Our People

P.S. ARTS IS FILLED WITH DEDICATED INDIVIDUALS WHO WORK TIRELESSLY TO ENSURE THAT OUR STUDENTS ARE NOT DENIED THEIR RIGHT TO A HIGH-QUALITY EDUCATION THAT INCLUDES THE ARTS!

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staff

faculty

Board of Trustees

Carolyn Giangiacomo

Board Chair

Laura Fox

Immediate Past Board Chair

Deborah Gribbon

Co-Vice Chair

Jose Vitela

Co-Vice Chair

Shareef Farag

Secretary

David Kahn

Treasurer

Steve McCray

Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion Chair

Eric Hall

Programs Committee Chair

Chi-Chien Hou

Strategic Planning Task Force Chair

Paul Cummins

Founder, Trustee Emeritus

Brielle Block

Carleen Cappelletti

Marina Filippelli

Grace Kangdani

Tawny Krintzman

Lacey Rose

Shari Rosenblum

Mary-Elizabeth Michaels

Suzanne Rode

Amanda Schuon

Rona Sebastian

Shelton Wilder

meet our staff

John Lawler

CEO

Elda Pineda

Deputy Director

Cassandra Krause

Advancement Director

Gilda Davidian

Associate Director, Communications

Mary-Ellen Lavigne

Associate Director, Institutional Giving

Gaby Palmadessa

Development Manager

Noreen McGonigle

Aracely Jimenez

Digital Content Manager

Miguel Jeronimo

Graphic Designer

Tiffany Owens

Program Director

Lui Sanchez

Program Director, Extended Learning

Jaime Reichner

Associate Director, Educator Development

KT Leuterio

Associate Director, Classroom Studio

Jasmine Jackson

Sr. Program Manager, Educator Development

Francisco Uribe

Program Manager, Extended Learning

Donzell Lewis

Curriculum & Instruction Specialist

Michele Ramirez

Program Coordinator, Extended Learning

Jeremiah Ripley

Program Coordinator, Classroom Studio

Edlin Velasquez

Program Coordinator, Classroom Studio

Cecilia Arana

Program Coordinator, Classroom Studio

Lucas Esperanza

Programs Assistant

Guillaume Wateau

Finance Director

Nikki Manibhai

HR & Operations Director

Alyssa Allen

Operations Assistant

P.S. ARTS Faculty

Olivia Aguilar
Camille Ameen Ingber
Jacinto Astiazarán
Amanda Booth
Wanda Boudreaux
Jennifer Browne
Jasmine Burgos
Hannah Butson
Thomas Callahan
Rebecca Cardenas
Ching Ching Cheng
Stephan Collins-Stepney
Angela Correa
Goreti da Silva
Debralee Daco
Tamara Davidson
Bridget DeLee
Avery Dresel-Kurtz
Brigette Enciso
Adam Farabee
Nicole Fisher
Natalie Fryman
Claudia Garcia
Dennis Gersten
Stephen Gillikin
Kassandra Gomez

Christina Gonzalez
Kathleen Gonzalez
Naomi Gonzales
Pilar Smith Gonzalez
Robyn Heller
Amani Holbert
Ariel Hsieh
Jaqueline Jauregui
Toy Jones
Rebecca Lee
Robin Lilly
Amanda Lutz
Matthew MacFarland
Krista Machovina
Mitchell Magee
Jacqueline Malouf
Rudy Marquez
LaShada Martin
Heather McAdams
Johanna McKay
Jose Medrano
Julio Munoz
Gina O’Toole
Tinia Orduña
Gina Orth
Julianna Ostrovsky

Kristy Pace
David Partida
Kira Pearson
Sarah Peters
Sophie Pipia
Rhys Podell
Davida Raffa
Martha Ramirez
Deborah Reilly
Maga Schule
Baker Scott de Almeida
Allison Segura
Eydie Shapiro
Crystal Sloat
Julian Smith
Tamie Smith
Bryan Stagger
Otieno Stephens-Terry
Zach Sutton
Kaila Tacazon
Tyee Tilghman
Annie To
Risa Vargas
Chloe Welmond
Paula Wilson-Vasquez

advisory arts council

Ahmed Best, Artist, Educator, Futurist

Charles Hirschhorn, President, Otis College of Art and Design

Francesca Gabbiani, Artist, Gabbiani Studio

Hadley Davis Rierson, Writer

Heather Benett, EVP, Michaels

Loryn Kolbrenner, LMK Creative

Mark Slavkin, Interim Executive Director, L.A. County High School for the Arts Foundation

Regan Pro, Deputy Director of Public Programs and Social Impact, Lucas Museum of Narrative Art

Rory Pullens, VP of Education, Soapbox Studios

Silver Tree, Director, Executive Producer

Stacen Berg, Partner & Executive Director, Hauser & Wirth

Sterling De Sutter Summerville, Founder and Lead Inclusion Strategist at De Sutter Summerville Consulting

To learn more about P.S. ARTS’ Advisory ARTS Council, contact Cassandra Krause, Advancement Director, at cassandra.krause@psarts.org.

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P.S. ARTS IS FILLED WITH DEDICATED INDIVIDUALS WHO WORK TIRELESSLY TO ENSURE THAT OUR STUDENTS ARE NOT DENIED THEIR RIGHT TO A HIGH-QUALITY EDUCATION THAT INCLUDES THE ARTS!

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