Dean’s Alumni Advisory Board

Caity Moseman Wadler (MA ’16, Food Studies)

Caity Moseman Wadler is a consultant offering strategy, management, and operations services in the food and nonprofit sectors. Caity was the Executive Director of Heritage Radio Network (HRN) from 2016 to 2023, where she oversaw 35 weekly podcasts and special programs on agriculture, beverages, dining, and culture; an educational arm that trained 117 interns and fellows for careers in food media and audio storytelling; and live events.

Caity holds an M.A. in Food Studies from New York University and a B.A. in Molecular Biology / Biochemistry from Middlebury College. Prior to her graduate studies, Caity worked in antibody engineering for Adimab, a New Hampshire-based biotech startup. She received the Julia Child Foundation Food Writing Fellowship at Heritage Radio Network in 2015 and was recognized as one of the New York City Food Policy Center's 40 Under 40 in 2018. She was inducted into Les Dames d'Escoffier in 2023. Caity currently serves as Treasurer on the National Board of Directors of Slow Food USA.

Caity lives in Norwalk, CT with her husband, two kids, and silver lab. Outside of work, she can be found gardening, knitting, fly-fishing, or kite-skiing across a frozen lake. She is always thinking about what's for dinner.

Clare Overmann (MA ’12, International Education)

Clare Overmann is the Chief Executive Officer of the Association of International Education Administrators (AIEA), the premier professional association for international education leadership. In this role, she oversees the strategic direction and growth of the 700+ member organization. Prior to AIEA, Clare served as a senior leader at the Institute of International Education (IIE), leading the organization’s strategic engagement, member associations, major U.S. government-funded programs, and corporate external affairs. An expert on academic partnerships, Clare led the growth and transformation of IIE’s Center for International Partnerships and founded the National Academy for International Education. 

She is the editor of Global Perspectives on Strategic International Partnerships: A Guide to Building Sustainable Academic Linkages (2016) and has written multiple articles and papers on topics that include academic partnerships, rebuilding higher education, women’s leadership, and study abroad. Clare studied abroad in South Korea and Chile, and started her career in the petrochemical industry in The Netherlands. Clare holds a BA from Georgetown University in Spanish Language and Culture and an MA from New York University’s Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, and Human Development. She sits on the Dean’s Alumni Advisory Board at NYU Steinhardt and serves as Vice President of the Board of Directors for Voices for Children Montgomery.

Dr. Donna Cantrell (BS ’80, Physical Therapy)

After witnessing the scope of healthcare disparities both personally and in her four-decade career as a physical therapist, Donna Cantrell PT, DPT is now dedicated to highlighting and promoting inclusive health practices, particularly for those living with intellectual disabilities (ID). As Special Olympics Clinical Director for FUNfitness Long Island, Dr. Cantrell provides free health screenings to athletes with ID both nationally and globally at Special Olympics World Games events. This screening data then informs health policy, funding and research for those with ID. As an Autism Speaks Advocacy Ambassador, she is engaged in meeting with lawmakers on Capitol Hill to further legislation to designate those living with ID as a medically underserved population. More recently, Donna has served as an Autism Research Program Reviewer for the Department of Defense's Congressionally Directed Medical Research Program. Donna is a twenty-year Trustee at Variety Child Learning Center on Long Island, a school for children with developmental delays. Her son also attended NYU Steinhardt, during which time she served as co-chair of the NYU Parents' Committee.        

Dr. Julie Case (MA ’07, Speech-Language Pathology; PhD ’19, Communicative Sciences and Disorders)

Julie Case is an Assistant Professor in the Speech-Language-Hearing Sciences Department at Hofstra University. Dr. Case holds a PhD in Communicative Sciences and Disorders from New York University (2019) and an MA in Speech-Language Pathology from New York University (2007), in addition to an MA in Spanish Language and Hispanic Literature and Cultures from Central Connecticut State University (2004) and a BA in Spanish with a concentration in Elementary Education from Villanova University (2001). Dr. Case is an ASHA certified bilingual speech language pathologist with specialization in speech sound disorders and expertise in Childhood Apraxia of Speech (CAS). She is the director of the Case Speech Production Laboratory which studies the clinical management of CAS, in addition to speech motor development and language abilities in children with CAS and other speech sound disorders. Dr. Case’s work has been published across several peer-reviewed journals and presented at numerous international conferences on related clinical and academic topics.

Mickela Mallozzi (BA ’05, Music and Italian)

Mickela Mallozzi is the 4x Emmy Award-winning Host and Executive Producer of Bare Feet with Mickela Mallozzi, a travel series on PBS. Mickela likes to say she “makes new friends by dancing with strangers,” connecting with locals through the universal language of dance and music wherever she goes. From re-discovering her family’s roots in Southern Italy to learning the haka with the Māori in Aotearoa (New Zealand), the series covers Mickela’s adventures as she experiences the world, one dance at a time.  

Mickela has been featured in The New York Times, O Magazine, The Washington Post, AFAR Media, Hemispheres Magazine, Dance Magazine, Forbes, National Geographic, Condé Nast Traveler, NBC, and more, and she has performed on various television shows including Sesame Street.  

Mickela is also an adjunct professor at her alma mater, New York University, where she teaches Intercultural Communication Through Dance when she’s not filming her TV series. The new season 8 of Bare Feet premieres on PBS starting December 2025.

Samantha Asante-Bio (BS ’15, Applied Psychology)

Holding a B.S. in Applied Psychology from New York University and a Master’s in Ed Policy and Management from Harvard's Graduate School of Education, Samantha believes that an equitable society begins with education, and educational equity starts with addressing the needs of the dynamic child. As an elementary teacher, Samantha founded KlickEngage, an SEL app empowering students and fostering psychological safety. Samantha then worked as President of LaunchX Entrepreneurship Program for High School Students. Currently, Samantha is serving as the Senior Managing Director, Senior Designer at the Reinvention Lab within Teach for America, designing innovative solutions for the future of learning. In her free time, she dedicates her time to advisory board positions at the Jack Kent Cooke Foundation and NYU. Her accolades include Forbes 30 Under 30, various fellowships, and multiple TFA Social Innovation Awards, showcasing her commitment to transformative education.

Shoba Gayathri Nahappan (MA ’06, Visual Arts Administration)

Shoba Gayathri Nahappan is a London-based arts and cultural consultant with 15 years' international experience spanning the arts, education, and administration. She currently serves as Special Projects Consultant for Studio K, Singapore, and co-founder of SW London Women, a social enterprise connecting and championing women from diverse backgrounds and a 2025 UK StartUp Awards finalist.

Building on her entrepreneurial background as founder of Gallery Eighty, one of Singapore's first contemporary art galleries, Shoba has delivered major public art commissions, including permanent installations at Singapore Changi Airport and the National Museum of Singapore. This foundation has enabled her to work across non-profit and commercial arts organisations, academia, and cultural institutions throughout the UK, Singapore, USA, Sweden, and Australia. She has led programmes and events such as the Arts & Health programme at the Wellcome Trust (2022) and Can Art Save Lives? (2025) in partnership with NYU, Jameel Arts Lab, WHO, UCL, and London Arts and Health.

Shoba holds an MA in Visual Arts Administration from NYU Steinhardt and a BA (Hons) in Anthropology and Visual Culture from Monash University. Having lived in South-East Asia, Australia, Europe, and the United States, she brings a global perspective and is a committed advocate for youth mental health, arts in healthcare, and accessible arts and education.

Dr. Tarika Barrett (PhD ’10, Teaching and Learning)

Dr. Tarika Barrett is the CEO of Girls Who Code, an international non-profit organization working to close the gender gap in technology that has served over 670,000 students to date. A champion for education and equity, Tarika started her career as an educator and has spent two decades building educational pathways for young people at organizations like iMentor, the New York City Department of Education, New Visions for Public Schools, and New York University's Center for Research on Teaching and Learning. A graduate of Brooklyn College, Tarika has an M.A. in Deaf Education from Columbia Teachers College and a Ph.D. in Teaching and Learning from New York University. 

Tarika has served on the boards of CSforALL, Eskolta, McGraw Hill, and AT&T's Accelerator Advisory Board. In March of 2024, Tarika was appointed Co-Chair of New York Governor Kathy Hochul’s Emerging Technology Advisory Board. She also serves as a Homeland Security Advisory Council member, Chair of the New York University Steinhardt Dean's Alumni Advisory Board, and a member of The New Visions for Public Schools Board of Directors. Tarika's accomplishments have earned her numerous accolades, including an honorary Doctor of Letters degree from Medgar Evers College, CUNY; the Dorothy Height Distinguished Alumni Achievement Award from NYU's Steinhardt School; and the New York City Bar Association Huntington Bank's Her Hero Lifetime Achievement Award. She was named to PoliticsNY and amNY Metro’s 2024 Nonprofit Power Players list and was recognized as one of Crain's 50 Most Powerful Women in New York in 2021.