Dr. Petrelli is the Associate Dean for Student Affairs and Acting Associate Dean for Academic Affairs at the USF Taneja College of Pharmacy. Dr. Petrelli holds a PhD in Educational Leadership, Higher Education Administration and a Masters in Counseling. She is a seasoned executive with 28 years progressive leadership serving a broad range of diverse institutions in teaching, assessment, counseling, and all functional areas of student affairs. Over the past 17 years Dr. Petrelli's appointments include Assistant Dean for Student Services at University of Maryland, founding faculty and administrator at LECOM Bradenton School of Pharmacy and she joined the USF College of Pharmacy in 2010 as inaugural Associate Dean for Student Affairs and Assessment. Her teaching experience include social and behavioral aspects of pharmaceutical care, medication adherence, motivational interviewing, effective communication, death and dying for healthcare professionals. Dr. Petrelli serves as an organizational and leadership development consultant and keynote speaker. She also has extensive experience training a variety of healthcare professionals in Motivational Interviewing. Dr. Petrelli is an active scholar, authoring journal articles and book chapters on Motivational Interviewing, resilience, mental health and wellness, generational differences, holistic admissions, inequality in education, and factors impacting academic motivation. An active member of AACP since 2005, Dr. Petrelli served in leadership through numerous appointments to committees, task forces, and chair roles of the Student Services SIG and Administrative Services Section. She serves as an ACPE site visitor and reviewer for AJPE, annual meetings, and New Investigator Awards. She served on the Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Anti-Racism Task Force and is currently serving on the Addressing Burnout and Building Culture Task Force. Dr. Petrelli is a recipient of the James Robertson, Jr. Excellence in Student Affairs Leadership award and in July 2023 won the national award for Sustained Contribution in Administrative Practice.