Biography

Diana Zambrotta Sheetz is Assistant Vice President for Campus Administration and Strategic Initiatives at Northeastern University – New York City, where she provides strategic and operational leadership in support of institutional priorities and campus advancement. With two decades of experience in higher education administration, she has built a distinguished career leading complex initiatives, strengthening campus operations, and translating institutional strategy into meaningful results.

Prior to joining Northeastern, Zambrotta Sheetz served as Associate Vice President and Chief Operating Officer at Marymount Manhattan College, where she provided executive leadership across a broad portfolio of administrative and operational functions. Her experience includes strategic planning, enterprise-wide project management, organizational transformation, and cross-functional leadership. She also served as a co-lead for merger integration, guiding complex institutional transition efforts and working collaboratively across organizations to align people, processes, and priorities.

Her work centers on building strong operational foundations, fostering effective partnerships, and advancing strategic priorities through disciplined planning and execution, with a particular focus on turning ambitious goals into well-coordinated, achievable initiatives. She is passionate about creating clarity around complex challenges and helping teams work together toward shared goals.

Zambrotta Sheetz holds an MBA from Baruch College’s Zicklin School of Business.

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