Meet the Admission and Financial Aid Staff

Admission Representatives

Tony Amelse

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Senior Associate Director of Admission

Territory: Twin Cities

Erik Aschenbeck

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Senior Assistant Director of Admission/Events Planner
CSB+SJU Club Sports Liaison

Territory: Twin Cities, Alaska, Arizona, Idaho, Montana, New Mexico, Oregon, Utah, Washington and Wyoming

Karen Backes

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Dean of Admission

Territory: Minnesota high schools: Blake, Breck, Minnehaha Academy, Mounds Park Academy,  Sartell, St. Cloud Tech, St. Paul Academy and Summit School, Trinity School at River Ridge

Matt Beirne

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Director of Admission
ROTC Liaison

Territory: Colorado, District of Columbia, Hawaii, New Jersey, Virginia and select schools in Los Angeles

Nathan Dehne

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Vice President of Enrollment Management

Teri Durbin

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Director of Admission Services, Transfer and Readmit Student Coordinator
CSB Office Management; non-traditional, transfer and readmit students, St. Cloud Cathedral

Carol Gadd-Marshall

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Assistant Director of Admission

Territory: Select Twin Cities High Schools – Apple Valley, Burnsville, Eagan, Eastview, Hill-Murray, Rosemount and School of Environmental Studies

Anne Kaluza

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Financial Aid Counselor/Assistant Director of Admission

Territory: Select Central Minnesota high schools: Albany, Holdingford, Little Falls, Melrose, ROCORI, St. Cloud Apollo, and Upsala

Claire Lentsch

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Assistant Director of Admission

Territory: Central Minnesota, Iowa

Aidan Lorentzen

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Admission Representative

Territory:Twin Cities (West/Southwest Metro)

Sarah Abraham Murnane

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Assistant Director of Admission – Chicago Regional 

Territory:  Alabama, Arkansas, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Mississippi, Missouri, Nevada, New Hampshire,  New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvaia, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Tennessee, Vermont, West Virginia, Wisconsin, Wyoming and select schools in the Twin Cities

Cathy Nguyen

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Assistant Director of Admission

Territory: Twin Cities and California

Paola Popoca

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Assistant Director of Admission

Territory: Twin Cities, Texas

Alex Schleper

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Director of International Admission

Territory: Guam, Puerto Rico and all international (F-1) students worldwide and U.S. students living abroad

Drew Schoenbauer

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Assistant Director of Admission

Territory: Twin Cities

Joseph Schwieters

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Assistant Director of Admission

Territory: Northwest Metro and Nebraska

Sarah Simpson

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Director of Digital Marketing

Territory: Northern Minnesota, North Dakota

Mikayla VonWahlde

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Admission Representative

Territory: Southern Minnesota, South Dakota

Tom Voller-Berdan

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Senior Associate Director of Admission
Territory: Duluth area schools

Admission Staff

Angie Arens

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CSB Office Coordinator; sets up personal visits at CSB

Jennifer Skahen

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SJU Office Coordinator; sets up personal visits at SJU

Deb Baggenstoss

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Application Processing for SJU

Robin Bautch

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Direct Mail Coordination

Mary Ruble

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Information Systems Management, Marketing and Direct Mail

Kay Richter

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Assistant to Vice President of Admission and Financial Aid