Dean’s Fellows serve as mentors to first year, transfer, and international students. We strive to make the transition to law school as smooth as possible by sharing institutional knowledge, answering questions, and connecting students to faculty and other administrative resources. By forming authentic peer-to-peer relationships, we aim to foster a collaborative and supportive Carolina Law community.
Dean’s Fellows Coordinators
Patrick Longest (he/him)
Class Year: 3L
Undergrad: Wofford College; Duke Divinity School
Hometown: Raleigh, NC
Fun Fact: One of my high school superlatives was “Most likely to wear sweatpants.”
Emma Poole (she/her)
Class Year: 3L
Undergrad: Auburn University
Hometown: Leesburg, VA
Fun Fact: I’m in an Instagram DM group chat with my best friend and Waka Flocka
Dean’s Fellows
Mackenzie Roche (she/they)
Class Year: 3L
Undergrad: UNC
Hometown: Sanford, NC
Fun Fact: I have a weekly radio show on WXYC-Chapel Hill 89.3
Griffin Lamb (he/him)
Class Year: 2L
Undergrad: Seattle Pacific University
Hometown: Seattle, WA
Fun Fact: I am a retired travel photography influencer
Alex Rivenbark (she/her)
Class Year: 2L
Undergrad: Davidson College
Hometown: Wilmington, NC
Fun Fact: I always have a salt shaker in my purse, just in case.
Maxwell Newman (he/him)
Class Year: 2L
Undergrad: University of Florida
Hometown: Tampa, FL
Fun Fact: I once woke up and found a coyote in my house.
Luke Smith (he/him)
Class Year: 2L
Undergrad: UNC
Hometown: Buffalo, NY
Fun Fact: I was bitten by a bat in Indiana and had to get rabies shots
Mary Amico (she/her)
Class Year: 2L
Undergrad: Miami University
Hometown: Charlotte, NC
Fun Fact: I got an espresso machine this summer and am (semi-successfully) experimenting– If anyone has helpful tips please let me know!
Brett Goble (he/him)
Class Year: 2L
Undergrad: Centre College
Hometown: Lexington, KY
Fun Fact: I have walked El Camino de Santiago in Spain
Chiara Cominelli (she/her)
Class Year: 2L
Undergrad: Vanderbilt University
Hometown: Cleveland, OH
Fun Fact: I am a dual citizen (Italy & US)
Katie Southwick (she/her)
Class Year: 2L
Undergrad: Wake Forest University
Hometown: Greensboro, NC
Fun Fact: I slept in an Italian train station and on a beach in France.
Joy Aikens (she/her)
Class Year: 2L
Undergrad: UNC
Hometown: Reidsville, NC
Fun Fact: I did musical theatre for over a decade
Becca Feldman (she/her)
Class Year: 2L
Undergrad: Florida State University
Hometown: Boca Raton, FL
Fun Fact: I love to thrift
Bethany Garrison (she/her)
Class Year: 3L
Undergrad: UNC
Hometown: Greenville, NC
Fun Fact: My favorite thing to do in the area is cycle on the country roads out towards Hillsborough and Mebane
Maggie Rand (she/her)
Class Year: 2L
Undergrad: UNC
Hometown: Roxboro, NC
Fun Fact: I have a license to operate a Zodiac boat in Costa Rica.
Kallie Bergers (she/her)
Class Year: 2L
Undergrad: University of South Carolina
Hometown: Northville, MI
Fun Fact: I have visited 45 countries
Sarah Dobbs (she/her)
Class Year: 3L
Undergrad: UNC Greensboro
Hometown: Hillsborough, NC
Fun Fact: I am a synchronized figure skating instructor.
Ashlyn Barnes (she/her)
Class Year: 2L
Undergrad: University of Arkansas
Hometown: Dallas, TX
Fun Fact: I trained horses for 7 years.
Sam Taylor (he/him)
Class Year: 2L
Undergrad: University of Alabama
Hometown: Fayette, AL
Fun Fact: I spent the night in a European airport.
Harseerat Dhillon (she/her)
Class Year: 3L
Undergrad: Florida State University
Hometown: Palm City, FL
Fun Fact: I used to sing in a jazz band
Dhanya Madugalle (she/her)
Class Year: 3L
Undergrad: NYU
Hometown: Colombo, Sri Lanka
Fun Fact: I can make bagels from scratch but can’t cook anything else
Izzy Parsons (she/her)
Class Year: 2L
Undergrad: UNC
Hometown: Raleigh, NC
Fun Fact: I am a dual citizen with Switzerland!
Jessica di Lustro (she/her)
Class Year: 3L
Undergrad: Duke University
Hometown: Salisbury, NC and Durham, NC
Fun Fact: I have slipped on a banana peel
Matthew Heldman (he/him)
Class Year: 2L
Undergrad: Emory University
Hometown: Cincinnati, OH
Fun Fact: I’m allergic to bananas
Mikayla Zummo (she/her)
Class Year: 3L
Undergrad: NCSU
Hometown: Charlotte, NC
Fun Fact: I foster kittens
Kareem Subei (he/him)
Class Year: 2L
Undergrad: Ohio State University
Hometown: Jeddah, SA and Cincinnati, OH
Fun Fact: I played soccer at a tournament in Italy
Casey Buttke (she/her)
Class Year: 2L
Undergrad: Northeastern University
Hometown: Toronto, Canada
Fun Fact: I was a competitive mogul skier for nine years.
Caleb Welch (he/him)
Class Year: 2L
Undergrad: Louisiana State University
Hometown: Jena, LA
Fun Fact: I have 3 near-death experiences
Mariam Syed (she/her)
Class Year: 2L
Undergrad: University of Virginia
Hometown: Bristow, VA
Fun Fact: I facetimed with Daniel Radcliffe
Lily Burdick (she/her)
Class Year: 2L
Undergrad: Davidson College
Hometown: Durham, NC
Fun Fact: When I was 10 I was the second girl in the state for competitive chess. To be fair, there weren’t that many of us…
Lauren Slack (she/her)
Class Year: 2L
Undergrad: NCSU
Hometown: Greensboro, NC
Fun Fact: I’ve fallen out of a window
Sarah Campbell (she/her)
Class Year: 2L
Undergrad: Florida State University
Hometown: Raleigh, NC
Fun Fact: I studied abroad my freshman year of undergrad
Andy McLauchlin
Class Year: 2L
Undergrad: William & Mary
Hometown: Houston, TX
Fun Fact: I can solve a Rubik’s cube
Jack Fisher (he/him)
Class Year: 2L
Undergrad: UNC Wilmington
Hometown: Salisbury, NC
Fun Fact: I use Will Ferrell movie quotes frequently in my daily conversations.
Kairy Bautista (she/her)
Class Year: 3L
Undergrad: UNC
Hometown: Charlotte, NC
Fun Fact: I used to competitively latin dance.
Denise Bahena-Bustos (she/her)
Class Year: 2L
Undergrad: Meredith College
Hometown: Raleigh, NC
Fun Fact: I have a rubber duck collection
Alessandra Ruano (she/her)
Class Year: 2L
Undergrad: George Washington University
Hometown: Tampa, FL
Fun Fact: I studied abroad on three continents
Peter Harrison (he/him)
Class Year: 2L
Undergrad: NCSU
Hometown: Winston Salem, NC
Fun Fact: I lived in South Korea for 6 years before law school.
Jay Sherrill (he/him)
Class Year: 3L
Undergrad: Wake Forest University
Hometown: Statesville, NC
Fun Fact: I have never been to a big box store (think Costco, Sam’s Club, etc.).
Austin Foushee (he/him)
Class Year: 2L
Undergrad: UNC
Hometown: Graham, NC
Fun Fact: There is a yearly scholarship given to a UNC student with my name on it! (And it’s not my money!!)
Jackson Webb (he/him)
Class Year: 2L
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Hometown:
Fun Fact: I did the German exchange program!
Maddy Calick (she/her)
Class Year: 2L
Undergrad: Cornell University
Hometown: Westchester, NY
Fun Fact: my tortoise was on television
Sarah Daugherty (she/her)
Class Year: 2L
Undergrad: University of Tennessee
Hometown: Greeneville, TN
Fun Fact: I lived in Japan for two years prior to law school
Emma Santizo (she/her)
Class Year: 2L
Undergrad: Stony Brook University
Hometown: Rochester, NY
Fun Fact: I was in an a cappella group in undergrad!
Karolyn Martin (she/her)
Class Year: 2L
Undergrad: Appalachian State University
Hometown: Columbia, SC
Fun Fact: I’ve signed up to skydive three times and it rained each time.
Lance Rybka (he/him)
Class Year: 3L
Undergrad: Samford University
Hometown: Akron, OH
Fun Fact: I eat ice cream for breakfast every day
Lilly Parmer (she/her)
Class Year: 2L
Undergrad: University of Georgia
Hometown: Carrollton, GA
Fun Fact: I was on the field at the college football national championship game
Noor Sandhu (she/her)
Class Year: 2L
Undergrad: Duke University
Hometown: Durham, NC
Fun Fact: I was a serious tennis player growing up and trained at a tennis academy in Barcelona, Spain.
Yasmeen Halabi (she/her)
Class Year: 2L
Undergrad: University of Central Florida
Hometown: Orlando, FL
Fun Fact: I’ve been skydiving!
Lindsey Cox (she/her)
Class Year: 2L
Undergrad: UNC
Hometown: Eden, NC
Fun Fact: I make fantastic strawberry cobbler
Maggie Caudle (she/her)
Class Year: 2L
Undergrad: UNC
Hometown: Wilmington, NC
Fun Fact: I won an RV trip on the Kelly Clarkson show!
Payne Walton (he/him)
Class Year: 2L
Undergrad: University of Arkansas
Hometown: Austin, TX
Fun Fact: I got 3rd place in my elementary school’s bilingual spelling bee
Lynne Imamura (she/her)
Class Year: 2L
Undergrad: University of Florida
Hometown: Sierra Vista, AZ
Fun Fact: I got Wordle in one try twice
Ele McCarter (she/her)
Class Year: 2L
Undergrad: American University
Hometown: Charlotte, NC
Fun Fact: I once sold a painting to Mark Zuckerberg’s sister
Molli Walsleben (she/her)
Class Year: 2L
Undergrad: UNC
Hometown: Dallas, TX
Fun Fact: I’ve lived abroad twice!
Robert Morgan (he/him)
Class Year: 3L
Undergrad: NCSU
Hometown: Charlotte, NC
Fun Fact: I’ve played 3 instruments
Joe Marcucci (he/him)
Class Year: 2L
Undergrad: Augustana College
Hometown: Arlington Heights, IL
Fun Fact: My family makes Jimmy John’s bread