Justine Brown

Justine Brown (she/her) is in her 8th year at Brown, and is the Academic Department Manager for the Department of Sociology. There she leads a team to support the financial, operational, and administrative needs of faculty, undergraduates, Master's and PhD students studying the systematic and scientific aspects of human behavior and social life. Much of her work is centered on working with the Department Chair to pinpoint and implement equitable best practices and policies within her academic unit to better promote diversity, equity, and inclusion moving forward. Prior to joining the Department of Sociology, she worked in administrative roles at the Watson Institute for International & Public Affairs, and served as the Academic Department Manager within the Humanities for the Department of Classics and the Department of Slavic Studies.

Tiffini Bowers

Tiffini Bowers is the Assistant Director in Special Collections for Art and Exhibitions at the John Hay Library at Brown. A museologist and award-winning curator with 20+ years of cultural and arts experience, she plans and manages a full program of exhibitions, projects, and experiences that reflect scholarly, historical, social, and cultural interests related to art, archives, and artifact collections.  She serves on the RI Council for the Humanities, City of Providence Arts, Culture +Tourism Advisory Board on Commemorative Works, and Co-chairs the New England Museum Association Curators Professional Affinity Group.  

Olugbenga Joseph

Olugbenga Joseph has been the Assistant to the President for Special Projects in the Office of the President at Brown since 2019. In this capacity, Olugbenga collaborates with colleagues campuswide to further presidential priorities, particularly pertaining to student engagement and university governance groups. Before joining the Office of the President, Olugbenga served as Coordinator in Student Accessibility Services, and taught in Spain as a Fulbright English Teaching Assistant. A proud Rhode Island resident, Olugbenga earned his B.A. in Education from Brown University and a Masters in Higher Education from the Harvard Graduate School of Education.

Rebekah McKinney

Rebekah McKinney ’94 is an Associate Director in the Office of Corporate and Foundation Relations, where she supports faculty in the School of Public Health, the Annenberg Institute, and the Policy Lab to develop relationships and secure funding from corporations and private foundations. Before joining Brown Advancement, she spent nearly twenty years in resource development and communications for independent nonprofit organizations in Boston, including Hyde Square Task Force and Greater Boston Legal Services. Most recently, she was director of development for Families First Parenting Programs. She has also worked as an independent development and communications consultant and is a former Boston Public Schools teacher (2nd grade). Rebekah holds a A.B. in Urban Studies from Brown University and an M.Ed. from Lesley University. She is a single-mom and is preparing to launch her eighteen year-old son this fall.

Rosedelma Seraphin

Rosedelma Seraphin, Associate Director, of the Center of Student Belonging, Recruitment and Retention, and the Center for Workforce in the Office of Diversity and Multicultural Affairs at the Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University. She received her Masters in Intercultural Relations at Lesley University and is currently a Doctoral Candidate for Educational Leadership in Higher Education at JWU. In her current role, she is responsible for leading, creating, implementing, and managing a wide array of programmatic efforts and partnerships for students, faculty, and trainees, and helps to facilitate partnerships to advance a diverse, inclusive and culturally competent learning and training environments. Her skills cultivate positive relationships among individuals from diverse cultural and organizational backgrounds by communicating with clarity and diplomacy Rosedelma is an Educator, Social Anthropologist, and Artist. She is committed to her the work of equity, access, inclusion, belonging and community within, and outside of higher education.

Sara Wintz

Sara Wintz (pronouns: she/they) is the Academic Department Manager for the Department of Egyptology & Assyriology, supporting faculty and students working in the fields of Egyptology (the study of ancient Egypt’s languages, history, and culture), Assyriology (the study of the ancient lands of present-day Iraq, Syria, and Turkey), and the history of the ancient exact sciences (astronomy, astrology, and mathematics), and has supported a variety of initiatives since arriving to Brown in 2019, including the Program in Early Cultures (PEC) and Native American and Indigenous Studies Initiative (NAISI). A strategic thinker who brings an appreciation of predecessors and prior events to every role, Sara believes that an organization's future depends on its willingness to acknowledge its past. Sara holds a B.A. in Literature and M.F.A. in Writing, training in the humanities at Mills College, Wadham College (Oxford University), and Bard College. 

Catherine Zabriskie

As Senior Director of Digital Learning & Design, Sheridan Center for Teaching at Learning at Brown University, Catherine leads a team of instructional technologists, instructional designers and media professionals who partner with faculty to develop engaging learning experiences. Catherine enthusiastically engages faculty, students and colleagues in strategic initiatives to meet the university’s mission. Catherine has presented at national and international conferences on topics such as accessibility in higher education, digital transformation and organizational change. Catherine received her B.S in Art History from the University of Colorado, and her M.S. in Educational Technology Leadership from the George Washington University.