Administrative Staff

Administrative Staff

Bennett Rink, Executive Director
Calvin Hunt, Senior Director, Performance and Production
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
Maryvonne Neptune, Associate Director, Institutional Giving
Suzanne T. Onasanya, Special Events Manager
Dana M. Hill, Development Associate, Patron Relations
Tiffany Batifort, Grant Writer
Yasmeen Allen, Development Associate, Institutional Giving
Elizagrace Madrone, Development Assistant, Membership
Nick Vermane, External Affairs Assistant
 
Thomas Cott, Director of Marketing
Ashley Pitman, Deputy Director of Marketing
Lynette P. Rizzo, Associate Director of Marketing
Alison Paige Lucek, Associate Director of Electronic Marketing

Claudia Schreier, Manager of Editorial Content
Jennifer Fyall, Marketing Manager
Emily Khoo, Graphic Designer
E. Maria Flotta, Group Sales Manager
Chandra Jackson, Marketing Assistant
PennyMaria Jackson, Marketing Assistant
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
Christina Sparrock, Controller
Norma Thelma Cameron-McBean, Payroll/HR Administrator
Linda Chen, Staff Accountant

Ross Heinemeyer, Budget Analyst
Kortney E. Hensley, Finance Associate

Elena Paul, Esq., Director of Legal and Business Affairs

Monique McCloud, HR Generalist

Samuel Coleman, Office Manager
Adam Azani, Mail Clerk

Sathi Pillai-Colucci, Executive Assistant to Artistic Director
Kali Crandall, Executive Assistant to Executive Director

Ashley Henry, Receptionist

Information Technology
Michael Lederman, Director of Information Technology
Chris Spurgin, Database Manager
Chantis Parks, Information Technology Project Manager
Lloyd Alvarez, Network Administrator
Daniel Hawkins, IT Support Analyst

Theater & Studio Rentals
Alaric E. Hahn, Theater Manager/Director of Rentals
Kris Carr, Assistant Director of Rentals
Philip Zisman, Rentals/Extension Financial Assistant
Anna Fish, 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 G. Chinn, Assistant Company Manager
E.J. Corrigan, Technical Director
Isabelle Quattlebaum, Business Manager
Kristin Colvin Young, Production 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
Andrew Blacks, Flyman
Curtis Reik, Assistant Electrician
Dante Baylor, Wardrobe Assistant
Erika Kuehn, Wardrobe Assistant
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

 
 
Ailey II
Isabelle Quattlebaum, Business Manager
Rebecca Misselwitz, Company Manager
Gina Costagliola, Stage Manager
Alia Kache, Rehearsal Director
Calvin Anderson, Technical and Lighting Director
Megan Q. Dudley, 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
Tracy Miller, Ailey/Fordham 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
Sarah Alexander, Ailey School Coordinator/Production Associate
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
 
Sarah Feeley, Business Manager, Arts in Education & Community Programs
Teresa Froelich, Assistant, Arts in Education & Community Programs
Ronni Favors, Deputy Director of National AileyCamp

Natasha DeVaughn-Rigby, Director of CAS/AileyCamp New York
Tsahai Dias, Director of AileyCamp Newark
 
The Ailey Extension
Lisa Johnson-Willingham, Director
Kristen J. Hill, Extension Administrator/Group Visits Coordinator
Fatimat Adelabu, Administrative Assistant/Volunteer 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
Karl-Gosta Larsson, Property Master
Carlos Arenas, Maintenance Assistant