Meet Your Counselor
Our Counselors
At Coe we’re committed to providing every student with an individualized experience and the optimum level of support as they navigate the college-search process. Members of our admission team are assigned to territories and prepared to assist you. If you have questions or need guidance, please feel free to reach out to us. We’re here to help.
- High School Seniors: If you will be a high school senior for the 2019-20 academic year, select your state below to meet your counselor.
- International Students: If you are in international student, click here to meet our international counselor.
- Transfer Students: If you are a transfer, adult or non-traditional student, click here to meet our transfer counselor.
- Pre-Seniors: If you will be a high school pre-senior during the 2019-20 academic year, click here to meet your counselor.
Molly Anderson
Admission Counselor, Cook – North, Cook – South, Cook – West, DeKalb, DuPage, Grundy, Kane, Kankakee, Kendall and Will counties in Illinois
Hometown: Lisle, Illinois
Education: B.A., Coe College '18
Email: manderson@coe.edu
Cell Phone: 319.450.1212
Office Phone: 319.399.8242
Bob Benson
Assistant Director of Admission, Northeastern and Southeastern United States, Kansas and California
Hometown: Mounds View, Minnesota
Education: B.A., Coe College '06
Email: rbenson@coe.edu
Cell Phone: 319.449.2999
Office Phone: 319.399.8203
Rohit Dalal
Associate Director of Admission for International Recruitment, International Students, International Transfers
Email: rdalal@coe.edu
Cell Phone: 757.401.8801
Office Phone: 319.399.8252
Katie Guinane
Assistant Director of Admission, Cedar Rapids and Marion High Schools
Hometown: Grinnell, Iowa
Education: B.A., Coe College '17
Email: kguinane@coe.edu
Cell Phone: 641.325.1390
Office Phone: 319.399.8301
Ethan Hong
Admission Counselor, Illinois outside of the Chicagoland Area and Missouri
Hometown: Milan, Illinois
Education: B.A., Coe College '19
Email: ehong@coe.edu
Office Phone: 319.399.8801
Delaney Novy
Campus Experience Coordinator, Pre-seniors
Hometown: Altoona, Iowa
Education: B.A., Coe College '19
Email: dnovy@coe.edu
Cell Phone: 515.205.2676
Office Phone: 319.399.8500
Ali Romano-McClain
Assistant Director of Admission and Financial Aid, Transfer, Non-Traditional and Adult Students
Hometown: Galesburg, Illinois
Education: B.A., University of South Dakota ’14
Email: aromano@coe.edu
Cell Phone: 309.341.6154
Office Phone: 319.399.8747
Jess Salgado
Assistant Director of Admission, High Schools with a Cook County Address in Illinois, Wisconsin
Hometown: Chicago, Illinois
Education: B.A., Coe College '17
Email: jsalgado@coe.edu
Cell Phone: 773.310.0263
Mo Moos
Associate Director of Admission, Colorado, Minnesota and Western United States
Hometown: Andrew, IA
Education: B.A., Coe College '89, M.A. Wake Forest University '95
Email: mmoos@coe.edu
Cell Phone: 319.389.8822
Britney Pavlovec
Admission Counselor, Western Iowa, Nebraska
Hometown: Urbana, IA
Education: B.A., Coe College ’20
Email: bpavlovec@coe.edu
Cell Phone: 319.361.0198
Office Phone: 319.399.8814
Yuri Tilapa
Associate Director of Admission, Arizona, New Mexico, Texas, Oklahoma, Illinois counties of Boone, Lake and McHenry and Undocumented Students
Hometown: Chicago, Illinois
Education: B.A., Coe College ’16
Email: ytilapa@coe.edu
Cell Phone: 872.333.0348
Office Phone: 319.399.8804
Elaine Warner
Senior Admission Counselor,
Northeast and Southeast Iowa
Hometown: Oak Park, Illinois
Education: B.A., Coe College '18
Email: ewarner@coe.edu
Cell Phone: 708.262.4905
Office Phone: 319.399.8805
Josh Kite
Assistant Vice President for Enrollment & Dean of Admission
Education: B.A., University of Iowa '08; M.Ed., Ashford University '12
Email: jkite@coe.edu
Office Phone: 319.399.8243
Julie Staker
Vice President for Enrollment
Education: B.A., Coe College; M.Ed., Loyola University Chicago
Email: admission@coe.edu
Office Phone: 319.399.8500