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Meet Your Admission Counselor!

The Simmons admission team is here to answer your questions about the admission process and more, including Simmons academic programs, campus life, and Boston. At your request, we can also arrange for professors, students, coaches, and others to email you about internship opportunities, social life, sports, and other special programs.

We encourage you to call our admission office at 800-345-8468, or send an email to ugadm@simmons.edu. Better yet, contact your Simmons admission counselor directly via phone or email. Below is the list of all our Undergraduate Admission counselors and the areas they cover. Feel free to contact us, we're here to help you!

Catherine Capolupo, Director of Undergraduate AdmissionCatherine Capolupo
Assistant Vice President, Undergraduate Admission & Marketing

phone: 617-521-2057
email: catherine.capolupo@simmons.edu

Counselor for:

  • CO
  • Greater Boston Private Schools

Dayna Bradstreet
Assistant Director

phone: 617-521-2502
email: dayna.bradstreet@simmons.edu

Counselor for:

  • NJ: Bergen, Essex, Hudson, Hunterdon, Middlesex, Morris, Passaic, Somerset, Sussex, Union, and Warren counties
  • NY: Long Island (110-119)
  • Dix Scholars (last names starting with letters D-O)
  • Transfer students (last names starting with letters D-O)

Hannah Burnett, Admission CounselorHannah Burnett
Admission Counselor

phone: 617-521-2045
email: hannah.burnett@simmons.edu

Counselor for:

  • NJ: Atlantic, Burlington, Camden, Cape May, Cumberland, Gloucester, Mercer, Monmouth, Ocean, and Salem counties
  • PA, CT
  • MA: Western (010-013) and Central (014-016)

Renee Gadsden, Admission CounselorRenee Gadsden
Assistant Director
Coordinator of Multicultural Recruitment

phone: 617-521-2046
email: renee.gadsden@simmons.edu

Counselor for:

  • GA
  • NY: New York City (100-104)
  • MA (Boston, Cambridge, Somerville public schools)

Laura Quinlan Hug, Associate DirectorLaura Quinlan Hug
Associate Director
Transfer Coordinator

phone: 617-521-2052
email: laura.quinlan@simmons.edu

Counselor for:

  • CA
  • Dix Scholars (last names starting with letters P-Z)
  • Direct Entry & Off-site nursing students
  • Transfer students (last names starting with letters P-Z)

Victoria Johnston
Associate Director

phone: 617-521-2504
email: victoria.johnston@simmons.edu

Counselor for:

  • AK, AL, AR, AS, AZ, DE, FL, GU, HI, IA, ID, IL, IN, KS, KY, LA, MI, MO, MS, MT, NC, ND, NE, NM, NV, OH, OK, PR, SC, SD, TX, UT, VI, WI, WV, WY
  • All International Students and US Citizens Abroad

Lauren Kovarik, Assistant DirectorLauren Kovarik
Assistant Director

phone: 617-521-2500
email: lauren.kovarik@simmons.edu

Counselor for:

  • DC, MD, VA
  • MA: North Shore (018-019) and Boston Metro North & West (017, 024, parts of 021)

Carla Otero
Assistant Director

phone: 617-521-2056
email: carla.otero@simmons.edu

Counselor for:

  • RI, TN

Kimberly Pacheco
Assistant Director

phone: 617-521-2058
email: kimberly.pacheco2@simmons.edu

Counselor for:

  • ME, MN
  • MA: Cape & Islands and Wareham (025-026)
  • MA: South Shore (023), Boston Metro South (all of 020, parts of 021 and 022) and Southwestern MA (027)
  • Dix Scholars (last names starting with letters A-C)

Casi Schwisow Admission CounselorCasi Schwisow
Admission Counselor

phone: 617-521-2524
email: casi.schwisow@simmons.edu

Counselor for:

  • First-year students attending high school in NH, VT, WA, OR
  • NY: Westchester County (105-109) and Upstate (120-149)
  • Transfer students (last names starting with letters A-C)