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Administrative Staff

Administrative Staff

Bennett Rink, Executive Director

Pamela Robinson, Chief Financial Officer
Ines Aslan, Chief External Affairs Officer

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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
Lauren Hallford, Director of Institutional Giving
Marceen Lovelace, Director of Development Operations
Daniel Kaplan, Associate Director of Individual Giving
Francis A. Lewis III, Associate Director of Donor Events & Stewardship
Ayanna Ingraham, Corporate and Foundation Relations Officer
Megan Jakel, Patron Engagement Officer
Charlotte Constan, Manager of Donor Events & Stewardship
Leora B. Graber, Government Affairs Coordinator
Derick McKoy, Jr., Individual Giving Assistant
Michael Figueroa, Development Assistant

MARKETING
Larae J. Ferry, Director of Marketing
Lynette P. Rizzo, Associate Director of Marketing
Liad Baniel, Art Director
Maria Flotta, Associate Director of Sales and Ticketing
Erica Hochstedler, Editorial Content Manager
Mikaela Tripp, Digital Marketing Manager
Jennifer Fyall, Marketing Manager
Jordan James, Marketing Manager
Antonio Romero, Ticket Manager
Jennifer Rockwood, Assistant Ticket Manager
Naya Hutchinson, Social Media Coordinator
Elise Chen, Digital Marketing Assistant
Stephanie Lacy, Social Media Content Creator
Brandon Michael Woolridge, Content Creator

Cookbook Media, Digital Content Distribution Consultants
Capacity Interactive, Digital Marketing Consultants
Walker International Communications Group, Audience Development Consultants
Logical Chaos, Video Production Services

PUBLIC RELATIONS
Christopher Zunner, Director of Public Relations
Tracy Severe, Associate Director of Public Relations
Nicole Tintle, Public Relations Associate
Esther Akutekha, Public Relations Associate
Chanelle Lester, Public Relations Assistant

Philip Rinaldi, Press Consultant
Polskin Arts & Communications Counselors, PR Consultant
Judy Kinberg, Film Consultant

Finance and Administration

Prital Chohan, Director of Finance
Denise Fox, Controller
Linda Chen, Staff Accountant
Angella Davis, Accounting Specialist
Jennifer Bernal, Finance Associate
Alexis Han, Grant & Budget Analyst

Elena M. Paul, Esq., General Counsel

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

Human Resources

Chontel Simmons, Senior Director of People, Equity & Inclusion

Toronda Miller, HR Business Partner

Information Technology

Chad J. Sutton, Director of Information Technology
Edward Park, IT Operations Manager
Edward Vulfson, Database Developer
Lloyd Alvarez, Network Administrator
Daniel Richardson, Application & Desktop Support Specialist

Studio & Theater Operations

Alaric E. Hahn, Director of Studio & Theater Operations
Kris Carr, Associate Director of Studio Operations
Joel Wilhelmi, Technical Director
Jason Jude Hill, Studio Operations Manager
Carl Roberts King, Studio Manager
Britini Jackson, Studio Manager
Will Westray, Studio Manager
Raymund Golamco, Financial Assistant

Special Projects

Marion C. Koltun, Director of Special Projects
Judith Service Montier, Consultant for Destination Dance Ailey Atlanta

Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater

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

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
Roya Abab, Lighting Director
Jon Taylor, Wardrobe Supervisor
DJ Adderley, Master Carpenter
Marq Gonzalez, Master Electrician
Jason McGuire, Sound Engineer
Chris Theodore, Property Master
Lauren Evans, Assistant Company Manager
Lexie Klasing, Assistant Stage Manager
Danté Baylor, Wardrobe Assistant
Katie Chihaby, Wardrobe Assistant
Ronnell Kitt, Production Assistant
Jorge Lanuza, Flyman
Henry Wilen, Assistant Electrician
Amadea Edwards, Contracts and Licensing Manager
Chelsea Gillespie, Production & Licensing Coordinator
Michelle Grazio, Administrator of Company Business Affairs

Donald J. Rose, M.D., Director of the Harkness Center for Dance Injuries, NYU Langone Orthopedics
Sheyi Ojofeitimi,  DPT, OCS, CFMT, Director of Therapy Services
Marissa Schaeffer, PT, DPT, CSCS, Senior Physical Therapist

Ailey II

Francesca Harper, Artistic Director
Sylvia Waters, Artistic Director Emerita
Lakey Evans-Peña, Rehearsal Director

Eric D. Wright, General Manager
Isabelle Mezin, Director of Company Business Affairs
Sumaya Jackson, Company Manager
Joshua Gustafson, Stage Manager
Abby May, Lighting and Sound Supervisor
Emily Fargo White, Wardrobe Supervisor

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)
Emily Riehle, BFA Program Manager / Assistant to Co-Director Melanie Person
Dena Hardee, Registrar
Michela Boschetto, Assistant to Co-Director Tracy Inman
Kaitlyn Miller, Production Administrator
Selena Andino Lopez, School Scheduling Administrator
Cristina Sabater, Admissions Officer
Jennifer Y. Quinones, Bursar
Merceditas Mañago-Alexander, Junior Division Program Supervisor
Pauline Braxton, Junior Division Enrollment & Special Projects Coordinator
Jacqueline Kosoff, Payroll/Student Accounts Assistant

THE AILEY SCHOOL PROGRAM ADVISORS
Melanie Person, BFA Freshmen
Adrienne Hurd, BFA Sophomores
Lakey Evans-Pena, 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
Hollie Wright, Jazz Chair

THE AILEY SCHOOL FACULTY
Ronald Alexander
Sarita Allen
Wendy Amos
Guillermo A. Asca
Janet Atallah
Marianne (Dello Joio) Bachmann
Miriam Barbosa
Melissa Bartucci
Shay Bland
Michela Boschetto
Benjamin Briones
Shaw Bronner
Kelby Brown
Rebecca Brown
Jacqulyn Buglisi
Jeffrey Bynum
Maguette Camara
PeiJu Chien-Pott
Irene Cimino
Tim Connell
Maurice Brandon Curry
Christine Dakin
Sonia Dawkins
Kate Diaz
Vado Diomande
Lakey Evans-Pena
Imani Faye
David Finkelstein
Kristen Foote
Ana Marie Forsythe
Penny Frank
Carmela Gallace
Lynn Glauber-Mandel
Ellen Graff
Dawn Hillen
Adrienne Hurd
Mikhail Ilyin
Tracy Inman
Christopher Jackson
Leslie F. Journet
Elizabeth Keen
Graciela Lebow 
Anna Lederfeind
Kathryn MacLellan
JoLea Maffei
Caridad Martinez
Francisco Martinez
Olivier Medus
Frederick Moore
Fredrick Earl Mosley
Brice Mousset
Mercedes Pablos
Alisha Peek
Francoise Pender
Juan Carlos Penuela
Cassandra Phifer
Kevin L Predmore
Danielle Quisenberry
Tracye Rawls-Martin
Rhea Roderick
Janice Rosario
Elizabeth Roxas
Henning Rubsam
Pedro Ruiz
Flavio Salazar
Benjamin Schultz
Bradley Shelver
Amber Sloan
Jessica St. Vil
Astrid Von Ussar
Sarah Wingo
Hollie Wright
Dina Wright-Joseph

THE AILEY SCHOOL MUSICIANS
Olga Bazilevskaya
Paula Jeanine Bennett
William F Catanzaro
Boubacar Diabate
Pablo Eluchans
Eran Fink
Kevin Garcia
Euphaise Gohoun
Nell (Nelya Leonid) Gourevitch
Barry Harwood
Dor Heled
Desmond Howard
Mark Hummel
Brandon Ilaw Alexander Izbitser
Roderick Jackson
Eugene Kaplan
Mark Katsaounis
Michael B. Kingon
Rich Klessig
Adewole Love
George Lykogiannis
Robert A. Marbach
Mitch Marcus
Andy H. Monroe
Scott Morehouse
Jack Morer
Ronald J. Musicus
Alon Nechushtan
Patsy Oucher
Victor Y. See Yuen
Lauren G. Shapiro
Vladimir Shinov
Ireen Simon
Elena Tishina
Michael Mustafa Ulmer
Ryan Wolfe

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
Blair Reavis-Tyler, AIE Program Associate
James F. Murray, AIE Business Assistant

AIE TEACHING ARTISTS
Keith Alexander
Akira Armstrong
Ernest Baker II
Winston Dynamite Brown
Heather Bryce
Carolina Cabrera Volpe
Ethel Calhoun
Paul Chernosky
Imani Faye
Lisa Graziano
Cedric J. Greene
Sherece Hill
Kim Johnson
Youthen Joseph
Nicole Kadar
Yaminah Legohn
Noibis Licea
Fatima Logan-Alston
Allyson Lynch
Amos Machanic
Andrea Markus
Lily McAteer
Brittany Miller
Shawn Rawls
Victorius Remak
Renee Robinson
Cheryl Rowley-Gaskins
Shomari Savannah
Chantal St. Gerard
Jessica St. Vil
Monique Streety
Zuleka Stupart
Daaimah Taalib-Din
Aaron Thomas
Michael Thomas
Astrid von Ussar
Theara Ward
Rachel Watson
Paige Werman
Jerijah West
LaToya Wigfall
Darius "Damazi" Williams
Wayne Williams
Latra Wilson

AIE MUSICIANS
David Alston
Joseph Barnes
Shane Del Robles
Nick Herman
Desmond Howard
Matthew Hill
Roderick Jackson
Shaun Kelly
Adewole Love
Khary Matthews
Ron McBee
Kwaku Payton
Ronnie Roc
Michael Mustafa Ulmer
Brion Vann

AileyCamp

Nasha Thomas, National Director, AileyCamp
Torens Johnson, National Deputy 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
Nehprii Amenii
Gabrielle Branche
Ethel Calhoun
La-Chelle Dickenson
Bethânia Gomes
Leslie Jones
Noibis Licea
Judah Marable
Khary Matthews
Alexandria Meyers
Brittany Miller
Kwesi Opare
Christopher Taylor
Aaron Thomas
Darius "Damazi" Williams

CHILDREN'S AID/AILEYCAMP TOO! NEW YORK STAFF
Daniel Carlton
La-Chelle Dickenson
Roland Garrison
Noibis Licea
Khary Matthews
Alexandria Meyers
Christopher Taylor
Aaron Thomas
Darius "Damazi" Williams

AILEYCAMP NEWARK STAFF
Shani Alston
Gabrielle Branche
Daniel Carlton
Ronnie D. Carney
Roland Garrison
Cedric Greene
Matthew Hill
Sherece Hill
Makaia Hollaway-Hurd
Emily Leddy
Tamar Mitchell
Christopher Odoms
Steven Oliver
Selah Piett
Kayla Smith
LaToya Wigfall

AILEYCAMP TOO! NEWARK STAFF
Shani Alston
Daniel Carlton
Ronnie D. Carney
Roland Garrison
Cedric Greene
Matthew Hill
Sherece Hill
Christopher Odoms
LaToya Wigfall

Ailey Extension

Lisa Johnson-Willingham, Director

Felipe Arellano, Budget Data Analyst
Grace Landefeld, Marketing Manager
Coal Rietenbach, Videographer
Renee McGinnis, Front Desk Operations Manager
Ja'Michael Darnell, Schedule Administrator
Jordan Llanes, Kids & Teens/Private Group Coordinator

AILEY EXTENSION DESK ASSOCIATES
Alfred Jordan
Cara Buchanan
Faustine Lavie
Sarah Bette Danganan
Sereena Marcano
Tcheser Feaster
Tirza Robertson

AILEY EXTENSION ONLINE CLASS HOSTS
Bryana Nicole Mainor
Marcel March
Melanie Boyce

AILEY EXTENSION INSTRUCTORS
Ronald Alexander, Ballet
Sarita Allen, Pilates/Restorative Stretches
Pilin Anice, Vinayasa Yoga
Karen L. Arceneaux, Horton/Zumba
Olivia Bowman-Jackson, Yoga-Lattes
Becky Brown, Limón
Jeffrey Bynum, Jazz
Maguette Camara, West African
Fernando Carrillo, Horton
Diego Chauca, Zumba
Robin Dunn, Hip-Hop
Yancy Greene, Hip-Hop
Dawn Hillen, Ballet
Christopher Jackson, Contemporary
Sarina Jain, Masala Bhangra
Antonio Jefferson, Street Jazz
Katherine Jimenez, NY Style Mambo
Matthew Johnson-Harris, Hip-Hop Cardio
Angel Kaba, Afro'Dance
Yuka Kawazu, Ballet/Kids & Teens
Anna Lederfiend, Ballet
Jonathan Lee, Hip-Hop
Noibis Licea, Afro-Cuban
Danielle Lima, Samba
Amos Machanic, Horton
Richard Martinez, Zumba
Jose Ozuna, Zumba
Danys (La Mora) Perez, Afro-Cuban
Janete Da Silva, Afro-Brazilian
Judine Somerville, Broadway Jazz
Michael Thomas, Contemporary
Miyabi Wright, Hip-Hop
Terri Wright, Horton

Facilities

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

Ailey Archive

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

Ailey Boutique @ 405 West 55th Street

Colette Hawkins, Director of Product Development and Merchandising
Wanda Hayes, Boutique Manager
Items sold at the Ailey Boutique and AileyDancewear.com are managed by Fine Arts Merchandising Ensemble, Inc.
www.AileyDancewear.com

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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