Leadership and Administration

Mary Kathryn (MK) Blazek, Associate Dean of Production and Executive Producer, College of Performing Arts
Stephen Brown-Fried, Vice Dean of Curriculum and Learning, College of Performing Arts
Keller Coker, Dean, School of Jazz and Contemporary Music, Associate Dean, College of Performing Arts
Jed Crocker, Vice Dean of Finance and Administration, College of Performing Arts
Bill Gustafson, Associate Dean, Academic Affairs, Mannes School of Music
Jermaine Hill, Dean, School of Drama, Associate Dean, College of Performing Arts
Richard Kessler, Executive Dean, College of Performing Arts and Dean, Mannes School of Music
Caroline Sonett-Assor, Director, Mannes Prep
Melanie Zessos, Director of Special Projects and Strategic Initiatives, College of Performing Arts

Steven Behnke, Large Ensemble Manager, Mannes School of Music
Robby Bowen, Manager of Curricular Planning & Operations
Madison Cagle, Costume Shop Manager
Rafael Carrasquillo, Associate Piano Technician
Matthew Craig, Audio & Video Supervisor
Amanda Ekery, Associate Director, Academic Affairs, School of Jazz and Contemporary Music
Lily Fairbanks, Props Master and Studio Manager
Dylan Friedman, Director of Performance Technology, Technical Supervisor
Megan Gillis, Festival Assistant, Mannes Sounds Festival
Matthew Gregory, Assistant Director of Curriculum & Learning
Finnean Hargesheimer-Carroll, Academic Space and Equipment Coordinator
Emily Hering, Program and Administration Manager, Mannes School of Music 
Mary-Hollis Hundley, Part-Time Program Manager, Mannes Opera
Rachel Housle, Manager of Event Operations
Kristin Houston, Manager of Scheduling & Operations
Dylan James, Associate Director of Business Operations
Chantel King, Producer, Theater and Opera
Samantha Kochis, Program Administrator
Yejin Lee, Coordinator of Administration
Allegra Levy, Program and Administration Manager, School of Jazz and Contemporary Music
Feng-Chen "Emma" Lu, Ensemble Operations Coordinator, Mannes School of Music
Fletcher McCune, Master Electrician
Brandon Meyers, Performance & Ensemble Manager, Mannes School of Music
Grace Park, Assistant Director, Academic Affairs, Mannes School of Music
Stephanie Pizza, Assistant Director, Mannes Prep
Olivia Ragan, Production Manager
Eli Reid, Production Shops Manager
Ashley Salvagin, Manager of Communications 
Zebadiah Stern, Operations Manager, School of Jazz and Contemporary Music
Patrick Surillo, Production Manager
Hana Takemoto, General Manager
Louis Tasciotti, Piano Technician
Brenson Thomas, Manager of Academic Planning & Operations
Ethan Usoskin, Production Operations Manager
Carli Visconti, Program and Administration Manager, School of Drama
Zach Weed, Assistant Director of Academic Affairs, School of Drama

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

Kiarri Andrews, Interim Director of Admission
Cecilia Viveiros, Admission Counselor

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

Chaelon Bennett, Assistant Professor of Theater and Performance
Jane Ira Bloom, Professor of Jazz and Contemporary Music
Ka-Ling Cheung, Assistant Professor of Theater and Performance
Robert Cuckson, Professor of Techniques of Music
Pavlina Dokovska, Professor of Professional Practice
Wendy Eisenberg, Assistant Professor of Jazz
Dirk Freymuth, Associate Professor of Jazz
Cris Frisco, Assistant Professor of Music
Emma Griffin, Associate Professor of Music
Cara M. Hagan, Associate Professor of Contemporary Theatre and Performance 
David Hayes, Professor of Professional Practice
Pablo Helguera, Assistant Professor of Arts Management and Entrepreneurship
Tanya Kalmanovitch, Associate Professor of Music and Arts Entrepreneurship
Irina Kruzhilina, Assistant Professor of Theater and Performance
Ho Chak Law, Assistant Professor, Race and Musicology
David Loeb, Associate Professor of Techniques of Music 
Levy Lorenzo, Assistant Professor of Creative Technologies
Frank Nemhauser, Associate Professor of Techniques of Music
Arturo O’Farrill, Professor of Music
Frank J. Oteri, Assistant Professor of Musicology
Daniel Panner, Assistant Professor of Music
Pippin Parker, Professor of Professional Practice, Dramatic Arts
Brandon Ridenour, Assistant Professor of Music
Glynis Rigsby, Associate Professor of Dramatic Arts
Lynne Rogers, Edward Aldwell Professor in The Techniques of Music
Marlon Saunders, Assistant Professor of Jazz
Reggie Workman, Professor of Jazz

William Burden, Chair, Mannes Voice Department
Pavlina Dokovska, Chair, Mannes Piano Department
Rebecca Fischer, Co-chair, Mannes String Department
David Hayes, Mannes Orchestra Director
David T. Little, Chair, Mannes Composition Department
Judith Mendenhall, Co-chair, Mannes Woodwind Department
Frank Nemhauser, Director of Vocal Studies, Mannes
Dan Panner, Co-chair, Mannes String Department
Brandon Ridenour, Chair, Mannes Brass Department
Cristina Stanescu, Chair, Mannes Collaborative Piano Department
Rebekah Heller, Co-chair Wind Department
Robert Cuckson, Chair of Techniques of Music
Terry Sweeny, Chair of Percussion
Emma Griffin, Head of Mannes Opera

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
Nicholas King
Robert Leibholz
Bevis Longstreth
Sebastienne Mundheim
Hank O'Neal
Elaine Parisier
Andrew C. Quale, Jr.
Linda E. Rappaport
Philip D. Scaturro
Mark Schulman
Matthew Steer
Donald A. Wagner

Chae Bennett - Acting (BFA), 1st Year Lead
Toya Lillard - Directing (BFA), 3rd Year Lead
Jerzy Gwiazdowski - Entrepreneurship (BFA), 4th Year Lead
Sarah Gancher - Writing (MFA), 2nd Year Lead
Lianne Arnold - Creative Technologies (BFA / MFA)
Glynis Rigsby - BFA Program Director
Cara Hagan - MFA Program Director 
Ka-Ling Cheung - Acting
Paz Tanjuaquio - Movement
Ana Margineanu - Dramaturgy (BFA)
Sanjit De Silva - Acting (MFA)
Pippin Parker - Writing/Directing
Irina Kruzhilina - Theater and Performance

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