ISSO Morningside and Manhattanville, Faculty and Scholar Services

Kimberly is an Assistant Director of Faculty and Scholar Services for ISSO Morningside and Manhattanville. In her role, she provides documentation and advising services to the scholar community belonging to the Morningside campus. She also assists academic departments in bringing international faculty and researchers to the university.

Prior to joining Columbia, Kimberly provided services for the instructional H-1B and J-1 scholar populations at Fordham University. She holds two M.S. degrees from Fordham University: one in Human Resources Management and one in Education Administration.

Kimberly is a native New Yorker. In her free time, she enjoys reading and spending time with her family.

Jane is the Director of Faculty and Scholar Services for ISSO Morningside and Manhattanville. In her role, she leads the Scholar Advising Team, overseeing the development and delivery of visa sponsorship services for the international faculty, researchers, Visiting Scholars and Visiting Student Interns belonging to the Morningside and Manhattanville campuses. Jane also serves as the Responsible Officer for Columbia University's J-1 Exchange Visitor Program, which facilitates a robust slate of academic, professional and cultural exchanges each year. 

Jane has been with the ISSO since 2000. She is passionate about international education and finding new ways to support and facilitate faculty and research exchanges within Columbia University. This passion for international education was sparked early in her career while working as an educator with the U.S. Peace Corps in the Fiji Islands and in Japan through the Japan Exchange and Teaching Program. 

Jane holds a Master's Degree in International and Comparative Education from Columbia University’s Teachers College and a Bachelor's Degree from Saint Michael's College in Vermont.

Liz is the Associate Director of Faculty and Scholar Services for ISSO Morningside and Manhattanville. In her role, she is responsible for the preparation and filing of Special Handling PERM applications as well as Extraordinary Ability, Outstanding Professor/Researcher and National Interest Waiver (NIW) petitions. She is an expert resource for faculty, researchers, scholars and staff on a wide range of employment-based issues including how nonimmigrant visa status factors into the permanent residence process.

Prior to joining Columbia, Liz served as a Client Services Manager for Fragomen, where she supervised a team involved in providing both nonimmigrant visas as well as permanent residence services to large, multinational corporations.

Liz's first job after graduating from college was as an Editorial Assistant in the College division of HarperCollins (then Harper & Row.) In many ways, she feels she has come full circle.

Colleen is an Assistant Director of Faculty and Scholar Services for ISSO Morningside and Manhattanville. In her role, she provides documentation and advising services to the scholar community belonging to these campuses. She also assists academic departments in bringing international faculty and researchers to the university, facilitates orientation programs for J-1 scholars, and provides workshops and one-on-one training for department staff members. She finds the opportunity to support Columbia’s international faculty & researchers truly rewarding.

Prior to joining Columbia, Colleen held various positions within the Exchange Visitor Sponsorship team at the Institute of International Education. She holds an M.A. in International Education from New York University and a B.A. from the University at Buffalo. 

In her free time, Colleen enjoys gardening, hiking, camping, paddling––generally any outdoor activity.