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 2020-21 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 2020-21 academic year, click here to meet your counselor.
Bob Benson
Assistant Director of Admission, Northeast Iowa, the Northeastern and Southeastern United States
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
Yuri Tilapa
Associate Director of Admission, Illinois counties of Dekalb, Kane, DuPage, Kendall, Will, Kankakee, Grundy, 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
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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
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
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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
Lydia Spone
Assistant Director of Admission & Financial Aid, Transfer, Non-Traditional and Adult Students
Hometown: Muskego, Wisconsin
Education: B.A., Valparaiso University, M.Ed Iowa State University
Email: lspone@coe.edu
Cell Phone: 414.403.9627
Office Phone: 319.399.8540
Britney Pavlovec
Admission Counselor, Southeast Iowa and Illinois outside of the Chicagoland area
Hometown: Urbana, IA
Education: B.A., Coe College ’20
Email: bpavlovec@coe.edu
Cell Phone: 319.361.0198
Office Phone: 319.399.8814
Paula Ross
Assistant Director of Admission, Arizona, New Mexico, Texas, Oklahoma and California
Hometown: Orange, CA
Education: B.A., CSULB, M.S. National University
Email: pross@coe.edu
Cell Phone: 319.830.9248
Office Phone: 319.399.8801
Anna Dvorak
Admission Counselor, Western Iowa, Nebraska, Kansas and Missouri
Hometown: Cedar Falls, IA
Education: B.A., Coe College '21
Email: aedvorak@coe.edu
Cell Phone: 319.239.8397
Office Phone: 319.399.8805
Brooke Bekeris
Campus Experience Coordinator, Pre-seniors
Education: B.A., University of Iowa '21
Email: bbekeris@coe.edu
Cell Phone: 319.573.2146
Office Phone: 319.399.8237
Josh Kite
Assistant Vice President for Enrollment and 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, Marketing and Institutional Effectiveness
Education: B.A., Coe College; M.Ed., Loyola University Chicago
Email: admission@coe.edu
Office Phone: 319.399.8500