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
Ebonie Pittman, Managing Director of Development
Josephine Ciallella, Director of Donor Events & Stewardship
Lauren Hallford, Director of Institutional Giving
Marceen Lovelace, Director of Development Operations
Rayna Bagchi, Interim Associate Director of Patron Engagement
Leora Graber, Associate Director of Institutional Giving
Francis A. Lewis III, Associate Director of Donor Events & Stewardship
Ayanna Ingraham, Institutional Giving Officer
James Cooper, Manager of Donor Events & Stewardship
Tegan Rich, Individual Giving Manager
Rosa Schembari, Development Operations Associate
Jackson Silverstein, Individual Giving Assistant

MARKETING
Larae J. Ferry, Director of Marketing
Lynette P. Rizzo, Associate Director of Marketing
Jennifer Fyall, Associate Director of Marketing
Liad Baniel, Art Director
Maria Flotta, Associate Director of Sales and Ticketing
Erica Hochstedler, Editorial Content Manager
Deanna Rule, Social Media Manager
Jennifer Rockwood, Ticket Manager
Mikaela Tripp, Digital Marketing Manager
Naya Hutchinson, Social Media Coordinator
Stephanie Lacy, Social Media Content Creator
Julianna Mitchell, Digital Marketing Assistant
Chris Cates, Group Sales/Ticketing Assistant

Judith Service Montier, Marketing Consultant
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 Manager
Esther Akutekha, Public Relations Associate
Chanelle Lester, Public Relations Assistant

Polskin Arts & Communications Counselors, PR Consultant
Sunshine Sachs Morgan & Lylis (Paula Witt & Hayley Brinkman), Season Press Consultants
Judy Kinberg, Film Consultant

Finance and Administration

Prital Chohan, Director of Finance
Denise Fox, Controller
Linda Chen, Staff Accountant
Albert Martinez, Budget Manager
Angella Davis, Accounting Specialist
Jennifer Bernal, Finance Associate
Zixin Alexis Han, Grant & Budget Analyst
Breana Moore, Finance Assistant

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

Christine Mellampe, Managing Director of People, Equity, and Inclusion

Toronda Miller, Director of People & Culture

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
David Herrera, Studio Manager
Britini Jackson, Studio Manager
Maleek Slade, Studio Manager
Raymund Golamco, Financial Assistant

Special Projects

Marion C. Koltun, Director of Special Projects

Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater

Robert Battle, Artistic Director
Judith Jamison, Artistic Director Emerita
Matthew Rushing, Associate Artistic Director
Ronni Favors, Rehearsal Director
Clifton Brown, Assistant Rehearsal Director

Eric D. Wright, General Manager
Isabelle Mezin, Director of Company Business Affairs
Gregory Stuart, Company Manager
Joseph Anthony Gaito, Technical Director
HaeJin Han, Stage Manager
Yi-Chung Chen, Lighting Director
Jon Taylor, Wardrobe Supervisor
Jorge Lanuza, Master Carpenter
David Trudeau, Master Electrician
Rob Byerly, Sound Engineer
Jason Rosenberg, Property Master
Justin Coffman, Assistant Company Manager
Lexie Klasing, Assistant Stage Manager
Danté Baylor, Wardrobe Assistant
Katie Chihaby, Wardrobe Assistant
Emilio Tosti, Flyman/Assistant Carpenter
Cody Richardson, Assistant Electrician
Amadea Edwards, Director of Administration
Chelsea Gillespie, Production & Licensing Coordinator
Michelle Grazio, Company Business Affairs Manager

Donald J. Rose, M.D., Director of the Harkness Center for Dance Injuries, NYU Langone Orthopedics
Sheyi Ojofeitimi, PT, DPT, OCS, CFMT, Director of Therapy Services / Health & Safety Advisor
Jessi Patz, PT, DPT, CKTP, Physical Therapist
Dionne Vernon, PT, DPT, PES, MBA, Physical Therapist
Amy Zink, PT, DPT, CSCS, CPI, Physical Therapist
Ronnell Kitt, Physical Therapy Aide

Ailey II

Francesca Harper, Artistic Director
Sylvia Waters, Artistic Director Emerita

Eric D. Wright, General Manager
Isabelle Mezin, Director of Company Business Affairs
Sumaya Jackson, Company Manager
Joshua Gustafson, Production Stage Manager
Ethan Saiewitz, Lighting & Sound Supervisor
Heather Craig, 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
Jennifer Y. Quinones, Associate Director of School Business Operations
Cristina Sabater, Associate Director of Admissions
Michela Boschetto, Professional Division Program Administrator/Assistant to Co-Director Tracy Inman
Dena Hardee, School Operations Manager
Elizabeth Streeter, BFA Program Administrator/Assistant to Co-Director Melanie Person
Blythe Koster, Registrar
Kaitlyn Miller, Production Administrator
Merceditas Mañago-Alexander, Junior Division Program Coordinator
Becky Brown, Junior Division Program Assistant
Shanice Vasquez, Bursar
Jalene Medina, Payroll / Student Accounts Assistant
Guillermo Asca, Coordinator for the Professional Performing Arts School (PPAS) Program
Freddie Moore, Rehearsal Director, Ailey Student Performing Group (ASPG)
Lakey Evans-Peña, Associate Director, The Ailey School Horton Pedagogy/Rehearsal Director, Ailey/Fordham Student Dancers (AFSD)

THE AILEY SCHOOL PROGRAM ADVISORS
Melanie Person, BFA Freshmen
Adrienne Hurd, BFA Sophomores
Lakey Evans-Pena, BFA Juniors
Kimberly Bartosik, 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

Heidi Miller, Associate Director of Arts In Education
Sarah Feeley, Associate Director, AIE Business Affairs
David Vargas, AIE Business Assistant
Cara Buchanan, AIE Program Manager
Stacey Spencer-Willoughby, AIE Assistant

AIE TEACHING ARTISTS
Keith Alexander
Michaella Barron
Heather Bryce
Carolina Cabrera Volpe
Ethel Calhoun
Paul Chernosky
Imani Faye
Kat Files
Cedric J. Greene
Sherece Hill
Bree Jackson
Whitney Janis
Lorena Jaramillo
Kim Johnson
Youthen Joseph
Noibis Licea
Fatima Logan-Alston
Allyson Lynch
Amos Machanic
Lily McAteer
Brittany Miller
Kellyn Mylechreest
Emily Pacilio
Kiara Paige
Shawn Rawls
Victorius Remak
Ana Sofía Reynoso
Renee Robinson
Cheryl Rowley-Gaskins
Tierney Sorenson
Arianna Stendardo
C. Jade Newbold-St. Gerard
Jessica St. Vil
Daaimah Taalib-Din
Aaron Thomas
Theara Ward
Rachel Watson-Jih
Jerijah West
LaToya Wigfall
Darius "Damazi" Williams
Wayne Williams

AIE MUSICIANS
David Alston
Joseph Barnes
Nick Herman
Desmond Howard
Matthew Hill
Roderick Jackson
Shaun Kelly
Adewole Love
Khary Matthews
Ron McBee
Gabriel Roxbury
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
Ethel Calhoun
Daniel Carlton
La-Chelle Dickenson
Dyana Givens
Youthen Joseph 
Tiarah Kirkland
Noibis Licea
Khary Matthews
Brittany Miller
Kwesi "Kayode" Opare
Kayla Samuel 
Robert Sardo 
Robin “Uniqua” Simmons
Aaron Thomas
Darius "Damazi" Williams

CHILDREN'S AID AILEYCAMP TOO! NEW YORK STAFF
La-Chelle Dickenson
Roland Garrison
Leslie Jones
Noibis Licea
Khary Matthews
Canaan McKenzie
Aaron Thomas
Darius "Damazi" Williams

AILEYCAMP NEWARK STAFF
Michael Bates 
Jumai Boxton 
Ronnie D. Carney
David Davis
Danae Doyle
Za’eed Eure
Kayla Franklin
Kayla Fleming
Laila Garrett
Matthew Hill
Natasha Hill
Sherece Hill
Duron Jackson
Tamar Mitchell
Ana Sofía Reynoso 
Niyah Salley
LaToya Wigfall

AILEYCAMP TOO! NEWARK STAFF
Ronnie D. Carney
Atlanta Foresyth
Sherese Green
Cedric Greene
Matthew Hill
Sherece Hill
LaToya Wigfall

Ailey Extension

Lisa Johnson-Willingham, Director

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

AILEY EXTENSION DESK ASSOCIATES
Angelina D'Alberto
Sarah Bette Danganan
Aurelie Garcia
Selena Lai
Faustine Lavie
Sereena Marcano
Sydney Mattie
Riccardo Passera
Tirza Robertson
Bettina Williams
Quincy Willingham

AILEY EXTENSION INSTRUCTORS
Keith Alexander, Hip-Hop
Ronald K. Alexander, Ballet
Sarita Allen, Pilates/Restorative Stretches
Pilin Anice, Vinayasa Yoga
Marie Rose Baramo, Heels
Olivia Bowman-Jackson, Yoga-Lattes
Benjamin Briones, Ballet
Becky Brown, Limón
Jeffrey Bynum, Jazz
Maguette Camara, West African
Linda Celeste-Sims, Horton/Contemporary
Diego Chauca, Zumba
Vado Diomande, West African
Robin Dunn, Hip-Hop
Bakary Fall, West African
Mike Gomez, Zumba®
Yancy Greene, Hip-Hop
Luz Guzman, Vogue
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
Ahtoy Juliana, Salsa
Angel Kaba, Afro'Dance
Yuka Kawazu, Ballet
Alan "Hurricane" Lautare, Hip-Hop
Anna Lederfiend, Ballet
Jonathan Lee, Hip-Hop
Noibis Licea, Afro-Cuban
Amos Machanic, Horton
Levi Marsman, Contemporary
Judith McCarty, Afro'Dance
Shaine McGregor, Afro'Dance
Will Negrillo, Zumba®
Jose Ozuna, Zumba®
Danys (La Mora) Perez, Afro-Cuban
Quenia Ribeiro, Samba
Jason Rodriguez, New Way Vogue
Cheryl Rowley-Gaskins, Horton
Courtney Sauls, Heels
Emma Sholz, Lastics® Stretch Technique
Janete Da Silva, Afro-Brazilian
Judine Somerville, Broadway Jazz
Aaron Thomas, Hip-Hop
TweetBoogie, Hip-Hop
Jessie Whelan, Tiny Steps
Terri Wright, Horton

Facilities

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

Ailey Archive

Dominique Singer, Archivist
Jasmyn Castro, Digital Asset Manager
Ellen Kamoe, Consultant
Norton Owen, Consultant
Sylvia Waters, Consultant
David Finkelstein, Video Editor

Ailey Boutique @ 405 West 55th Street

Colette Hawkins, Director of Product Development and Merchandising
Jeffrey Bynum, 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.