Agency Staff Roster

Executive
Heather Hitchens, Executive Director (212) 627-4455
Al Berr, Deputy Director, Programs (212) 627-8444
Lea Byrd, Executive Assistant (212) 627-4343

Public & Governmental Affairs
Sasha Soreff, Director (212) 627-5656
Debra Vanderburg Spencer, Special Projects Director (212) 627-3131
Matthew Jackson, Associate/ Webmaster (212) 627-8686

Program Staff

Architecture, Planning & Design/ Capital Projects
Anne Van Ingen, Director (212) 741-7013
Nancy Cohn, Associate (212) 741-7014

Arts in Education
Amy Duggins Pender, Director (212) 741-5256
Gary Dayton, Associate (212) 741-5257

Dance
Beverly D'Anne, Director (212) 741-3232
Deborah Lim, Associate (212) 741-3331

Electronic Media & Film
Karen Helmerson, Director (212) 741-3003

Folk Arts
Robert Baron, Director (212) 741-7755

Individual Artists
Don Palmer, Director (212) 741-6633
Claude Meyer, Associate (212) 620-5245

Literature
Kathleen Masterson, Director (212) 741-2622

Museum
Kristin Herron, Director (212) 741-7848
Fabiana Chiu-Rinaldi, Associate (212) 741-7847

Music
Lisa Johnson, Director (212) 741-6562
Owen Martin, Associate (212) 741-6563
Rita Putnam, Associate (212) 741-6564

Presenting
Leanne Tintori Wells, Director (212) 741-2227

Special Arts Services
Helen Cash Jackson, Director (212) 741-7148
Barbara Ho, Associate (212) 741-7147

State and Local Partnership/ Decentralization
Megan White, Director (212) 741-7143
Steve Jones, Associate (212) 741-7141

Theatre
Robert Zukerman, Director (212) 741-7077
Brenda Brown, Associate (212) 741-7977

Visual Arts
Elizabeth Merena, Director (212) 741-5222

Program Associates
Arian Blanco, Associate (212) 741-7824
Christine Leahy, Associate (212) 741-7404
Kara Yeargans, Associate (212) 741-2221

Secretarial Unit

Bea Banks (212) 741-6568
Sandra Rivera (212) 741-6569

Administration

Tracy Hamilton-Thompson, Director (212) 627-3338
Judy Evans, Purchasing (212) 627-8242
Marnee Geller, Associate (212) 627-2989
Jeannette Lee, Reception Desk (212) 627-4455
Michelle Teammco, Clerk (212) 741-7887
Dennis Vasquez, Mailroom (212) 741-5335

Fiscal Management

Michael Cummings, Contracts (212) 627-4994
Edward Leung, Final Reports (212) 627-2223

Information Technology

Lenn Ditman, Director (212) 627-5545
John Eng, Associate
Leonard Levinson, Associate
Jerry Pecchia, Associate