First-Gen Advisory Committee
Wellesley’s First-Gen Advisory Committee provides valuable support to the Office of Student Success. Comprised of dedicated members of the campus community who have demonstrated a commitment to helping historically underrepresented students thrive at the College through holistic advising, mentoring, programming, research and instruction, the Committee centers around information sharing and serving as thought partners who champion college-wide support for Wellesley’s first-gen student population.
2023-24 First-Gen Advisory Committee Members
- Chair: Jamie D. Motley, Anne Shen Chao '74 Director of Student Success
- Christopher De La Cerda, Director, Career Advising
- Natalie Figueroa, Assistant Director of Admission
- Corinne Gartner, Associate Professor of Philosophy
- Nicholaus Gutierrez, Assistant Professor of Cinema and Media Studies
- Katie Hall, Distinguished Senior Lecturer, Department of Physics
- Jeannine Johnson, Director of the Writing Program and Senior Lecturer in Writing
- Ayana McCoy, Assistant Director, Science Center
- Mary Kate McGowan, Margaret Clapp '30 Distinguished Alumnae Professor of Philosophy
- Sarah Pociask, Assistant Director of Assessment, Office of Institutional Research
- Jen Pollard, Associate Provost and Executive Director of Career Education
- Carla Verschoor, Senior Lecturer, Department of Chemistry
- Eliana Waite, Associate Director of Admission
- Hui Xiong, Assistant Provost for Institutional Research & Assessment