The Ailey School

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Staff and Faculty

Administrative Staff

Leadership

Co-Director, The Ailey School
Tracy Inman

Co-Director, The Ailey School
Melanie Person

Business Office and Financial Aid

Director of School Business Operations
James Paulson
Email or call x9511

Bursar 
Jennifer Yoh-Quinones
Email or call x9519

Professional Division

Director of Professional Division
Tracy Inman
Email or call x9515

Director, Ailey/Fordham  BFA Program
Melanie Person
Email or call x9516

Director of Admissions & Student Affairs
JoAnne Ruggeri
Email or call x9513

School Scheduling Administrator 
Lauren Evans
Email or call x9514

BFA Program Administrator/Assistant to Melanie Person, Ailey School Co-Director
Emily Riehle
Email or call X9124

Rehearsal Director, Ailey/Fordham Student Dancers
Lakey Evans-Peña
Email or call x9520

Admissions Officer
Cristina Sabater
Email or call x9136

Registrar
Dena Hardee
Email or call x9518

Assistant to Tracy Inman, Ailey School Co-Director
Rod Hines
Email or call X9133

Administrative Support Coordinator
Ashley Henry 
Email or call x9020

Junior Division

Director, Junior Division
Tiffany Barnes
Email or call x9141

Junior Division Associate Director
Dawn-Marie Tricarico
Email or call x9143

Junior Division Program Associate
Alexia Warren
Email or call x9132

Junior Division Program Supervisor
Merceditas Mañago-Alexander
Email or call x9122

PPAS Program Administrator
Guillermo Asca
Email or call x9126 

Summer Housing Coordinator
Patrick Piras
Email or call x9138

Production Staff and Studio Managers

Production Administrator
Kaitlyn Miller
Email or call x9140

Costume Coordinator
Mark Eric Rodriguez
Email or call x9039

Senior Studio Manager 
Rachel Jerome
Email or call x9123

Physical Therapists
Shaw Bronner, PT, PhD, OCS
Sheyi Ojofeitimi, MPT

Faculty Advisors

Students wishing to schedule an appointment with their advisor must sign up at the 2nd floor reception desk.

Tracy Inman, Co-Director, The Ailey School
Email or call x9515
Advisement Group: Scholarship Program

Melanie Person, Co-Director, The Ailey School
Director, Ailey/Fordham BFA
Email or call x9516
Advisement Group:  BFA Program, Freshman

Carolyn Adams
Email or call x9130
Advisement Group: BFA Program Juniors

Ana Marie Forsythe
Email or call x9512
Advisement Group: BFA Program Seniors
 
Ellen Graff
Email or call x9131
Advisement Group: BFA Program Sophomores

Freddie Moore
Email or call x9145
Advisement Group: Certificate Program

Kevin Predmore 
Email or call x9129
Advisement Group: International Independent Study Program

Guillermo Asca
Email or call x9126
Advisement Group:  U.S. Independent Study Program