, 2018 that featured speeches from Caldwell President Dr. Nancy Blattner, and Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference Commissioner Dan Mara as well as special proclamations from Caldwell Mayor Ann Dassing and West Caldwell Mayor Joe Tempesta Jr.

Corino came to Caldwell as the university’s first full-time athletics director in 1988. In his first year, Corino headed a department that had three programs and no conference affiliation. Entering 2020-21, Caldwell has grown to 17 intercollegiate athletic programs that compete in the CACC (13 teams), the East Coast Conference (women’s bowling), the Collegiate Sprint Football League (sprint football), the National Collegiate Acrobatics & Tumbling Association (acrobatics & tumbling) and the TriState Conference (men’s rugby). Corino oversaw the university’s transition from NAIA to NCAA Division II, a process that began in 1998 and was completed in 2002. From 2011-2021, Caldwell added nine new sports under Corino’s leadership that includes women’s track and field, women’s lacrosse, men’s cross country and track and field, women’s bowling, sprint football, men’s lacrosse, acrobatics & tumbling and men’s rugby.

Along with the jump to NCAA Division II status came an upgrade in facilities with the opening of the state-of-the-art George R. Newman Center, home of the Caldwell University basketball and volleyball teams in 2002. In 2010, Caldwell University, West Caldwell and Essex County came together to fund the renovation of the Kiwanis Oval, an artificial turf facility used by multiple municipalities and Caldwell University. Corino has also contracted agreements to lease Essex Valley Field to host the men’s and women’s lacrosse teams home contests as well as direct an agreement to lease a space for locker rooms, trainer rooms, office and meeting space at Provost Square, adjacent to the Kiwanis Oval, for the men’s lacrosse, baseball and sprint football teams.

Corino played a pivotal role in the creation of the CACC, which has grown to 13 institutions. Corino, who has served as the conference’s president during three separate stints, was named the CACC and NAIA Region X Administrator of the Year in 2000. He also was among 14 finalists for the NAIA National Athletic Administrator of the Year. In 2010, Corino was named the Jostens ECAC Administrator of the Year. For all his contributions and years of service as the athletics director and head coach, Corino was promoted to Caldwell University’s Assistant Vice President/Director of Athletics in 2014 and was inducted into the Caldwell Athletics Hall of Fame in 2016. Corino was again honored by his CACC colleagues as he was selected as the 2016-17 and 2020-21 CACC Athletic Director of the Year. Corino also received the prestigious Garden State Award from the Collegiate Athletic Administrators of New Jersey in 2018.

Corino remains actively involved in the intercollegiate athletics community. He is the current President of the CACC Directors Council after being re-elected in 2018 and joined the NCAA Division II Management Council in 2020. Corino has served on the Board of the Directors for the ECAC, and previously served as the CACC’s representative on the Division II Athletic Directors Association Board of Directors. Corino is a former member of the NCAA Men’s Basketball Rules Committee for all divisions and served on the DII East Region’s Regional Advisory Committee for men’s basketball.

A native of Belleville, N.J., Corino attended Kean University, where he earned a Bachelor’s Degree in industrial arts. He later received a Master’s Degree in Curriculum and Instruction from Caldwell in 1997.

Corino is the youngest of three brothers who have combined for more than 1,000 coaching victories at the collegiate and high school levels. Oldest brother Jimmy was a high school basketball coach, while Carl is one of the all-time winningest high school softball coaches in New Jersey.

Corino resides in Cedar Grove, N.J., with his wife Susan, who have a daughter, Michele, son-in-law Michael and grandsons Vincent and Valentino. “My family has been tremendously supportive and without their understanding we would not have been able to accomplish all that we have here at Caldwell,” Corino said. “They’ve played an important part in our success as well.”

Athletics

Assistant Vice President, Director of Athletics

MCorino@caldwell.edu