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Meet the Admission and Financial Aid Staff
Admission Representatives
Tony Amelse
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Senior Associate Director of Admission
Territory: Twin Cities
Ethan Aronson
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Assistant Director of Admission, Fine Arts Liaison
Territory: Select Minnesota schools, homeschooled students, Alaska, Idaho, Oregon and Washington
Erik Aschenbeck
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Senior Assistant Director of Admission/Events Planner
CSB/SJU Club Sports Liaison
Territory: Central Minnesota, Twin Cities, Arizona, Georgia, New Mexico and Utah
Karen Backes
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Dean of Admission
Human Resource Management
Territory: Minnesota high schools: Blake, Breck, Minnehaha Academy, Mounds Park Academy, Saint John's Prep, 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
Kayla Butler
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Assistant Director of Admission
Territory: Southwest Minnesota, South Dakota and Northern Wisconsin
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, 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
Sarah Abraham Murnane
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Assistant Director of Admission – Chicago Regional
Territory: Illinois, Kansas, Michigan, and Missouri
Cathy Nguyen
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Assistant Director of Admission
Territory: Twin Cities and California
Carliene Quist*
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Assistant Director of Admission
Territory: Southeastern Minnesota and Texas
YTM Liaison, Honors Program Liaison
*Carliene is fluent in both English and Spanish
Paola Popoca
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Assistant Director of Admission
Territory: Twin Cities
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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Associate Director of Admission/Marketing
Territory: Northern Minnesota, North Dakota
Laura Stork
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Senior Assistant Director of Admission, Non-traditional Student Coordinator
Territory: Alabama, Arkansas, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Massachusetts, Mississippi, Montana, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, Oklahoma, Pennsylvaia, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Tennessee, Vermont, West Virginia, Wyoming and select schools in the Twin Cities
Tom Voller-Berdan
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Executive Director of Admission/Marketing
Publications, Advertising, Marketing and Web Coordination
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
Admission Representative Locator
The admission staff at the College of Saint Benedict and Saint John’s University is here to help you with your college search. Each admission representative works with a particular region and specific schools. Use our online locator to identify your representative and find his or her contact information.
Find My RepresentativeCollege of Saint Benedict
Saint John’s University
2850 Abbey Plaza
PO Box 7155
Collegeville, MN 56321
Office 320-363-5060
Toll Free 800-544-1489
Fax 320-363-5650
Email [email protected]
Find your Admission Representative
College of Saint Benedict
Stuart Perry
Executive Director of Financial Aid
37 S. College Ave.
St. Joseph, MN 56374
320-363-5388
Toll Free 800-544-1489
Fax 320-363-6099
Email [email protected]
Saint John’s University
Robert Piechota
Director of Financial Aid
PO Box 5000
Collegeville, MN 56321
320-363-3664
Toll Free 800-544-1489
Fax 320-363-2189
Email [email protected]