
Staff & Faculty
Meet the Team

Jocelyn Lambert, Program Manager
Jocelyn Lambert serves as the Program Manager for Strategic Initiatives, supporting the Mellon Scholars Program and the Horizon Collective at the University of San Francisco. As the leader of the Mellon Scholar Program, she oversees events, programming, academic enrichment and professional development opportunities for community college transfer students. Her work focuses on creating meaningful pathways for students to fully engage in their time at USF through interdisciplinary learning, career development, and leadership opportunities. Jocelyn is also a proud USF Mellon Scholar alumna - she earned her B.A. in International Studies, with a minor in Music. Her own experience as a transfer student deeply informs her work supporting Mellon Scholars as they navigate the transition into university life and pursue ambitious academic and professional goals.
Faculty Advisory Board
The Mellon Faculty Advisory Board is a collaborative body of faculty partners who provide strategic guidance, academic insight, programmatic support, and mentoring for the Mellon Scholars Program. They provide program support and guidance, mentoring and advising support for scholars, guide institutional scaling of transfer support, and serve as intellectual partners in signature experiences like immersion travel.

Nicole Gonzales Howell, Director
As a previous Mellon Scholar Coordinator, and now Director of the Mellon Faculty Advisory Board, Prof. Nicole Gonzales Howell is a champion, mentor, and guide for the Mellon Program, and for transfer students at USF.