Administrative Staff

Administrative Staff Listing

Administrative and Financial Services

Gabriel van Aalst
President & CEO

• Jim Houghton
  Chief Financial Officer
  973.735.1741
  jhoughton@njsymphony.org
• Karen Duda
  Development Assistant & Office Manager
  973.735.1710
  kduda@njsymphony.org
• Denise Jaffe
  Controller
  973.735.1709
  djaffe@njsymphony.org
• Philip Leininger
  Chief of Staff & Board Liaison
  973.735.1705
  pleininger@njsymphony.org
• Kevin Pruner
  Tessitura Database Manager
  973.735.1731
  kpruner@njsymphony.org

Artistic Operations

Gregg Gleasner
Interim Vice President of Artistic Planning 
gregg@gleasnermusic.com

Kristin Orlando
Vice President of Operations
973.735.1739
korlando@njsymphony.org

• Adria Benjamin
  Orchestra Personnel Manager
  personnelmanager@njsymphony.org
• Ryan Brickle
  Stage Technician
• Gary Edison
  Stage Technician
• Alexandra Kapilian
  Artistic Coordinator
  973.735.1735
  akapilian@njsymphony.org
• Matthew Melchiorre
  Operations Manager
  973.735.1740
  mmelchiorre@njsymphony.org
• Lauren Williams
  Interim Community Programs Manager
  973.735.1707
  lwilliams@njsymphony.org
• Erin Vander Wyst
  Principal Librarian
  973.735.1743
  evanderwyst@njsymphony.org

Development

Jon Gossett
Interim Vice President of Development
jgossett@njsymphony.org

• Chari Dawes
  Development Associate
  973.735.1723
  cdawes@njsymphony.org
• Melissa Futch
  Manager of Special Events
  973.735.1729
  mfutch@njsymphony.org
• Barbara Gallo-Compton
  Manager of Institutional Giving
  973.735.1725
  bgallocompton@njsymphony.org
• Neddie Nather, MS
  Individual Giving Officer
  973.735.1721
  nnather@njsymphony.org 
• Ingrid Novak
  Director of Institutional Giving
  973.735.1727
  inovak@njsymphony.org
• Renée Pachucki
  Associate Vice President of Development
  973.735.1722
  rpachucki@njsymphony.org
• Megan Powers
  Director of Individual Giving
  973.735.1724
  mpowers@njsymphony.org
• Allison Whitehall
  Manager of Individual Giving
  973.735.1730
  awhitehall@njsymphony.org

Education & Community Engagement

Marshell Jones Kumahor
Vice President of Education & Community Engagement
The Marjorie Bunnell Charitable Fund Vice President of ECE Chair
973.735.1732
mjkumahor@njsymphony.org

• Joanna Borowski
  Director of Education
  973.735.1734
  jborowski@njsymphony.org
• Sam McDonald
  Education Manager
  973.735.1736
  smcdonald@njsymphony.org
• Joseph Swift
  Education Coordinator
  973.735.1733
  jswift@njsymphony.org
• Lauren Williams
  Interim Community Programs Manager
  973.735.1707
  lwilliams@njsymphony.org

Marketing & External Affairs and Patron Services

Geoff Cohen
Vice President of Marketing & External Affairs
973.735.1711
gcohen@njsymphony.org

• Todd Abedrabbo
  Marketing Production Coordinator
  973.735.1714
  tabedrabbo@njsymphony.org
• Geoffrey Anderson
  Interim Vice President of Marketing & External Affairs
  973.735.1713
  ganderson@njsymphony.org
• Grace Liu Anderson
  Marketing Manager
  973.735.1719
  gliuanderson@njsymphony.org
• Raquel Bonassisa
  Art Director
  973.735.1716
  rbonassisa@njsymphony.org
• Enide Charlemagne
  Senior Patron Services Representative
  973.735.0965
  echarlemagne@njsymphony.org
• Julia Escueta-Acosta
  Director of Patron Services
  973.735.0966
  jescueta@njsymphony.org
• Dan Graziano
  Digital Media Content Manager
  973.735.1712
  dgraziano@njsymphony.org
• Elizabeth Hebert
  Patron Services Manager
  973.735.0967
  ehebert@njsymphony.org
• Victoria McCabe
  Director of Public Relations & Communications
  973.735.1715
  vmccabe@njsymphony.org
• Carissa Taliaferro
  Patron Services Representative
  973.735.0968
  ctaliaferro@njsymphony.org

 

Patron Services Representatives:

Julia Escueta-Acosta, Director of Patron Services
Elizabeth Hebert, Patron Services Manager
Enide Charlemagne, Senior Patron Services Representative
Carissa Taliaferro, Patron Services Representative

Call 1.800.ALLEGRO (255.3476) to reach a Patron Services representative.