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Our People

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AILEY is a community of dancers, choreographers, teaching artists, musicians, administrators, and leaders. The people of AILEY champion inclusivity, diversity, equity, and accessibility, proudly working together to further Alvin Ailey’s mission to give dance back to the people. Meet the team.
DevelopmentEbonie C. Pittman, Managing Director of Development
Josephine Ciallella, Director of Donor Events & Stewardship
Marceen Lovelace, Director of Development Operations
Sarah Rodriquez, Director of Institutional Giving
Megan Jakel, Director of Major Gifts & Individual Giving
Rayna Bagchi, Interim Associate Director of Patron Engagement
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
Terri Wright, Individual Seasonal Giving Assistant
Marketing

Larae J. Ferry, Director of Marketing
Liad Baniel, Art Director
Maria Flotta, Associate Director of Sales and Ticketing
Jennifer Fyall, Associate Director of Marketing
Lynette P. Rizzo, Associate Director of Marketing
Erica Hochstedler, Editorial Content Manager
Rennie McDougall, Content Writer
Tiara Nock, Social Media Manager
Jennifer Rockwood, Ticket Manager
Mikaela Tripp, Digital Marketing Manager
Chris Cates, Group Sales & Ticketing Coordinator
Naya Hutchinson, Social Media Coordinator
Stephanie Lacy, Social Media Content Creator
Sheray Franklin, Digital Marketing Assistant
Amber Mahoney, Digital Marketing Assistant

Judith Service Montier, Atlanta External Affairs Consultant
Capacity Interactive, Digital Marketing Consultants
Walker International Communications Group, Audience Development Consultants

Public Relations

Christopher Zunner, Managing Director of Public Relations
Tracy Severe, Associate Director of Public Relations
Nicole Tintle, Public Relations Manager
Esther Akutekha, Public Relations Associate
Danielle Chambliss, Public Relations Assistant

Polskin Arts & Communications Counselors, PR Consultant
Sunshine Sachs Morgan & Lylis, Season Press Consultants
Judy Kinberg, Film Consultant

Finance & Administration

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

Randolph Houston, General Counsel

Sathi Pillai-Colucci, Executive Liaison to the Artistic Director
Danielle Jackson, Executive Assistant to the Executive Director
Samuel Coleman, Office Manager
Adam Azani, Mail Clerk

Human ResourcesToronda Miller, Director of People & Culture
Information TechnologyChad J. Sutton, Director of Information Technology
Edward Park, IT Operations Manager
Edward Vulfson, Database Developer
Emily Hoff, Education Product Manager
Tom Beck, CRM Platform Manager
Lloyd Alvarez, Network Administrator
Daniel Richardson, Application & Desktop Support Specialist
Studio & Theater OperationsAlaric 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
Kwesi Kayode, Extension Studio Manager
Reché Nelson, Extension Studio Manager
Raymund Golamco, Financial Assistant
Special ProjectsMarion C. Koltun, Director of Special Projects
FacilitiesMichael 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 ArchivesDominique 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. 

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Ailey Tour Merchandise

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

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Touring Contacts

Booking Agent

Opus 3 Artists

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Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater Staff

Eric D. Wright, General Manager
Isabelle Mezin, Director of Company Business Affairs
Gregory Stuart, Company Manager
Joseph Anthony Gaito, Technical Director
HaeJin Han, Production 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
Danté Baylor, Wardrobe Assistant
Katie Chihaby, Wardrobe Assistant
Emilio Tosti, Flyman/Assistant Carpenter
Cody Richardson, Assistant Electrician
Amadea Edwards, Director of Administration
Chelsea Gillespie, Licensing & Clearance Manager
Michelle Grazio, Company Business Affairs Manager
Selena Andino Lopez, Company Management Production Assistant

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 StaffEric D. Wright, General Manager
Isabelle Mezin, Director of Company Business Affairs
Sumaya Jackson, Company Manager
Joshua Gustafson, Production Stage Manager
Harrison Hoffert, Lighting & Sound Supervisor
Heather Craig, Wardrobe Supervisor
The Ailey School Staff

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, 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
Brittany Benton, Junior Division Administrative Coordinator
Becky Brown, Junior Division Program Assistant
Beana Moore, Payroll / Student Accounts Assistant
Guillermo Asca, Coordinator for the Professional Performing Arts School (PPAS) Program
Freddie Moore, Co-Rehearsal Director, Ailey Student Performance Group (ASPG)/Ailey/Fordham Student Dancers (AFSD)
Lakey Evans-Peña, Associate Director, Ailey Teacher Certification Program: Ailey Horton Technique, Ailey/Fordham Student Dancers (AFSD)

Contact The Ailey School Staff

The Ailey School Program AdvisorsMelanie Person, BFA First Year
Adrienne Hurd, BFA Sophomores
Kimberly Bartosik, BFA Juniors
Lakey Evans-Peña, 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 ChairpersonsMelanie 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 FacultyRonald 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
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 Rena Peek
Francoise Pender
Juan Carlos Penuela
Cassandra Phifer
Kevin L. Predmore
Danielle Quisenberry
Tracye Rawls-Martin
Rhea Roderick
Janice Rosario
Elizabeth Roxas-Dobrish
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 MusiciansOlga 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
AAIE StaffRachel McCaulsky, Director of Ailey Arts In Education & Community Programs
Heidi Miller, Associate Director of Ailey Arts In Education & Community Programs
Sarah Feeley, Associate Director, AAIE Business Affairs
Cara Buchanan, AAIE Program Manager
David Vargas, AAIE Business Assistant
Stacey Spencer-Willoughby, AAIE Assistant
AAIE Teaching ArtistsKeith Alexander
Michaella Barron
Ronald Belger
Kim Brown
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
Andrea Markus
Lily McAteer
Brittany Miller
Kellyn Mylechreest
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
AAIE MusiciansDavid Alston
Joseph Barnes
Matthew Hill
Desmond Howard
Iyedun Ince
Roderick Jackson
Khary Matthews
Ron McBee
Kwesi Opare
Gabriel Roxbury
Michael Mustafa Ulmer
Brion Vann
AileyCamp StaffNasha 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 StaffAaron Thomas
Brittany Miller
Carina Young
Chris Cates
Darius "Damazi" Williams
Elisha Robinson
Emelia Sikorsky
Hitome Yoshimura Villanueva
Janabou Drammeh
Janeé Bell
Karah Verges
Kayla Samuel
Khary Matthews
Noibis Licea
Riché Williams
Robert Sardo
Robin “Uniqua” Simmons
Shadrack Boakye
Tiarah Kirkland
Zoë Chichester
Children's Aid AileyCamp Too! New York StaffLeslie Jones
Noibis Licea
Khary Matthews
Brittany Miller
Robin “Uniqua” Simmons
Darius "Damazi" Williams
AileyCamp Newark StaffQuinique Bennett
Courtney Bowman
Jumai Boxton
Ronnie D. Carney
Danae Doyle
Za’eed Eure
Kayla Fleming
Cedric J. Greene
Sherese Green
Matthew Hill
Natasha Hill
Sherece Hill
Kaitlyn Johnson
Judah Marable
Keyaura Mendes
Leslie "Leo" Ramos-Garcia
Ana Sofía Reynoso
LaToya Wigfall
AileyCamp Too! Newark StaffRonnie D. Carney
Sherese Green
Cedric J. Greene
Matthew Hill
Natasha Hill
Sherece Hill
LaToya Wigfall
Ailey Extension StaffFelipe Arellano, Business Data Analyst
Grace Landefeld, Marketing Manager
Ja'Michael Darnell, Schedule Manager
Renee McGinnis, Front Desk Operations Manager
Jordan Llanes, Kids & Teens and Private Groups Coordinator
Alexandra Strouse, Financial Assistant
Tiffany Ospino, Administrative Coordinator
Coal Rietenbach, Videographer
Ailey Extension Desk AssociatesClaire Charvet
Jade Connor
Solenn Etienne
Aurelie Garcia
Selena Lai
Faustine Lavie
Sereena Marcano
Sydney Mattie
Gina Mayers
Riccardo Passera
Tirza Robertson
Anna Rotllant-Estelrich
Quincy Willingham
Ailey Extension InstructorsRonald K. Alexander
Sarita Allen
Pilin Anice
Marie Rose Baramo
Olivia Bowman-Jackson
Benjamin Briones
Becky Brown
Jeffrey Bynum
Maguette Camara
Diego Chauca
Vado Diomande
Robin Dunn
Mike Gomez
Yancy Greene
Luz "The Odyssey" Guzman
Matthew Johnson Harris
Dawn Hillen
Christopher Jackson
Sarina Jain
Antonio Jefferson
Katherine Jiménez
Ahtoy Juliana
Angel Kaba
José Lapaz-Rodriguez
Yuka Kawazu
Anna Lederfiend
Jonathan Lee
Noibis Licea
Amos Machanic
Robenson Mathurin
Tatiana Maya
Judith McCarty
Shaina McGregor
Will Negrillo
Danys "La Mora" Perez
Quenia Ribeiro
Cheryl Rowley-Gaskins
Sierra Sanders
Courtney Sauls
Cynthia Shipley
Janete Da Silva
Linda Celeste Sims
Glenn Allen Sims
Michael Snipe
Gianna Theodore
Aaron Thomas
Michael Thomas
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Jessie Whelan
Thibaut Witzleb
Terri Wright
Rinor Zymberi

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

 

AILEY 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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Call 212-405-9000 for general enquiries or visit the Contact Us page and submit the form.