Senior Leadership

Bobbie Bilotta currently serves as the Director of Human Resources for Franciscan Services and Hilbert College. She has over 30 years of human resources experience in Higher Education. Prior to joining Hilbert College in September of 2023, she served as the Director of Human Resources at Medaille University, where she oversaw all aspects of human resources management including benefits, compliance, employee relations, recruitment, onboarding, performance management, professional development training, and employee wellness and safety initiatives.

During Bobbie’s tenure at Medaille she served as the Co-Chair of the Employee Engagement Committee, which coordinated efforts to: advance the interest of the university and the surrounding community; provide development opportunities that cultivate the skills needed by all employees; foster university-wide communication that celebrates victories; and develop projects that promote employee engagement, cross departmental communication and create new and build upon existing traditions.
Outside of work, Bobbie has served as a volunteer for United Way Day of Caring, Habitat for Humanity Buffalo, Jericho Road, Urban League, and Grassroots Gardens of Buffalo. She has also had the privilege of coaching and mentoring students enrolled in organizational leadership programs.

Bobbie holds a master’s degree in organizational leadership from Medaille University and a bachelor’s degree in communications from Canisius University.

Scott Briell is a 1992 Flagler graduate with a Bachelor of Arts in History—Magna Cum Laude. He earned a Master of Arts in American Studies at Pennsylvania State University, Capitol College in 1994.

Scott’s admissions career began at Flagler as a work-study student in the admissions office. After completing his graduate degree, he served Flagler as an assistant director of admissions, associate director of admissions, and a visiting instructor of history at Flagler. For two years, he was the associate director of admissions at New College of Florida.

For the last twenty-two years, Scott has served in senior leadership roles at four universities. For the past five years, he was the Senior Vice President of Enrollment Management and Student Services at Notre Dame of Maryland University. He led the admissions, financial aid, marketing, student life, and athletic departments. In 2022, NDMU transitioned its undergraduate program from all-women to gender-inclusive. This successful strategic initiative resulted in the recruiting of two of the three largest classes in NDMU history. Most recently, NDMU acquired the Maryland University of Integrated Health. Scott led the marketing, admissions, student life, and financial aid aspects of the acquisition. As the Senior Vice President and Dean of Admissions at Brenau University, Scott led the university to unprecedented enrollment growth. His team increased the Women’s College enrollment by more than 270 students in six years and Brenau’s overall enrollment increased from 1,800 students to more than 2,800 in ten years. He also served as Vice President for Enrollment Management at Graceland University, and Senior Vice President for Enrollment at Iowa Wesleyan University.

Tim Seil was named Director of Intercollegiate Athletics at Hilbert College by President Michael S. Brophy, Ph.D. on December 15, 2021.

During his time at Hilbert, Seil has overseen the addition of four new athletic programs (Football, Women’s Hockey, and Men’s and Women’s Track & Field). These programs have grown the student-athlete population at Hilbert to more than 300 student-athletes. During his tenure, Hilbert was accepted as a member of the Empire 8 for football starting in 2024.

During the 2022-2023 athletic campaign the Hawks found success within many of their programs. Baseball, Men’s Soccer, Women’s Soccer, Men’s Volleyball, and Women’s Volleyball all significantly improved their win totals, and set program records. The athletic program also relaunched Women’s Bowling and Women’s Lacrosse under his direction. The department also set records during the college’s annual Giving Day.

Prior to Hilbert, Seil has served as the Assistant Director of Athletic Facilities at Canisius College. He managed the daily operations of the Koessler Athletic Center, as well as the game day operations for all 20 of Canisius’ athletic programs. He also oversaw 18 club sport teams and the intramural program. He also served as the Deputy Title IX Coordinator at Canisius. Prior to working in athletic facilities, Seil oversaw the academic support for all student-athletes at Canisius. In that role, he worked with departments and support services across campus to ensure student-athlete success.

Prior to Canisius, Seil served as an Academic Coordinator at the Georgia Institute of Technology. Seil previously served as a graduate assistant at Canisius and an assistant baseball coach at Medaille College. He is a certified game official for high school and college basketball, he serves as an adjunct professor at Canisius, and he was the Game Day Compliance Monitor for Major League Baseball when games were played at Sahlen Field in Buffalo during the 2021 season.

Seil earned his bachelor’s degree in health and physical education, as well as his master’s degree in sport administration from Canisius. He was an NCAA Division I baseball student-athlete for the Golden Griffins.
Seil lives in Buffalo with his wife, Katie, and their son, Nolan.

Prior to joining Hilbert in February 2022, Trumble served as Deputy CIO and Director of Enterprise Solutions for Hobart and William Smith Colleges since 2008 and Manager, Web Services and Student Systems at the Rochester Institute of Technology since 2002.

Trumble has also held roles in commercial Information Technology at Bausch & Lomb and HSBC Bank.

Trumble has served leadership roles on advisory boards for Oracle and the Higher Education Web Developer Association.