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.
Bob Benson
Assistant Director of Admission, California, Kansas, Missouri, Southeast Iowa and 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
Lauren Garcia-Pastorek
Director of Access & Outreach, Cook – North, Cook – South, Cook – West, DeKalb, DuPage, Grundy, Kane, Kankakee, Kendall and Will counties in Illinois
Hometown: Burlington, IA
Education: B.A., Coe College '10; M.P.A., Upper Iowa University '14
Email: lgarciapastorek@coe.edu
Cell Phone: 319.768.8095
Office Phone: 319.399.8242
Katie Guinane
Assistant Director of Admission, Cedar Rapids and Marion High Schools and Illinois outside of the Chicagoland area
Hometown: Grinnell, Iowa
Education: B.A., Coe College '17
Email: kguinane@coe.edu
Cell Phone: 641.325.1390
Office Phone: 319.399.8301
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, Northeast Iowa and 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
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