Contact us
Ithaca campus: 118 Sage Place | Weill Cornell Medical campus: 445 East 69th Street |
For general inquiries, please contact the office as listed above or counsel@cornell.edu.
Please take note of the guidance below if you are choosing to email the office.
The Office of General Counsel (“OGC”) serves as legal counsel for the university and will provide legal advice to university employees only for matters that fall within the scope of their authorized employment duties performed on behalf of Cornell. Until you have received confirmation that OGC will provide you with legal counsel, you should not assume that an attorney-client relationship exists. Therefore, please avoid sending sensitive, confidential, or potentially privileged information via this email address and provide only as much general information as necessary for this office to understand the nature of your legal needs (e.g., “I need help revising a purchasing contract for my school” or “my unit received a letter from a lawyer”). After we receive your email, someone from OGC will contact you to confirm whether we are able to address your legal needs and/or to gather more detailed information from you.
General Counsel
| Donica Thomas Varner | Vice President and General Counsel | dtv26@cornell.edu | 607-255-8380 |
| Deborah A. Hodys | Associate Vice President and Deputy General Counsel | deh4003@med.cornell.edu | 212-746-0463 |
| Laura Bradford | Senior Associate General Counsel | lrb4002@med.cornell.edu | 212-746-0463 |
| Shannon K. Buffum | Senior Associate General Counsel | shannon.buffum@cornell.edu | 607-255-5124 |
| Jennifer Casler-Gonçalves | Associate General Counsel | jpc326@cornell.edu | 607-255-5124 |
| Aviana Cooper | Assistant General Counsel | avc4003@med.cornell.edu | 212-746-0463 |
| Valerie Cross Dorn | Senior Associate General Counsel | vlc1@cornell.edu | 607-255-5124 |
| Jill Gold | Assistant General Counsel | jig2016@med.cornell.edu | 212-746-0463 |
| Jack B. Greenhouse | Assistant General Counsel | jbg4002@med.cornell.edu | 212-746-0463 |
| Thomas Hoehner | Senior Associate General Counsel | th15@cornell.edu | 607-255-0977 |
| Robert R. Hoon | Senior Associate General Counsel | rrh74@cornell.edu | 607-255-5124 |
| Nancy E. Klotz | Senior Associate General Counsel | nklotz@cornell.edu | 607-255-5124 |
| Rachel Kramer | Associate General Counsel | rkr4003@med.cornell.edu | 212-746-0463 |
| Leah E. Laben | Associate General Counsel | lel23@cornell.edu | 607-255-5124 |
| Pauline T. Muto | Assistant General Counsel | ptm48@cornell.edu | 607-255-6592 |
| Ryan T. Nelson | Associate General Counsel | rtn29@cornell.edu | 607-255-9567 |
| Sheryl Orwel | Senior Associate General Counsel | sho2003@med.cornell.edu | 212-746-0463 |
| Adam G. Pence | Associate General Counsel | apence@cornell.edu | 607-255-5124 |
| Jared M. Pittman | Senior Associate General Counsel | jmp365@cornell.edu | 607-255-5124 |
| Christopher H. Rogala | Senior Associate General Counsel | chr2028@med.cornell.edu | 212-746-0463 |
| Nora S. Salvatore | Senior Associate General Counsel | ns66@cornell.edu | 607-255-5124 |
| Stephanie Sechler | Senior Associate General Counsel | 607-255-5124 | |
| Michael D. Smith | Senior Associate General Counsel | mds2003@med.cornell.edu | 212-746-0463 |
| Wendy E. Tarlow | Senior Associate General Counsel | wet2@cornell.edu | 607-255-5124 |
| Marie Taylor | Senior Associate General Counsel | marie.taylor@cornell.edu | 607-255-3526 |
Ithaca Staff
| Monica B. Almonte | Operations Coordinator | cmb457@cornell.edu | 607-255-5124 |
| Gladys E. Brangman | Interim Executive Staff Assistant and Law Office Manager | geb99@cornell.edu | 607-255-3903 |
| Kristin A. Davis | Senior Litigation Paralegal | kab264@cornell.edu | 607-255-2797 |
| Casey K. Neville | Litigation Assistant | ckn35@cornell.edu | 607-255-2796 |
| Flara Ozbek | Administrative Assistant | fo55@cornell.edu | 607-255-5633 |
WCM/NYC Staff
| Johnny Ho | Administrative Specialist | joh4022@med.cornell.edu | 212-746-0463 |
| Christina Oyola | Administrative Specialist | cho2013@med.cornell.edu | 212-746-0463 |
| Megan Wu | Administrative Specialist | mqw2001@med.cornell.edu | 212-746-0463 |
| Gabriel Calderon | Paralegal | gmc4002@med.cornell.edu | 212-746-0468 |
Board of Trustees
| Kristin MacHenry | Secretary of the Corporation | kdn1@cornell.edu | 607-255-5127 |
| Sheila B. Grant | Administrative Coordinator | 607-255-5127 |
WCM Board of Fellows & Office of the Secretary
| Deborah Hodys | Secretary of the Medical College | deh4003@med.cornell.edu | 212-746-6010 |
| Elizabeth Aracena | Administrative Specialist | 212-746-6010 | |
| Diane Fornieri | Deputy Secretary of the Medical College | 212-746-6010 | |
| Cheryl McIntosh | Coordinator, Board and Committee Operations | 212-746-6010 |