Leadership Team

Our Team

Jennifer Nival Profile

Jennifer Nival

Director, SEAL
Alyson Bouchard Profile

Alyson Bouchard

Assistant Director, Student Advising & Leadership
Cesar Poma-Rodriguez Profile

Cesar Poma-Rodriguez

Assistant Director, Student Engagement & Outreach
Joshua Hamlin Profile

Joshua Hamlin

Director, Campus Centers
Danielle Wilson Profile

Danielle Wilson

Student Affairs Financial Manager

Jennifer Nival

Director of Student Engagement and Leadership

  • Provides strategic leadership for student engagement, leadership development, civic engagement, orientation, and campus-wide programming initiatives.
  • Collaborates with campus partners to foster an engaged campus community and support student success through co-curricular experiences and services.
  • Leads marketing, communications, and space management strategies that enhance student involvement and campus life.
  • Advises the Student Government Association (SGA)
  • Advises Senior Class Council
  • Oversees budgets, contracts, vendor agreements, film and production rights, and off-campus venue reservations.
  • Supervises professional staff, graduate assistants, and student employees

Email: jennifer_nival@emerson.edu
Office: Walker 411

Josh Hamlin

Director of Campus Centers

  • Manages the Campus Centers, including 172 Tremont, the Student Performance Center (SPC), Griff's Game Room,
  • Oversees the room reservation platform 'Spacebook'
  • Advises on event planning, logistics, space use, and technical needs
  • Manages all requests for posting on digital signage across campus
  • Serves as a liaison to the Office of the Arts (OA) and Media Technology and Production (MTP), and other departments for student orgs
  • Coordinates the booking of promotional tables across campus
  • Provides technical support for on-campus spaces

Email: joshua_hamlin@emerson.edu
Office: 172 Tremont

Aly Bouchard

Assistant Director, Student Advising and Leadership

  • Supports the extracurricular experience at Emerson College
  • Leads the Leadership Development Institute, including tracking student progress, collaborating with campus partners to offer a variety of elements, and planning recognition
  • Develops and facilitates student organization and advisor training, including updating handbooks and presentation content
  • Manages the new student organization with the Student Government Association, including updating applications and other forms, training, handbook, and approval process
  • Educate and advise students and student organizations on policies and procedures associated with local, state, and national laws,  as well as college policies and compliance
  • Leads the planning and execution of the Org Fair
  • Advises all Fraternity and Sorority Life chapters, including the FSL Leadership Council, planning community-wide events, and managing the New Member process

Email: alyson_bouchard@emerson.edu
Office: Walker 411

Cesar Poma-Rodriguez

Assistant Director, Student Engagement and Outreach

  • Plans and facilitates campus traditions and signature events like Weeks of Welcome, Back to Boylston, Breakfast for Dinner, etc
  • Advises Emerson Mane Events (EME), our student-led programming board
  • Provides best practice for event planning — meet with Cesar to navigate the process from idea to execution
  • Leads departmental branding and marketing strategies
  • Organizes on and off-campus civic engagement initiatives that promote voter education, community service, and advocacy
  • Advises Class Year Councils (First Year, Sophomore, and Junior)
  • Co-advises the Student Experience Senate

Email: cesar.pomarodriguez@emerson.edu
Office: Walker 411

Danielle Wilson

Student Affairs Financial Manager

  • Assists with the management of annual budgets for both student orgs and Student Affairs
  • Supports student org leaders and departmental staff on budgeting, purchasing, expense reconciliation, financial planning, and fiscal responsibility.
  • Facilitates financial transactions for student orgs, including payments, reimbursements, contracts, and purchase orders
  • Collaborates with student leaders to plan trips and travel details such as lodging, transportation and event registration

Email: danielle_wilson@emerson.edu
Office: Walker 411