Our Admission team is here to help
Contact us by phone, email or choose a counselor in your area to view their travel schedule.
Please note, Rider's summer flextime schedule will commence on the Monday following commencement, May 16, 2022, and run through August 19, 2022. All University offices will be open and staffed Monday through Thursday for full days (8:30 a.m. until 4:30 p.m.). University offices will be closed on Fridays during the summer.
Director of Undergraduate, Transfer, International and WCC Admission
Ciambelli Hall
NJ: Hunterdon, Warren counties; Pennsylvania (excluding Chester and Delaware counties); Maryland, North Carolina, Puerto Rico and Virgin Islands, Texas, Virginia, and Washington D.C.; Homeschooled students; International students
smakowski [at] rider.edu
609-896-5250
609-557-3504 (Mobile)

Associate Director of Admission
Ciambelli Hall
NJ: Transfer population
jcook [at] rider.edu
609-896-5000 x7159
609-557-3114 (Mobile)

Assistant Director of Graduate Business and International Admission
Ciambelli Hall
ethompson [at] rider.edu
(609) 896-7724

Senior Assistant Director of Undergraduate Admission
Ciambelli Hall
NJ: Burlington, Camden, Cumberland, Essex, Gloucester, Hudson, Passaic and Salem counties
ventoj [at] rider.edu
609-896-5260
609-557-3552 (Mobile)

Senior Assistant Director of Undergraduate Admission
Ciambelli Hall
NJ: Morris, Somerset, Sussex, and Union counties
butterfielk [at] rider.edu
609-896-5053
609-843-2080 (Mobile)

Senior Assistant Director of Undergraduate Admission
NJ: Monmouth
hford [at] rider.edu
609-896-5173
609-843-2037 (Mobile)

Assistant Director of Undergraduate Admission
NJ: Mercer, Middlesex Counties
cleavey [at] rider.edu
609-896-5000 x 7132
609-557-3538 (Mobile)

Admission Counselor
NJ: Bergen County; Connecticut, Massachusetts
mcarbajal [at] rider.edu
609- 896-5000 ext. 7753
609-557-3588 (Mobile)

Assistant Director of Undergraduate Admission
NJ: Atlantic, Cape May, and Ocean Counties; Delaware; All other states
davilar [at] rider.edu
609-341-6672
609-557-3628 (Mobile)

Admission Counselor
New York; Westminster College of the Arts Liaison
orlandoo [at] rider.edu
609-896-5767
609-912-3004 (Mobile)

Transfer Counselor/Articulation Transfer Coordinator
Ciambelli Hall
PA: Transfer population
egiardinell [at] rider.edu
609-895-5691
609-557-3510 (Mobile)

Regional Admission Counselor
Ciambelli Hall
PA: Chester, Delaware, and California
kollar [at] rider.edu
(609) 896-5042
609-557-3146 (Mobile)

Regional Admission Counselor
Ciambelli Hall
Florida, South Carolina, Georgia
mlaporte [at] rider.edu
609-896-5042
609-557-3120 (Mobile)


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