Alumni Relations Committee

Sen. Tiffany Bryant has held a number of roles in government, including working for House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries and the State of New York.  She currently works as a political consultant. She is the Chair of Columbia College Women and on the board of the Columbia Alumni Association. Previously Sen. Bryant served as the Vice President of Columbia's Black Alumni Council. She received her Bachelor's degree in Political Science from Columbia College in 2008.

Sen. Sergine Delma's background as a Haitian immigrant drives her mission and has uniquely shaped her dedication to making a positive impact in healthcare and her devotion to service. Her keen interest in pursuing a doctoral degree as an advanced practice nurse is deeply rooted in her passion for healthcare advancements, advocacy, and community service. Throughout her undergraduate journey, Sergine channeled this passion for advocacy, serving as vice president of the student government association and a resident assistant, committed to both listening to and amplifying student voices.

Sergine's commitment to service extends beyond campus. Her involvement in volunteer work in Kisumu, Kenya, advocacy for immigrant rights in L.A/Mexico, and engagement with Partners in Health, a platform for meeting local government leaders to share experiences and to advocate for legislation that eliminates barriers to care, have further solidified her devotion to service. She is drawn to serving as the University Senator for the School of Nursing to advocate for student concerns and needs within the larger University framework. Representing student perspectives on various forums, aligns seamlessly with her past leadership roles and her mission to be of service to her community.

Sen. Lisa Rosen-Metsch '90GS is the 9th Dean of the Columbia School of General Studies and the first alumna to serve as Dean. Previously, she was the Chair and Stephen Smith Professor, Sociomedical Sciences at the Mailman School of Public Health. Dean Rosen-Metsch is a medical sociologist and an internationally recognized scholar whose work has focused on the social determinants of health with special focus on access to care for persons living with HIV and substance use disorders. For the past two decades, her research has been continuously funded by the National Institutes of Health and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and has resulted in over 250 publications in high impact journals, including the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA), Addiction, and the American Journal of Public Health.

Mentoring and teaching has always been a high priority for Dean Rosen-Metsch and she has won numerous teaching awards and co-directs a NIH-funded training program with the Columbia School of Social Work. This spring, she taught a new seminar course in the Department of Sociology for undergraduates entitled “AIDS and U.S. Society” that explored how the HIV/AIDS epidemic transformed American society. In her time as Dean, Columbia GS has significantly increased fundraising for student financial aid scholarships, created and launched new international dual-degree programs, and created new initiatives focused on social justice and women student veterans.

Jonathan Susman, M.D., is Clinical Director of Vascular and Interventional Radiology and Program Director of the IR Residencies at Columbia University Irving Medical Center. Dr. Susman grew up in St. Louis and earned his A.B. at Columbia College. After his training and a brief stint on staff at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, he returned to Columbia where he has been for the past two decades. Dr. Susman has a keen interest in interventional oncology and interventions in the post liver transplant patient. He has presented internationally on complex portal and biliary interventions, as well as on oncologic embolization and ablation. 

Sen. Brent Stockwell is the William R. Kenan Jr. Professor of Biological Sciences and Chair of the Department of Biological Sciences, Professor of Chemistry in Arts & Sciences, and Professor of Pathology and Cell Biology. He has been on the Columbia faculty for 20 years.

In a series of papers from 2003 to 2012, Professor Stockwell discovered a previously unrecognized form of cell death that he termed ferroptosis. He has received numerous awards, including being elected to the U.S. National Academy of Medicine, the Lenfest Distinguished Columbia Faculty Award, the Great Teacher of Columbia College Award from the Society of Columbia Graduates, and the Dean Peter Awn Commitment to the LGBTQ Community Faculty Award. He has been in the top one percent of highly cited researchers the last five years and was named as one of the 50 most influential life science individuals in New York. He has published more than 190 scientific articles and received more than 50 research grants for over $40 million.