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Administrative Staff

Administrative Staff

Bennett Rink, Executive Director

Pamela Robinson, Chief Financial Officer
Thomas Cott, Senior Director of Marketing and Creative Content

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External Affairs

DEVELOPMENT
Justin Garlinghouse, Managing Director of Development
Caryn Campbell, Director of Patron Engagement
Josephine Ciallella, Director of Donor Events & Stewardship
Marceen Lovelace, Director of Development Operations
Daniel Kaplan, Associate Director of Individual Giving
Lauren Hallford, Associate Director of Institutional Giving
Francis A. Lewis III, Associate Director of Donor Events & Stewardship
Megan Jakel, Patron Engagement Officer
Leora B. Graber, Development Associate, Institutional Giving
Ashanti Lee, Development Operations Assistant
Charlotte Constan, Development Assistant

MARKETING
Larae J. Ferry, Deputy Director of Marketing
Lynette P. Rizzo, Associate Director of Marketing
Liad Baniel, Art Director
Maria Flotta, Sales Manager
Erica Hochstedler, Editorial Content Manager
Jennifer Fyall, Marketing Manager
Jordan James, Marketing Manager
Stephanie Lacy, Social Media Content Creator

Capacity Interactive, Digital Marketing Consultants
Walker International Communications Group, Audience Development Consultants
Logical Chaos, Video Production Services
Redha Medjellekh, Video Producer/Director
Judith Service Montier, Marketing Consultant for Destination Dance Ailey Atlanta

PUBLIC RELATIONS
Christopher Zunner, Director of Public Relations
Tracy Severe, Public Relations Manager
Esther Akutekha, Public Relations Associate
Nicole Tintle, Public Relations Associate
Morgan Thweatt, Public Relations Assistant

Philip Rinaldi, Press Consultant
Polskin Arts & Communications Counselors, PR Consultant

Finance and Administration

Prital Chohan, Director of Finance
Linda Chen, Staff Accountant
Travis Jones, Budget & Account Analyst
Angella Davis, Accounting Specialist
Jennifer Bernal, Finance Associate

Elena M. Paul, Esq., General Counsel

Toronda Miller, HR Business Partner

Sathi Pillai-Colucci, Executive Liaison to the Artistic Director
Danielle Jackson, Executive Assistant to the Executive Director
Ashley Henry, Administrative Support Coordinator

Samuel Coleman, Office Manager
Adam Azani, Mail Clerk

Information Technology

Chad J. Sutton, Director of Information Technology
Edward Park, IT Operations Manager
Edward Vulfson, Database Developer
Lloyd Alvarez, Network Administrator
Amador Juarez, Web Developer
Reginald Andreas Abdur-Razzaaq, IT Support Analyst

Studio & Theater Operations

Alaric E. Hahn, Director of Studio & Theater Operations
Kris Carr, Associate Director of Studio Operations
Joel Wilhelmi, Theater Technical Coordinator
Jason Jude Hill, Studio Manager
Rachel Jerome, Studio Manager
Carl King, Studio Manager
Raymund Golamco, Financial Assistant

Special Projects

Marion C. Koltun, Director of Special Projects

Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater

Matthew Rushing, Associate Artistic Director
Ronni Favors, Rehearsal Director
Jamar Roberts, Resident Choreographer
Clifton Brown, Assistant to the Rehearsal Director

Eric D. Wright, General Manager
Isabelle Mezin, Director of Company Business Affairs
Gregory Stuart, Company Manager
Joseph Anthony Gaito, Technical Director
Kristin Colvin Young, Production Stage Manager
Al Crawford, Lighting Director
Jon Taylor, Wardrobe Supervisor
DJ Adderley, Master Carpenter
Marq Gonzalez, Master Electrician
Jason McGuire, Sound Engineer
Chris Theodore, Property Master
Sumaya Jackson, Assistant Company Manager
Chelsea Gillespie, Assistant Stage Manager
Roya Abab, Associate Lighting Director
Gina Solobello, Stage Management Associate
Dante Baylor, Wardrobe Assistant
Katie Chihaby, Wardrobe Assistant
Jorge Lanuza, Flyman
Henry Wilen, Assistant Electrician
Michael Windham, Production & Licensing Administrator
Michelle Grazio, Administrator of Company Business Affairs

Donald J. Rose, M.D., Director of the Harkness Center for Dance Injuries, NYU Langone Orthopedics
Shaw Bronner, Director of Physical Therapy
Sheyi Ojofeitimi, Physical Therapist
Marissa T. Schaeffer, Physical Therapist

Ailey II

Sylvia Waters, Artistic Director Emerita

Eric D. Wright, General Manager
Isabelle Mezin, Director of Company Business Affairs
Nicole Greene, Company Manager

The Ailey School

Tracy Inman, Co-Director of The Ailey School and Director of the Professional Division
Melanie Person, Co-Director of The Ailey School and Director of the Ailey/Fordham BFA Program

James A. Paulson, Director of School Business Operations
JoAnne Ruggeri, Director of Admissions & Student Affairs
Tiffany Barnes, Director of the Junior Division
Dawn-Marie Tricarico, Associate Director of the Junior Division
Guillermo Asca, Coordinator for the Professional Performing Arts School program
Freddie Moore, Rehearsal Director, Ailey Student Performing Group (ASPG)
Lakey Evans-Peña, Rehearsal Director, Ailey Fordham Student Dancers (AFSD)
Lauren Evans, Scheduling Administrator
Emily Hein, BFA Program Administrator / Assistant to Co-Director Melanie Person
Dena Hardee, Registrar
Rod K. Hines, Assistant to Co-Director Tracy Inman
Kaitlyn Moise, Production Administrator
Cristina Sabater, Admissions Officer
Jennifer Y. Quinones, Bursar
Caroline Yamada, Financial Aid Assistant
Merceditas Mañago-Alexander, Junior Division Program Supervisor
Pauline Braxton, Junior Division Enrollment & Special Events Coordinator
Mark Eric Rodriguez, Costume Coordinator
Jacqueline Kosoff, Business Office Assistant

THE AILEY SCHOOL PROGRAM ADVISORS
Melanie Person, BFA Freshmen
Ellen Graff, BFA Sophomores
Carolyn Adams, BFA Juniors
Ana Marie Forsythe, BFA Seniors
Tracy Inman, Scholarship Program students
Freddie Moore, Certificate Program students
Guillermo Asca, Independent Study students
Kevin L. Predmore, International Independent Study students

THE AILEY 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
Hollie Wright, Jazz Chair

THE AILEY SCHOOL FACULTY
Carolyn Adams
Ronald Alexander
Wendy Amos
Jonathan Appels
Karen Arceneaux
Guillermo A. Asca
Janet Atallah
Lisa Attles
Marianne (Dello Joio) Bachmann
Melissa Bartucci
Lori Belilove
Shay Bland
Michela Boschetto
Tadej Brdnik
Benjamin Briones
Shaw Bronner
Kelby Brown
Will Brown
Rebecca Brown
Jacqulyn Buglisi
Jeffrey Bynum
Maguette Camara
Beatrice Capote
Elena Comendador
Tim Connell
Lauren Cox
Christine Dakin
Jessica Danser
Franco DeVita
Victor J. DiMonda
Vado Diomande
Sherece Donalds
Vladimir Dvorovenko
Lakey Evans-Pena
Imani Faye
David Finkelstein
Deanna Flanagan
Sindy Folgar
Ana Marie Forsythe
Penny Frank
Carmela Gallace
Lynn Glauber-Mandel
Elizabeth Goheen
Ellen Graff
Linda Hamilton
Francesca M. Harper
Kelly L. Hayes
Dawn Hillen
Adrienne Hurd
Mikhail Ilyin
Tracy Inman
Leslie F. Journet
Nicole Kadar
Yahaya Kamate
Elizabeth Keen
Frances Lai Baca
Kimberly Ann LaRue
Graciela Lebow 
Anna Lederfeind
Joi Lynn
Kathryn MacLellan
Andrea Markus
Brandon Martinez
Caridad Martinez
Bianca Masterson
Ari Mayzick
Kristen McGrew
Olivier Medus
Jodi Moccia
Frederick Moore
Fredrick Earl Mosley
Milton Myers
Brenda Neville
Mercedes Pablos
Francoise Pender
Cassandra Phifer
Patrick Piras
Kevin L Predmore
Danielle Quisenberry
Rhea Roderick
Kristin Rosengrant
Elizabeth Roxas
Pedro Ruiz
Flavio Salazar
Vanessa Salgado
Britney Sandifer
Marie Scioscia
Judith M. Shapiro
Bradley Shelver
Greg Sinacori
Amber Sloan
Jessica St. Vil
Michael Thomas
Courtney Tilford
Dawn Tricarico
Breton Tyner-Bryan
Stephanie Van Dooren
Christian Von Howard
Astrid Von Ussar
Therese Wendler
Hollie Wright
Dina Wright-Joseph

THE AILEY SCHOOL MUSICIANS
Olga Bazilevskaya
Paula Jeanine Bennett
William F Catanzaro
Ginacarlo de Trizio
Thomas Farrell
David Finkelstein
Carlos Francis
Barbara Gayny
Euphaise Gohoun
Nell (Nelya Leonid) Gourevitch
Barry Harwood
Matthew Hill
Alexander Izbitser
Roderick Jackson
Mijin Jung
Eugene Kaplan
Mark Katsaounis
Shaun Kelly
Michael B. Kingon
Rich Klessig
Jim Kost
Adewole Love
George Lykogiannis
Peter Manheim
Robert A. Marbach
Mitch Marcus
Michael McFrederick
Andy H. Monroe
Scott Morehouse
Jack Morer
Ronald J. Musicus
Alon Nechushtan
Patsy Oucher
Usman Salahuddin
Bernard Schaller
Victor Y. See Yuen
Lauren G. Shapiro
Ireen Simon
Mangue Sylla
Elena Tishina
Michael Mustafa Ulmer
Corey Wachala

Arts In Education (AIE) & Community Programs

Cathryn Williams, Director, Arts In Education & Community Programs

Nasha Thomas, Spokesperson & Master Teacher

Sarah Feeley, AIE Business Manager
Lana Meyer, AIE Program Manager
James F. Murray, AIE Business Assistant
Blair Reavis-Tyler, AIE Assistant

AIE TEACHING ARTISTS
Keith Alexander
Akira Armstrong
Alicia Raquel Bauman-Morales
Kim Brown
Winston Dynamite Brown
Heather Bryce
Tina Bush
Ethel Calhoun
Paul Chernosky
Kelvin Cooper
Lakey Evans-Pena
Imani Faye
Lisa Graziano
Lisa Green
Cedric J. Greene
Sherece Hill
Marquise Hitchcock-Jones
Kim Johnson
Youthen Joseph
Nicole Kadar
Yaminah Legohn
Noibis Licea
Fatima Logan-Alston
Allyson Lynch
Alex MacDonald
Amos Machanic
Andrea Markus
Lily McAteer
Luke Muscat
Katie Palmer
Shawn Rawls
Victorius Remak
David Robertson
Renee Robinson
Cheryl Rowley-Gaskins
Shomari Savannah
Chantal St. Gerard
Jessica St. Vil
Monique Streety
Zuleka Stupart
Aaron Thomas
Morgan Thweatt
Astrid von Ussar
Theara Ward
Rachel Watson
Jerijah West
LaToya Wigfall
Darius "Damazi" Williams
Wayne Williams
Latra Wilson

AIE MUSICIANS
David Alston
Joseph Barnes
Grant Braddock
Sean Clements
Shane Del Robles
Nick Herman
Matthew Hill
Roderick Jackson
Shaun Kelly
Adewole Love
Khary Matthews
Ron McBee
Themba Mkhatshwa
Kwesi Nkroma
Kwaku Payton
Ronnie Roc
Robert Sardo
Michael Mustafa Ulmer
Brion Vann
Kofi Williams

AileyCamp

Nasha Thomas, National Director, AileyCamp
Michael Thomas, Deputy National Director, AileyCamp
Darius Damazi Williams, Director of Children's Aid AileyCamp New York
Ronnie D. Carney, Co-Director, AileyCamp Newark
Sherece Hill, Co-Director, AileyCamp Newark

CHILDREN'S AID AILEYCAMP NEW YORK STAFF
Kimberly Becoat
Jayette Brathwaite
Mary Burns
Pedro Cabrera
Sean Clements
Matthew Hill
Renee Joshua Porter
Noibis Licea
Alexandria Meters
Brittany Miller
Katherine Nauman
Victorius Remak
Aaron Thomas
Kamryn Vaulx
Darius "Damazi" Williams

CHILDREN'S AID AILEYCAMP TOO! STAFF
Roland Garrison
Matthew Hill
Renee Joshua Porter
Noibis Licea
Andrea Markus
Aaron Thomas
Darius "Damazi" Williams

AILEYCAMP NEWARK STAFF
Shani Alston
Daniel Carlton
Ronnie Carney
David Davis
Roland Garrison
Danielle Henderson
Matthew Hill
Sherece Hill
Anneliese Kappey
Emily Leddy
Al-Kadir Lewis
Justin Melvin
Christopher Odoms
Robert Sardo
Ayahna Turner
LaToya Wigfall

Ailey Extension

Lisa Johnson-Willingham, Director

Felipe Arellano, Business Data Analyst/Financial Assistant
Grace Landefeld, Marketing Manager
Renee McGinnis, Extension Staff and Class Manager
Ja'Michael Darnell, Schedule Administrator
Chanay James, Group Visits Coordinator
Coal Rietenbach, Videographer

AILEY EXTENSION STAFF MANAGERS
DeAngelo Blanchard
Hayley Fridenstine
Aurelie Garcia
Jarvis Griggs
Jordan Lianes
Marcel March
Sophia Philip
Patrick Piras

AILEY EXTENSION INSTRUCTORS
Sarita Allen, Pilates/Ailey Barre
Karen Arcenaux, Horton/Dancefit/Zumba
M'Baye Babacar, Sabar
Baila Society, Salsa
Lloyd Boyd, Horton
Becky Brown, Limon
Jeffrey Bynum, Jazz
Maguette Camara, West African
Diego Chauca, Zumba Fitness
Marshall Davis, Jr., Tap
Vado Diomande, West African
Robin Dunn, Hip-Hop
Hope Easterbrook, Hip-Hop
Donna Flagg, Lastics
Noriko Hara, Ballet
Dawn Hillen, Ballet
Kim Holmes, House Dance
Janelle Issis, Belly Dance
Christopher Jackson, Contemporary
Sarina Jain, Masala Bhangra
Antonio Jefferson, Hip-Hop
Finis Jhung, Ballet
Katherine Jiminez, NY Style Mambo/Latin Jazz
Iquail Johnson, Horton
Ya' Yah Kamate, West African
Aya Kaneko, Horton
Yuka Kawazu, Ballet
La Mora, Afro-Cuban Folkloric
Anna Lederfiend, Ballet/Body Ballet
Jonathan Lee, Hip-Hop
Noibis Licea, Afro-Cuban Folkloric/Afro-Cuban Modern
Amos Machanic, Horton
Levi Marsman, Contemporary
Richard Martinez, Zumba Fitness
Ari Mayzick, Ballet
Marcia Meade, Pilates
Irena Meletiou, Zumba Fitness
Cassandra Nuamah, Kukuwa African Dance Workout
Sonny Ortiz, Zumba Fitness
Jose Ozuna, Zumba Fitness/DanzaTone
Shirlene Quigley, Heels
Irini Res, Ashtanga Yoga
Quenia Ribeiro, Samba
Samuel Salazar, Zumba Fitness
Judine Somerville, Theater Dance
Michael Thomas, Contemporary
Tweetboogie, Hip-Hop
Cesar Valentino, Vogue
Terri Wright, Horton

AILEY EXTENSION MUSICIANS
Benjamin Bradham, Pianist
William Catanzaro, Pianist/Percussionist
Beth Ertz, Pianist
Barbara Gayny, Pianist
Matthew Hill, Percussionist
Andrew Ivan, Pianist
Alexander Izbitser, Pianist
Roderick Jackson, Percussionist
Mijin Jung, Pianist
Michael Kingon, Pianist
Jim Kost, Pianist
Peter Manheim, Percussionist
Robert Marbach, Pianist
Mitch Marcus, Pianist
Ron McBee, Percussionist
Yumiko Mikanagi, Pianist
Andy Monroe, Pianist
Alon Nechushtan, Pianist
Victor See Yuen, Percussionist
Michael Ulmer, Percussionist

Facilities

Michael Canarozzi, Facility Director
Reynold Manigault, Head of Security
Carlos Arenas, Maintenance Mechanic
Anthony Ragin, Maintenance Assistant
Richard Thornton, Maintenance Assistant

Ailey Archive

Dominique Singer, Archivist
Sylvia Waters, Consultant
Norton Owen, Consultant

Ailey Boutique @ 405 West 55th Street

Colette Hawkins/Fine Arts Merchandising Ensemble, Inc., Director of Product Development and Merchandising
Wanda Hayes, Boutique Manager

Ailey Tour Merchandise

Ailey tour merchandise and AileyShop.com are managed by The Araca Group
www.AileyShop.com

Touring Contacts

North American Agent

Opus 3 Artists
opus3artists.com

International Agent

Askonas Holt Ltd.
askonasholt.co.uk

Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater is a proud member of Dance/USA, the national service organization for professional dance.

The Ailey organization remembers two longtime members of its Production staff, E.J. Corrigan and Calvin Hunt, who both passed away in the spring of 2014.

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