Administrative Staff

Administrative Staff

 
Sharon Gersten Luckman, Executive Director
 
Calvin Hunt, Senior Director, Performance and Production
Bennett Rink, Senior Director, Development and External Affairs
Pamela Robinson, Chief Financial Officer
 
External Affairs
Amanda J. Nelson, Deputy Director of Development
Justin Garlinghouse, Director, Special Events and Development Initiatives
Curtistine Waldon-Hoes, Director, Patron Relations
Suzanne T. Onasanya, Special Events Manager
Chaney Sims, Development Associate, Membership
Dana M. Hill, Development Associate, Patron Relations
Tiffany Batifort, Grant Writer
Yasmeen Allen, Development Associate, Institutional Giving
Nick Vermane, External Affairs Assistant
 
 
Thomas Cott, Director of Marketing
Lynette P. Rizzo, Associate Director of Marketing
Ashley Pitman, Associate Director of Sales
Alison Paige Lucek, Associate Director of Electronic Marketing
Claudia Schreier, Manager of Editorial Content
Jennifer Fyall, Marketing Manager
Emily Wilbur, Graphic Designer
Alanna Simpson, Marketing Associate
Walker International Communications, Audience Development Consultants
Erik Gensler/Capacity Interactive Inc., Electronic Marketing Consultant

Christopher Zunner, Director of Public Relations
Emily Hawkins, Public Relations Manager
Nyrie McKenzie, Public Relations Associate
Amanda Householder, Public Relations Assistant

Judy Kinberg, Director, Film Projects

Finance and Administration
Michael LoBiondo, Associate Director of Finance
Antoinette Holder, Controller
Norma Thelma Cameron-McBean, Payroll/HR Administrator
Linda Chen, Staff Accountant
Kortney E. Hensley, Finance Associate

Monique McCloud, HR Generalist

Samuel Coleman, Office Manager
Adam Azani, Mail Clerk

Sathi Pillai-Colucci, Executive Assistant to Artistic Director
Ashley K. Baer, Executive Assistant to Executive Director

Operations and Special Projects
Cory Greenberg, Director
Michael Lederman, Director of Information Technology
Chris Spurgin, Database Manager
Chantis Parks, Information Technology Project Manager
Lloyd Alvarez, Network Administrator
Eric Sanchez, Help Desk Technician
Ashley Henry, Receptionist

Theater & Studio Rentals
Alaric E. Hahn, Theater Manager/Director of Rentals
Kris Carr, Assistant Director of Rentals
Steven E. Brown, Senior Studio Manager
Kaestner D. McFarlane, Studio Manager

Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater
Matthew Rushing, Rehearsal Director & Guest Artist
Linda Celeste Sims, Assistant to the Rehearsal Director
Dacquiri T’Shaun Smittick, Company Manager
Mychael Chinn, Assistant Company Manager
E.J. Corrigan, Technical Director
Isabelle Quattlebaum, Business Manager
Kristin Colvin Young, Stage Manager
Nicole A. Walters, Assistant Stage Manager
Jon Taylor, Wardrobe Supervisor
Al Crawford, Lighting Director

Roya Abab, Assistant Lighting Director
David Kerr, Master Electrician
Joe Gaito, Master Carpenter
Russell J. Cowans IV, Sound Engineer
Edward De Jesus, Property Master
Andrew Blacks, Flyman
Curtis Reik, Assistant Electrician
Dante Baylor, Wardrobe Assistant
Erika Kuehn, Wardrobe Assistant
Mychael Chinn, Assistant Company Manager
Christina Collura, Performance and Production Associate
Gina Costagliola, Production Assistant
Donald J. Rose M.D., Director of the Harkness Center for Dance Injuries, Hospital for Joint Disease
Shaw Bronner, Director of Physical Therapy
Sheyi Ojofeitimi, Physical Therapist
Christine Keller, Physical Therapist
 
Ailey II
Isabelle Quattlebaum, Business Manager
Rebecca Misselwitz, Company Manager
Brian Emens, Stage Manager
Stacey Boggs, Technical and Lighting Director
Denise Martin, Wardrobe Supervisor
 
 
The Ailey School
James A. Paulson, Business Manager
JoAnne Ruggeri, Director of Admissions/International Student Advisor
Sally Lelong, Financial Aid Director
Susan Foley, School Administrator
Justina Gaddy, B.F.A. Program Administrator
Dawn-Marie Tricarico, Junior Division Director of Admissions
L. Hassan Blandford, Ailey/PPAS Program Coordinator / Junior Division Administration
Cristina Sabater, Assistant to the Director of Admissions
Jennifer Quinones, Bursar
Jessica Maiuzzo, Registrar
Gina Costagliola, Production Coordinator
Sureme Laster-Bey, Junior Division Administrative Assistant
Lisa Whittaker, Assistant to School Co-Director
 
School Program Directors
Tiffany Barnes, Junior Division Director
 
School Program Advisors
Melanie Person, B.F.A. Freshmen
Ellen Graff, B.F.A. Sophomores

Carolyn Adams, B.F.A. Juniors
Ana Marie Forsythe, B.F.A. Seniors
Tracy Inman, Scholarship Program Students
Freddie Moore, Certificate Program 1st year Students
Kevin Predmore, Independent Study Students
Charmaine Warren, Ph.D., Certificate Program 2nd year Students and Seniors 

School Department Chairpersons
Melanie Person, Ballet Chair
Lynn Glauber-Mandel, Ballet Co-Chair
Ana Marie Forsythe, Horton Chair
Jacqulyn Buglisi, Graham-based Modern Chair
Joan Peters, Dunham Chair
Sharon Wong, Jazz Chair
 
Nikkiesha McLeod, Assistant to Co-Director of AIE/AileyCamp
Michael J. Pace, AIE & Community Programs Assistant

Natasha DeVaughn-Rigby, Director of CAS/AileyCamp Washington Heights
Felicia Swoope, Director of AileyCamp Newark
 
The Ailey Extension
Lisa Johnson-Willingham, Director
Gina Lee, Administrative/Financial Assistant
Kristen J. Hill, Group Visits Coordinator
Jamila Jones, Extension Staff Coordinator
 
Ailey Boutique @ 405 West 55th Street
Colette Hawkins/Fine Arts Merchandising Ensemble, Inc., Director of Product Development and Merchandising
Gwendolyn Domnie, Boutique Manager

Ailey Tour Merchandise
Ailey tour merchandise and AileyShop.com are managed by The Araca Group
www.AileyShop.com
 
Ailey Archive
Norton Owen, Consultant
Dominique Singer, Consultant
 
Facilities
Michael Canarozzi, Facilities Manager
Reynold Manigault, Security Supervisor
Vincent Domicello, Maintenance Associate
Carlos Arenas, Maintenance Assistant