Leadership & Administration

Richard Kessler, Executive Dean, CoPA & Dean, Mannes School of Music
Keller Coker, Dean, School of Jazz and Contemporary Music & Associate Dean, CoPA
Valerie Feuer, Vice Dean, Finance & Administration
Bill Gustafson, Associate Dean, Academic Affairs, Mannes School of Music
Stephen Brown-Fried, Associate Dean, Academic Affairs, School of Drama
Maggie Koozer, Vice Dean, Teaching & Learning
Pippin Parker, Dean, School of Drama & Associate Dean, CoPA
Jessica Perlmeter Cochrane, Associate Dean of Production & Executive Producer
Matthew Sullivan, Assistant Dean, Academic Affairs; Chief of Staff

Ryan Anselmi, General Manager, School of Jazz and Contemporary Music
Alexander Chadwell, Program Coordinator, Arts Management & Entrepreneurship
Rachel Christiansen, Program & Administration Manager, School of Drama
Matthew Craig, Audio & Video Supervisor
Geoffrey Devereux, Ensemble Operations Coordinator
Octavia Driscoll, Director of Production Managemen
Amanda Ekery, Assistant Director, Academic Affairs, School of Jazz and Contemporary Music
Dylan Friedman, Director of Performance Technology, Technical Supervisor
Jesse Goldberg, Assistant Director, Mannes Prep
Audrey Harris-Culver, Program Administrator & Technical Services Coordinator
Rachel Housle, House Manager/ Night Manager
Gina Izzo, Manager of Concerts
Dylan James, Program & Administration Manager, School of Jazz and Contemporary Music
Chantel King, Production Manager
Rachael Lansang, Assistant Director of Academic Affairs, Mannes School of Music
Leonard Luvera, Senior Production Manager
Kalun Leung, Assistant Director of Academic Affairs
Iris Maenza, Manager of Event Marketing & Promotion
Michael Martin, Technical Services Manager
Fletcher McCune, Master Electrician
Liz Olson, General Manager, School of Drama
Lindsey Partelow, Senior Office Assistant, Mannes School of Music
Eli Reid, Assistant Technical Director
Ashley Salvagin, Program Assistant, School of Drama
Michael Seabrook, Assistant Director, Finance & Administration
Louis Tasciotti, Piano Technician
Jess Tsang, Academic Affairs Coordinator
Derek Weagle, Large Ensemble Manager
Zach Weed, Assistant Director of Academic Affairs, School of Drama

Rachel Francois, Senior Director of Academic Advising & Career Development
Dashawn Eaely, School of Jazz and Contemporary Music BA/BFA
Mike Forfia, School of Jazz and Contemporary Music BFA
Olivia Framke, Mannes MM, PDPL, and MA Arts Management & Entrepreneurship
Kesli Lavia, School of Drama BFA & MFA
Caroline Sonett-Assor, Mannes BM

Amanda Hosking, Director of Admission
Sam Byron, Assistant Director of Admission
Jon Herbert, Associate Director of Admission
Christian Berrigan, Admission Counselor
Tina Wu, Admission Counselor

Stephen Jacobsohn, Senior Director of Development

Rohana Elias-Reyes, Director, New School Concerts
Laura Frenzer, Senior Office Assistant

Pavlina Dokovska, Chair, Mannes Piano Department
Emma Griffin, Managing Artistic Director, Mannes Opera
David Hayes, Mannes Orchestra Director
Levy Lorenzo, Assistant Professor of Creative Technologies
Glynis Rigsby, Program Director, Drama BFA
Jane Ira Bloom, Professor of Jazz and Contemporary Music
Robert Cuckson, Professor of Techniques of Music
Tanya Kalmanovitch, Associate Professor of Music and Arts Entrepreneurship
David Loeb, Associate Professor of Techniques of Music
Frank Nemhauser, Director of Vocal Studies, Mannes
Lynne Rogers, Edward Aldwell Professor in The Techniques of Music
Reginald Workman, Associate Professor of Jazz

Mason Beggs, BFA Drama Junior Year Head
William Burden, Chair, Mannes Voice Department
Chaelon Costello, BFA Drama Freshman Year Head
Pavlina Dokovska, Chair, Mannes Piano Department
Jerzy Gwiazdowski, BFA Drama Senior Year Head
David Hayes, Mannes Orchestra Director
David T. Little, Chair, Mannes Composition Department
Judith Mendenhall, Chair, Mannes Woodwind Department
Frank Nemhauser, Director of Vocal Studies, Mannes
Dan Panner, Co-Chair, Mannes String Department
Dennis Hilton Reid, BFA Drama Freshman Year Head
Carmen Rivera, BFA Drama Sophomore Year Head
Nicholas Schwartz, Chair, Mannes Brass Department
Cristina Stanescu, Chair, Mannes Collaborative Piano Department
Jeffrey Zeigler, Co-Chair, Mannes String Department

Ben Allison
David Glasser
Tanya Kalmanovitch   
Christina Lee


Nicki Pombier Berger
Alba Quezada

 

Sheila C. Johnson, Chair
Beatrice K. Broadwater
Nicholas Firth
James Freund
Michael E. Gellert
Alexander Glantz
Peter M. Gross
Patricia S. Howell
Robert Leibholz
Howard G. Lepow
Bevis Longstreth
Sebastiane Mundheim
Carol Nickell
David W. Niemiec
Jeff Nissim
Hank O'Neal
Elaine Parisier
Tim Porter
Andrew C. Quale, Jr.
Linda E. Rappaport
Anthony J. Rudel
Philip D. Scaturro
Mark Schulman
William A. Schwartz
Matthew Steer
Donald A. Wagner

Danielle de Niese*
JoAnn Falletta*
Gordon P. Getty
Murray D. Perahia*
Robert Sherman
Frederica von Stade*
*Mannes alumnus or alumna