Meet the Team

Hyatt Aronoff (He/Him) is a public health practitioner who is passionate about community health and health equity.

María Cabané facilitates the alcohol and other drugs education programs, as well as other programming and events to educate Berklee students around the seven dimensions of wellness.

As health services administrative assistant, Julia Dunn (she/her) assists students with immunization compliance and fields health-related questions and concerns. She additionally supports the counseling team by scheduling appointments for students. 

Anne-Sophie Gerald (she/her) is a case manager with Health and Wellness, and comes to this role with previous experience as a student success advisor at Berklee.

Kathleen Irving, a licensed independent clinical social worker, specializes in suicide and complex trauma interventions; family therapy; working with individuals developing their own sexual, gender, racial, ethnic, and wellness identities; and helping people to reconnect to their unique strengths and resources when adjusting to life changes.

Jeff Klug's role is to fulfill the Health and Wellness Department's mission: to foster a lifelong ethic of care so that students may thrive during and after their time at Berklee; to affirm students’ personal and social identities and experiences; and to create safe, compassionate, healing, inclusive spaces that inspire learning, positive growth, and global citizenship.

You can reach him at healthandwellness@berklee.edu.

Allison Lara is a Latinx, first-generation American and bilingual in Spanish. She works from a social justice framework, focusing on increasing access to and understanding of mental health services among Black, indigenous, and people of color. Her clinical areas of expertise include identity development, complex trauma and post-traumatic stress disorder, eating disorders, depression, and anxiety.

Candace Ng (she/her) is a case manager in health and wellness committed to helping students access resources to improve their health and well-being.

As a case manager in Health and Wellness, Kelly O’Connor (she/her) assists students in accessing on- and off-campus resources useful for success and wellbeing. She uses strengths-based and solution-focused approaches to support students in overcoming challenges and achieving their goals during their time at Berklee.

As a case manager, Sarah Shadow (any pronouns) works collaboratively with students to connect them with on- and off-campus resources, build self-advocacy skills, and reach their success and wellness goals.

Katy Yarbrough graduated with her Bachelor of Arts from Biola University and has been working in victim services for eight years. She is a certified sexual assault/domestic violence counselor advocate.