McDaniel College announces recent staff promotions and additions

Jill Centofanti, who has worked in the admissions office at McDaniel for more than 20 years, has been promoted to dean of admissions. In her new role, she has oversight of the college’s overall admissions efforts.

Centofanti joined the college as associate director of admissions in 2001 and most recently led the admissions operations team as the executive director of admissions operations and technology. She graduated from Stevenson University with a bachelor’s degree in business communications.

Susan Fieldhouse is the new registrar at McDaniel. Fieldhouse most recently served as registrar at Middle Tennessee State University and was assistant registrar at Harford Community College in Bel Air, Md., and the University of North Carolina at Asheville. She has also held positions serving students and faculty at Middle Tennessee State University, University of North Texas, University of West Georgia, and University of Montevallo in Alabama.

Fieldhouse has a bachelor’s degree in history from Mars Hill University in North Carolina.

Carolyn Salazar has been named associate vice president for institutional advancement. In this role, she oversees major gifts and annual giving, as well as athletic and parent giving programs.

Salazar previously served as director of development at Shippensburg University and was associate director of development at Penn State Dickinson Law. She earned a bachelor’s degree from Iona College and both a master’s degree and Ph.D. from St. John’s University, where she also served as assistant director for institutional advancement and taught as an adjunct professor in English.

Andrew Van Der Stuyf joined McDaniel as associate vice president for facilities management at McDaniel, where he oversees all planning, operational and budgetary activities for the Physical Plant, Maintenance, Custodial, Grounds, Environmental Safety, Project Management, Fleet Management, and off-campus properties.

Van Der Stuyf has more than 30 years of experience and was previously director of facilities, buildings, and grounds at George Washington University. He holds a Bachelor of Engineering in Marine Engineering from the State University of New York Maritime College and Master of Engineering from the Clark School of Engineering at the University of Maryland.