Admissions Team

Get to know our team below and the areas/regions they serve.  When you're ready, connect with your enrollment advisor by phone, email, or text.

When you schedule your visit you will find our team in the beautiful, newly renovated Admission Welcome Center.  We look forward to getting to know you! 

Mrs. Nikki Frederick

Title: Director of Enrollment Management

Email: nfrederick@francis.edu

Office: 814-472-3270

Ms. Victoria Ivock

Title:  Associate Director of Enrollment Management

Email: vivock@francis.edu

Office:  814-472-3106

Oversees:  Visits and Event Management

Mr. Jason Zaffuto

Title: Associate Director of Enrollment Operations

Email: jzaffuto@francis.edu

Office: 814-472-3224

Oversees: Enrollment Operations

Ms. Dani Vella

Title: Communications Manager

Email: dvella@francis.edu

Office: 814-472-3481

Oversees: Enrollment Communications
 

Ms. Megan Mason

Title: Senior Enrollment Advisor

Email: mmason@francis.edu

Call/ Text: 814-328-8773

Recruitment Territories: Transfer, International, Re-Admit, Second Degree, Non-Degree

Ms. Lucy Wagner
Title:  Enrollment Advisor
Email: lcwagner@francis.edu
Call/Text: 814-328-4921
Recruitment Territories:  

Pennsylvania Counties: Armstrong, Blair, Cameron, Centre, Clarion, Clearfield, Clinton, Crawford, Elk, Erie, Forest, Huntingdon, Indiana, Jefferson, Lawrence, McKean, Mercer, Potter, Venango, Warren. 

New York Counties: Alleghany, Cattaraugus, Chautauqua, Chemung, Erie, Genesee, Livingston, Monroe, Niagara, Ontario, Orleans, Schuyler, Seneca, Steuben, Wayne, Wyoming, Yates.

Other States/Territories: Alabama, Alaska, American Samoa, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Guam, Hawaii, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Mexico,  North Carolina, North Dakota, Northern Mariana Islands, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Puerto Rico, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, U.S. Virgin Islands, Utah, Virginia, Washington, Washington D.C., West Virginia, Wisconsin, Wyoming.

Ms. Tori Varner
Title: Enrollment Advisor
Email: tvarner@francis.edu
Call/Text: 814-458-1099
Recruitment Territories:  

Pennsylvania Counties: Allegheny, Beaver, Butler, Cambria, Washington, Westmoreland.

Ms. Katie Brady
Title: Enrollment Advisor
Email: kbrady@francis.edu
Call/Text:814-328-8600
Recruitment Territories: 

Pennsylvania Counties: Adams, Bedford, Berks, Bradford, Bucks, Carbon, Chester, Columbia, Cumberland, Dauphin, Delaware, Fayette, Franklin, Fulton, Greene, Juniata, Lackawanna, Lancaster, Lebanon, Lehigh, Luzerne, Lycoming, Mifflin, Montgomery, Monroe, Montour, Northampton, Northumberland, Perry, Philadelphia, Pike, Schuylkill, Snyder, Somerset, Sullivan, Susquehanna, Tioga, Union, Wayne, Wyoming, York.

New York Counties: Albany, Bronx, Broome, Cayuga, Chenango, Clinton, Columbia, Cortland, Delaware, Dutchess, Essex, Franklin, Fulton, Greene, Hamilton, Herkimer, Jefferson, Kings (Brooklyn), Lewis, Madison, Montgomery, Nassau, New York (Manhattan), Oneida, Onondaga, Orange, Oswego, Otsego, Putman, Queens, Rensselaer, Richmond (Staten Island), Rockland, Saint Lawrence, Saratoga, Schenectady, Schoharie, Suffolk, Sullivan, Tioga, Tompkins, Ulster, Warren, Washington, Westchester.

Other States: Connecticut, Massachusetts, Maine, New Hampshire, New Jersey, Rhode Island, Vermont.

Ms. Shawniece Patterson
Title: Enrollment Advisor
Email: spatterson@francis.edu
Call/Text: 814-379-0303
Recruitment Territories: Division of Professional Studies/ Online & Workforce Development

Ms. Morgan Shumaker
Title: Enrollment Advisor
Email: mshumaker@francis.edu
Call/Text: 814-395-6095
Recruitment Territories: Graduate and Doctorate Degrees

Mrs. Kristin Keilman
Title: Welcome Center Manager
Email: kkeilman@francis.edu
Office: 814-472-3102