Admission Team
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Admission Deans and Counselors

Dan Abbatello
Assistant Dean of Admission
dabbatello@bates.edu | he/him
Connecticut; Maine (Portland and Southern Maine); Texas (excluding Dallas and Houston)

Admission Counselor
Admission Counselor
Delaware; District of Columbia; Maryland; Massachusetts (South Shore, Cape Cod); New Jersey, Virginia; West Virginia

Molly Holmberg Brown
Admission Counselor
mbrown6@bates.edu | she/her
Colorado; Idaho; Massachusetts (Western, Central, Milton, Lexington, Waltham); Montana; Nevada; North Dakota; South Dakota; Utah; Vermont; Wyoming

CeCe M. Camacho
Assistant Dean of Admission
ccamacho@bates.edu | she/her
Massachusetts (Boston, Cambridge); New York (Western, Central, Upstate, Capital Region, Central Hudson Valley, Catskills, Staten Island, Brooklyn); Michigan; Mississippi; Missouri; Nebraska; New York (Brooklyn); Ohio; Oklahoma; Texas (Dallas and Houston)

Tyra G. Crosbie
Associate Dean of Admission & Director of Access
tcrosbie@bates.edu | she/ella
California (Santa Barbara, San Fernando Valley, LA including West LA & Hollywood, Central Valley – South, Glendale, Pasadena, Long Beach, Covina, Orange, San Diego); New York (Bronx, Queens); Pennsylvania
American Samoa; Guam; Northern Mariana Islands; Puerto Rico; US Virgin Islands

Admission Counselor
Admission Counselor
California (San Francisco, Marin, Northern, East Bay, Peninsula, Central Valley); Illinois; New York (Westchester, Long Island); Rhode Island

Kevin Johnson
Associate Dean of Admission & Director of Communications and Marketing
kjohnson2@bates.edu | he/him

Sadie New
Admission Counselor
snew@bates.edu | she/her
Iowa; Kansas; Minnesota; Missouri; Nebraska; Wisconsin
Africa; Canada; Caribbean; Central America; Middle East; South America

Joe Spir Rechani
Associate Dean of Admission & Director of International Enrollment
jspir@bates.edu | he/él
Manhattan
Australia, New Zealand & Oceania; Central Asia; East Asia (excluding China); South Asia; South East Asia; Europe

Ben Rodriguez
Admission Counselor
brodriguez@bates.edu | he/him
Florida; Georgia; Massachusetts (Essex); New Hampshire; North Carolina; South Carolina

Vincent Scott
Assistant Dean of Admission
vscott2@bates.edu | he/him
Alaska; Arizona; Hawaii; Maine (Central, Northern); New Mexico; Oklahoma
East Asia (China)

Kris Surovjak
Associate Dean of Admission and Director of Campus Visit Experience
ksurovjak@bates.edu | they/them
Alabama; Arkansas; Indiana; Kentucky; Louisiana; Massachusetts (Lowell, Concord, Wellesley); Michigan; Mississippi; Ohio; Oregon; Tennessee; Washington

Office of Admission Staff

Amy Bouchard
Admission Office Assistant, Campus Events and Group Visits
abouchard@bates.edu | she/her

Laurie A. Dube
Admission Office Assistant & Coordinator of Alumni Admission Engagement
ldube@bates.edu | she/her

Jenny Fitzpatrick
Admission Office Assistant
Campus Visitor Experience
jfitzpatrick@bates.edu | she/her


Sherry St. Amant
Assistant to the Vice President for Enrollment & Dean of Admission and Financial Aid and Office Manager
sstamant@bates.edu | she/her
