Residential Life Staff
Administrative Staff
Director, Housing Residence Life
Matthew Cameron comes to Barry University after working in the Department of Housing and Residential Life at Florida Atlantic University. Matthew completed both his undergraduate degrees and graduate degree here at Barry. Matthew holds a B.S. in Criminology and M.S. in Higher Education Administration. Matthew has over 11 years of residence hall experience and is responsible for providing the overall leadership and direction for the Department of Housing and Residence Life.
Associate Director
Patrick Devine completed both his undergraduate degrees and graduate degree here at Barry. Patrick holds a B.S. in Political Science, B.A. in History and an M.S. in Higher Education Administration. Patrick also served in various capacities within the Division of Student Affairs. Currently, Patrick’s chief responsible encompasses supervision of the assignment/billing process and the supervision of the Main Office Staff.
Assistant Director
Damion Martells joins our team after serving 6 years in the field of Higher Education. Martells completed his undergraduate degree in Management Information System at Eastern Connecticut State University. Damion also holds a master’s degree in Education Administration from St. Thomas University. Damion is responsible for co-advising the Resident Hall Association, professional staff training, and resident assistant training, recruitment, evaluation, and selection.
Administrative Assistant
Sandra Riley is responsible for the day to day operation of the Housing and Residence Life Office. Sandra is directly response for management of the maintenance repair request/work orders system in conjunction with Facilities Management. Additionally, Sandra oversees and supervises the Office Assistants. Sandra is the departmental point of contact for the Barry Cares initiative.
Graduate Assistant
Tonya Wharton serves as the Housing and Residence Life graduate assistant who is currently pursuing her M.B.A. Tonya acquired her bachelor’s degree from Bowling Green University in the area of Actuarial Science. Tonya provides support to the department by fulfilling her responsibilities which include administrative duties in the office, room key inventory, billing and assignments, co-advise RHA, programming and also serves as a Resident Assistant in the residence halls.
Residence Coordinator
Residence Coordinator
Alexis D. Benson, native of New York New York, completed both a Bachelor of Music and Master of Music in Performance degrees at Shenandoah University in Winchester, Virginia. At Shenandoah Alexis worked for over five years as a Residential Hall Director, Resident Assistant and Conference Assistant. Alexis has joined Barry University’s Department of Housing and Residence Life as a Residence Coordinator for Weber, Brown and Sage Halls. His primary areas of interest are first-year students and orientation and also a passionate interest in human rights and LGBT studies.
Residence Coordinator
Erica Granoff has joined our team as a Residence Coordinator. She completed her bachelor's in Communications from the University of Connecticut and her master's in Higher Education and Administration from San Jose State University. She enjoys working with students and look forward to getting involved with the Barry community.
Residence Coordinator
Tatiana Webster is joining the Barry Community as a Residence Coordinator. She completed four years at Ursuline College and received her Bachelor’s in History and her master’s at Cleveland State University in Adult learning and development. She is looking forward to working with the Resident Assistant staff and getting to know the Barry community.
