Staff Directory
Dean's Office
305 DODGE HALL, MC 1803, 2960 BROADWAY, NEW YORK, NY 10027
Carol Becker / Dean of Faculty / 212.854.9847
Jana Hart Wright / Dean of Academic Administration and Planning / 212.854.9847
Sarah Congress / Executive Assistant to the Deans and Manager of Academic Administration
Nora Tomas / Administrative and Communications Assistant / 212.854.9847
Admissions and Financial Aid
305 DODGE HALL, MC 1808, 2960 BROADWAY, NEW YORK, NY 10027
212.854.2134, [email protected], [email protected]
Julie Dobrow / Dean of Admissions and Financial Aid / 212.854.3343
Rich Dikeman / Director of Research / 212.851.9502
Kenny Wong / Director of Admissions and Financial Aid / 212.854.2876
Niquette Johnson / Officer, Admissions and Financial Aid / 212.854.5767
Tori Sheffer / Admissions Assistant
Office of Student and Alumni Affairs
305 DODGE HALL, MC 1803, 2960 BROADWAY, NEW YORK, NY 10027
212.851.0248; [email protected]; [email protected]
Laila Maher / Dean of Student and Alumni Affairs / 212.851.0442
Herbert Hugh / Assistant Dean of Student Support / 212.853.7417
Trenton Pollard / Assistant Director of Alumni Affairs and the Artists' Resource Center / 212.854.7717
Karlee Rodrigues / Assistant Director of Student Affairs / 212.851-0248
Business Office
305 DODGE HALL, MC 1803, 2960 BROADWAY, NEW YORK, NY 10027
soa-businessoffice@columbia.edu
Keiko Reid / Senior Associate Dean of Finance and Human Resources / 212.854.5817
Andrew Hass / Director of Finance and Payroll / 212.854.7553
Katie Lee / Assistant Director of Human Resources / 212.854.1311
Ferry Foster / Interim HR Coordinator
Anish Patel / Assistant Manager, Student Appointments & Payroll / 212.854.6557
Yecenia Lahoz / Financial Assistant / 212.854.5852
Office of Communications
305 DODGE HALL, MC 1803, 2960 BROADWAY, NEW YORK, NY 10027
Kristina Tate/ Director of Communications / 415.693.8050
Tiffany Davis/ Communications Manager / 347.380.0417
Nicole Saldarriaga/ Communications Assistant / 201.983.9683
Joel Jares/ VHO, Photography & Videography
Public Programs and Engagement
305 DODGE HALL, MC 1803, 2960 BROADWAY, NEW YORK, NY 10027
Gavin Browning / Director of Public Programs and Engagement / 212.853.1607
Development
305 DODGE HALL, MC 1803, 2960 BROADWAY, NEW YORK, NY 10027
212.854.4849 (phone); 212.854.7733 (fax)
Roberta Albert / Associate Dean, Development / 212.851.0275
Maggie Ress / Senior Associate Director for Individual and Corporate Giving / 212.854.3412
Lindsey Schneider / Senior Associate Director of Institutional and Foundation Relations / 212.854.2205
John Oursler / Snr Assoc Dir of Development for Industry Relations and Philanthropy- Film / 212.851.9567
James McCracken / Manager of Development Operations /
Kendall Hoffman / Development Assistant / 212-854-4849
Information Technology
Peter Vaughan / Director of Motion Picture and Information Technology / 212.854.7516
Alex Wyles / Associate Director of Instructional & Information Technology
Rafael Suarez / Systems Coordinator
Jack Lechner / Chair and Associate Professor of Professional Practice / 212.854.2815
Hanna Seifu / Director of Academic Administration / 212.854.7527
Peter Vaughan / Director of Motion Picture and Information Technology / 212.854.7516
Sarah Adriance / Assistant Director of Academic Administration / 212.854.2815
Geetika Kumar / Assistant Director of Motion Pictures / 212.854.9574
Soheil Rezayazdi / Film Program Events Manager / 212.851.0132
Michael Cacioppo Belantara / Post Production Supervisor and Assistant Director, Instructional Technology / 212.854.8923
Alece Oxendine / Director, Industry & Festival Outreach / 212.854.4469
Andrew Castillo / Program Assistant / 212.854.2815
Ann Czar / Director of Risk Management and Film Production
Betsy Friedman / Assistant Director of Production Administration / 212.854.1564
Kai Miedendorp / Assistant Director of Motion Picture Technology - Technical Training and Quality Control / 212.853.7272
Brian Velsor / Equipment Prep and Inventory Assistant/ 212.854.9568
Sound Art Program
318 PRENTIS HALL, 632 W 125 STREET, NEW YORK, NY 10027
Jayce Clayton / Temporary Director and Assistant Professor of Visual Arts
Seth Cluett / Assistant Director of the Sound Art Program
Brian Kulick / Chair and Professor of Professional Practice / 212.854.7017
Lauren Britt-Elmore / Director of Academic Administration / 212.854.2969
Anna Woodruff / Assistant Director of Academic Administration / 212.854.3408
Tom Gilmore / Production and Facility Manager / 212.678.3490
Joe Novak / Director of Production / 212.854.5343
Corrie Beth Shotwell / Associate Director of Production / 212.854.0113
Matthew Coggins / AV Supervisor
Tavish Miller / Technical Director
Rachel Dozier-Ezell / Costume Supervisor
Britta Kuhn / Nash Operations Manager
Andy LeSueur / Assistant Technical Director
K8 August / Assistant Technical Director
Nicola Lopez / Chair and Associate Professor of Professional Practice
Laura Mosquera / Director of Academic Administration / 212.854.7137
Claire Valdez / Program Assistant / 212.854.4065
Patrice Washington / Prentis Hall Facilities Manager
Dana Buhl / Manager of School of the Arts Photography Facilities
Elizabeth Zito / Manager of Visual Arts Instructional Technology and Exhibitions / 212.854.4065
Andrew Brehm / Shops and Safety Manager / 212.280.2014
Sarah Tortora / Assistant Manager of Shops for Visual Arts / 212.854.2222
Nathan Catlin / Master Printer and Studio Manager, LeRoy Neiman Center for Print Studies / 212.854.7014
Samantha Rippner / Associate Director, LeRoy Neiman Center for Print Studies / 212.854.7641
Tomas Vu-Daniel / Artistic Director, LeRoy Neiman Center for Print Studies / 212.854.7641
Rider Urena / Facilities Manager, Prentis Hall / 212.280.2014
Cary Hulbert / Assistant Studio Manager, LeRoy Neiman Center for Print Studies / 212.854.7014
Lis Harris / Chair and Professor of Professional Practice / 212.854.4391
Frank Winslow / Director of Academic Administration / 212.854.4392
John McShane / Assistant Director of Academic Administration / 212.854.1320
Julia Burgdorff / Program Assistant / 212.854.4391
Heidi Julavits / Associate Professor, Director of Undergraduate Studies / 212.854.7446
Dorla McIntosh / Administrative Assistant, Undergraduate Creative Writing Program / 212.854.3774
Miller Theatre
DODGE HALL, MC 1801, 2960 BROADWAY, NEW YORK, NY 10027
Melissa Smey / Executive Director / 212.851.9574
Rhiannon McClintock / Executive Assistant / 212.854.1633
Adrienne Stortz / Director of Programs and Finance/ 212-854-7867
Lauren Bailey Cognetti / Director of Marketing and Outreach / 212.854.2380
Taylor Riccio / Director of Production and Operations / 212.854.7824
Bryan Lin / Artistic Administrator / 212.854.9877
Taylor Crichton / Audience Services Manager / 212.854.1635
Arlene Kriv / Marketing and Communications Manager / 212.854.1488
Garrett Rollins / Production Manager / 212.854.1956
Columbia University Arts Initiative
Melissa Smey / Executive Director / 212.851.9574
Adrienne Stortz / Director of Programs and Finance / 212-854-7867
Joseph Cairl / Director of Finance and Program Administration / 212.854.2382
Ashley Nail / Ticket and Information Center Manager / 212.851.0776
Rhiannon McClintock / Executive Assistant / 212.851.9574
Melissa Smey / Associate Dean and Executive Director / 212.854.1633
Lauren Weigel / Director
Brendan Regimbal / Director of Production and Operations / 212.853.1609
Robin Margolis / Film and Video Production Manager / 212.853.1238
Julia Hahn / Production Manager / 212.853.1604
Rebecca Plunkett / Production Manager, Lighting / 212.853.1309
Natasha Norton / Audience Services Manager / 212.853.1603