Administrative Staff
Office Hours
Monday–Friday from 9 am–5 pm, except on holidays as noted below.
*On Fridays between Memorial Day and Labor Day, the office closes at 1 pm.
Holiday Office Closures
New Year’s Day; Martin Luther King, Jr., Day; Presidents Day; Memorial Day; Independence Day; Labor Day; Columbus Day; Thanksgiving Day; and Christmas Day.
Administrative Staff Listing
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Administrative and Financial Services
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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
- Jim Houghton
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Artistic Operations
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Patrick Chamberlain
Vice President of Artistic Planning
973.735.1720
pchamberlain@njsymphony.orgKristin 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 - Judy Yin-Chi Lee
Director of Operations and Community Programs
973.735.1737
JYLee@njsymphony.org - Matthew Melchiorre
Operations Manager
973.735.1740
mmelchiorre@njsymphony.org - Lauren Williams
Operations & Community Programs Coordinator
973.735.1707
lwilliams@njsymphony.org - Erin Vander Wyst
Principal Librarian
973.735.1743
evanderwyst@njsymphony.org
- Adria Benjamin
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Development
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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
- Chari Dawes
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Education & Community Engagement
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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 - Judy Yin-Chi Lee
Director of Operations and Community Programs
973.735.1737
JYLee@njsymphony.org - Sam McDonald
Education Manager
973.735.1736
smcdonald@njsymphony.org - Joseph Swift
Education Coordinator
973.735.1733
jswift@njsymphony.org - Lauren Williams
Operations & Community Programs Coordinator
973.735.1707
lwilliams@njsymphony.org
- Joanna Borowski
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Marketing & External Affairs and Patron Services
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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
Director of Marketing
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 Coordinator
973.735.2712
dgraziano@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
Enide Charlemagne, Senior Patron Services Representative
Carissa Taliaferro, Patron Services RepresentativeCall 1.800.ALLEGRO (255.3476) to reach a Patron Services representative.
- Todd Abedrabbo