Ryan Thompson (rthompson@niagara.edu) began his career in investigations while in college working for the U.S. Marshal’s Service warrant squad. After graduating from the University of Colorado at Boulder in 1999 with a degree in journalism, Thompson became the crime reporter for the Cambridge Chronicle newspaper outside of Boston, MA. There, Thompson became heavily engaged in investigating and exposing the North American Man/Boy Love Association (NAMBLA) in the aftermath of a local boy’s abduction and murder. Thompson also received an award for his coverage of racial and ethnic issues from the New England Press Association.

In law school, Thompson continued to focus on criminal investigations, operating on both sides of the law at the Brooklyn District Attorney’s Office and at Brooklyn Law School’s innocence project. Working as a litigator at a 5th Avenue law firm in Manhattan, Thompson returned to journalism in 2007. He became the longtime legal editor of the historic Brooklyn Daily Eagle newspaper, covering countless amounts of murders, rapes, robberies, mafia and terrorism trials.

Thompson began his career at Niagara University as an adjunct writing professor, before becoming the assistant general counsel in 2014. Over the next three years, Thompson continued to teach over a dozen writing courses, while also co-founding the Niagara Law Center. In 2017, Thompson was named Title IX Coordinator and chosen to lead the university’s new Office for Equity & Inclusion (OEI).

Megan Altman-Cosgrove (mcosgrove@niagara.edu) is the Assistant Director for the Office for Equity & Inclusion/ Deputy Title IX Coordinator. Prior to joining the staff at NU, Megan served as the Assistant Director of Residence Life/ Deputy Title IX Coordinator at Daemen College in Amherst, NY. She obtained her bachelor's in Art Education (K-12) and master's in Leadership and Innovation from Daemen College. She brings extensive experience in Title IX work, investigation processes, adjudication, social justice practices, conflict resolution and training expertise. 

Kerri Winston (kwinston@niagara.edu) serves as a Residence Director in the Office of Residence Life. However, in her Victim’s Advocate role for the OEI, all meetings with Winston are confidential, and issues related to Residence Life are to be disregarded for purposes of counseling and advocacy services. For this privilege, please contact Kerri directly to schedule a meeting with her in her role as an advocate.