Leadership & Administration

Mary Kathryn (MK) Blazek, Associate Dean of Production, CoPA
Stephen Brown-Fried, Vice Dean of Curriculum and Learning
Keller Coker, Dean, School of Jazz and Contemporary Music, Associate Dean, CoPA
Gayle Fekete, Interim Dean, School of Drama
Bill Gustafson, Associate Dean, Academic Affairs, Mannes School of Music
Richard Kessler, Executive Dean, CoPA and Dean, Mannes School of Music
Jennifer Patten, Director of Strategic Initiatives and Special Projects
Dennis Hilton-Reid, Director of Equity, Inclusion, and Social Justice
Matthew Sullivan, Vice Dean, Finance and Administration

Sophia Batista, Temporary Manager of Business Operations
Steven Behnke, Interim Large Ensembles Manager
Robby Bowen, Manager of Course Planning, Graduate Programs
Olivia Cabrajal, Ensemble Operations Coordinator
Christine Choi, Manager of Course Planning, Undergraduate Programs
Matthew Craig, Audio & Video Supervisor
Amanda Ekery, Assistant Director, Academic Affairs, School of Jazz and Contemporary Music
Lily Fairbanks, Props Master and Studio Manager
Dylan Friedman, Director of Performance Technology, Technical Supervisor
Matthew Gregory, Senior Manager, Course Planning
Audrey Harris-Culver, Program Administrator & Technical Services Coordinator
Rachel Housle, Manager of Event Operations
Kristin Houston, Coordinator of Scheduling & Operations
Dylan James, Associate Director of Budget and Planning
Chantel King, Producer, Theater and Opera
Julia Kulaya, Costume Shop Manager
Rachael Lansang, Assistant Director of Academic Affairs, Mannes School of Music
Yejin Lee, Coordinator of Administration
Allegra Levy, Program and Administration Manager, School of Jazz and Contemporary Music
Hannah Marks, Program and Administration Manager, Mannes School of Music
Matthew Maroon, Temporary Associate Director, Mannes Prep
Fletcher McCune, Master Electrician
Grace Park, Performance and Ensemble Manager, Mannes School of Music
Eli Reid, Production Shops Manager
Alec Rigdon, Production Manager
Ashley Salvagin, Manager of Communications 
Caroline Sonett-Assor, Director, Mannes Prep
Patrick Surillo, Production Manager
Louis Tasciotti, Piano Technician
Ethan Usoskin, Temporary Performance and Ensemble Manager
Carli Visconti, Program and Administration Manager, School of Drama
Zach Weed, Assistant Director of Academic Affairs, School of Drama

Lydia Brindamour, Student Success Advisor, Mannes School of Music
Keisha Davenport-Ramirez, Senior Director of Student Success Advising, CoPA
Brian Dudley, Senior Student Success Advisor, BA/BFA
Michael Hart, Student Success Advisor, School of Jazz and Contemporary Music
Kesli Lavia, Student Success Advisor, School of Drama
Knox Sutterfield, Student Success Advisor, Mannes School of Music

Sam Byron, Interim Director of Admission
Ben Fortunato, Admission Counselor
Tina Wu, Admission Counselor

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
Cara Hagan, Associate Professor of Contemporary Theatre and Performance 
David Hayes, Mannes Orchestra Director
Pablo Helguera, Assistant Professor, MA, Arts Management and Entrepreneurship
Ho Chak Law, Assistant Professor, Race and Musicology and Mellon Postdoctoral Research Fellow
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
Pippin Parker, Professor of Professional Practice, Dramatic Arts
Lynne Rogers, Edward Aldwell Professor in The Techniques of Music
Reginald Workman, Associate Professor of Jazz

Tea Alagić, Directing (MFA), 3rd Year Lead
Lianne Arnold, Creative Technologies (BFA / MFA)  
William Burden, Chair, Mannes Voice Department
Chaelon Bennett, Acting (BFA), 1st Year Lead
Pavlina Dokovska, Chair, Mannes Piano Department
Rebecca Fischer, Co-chair, Mannes String Department
Sarah Gancher, Writing (MFA), 2nd Year Lead
Jerzy Gwiazdowski, Entrepreneurship (BFA), 4th Year Lead
David Hayes, Mannes Orchestra Director
Patrice Johnson, Acting (MFA), 1st Year Lead
Toya Lillard, Directing (BFA), 3rd Year Lead
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
Brandon Ridenour, Chair, Mannes Brass Department
Dennis Hilton Reid, Director of Equity, Inclusion, and Social Justice 
Ana Margineanu, Writing (BFA), 2nd Year Lead
Nicholas Schwartz, Chair, Mannes Brass Department
Cristina Stanescu, Chair, Mannes Collaborative Piano Department

Ben Allison
Tanya Kalmanovitch
Gene Perla
Glynis Rigsby
Toya Lillard

Sheila C. Johnson, Chair
Beatrice K. Broadwater, Vice-Chair
Tim Porter, Vice-Chair
Steven H. Bloom
Richard Brand
Nicholas Firth
James Freund
Alexander Glantz
Patricia S. Howell
Nicholas King
Robert Leibholz
Bevis Longstreth
Sebastiane Mundheim
Hank O'Neal
Elaine Parisier
Andrew C. Quale, Jr.
Linda E. Rappaport
Philip D. Scaturro
Mark Schulman
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