Leadership and Administration | School of Jazz

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- Deans Council
  
  Richard Kessler, Executive Dean, CoPA & Dean, Mannes School of Music
  Keller Coker, Dean, School of Jazz and Contemporary Music & Associate Dean, CoPA
  Gayle Fekete, Associate Dean, Academic Affairs, School of Drama
  Bill Gustafson, Associate Dean, Academic Affairs, Mannes School of Music
  Stephen Brown-Fried, Vice Dean, Teaching & Learning
  Pippin Parker, Dean, School of Drama & Associate Dean, CoPA
  Matthew Sullivan, Vice Dean, Finance & Administration
  Jeffrey Zeigler, Director, Mannes Prep
- Administration and Production Staff
  
  Ryan Anselmi, General Manager, School of Jazz and Contemporary Music
  Christine Choi, Senior Office Assistant
  Matthew Craig, Audio & Video Supervisor
  Geoffrey Devereux, Interim Large Ensemble Manager
  Amanda Ekery, Assistant Director, Academic Affairs, School of Jazz and Contemporary Music
  Lily Fairbanks, Props Master and Studio Manager
  Ben Fortunato, Interim Assistant Director, Mannes Prep
  Dylan Friedman, Director of Performance Technology, Technical Supervisor
  Audrey Harris-Culver, Program Administrator & Technical Services Coordinator
  Rachel Housle, Manager of Event Operations
  Kristin Houston, Coordinator of Scheduling & Operations
  Dylan James, Senior Manager, Music Programs
  Chantel King, Interim Producer, Theater and Opera
  Julia Kulaya, Costume Shop Manager
  Rachael Lansang, Assistant Director of Academic Affairs, Mannes School of Music
  Ange Lopilato, Interim Production Manager
  Kalun Leung, Assistant Director of Academic Affairs
  Iris Maenza, Director of Communications
  Fletcher McCune, Master Electrician
  Eli Reid, Production Shops Manager
  Alec Rigdon, Production Manager
  Ashley Salvagin, Manager of Communications
  Michael Seabrook, Director of Business Operations
  Louis Tasciotti, Piano Technician
  Jess Tsang, Assistant Director, Academic Affairs
  Zach Weed, Assistant Director of Academic Affairs, School of Drama
- Student Success Team
  
  Olivia Framke, Mannes MM, PDPL, and MA Arts Management & Entrepreneurship
  Kesli Lavia, School of Drama BFA & MFA
  Caroline Sonett-Assor, Mannes BM
- Admissions Team
  
  Amanda Hosking, Director of Admission
  Sam Byron, Assistant Director of Admission
  Christian Berrigan, Admission Counselor
  Tina Wu, Admission Counselor
- Development Staff
  
  Stephen Jacobsohn, Senior Director of Development
- New School Concerts and Schneider Concert Series
  
  Rohana Elias-Reyes, Director, New School Concerts
  Laura Frenzer, Senior Office Assistant
- Full-Time Faculty
  
  Pavlina Dokovska, Chair, Mannes Piano Department
  Emma Griffin, Managing Artistic Director, Mannes Opera
  David Hayes, Mannes Orchestra Director
  Pablo Helguera, Assistant Professor, MA, Arts Management and Entrepreneurship
  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
- Department and Area Heads
  
  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, Chair, Mannes String Department
  Dennis Hilton Reid, Director of Equity, Inclusion, and Social Justice
  Carmen Rivera, BFA Drama Sophomore Year Head
  Nicholas Schwartz, Chair, Mannes Brass Department
  Cristina Stanescu, Chair, Mannes Collaborative Piano Department
  Jeffrey Zeigler, Director, Mannes Prep
- University Faculty Senators
  
  Ben Allison
  Emma Griffin
  Darius Jones
  Tanya Kalmanovitch
  Toya Lillard
  Nicki Pombier Berger
- Board of Governors
  
  Sheila C. Johnson, Chair
  Beatrice K. Broadwater, Vice-Chair
  Tim Porter, Vice-Chair
  Steven H. Bloom
  Nicholas Firth
  James Freund
  Alexander Glantz
  Patricia S. Howell
  Robert Leibholz
  Howard G. Lepow
  Bevis Longstreth
  Sebastiane Mundheim
  Carol Nickell
  David W. Niemiec
  Jeff Nissim
  Hank O'Neal
  Elaine Parisier
  Andrew C. Quale, Jr.
  Linda E. Rappaport
  Anthony J. Rudel
  Philip D. Scaturro
  Mark Schulman
  Matthew Steer
  Donald A. Wagner
- Mannes Artist Advisory Board
  
  Danielle de Niese*
  JoAnn Falletta*
  Gordon P. Getty
  Murray D. Perahia*
  Robert Sherman
  Frederica von Stade*
  *Mannes alumnus or alumna

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