Meet The Staff

Resident Director: Brooke Swarthout 
Brooke was born and raised in the Hudson Valley where she received her associate's degree from Ulster County Community College. She transferred to SUNY Potsdam where she was hired a Resident Assistant for two years. She holds a Bachelor of the Arts in Speech Communication and Business Administration. Brooke also received a Master of Science in Teaching English from SUNY Potsdam. For the past two years, she has served as a professional Resident Director at SUNY Potsdam. During that time, she created the Transfer House and provided special programming to meet the unique needs of transfer students. She wanted future students to have a smoother transition from community college to a four year institution than she did. She is sensitive to and concerned about the unique needs that community college students have. She is excited to help the residents at MCC start here and go anywhere!

Alexander Resident Assistants

Kelly Tran
Last semester, Kelly graduated with an International Business degree. She has returned to MCC to take courses in academic preparation for her transfer to Cornell University. She was born in Vietnam but is Chinese. She is fluent in English, Chinese, and Vietnamese. She was raised in Rochester, NY and  lived in Brighton her whole life.  As a health conscious person, she is active; enjoys working out, and being outside. She loves to play ultimate Frisbee, basketball, softball and Kan Jam. She runs a lot but dreads it because she is not good at it. Although she is health conscious, she is sure to break her good habits on occasion. Who doesn’t? So make sure to check out her programs where free snacks are usually a staple. Please don’t hesitate to ask her any questions throughout the semester.  Her door is always open for you.

Jeff Dawley
Jeff  grew up in Hilton NY and graduated in 2006. He is an Environmental Science and Counseling major. He aspires to work at Wilderness rehabilitation camps for troubled youths. This is his second year as an RA and he has big plans for all of his residents! Jeff loves the outdoors and loves to share that enthusiasm with his residents.  Jeff is also an aspiring musician who sings and plays guitar. He enjoys meeting residents who are open to having a Jam circle in the quad! He is also into a lot of sports such as mountain biking, whitewater kayaking, and most of all, KanJam :). He can't wait to share his enthursiasm with you.


Daisy Luma-Haddison
Daisy was born and raised in The Republic of Cameroon, Central  Africa. She came to MCC one year ago. She is the second child in her family and I has two siblings. She understand and speaks some French. She is a second year student majoring in Pre- Pharmacy major. She loves traveling and learning new things.She also enjoys meeting new people, swimming and baking. She looks forward to meeting you!

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