Administrative Staff
Bennett Rink, Executive Director
Pamela Robinson, Chief Financial Officer
Thomas Cott, Senior Director of Marketing and Creative Content
External Affairs
Development
Caryn Campbell, Director of Patron Relations
Justin Garlinghouse, Director of Institutional Giving
Marceen Lovelace, Director of Development Operations
Dana M. Hill, Associate Director of Individual Giving
Caleb Heyman, Manager of Individual Giving
Chelsea Moskal, Manager of Development Operations
Lauren Hallford, Grant Writer
Conrhonda E. Baker, Development Associate, Government Affairs
Rayna M. Bagchi, Development Associate, Individual Giving
Pauline Braxton, 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
Alana Harper, Digital Marketing Manager
Jennifer Fyall, Marketing Manager
Jordan James, Marketing Manager
Andrew Troum, Marketing Assistant
Julia Katz, Program Editor
Danica Paulos, Social Media Content Creator
Kyle Beckley, Social Media Content Creator
Christine Navin, Graphic Designer
Capacity Interactive, Digital Marketing Consultants
Walker International Communications Group, Audience Development Consultants
Logical Chaos, Video Production Services
Redha Medjellekh, Video Producer
Judith Service Montier & Racheal Ball, Marketing Consultants for Destination Dance Ailey Atlanta
Public Relations
Christopher Zunner, Director of Public Relations
Lauren Morrow, Public Relations Manager
Charnelle Wilson, Public Relations Associate
Tracy Severe, Public Relations Associate
Nicole Tintle, Public Relations Technician
Polskin Arts & Communications Counselors, PR Consultant
Finance and Administration
Prital Chohan, Director of Finance
An Lee, Budget Analyst
Linda Chen, Staff Accountant
Angella Davis, Accounting Specialist
Jennifer Bernal, Finance Associate
Elena M. Paul, Esq., General Counsel
Toronda Miller, HR Business Partner
Sathi Pillai-Colucci, Executive Assistant to Artistic Director
Aaron William Craig Jr., Executive Assistant to the Executive Director
Ashley Henry, Administrative Support Coordinator
Samuel Coleman, Office Manager
Adam Azani, Mail Clerk
Information Technology
Chad Sutton, Director of Information Technology
Edward Park, IT Operations Manager
Chris Spurgin, Senior 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
Julian Rozzell, Studio Manager
Rachel Jerome, Studio Manager
Jason Jude Hill, Studio Manager
Julia Lumpkin, Financial Assistant
Special Projects
Marion Koltun Dienstag, Director of Special Projects
Judy Kinberg, Director of Film Projects
Iymaani Aytes, Project Manager, Destination Dance Ailey Atlanta
Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater
Matthew Rushing, Rehearsal Director & Guest Artist
Linda Celeste Sims, Assistant to the Rehearsal Director
Dacquiri T’Shaun Smittick, Director of Production
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
Zane Beatty, Master Electrician
Russell J. Cowans IV, Sound Engineer
Chris Theodore, Property Master
Selena Campbell, Assistant Company Manager
Nicole A. Walters, Assistant Stage Manager
Roya Abab, Associate Lighting Director
Jesse Dunham, Wardrobe Assistant
Katie Chihaby, Wardrobe Assistant
Philip Lugo, Flyman
Andrew Davila, Assistant Electrician
Michael Windham, Production Associate
Michelle Grazio, Production & Finance Associate
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
Sara Aingorn, Physical Therapist
Ailey II
Troy Powell, Artistic Director
Sylvia Waters, Artistic Director Emerita
Fana Fraser, Rehearsal Director
Isabelle Mezin, Director of Company Business Affairs
Nicole Greene, Company Manager
Chelsea Gillespie, Stage Manager
Abby May, Lighting and Sound Supervisor
Taylor Barnett, Wardrobe Supervisor
Michelle Grazio, Production Associate
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
Sally Lelong, Financial Aid Director
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 Fordham Student Dancers (AFSD) and Student Performing Group (SPG)
Lauren Evans, Scheduling Administrator
Emily Hein, BFA Program Administrator / Assistant to Co-Director Melanie Person
Kaitlyn Moise, Assistant to Co-Director Tracy Inman
Cristina Sabater, Admissions Officer
Jennifer Y. Quinones, Bursar
Jenny Little, Registrar
Amy Lansky, Production Manager
Dena Hardee, Junior Division Program Associate
Baredu Ahmed, Jr., Junior Division Program Associate
Mark Eric Rodriguez, Costume Coordinator
Sharlene Piverger, Business Office Assistant
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
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
Arts In Education & Community Programs
Cathryn Williams, Director, Arts In Education & Community Programs
Nasha Thomas, Spokesperson & Master Teacher
Sarah Feeley, AIE Business Manager
Iymaani Aytes, AIE Program Manager
James F. Murray, AIE Business Assistant
Lana Meyer, AIE Assistant
Nasha Thomas, National Director of AileyCamp
Ronni Favors, Deputy Director of National AileyCamp
Andrea Markus, Co-Director of CA/AileyCamp New York
Michael Thomas, Co-Director of CA/AileyCamp New York
Ronnie D. Carney, Co-Director, AileyCamp Newark
Sherece Hill, Co-Director, AileyCamp Newark
Ailey Extension
Lisa Johnson-Willingham, Director
Stacey Spencer-Willoughby, Program Manager
Chanay James, Group Visits Coordinator
Wahnita King, Schedule Administrator/Assistant to the Director
Facilities
Michael Canarozzi, Facility Director
Reynold Manigault, Head of Security
Carlos Arenas, Maintenance Assistant
Ryan Carbone, Maintenance Assistant
Anthony Ragin, Maintenance Assistant
Ailey Archive
Dominique Singer, Archivist
Sylvia Waters, 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
opus3.artists.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.
