Administration

Office of the Dean

Academic Affairs

Stephanie Browner, Dean
212.229.5100 x2067
browners@newschool.edu

Heather O'Brien, Executive Assistant to the Dean
212.229.5100 x2201 obrienh@newschool.edu

Riva Kadar, Associate Dean for Academic Planning
212.229.5100 x2236
kadarr@newschool.edu

Urmila Venkatesh, Director of Academic Planning and Co-Curricular Initiatives
212.229.5100 x2328
venkateu@newschool.edu

Judy Mejia, Director of Civic Engagement and Social Justice
212.229.5100 x2227
mejiaj@newschool.edu

Katherine Schmidt, Program Coordinator of Civic Engagement and Social Justice
2012-2013 Lang CESJ Post-Baccalaureate Fellow
212.229.5100 x2313
schmidtk@newschool.edu

Jennifer Riegle, Associate Director of the Arts and Public Event Coordination
212.229.5100 x2267
rieglej@newschool.edu

Eleni Beja, Assistant Director of Academic Initiatives
212.229.5100 x2204
bejae@newschool.edu

Jerée Matherson, Academic Coordinator
212.229.5100 x2226
mathersj@newschool.edu 

Faculty Affairs

Oz Frankel, Associate Dean for Faculty Affairs
212.229.5376 x4924
frankelo@newschool.edu

Laura Copland, Assistant Dean of Faculty Affairs
212.229.5100 x2228
coplandl@newschool.edu

Academic Support

Katherine Delgado, Senior Secretary
212.229.5100 x2203
delgadok@newschool.edu

Rachelle Rahme, Senior Secretary
212.229.5100 x1637
rahmer@newschool.edu

Cypriano Stephenson, Senior Secretary
212.229.5100 x4927
stephecd@newschool.edu

Karen Noyes, Senior Secretary and Office Manager
212.229.5100 x2202
noyesk@newschool.edu

Administration and Budget

Alex Draifinger, Senior Director of Administration and Budget
212.229 x2253
draifa@newschool.edu

Verna de LaMothe, Assistant Director of Administration
212.229.5100 x2254
lamothev@newschool.edu

Joseph Warren, Administrative Assistant for Administration and Budget
212.229.5100
warren@newschool.edu

Data Analysis

Jason Spiegel, Data Analyst
spiegelj@newschool.edu
212.229.5100 x2135

Admission

Karen Williams, Director of Admission
212.229.5100 x2300
williaka@newschool.edu
 
Katie Barton, Assistant Director of Admission—California
212.229.5100 x2304
bartonk@newschool.edu

Ryan May, Assistant Director of Admission—New York
212.229.5100 x4024
mayr@newschool.edu 

Danny Conforti, Admission Coordinator
confortd@newschool.edu

Jacqueline Cruz, Transfer Enrollment Coordinator/Part-time Admission Counselor

Sarah LeWarn, Admission Counselor  
lewarns@newschool.edu
 
Lark Morgenstern, Admission Counselor
  morgensl@newschool.edu  

Jamie Hanley, Part-time Admission Coordinator
212.229.5100 x2306
hanleyj@newschool.edu  

Ben Reese, Admission Counselor
 reeseb@newschool.edu

Academic Advising and Student Support

Jonathon White, Associate Dean of Student Affairs
212.229.5100 x2282
whitej@newschool.edu

Leah Weich, Director of Academic Advising and Student Support
212.229.5100 x2279
weichl@newschool.edu

Angela Sanko, Associate Director of Academic Advising and Student Retention
212.229.5100 x2280
sankoa@newschool.edu

Senior Academic Advisor (Junior Class and Study Abroad Coordinator)
Position to be filled 

Russell Taylor, Coordinator of Academic Advising and Student Support
Office of Advising and Student Support
212.229.5100 x2285
taylorr@newschool.edu

Jemima Gedeon, Senior Advisor and Internship Coordinator
212.229.5100 x3345
gedeonj@newschool.edu

Shannon-A'Lyce Jones, Academic Advisor of First-Year Students and Civic Engagement
Sophomores
Civic Engagement
212.229.5100 x2264
jonessl@newschool.edu

Jeff Feld, Senior Office Assistant for Internships
212.229.5100 x2262
feldj@newschool.edu

Development

Kierstyn Thayer, Director of Development
212.229.5662 x2208
thayerk@newschool.edu

Nicole Bayard, Development Associate
212.229.5100 x3565
bayardn@newschool.edu  

Board of Governors

Arnold H. Aronson, Chair
Jeffrey Gural
Dana Hokin
Jhanna Krentsel
Susan D. McClanahan
Rodney W. Nichols
Malcolm B. Smith
Deborah Aal Stoff
John L. Tishman
Lilian Shiao-Yen Wu

The New School Board of Trustees

Michael J. Johnston, Chair
Henry H. Arnhold
Arnold H. Aronson
Franci J. Blassberg
Steven H. Bloom
Kent A. Clark
Beth Rudin DeWoody
Douglas D. Durst
Renaud Dutreil
Susan L. Foote
David B. Ford, Vice Chair
Michael E. Gellert
Paul A. Gould
Joseph R. Gromek
Jeffrey Gural
Susan U. Halpern
Jane D. Hartley
William E. Havemeyer
William H. Hayden
Robert F. Hoerle
Sheila C. Johnson
Bevis Longstreth
Nancy Lublin
Susan M. Lyne
Robert H. Mundheim, Vice Chair
Jonathan Newcomb
Timothy L. Porter
Linda E. Rappaport
Joshua Sapan
Bernard L. Schwartz
Mrs. James C. Slaughter
Malcolm B. Smith
Elliot Stein
Julien J. Studley
John L. Tishman
Kay Unger
David E. Van Zandt
George Walker
Nancy Walker
Lilian Shiao-Yen Wu
Randall S. Yanker
William D. Zabel

Life Trustees
Walter A. Eberstadt
Eugene M. Lang
Tomio Taki
Philip Scaturro