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 and Marketing

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: Twin Cities, St. Cloud (Sartell and Sauk Rapids-Rice HS), Ohio and Indiana

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