Contact Us

The alumni affairs and development staff at Cornell Law School is based in Myron Taylor Hall and is here to answer your questions. Telephone us, write a letter, or send an e-mail, and we will assist you in any way we can.

If you have questions about making a gift to Cornell Law School, please telephone or e-mail the member of our development staff whose position is mostly closely related to your inquiry. If you have an association with a person named below, by all means get in touch with him or her.

Endowed funds and naming opportunities, gifts of securities, bequests, charitable trusts, and annuities Shawn Gavin, Associate Dean, Alumni Affairs & Development
Direct-dial: 607-255-3370
E-mail: smg332@cornell.edu

Annual Fund and/or Reunion Giving Kristen Burke, Director of Annual Fund
Direct-dial: 607-255-5877
E-mail: Kristen.Burke@cornell.edu

Christian Shaffmaster, Associate Director of Alumni Affairs & Development
Direct-dial: 607-254-4722
E-mail: chs86@cornell.edu

Development OfficersCarl B. Torrey A.B. '83, M.B.A. '05
Direct dial: 607-255-5872
E-mail: cbt3@cornell.edu

Clay Jackson
Direct dial: 607-255-5890
E-mail: clay.jackson@cornell.edu

Cornell Law's Development Officers will answer your questions about planned gifts, endowed funds, naming opportunities, matching gifts, gifts of securities, unrestricted campaign gifts, current-use funds, and any other means of philanthropy that appeals to you.

Bequests, charitable trusts, and annuities Justine A. Guariglia, Trusts & Estates Officer
Direct-dial: 607-254-1548
E-mail: jag449@cornell.edu

Reunion and Alumni Events Kristine Hoffmeister, Director of Alumni Affairs
Direct-dial: 607-255-3037
E-mail: ksh54@cornell.edu

Carlos Eduardo McCluskey, Associate Director of Alumni Affairs
Direct-dial: 607-255-1166
Email: cem348@cornell.edu