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 / 212.854.9847
Admissions and Financial Aid
305 DODGE HALL, MC 1808, 2960 BROADWAY, NEW YORK, NY 10027
212.854.2134, soaadmissions@columbia.edu, soafinaid@columbia.edu
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
Daaimah Mubashshir / Admissions Assistant / 212.854.7874
Niquette Johnson / Officer, Admissions and Financial Aid / 212.854.5767
Office of Student and Alumni Affairs
305 DODGE HALL, MC 1803, 2960 BROADWAY, NEW YORK, NY 10027
212.851.0248; soastudentaffairs@columbia.edu; artsalum@columbia.edu
Laila Maher / Dean of Student and Alumni Affairs / 212.851.0442
Jeffrey James Keyes / Assistant Director, Student Affairs / 212.851.0248
Trenton Pollard / Assistant Director, Alumni Affairs / 212.854.7717
Business Office
305 DODGE HALL, MC 1803, 2960 BROADWAY, NEW YORK, NY 10027
soa-businessoffice@columbia.edu
Keiko Reid / Associate Dean of Finance and Human Resources / 212.854.5817
Andrew Hass / Director of Finance and Payroll / 212.854.7553
Katie Lee / Human Resources Manager / 212.854.1311
Anish Patel / Assistant Manager, Student Appointments & Payroll / 212.854.6557
Yecenia Lahoz / Financial Assistant / 212.854.5852
Toni Scott / Financial Assistant / 212.854.8881
Office of Communications
305 DODGE HALL, MC 1803, 2960 BROADWAY, NEW YORK, NY 10027
Christina Rumpf, Senior Director of Communications / 929.276.2565
Kristina Tate, Communications Manager
Tiffany Davis, Communications Assistant
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
Elaine Rooney / Manager, Development Operations / 212.854.7724
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
Rachel Dobkin / Development Associate / 212-854-7724
Kendall Hoffman / Development Assistant / 212-854-4849
Information Technology
Peter Vaughan / Director of Motion Picture and Information Technology / 212.854.7516
Alex Wyles / Assistant Director of Instructional & Information Technology
Rafael Suarez / Systems Coordinator
Hilary Brougher / Chair and Associate Professor / 212.245.6767
Sara Mason / Director of Academic Administration / 212.854.1321
Peter Vaughan / Director of Motion Picture and Information Technology / 212.854.7516
Hanna Seifu / Assistant Director of Academic Administration / 212.854.7527
Soheil Rezayazdi / Film Program Events Manager / 212-851-0132
Michael Cacioppo Belantara / Post Production Supervisor and Assistant Director, Instructional Technology / 212.854.8923
Adam Marchand / Assistant Director, Technical Training and Resource Management / 212.854.9579
Jenny Tromski / Director of Risk Management and Film Production Administration / 212.851.5846
Alece Oxendine / Director, Industry & Festival Outreach / 212.854.4469
Andrew Castillo / Program Assistant / 212.854.2815
Ann Czar / Production Administration Assistant
Brian Kulick / Chair and Professor / 212.854.7017
Lauren Britt-Elmore / Director of Academic Administration / 212.854.2969
Anna Woodruff / Program Assistant / 212.854.3408
Tom Gilmore / Production and Facility Manager / 212.678.3490
John Trevellini / Technical and Shop Manager / 212.854.3408
Joe Novak / Director of Production / 212.854.5343
Corrie Beth Shotwell / Associate Director of Production / 212.854.0113
Visual Arts Program
310 DODGE HALL, MC 1806, 2960 BROADWAY, NEW YORK, NY 10027
Matthew Buckingham / Chair and Professor / 212.854.7373
Carrie Gundersdorf / Director of Academic Administration / 212.854.2829
Laura Mosquera / Manager of Academic Administration / 212.854.7137
Claire Valdez / Program Assistant / 212.854.4065
Patrice Washington / Prentis Hall Facilities Manager
Peter Clough / Assistant Director of Visual Arts Instructional Technology / 212.854.5315
Dana Buhl / Manager of School of the Arts Photography Facilities
Andrew Brehm / Shops and Safety Manager / 212.280.2014
Rebekah Birkan / Shops and Safety Assistant Manager / 212.854.4065
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
Sam Lipsyte / Chair and Professor / 212.854.3765
William Wadsworth / Director of Academic Administration / 212.854.4392
Clarence Coo / Assistant Director of Academic Administration / 212.854.1320
John McShane / Program Assistant / 212.854.4391
Heidi Julavits / Professor, Director of Undergraduate Studies / 212-854-4391
Dorla McIntosh / Administrative Assistant, Undergraduate Creative Writing Program / 212.854.3774
Miller Theatre
Melissa Smey / Executive Director / 212.854.1633
Rhiannon McClintock / Executive Assistant / 212.854.1633
Adrienne Stortz / Director of Programs and Finance/ 212-854-7867
Lauren Bailey / Director of Marketing and Outreach / 212.854.2380
Taylor Riccio / Director of Production and Operations / 212.854.7824
Joseph Cairl / 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 / 212.854.9574
Adrienne Stortz / Director of Programs and Finance / 212-854-7867
Kristen Guernier / Assistant Director of Finance and Program Administration / 212.854.2382
Emily Schwartz / Assistant Director of Communications and Program Administration / 212.854.7809
Rhiannon McClintock / Executive Assistant / 212.851.9574
Lenfest Center for the Arts
Melissa Smey / Associate Dean and Executive Director / 212.854.1633
Lauren Weigel / Director
Brendan Regimbal / Director of Production and Operations / 212.853.1609
Jack Lynch / Production Manager / 212.853.1604
Blake Kile / Production Manager / 212.853.1605
Rebecca Plunkett / Production Manager, Lighting / 212.853-1309
Natasha Norton / Audience Services Manager / 212.853.1603
Marçal Forés / Film & Video Projection Manager / 212.853.1238