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Count Basie Center for the Arts
99 Monmouth Street, Red Bank, NJ 07701
732.224.8778 (Office) · 732.842.9000 (Box Office)
www.thebasie.org
Executive Board
Interim Chairperson
Co-Vice Chairperson
Interim Co-Vice Chairperson
Treasurer
Co-Secretary
Governance Officer
Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Officer
President & Chief Executive Officer, Ex Officio
Board of Trustees
Stuart Alderoty
Mitch Ansell
Alison Banks-Moore
Tom Bernard
Sarah Bradley
Michael Bruno
Craig Cummings
Stephen Cutler
Shawn Emamjomeh
Erica Saldivar Garcia
Lauren Goldfarb
Jeremy Grunin
Carlina Jessen
Jason Jurgens
Steve Kaiman
Nancy Karpf
Marshall Knopf
Kara Kopach
Kathryn Lissy
Mario Monello
Michael Parent
Cathy Pugliese-Sivo
Mark Rohl
Peter T. Roselle
Evan Zimmerman
Matthew J. Saker
Dr. Perry Scaranni
Carol Stillwell
Fran Turner
Joe Wajda
Tom Widener
Darrell Lawrence Willis
Edward J. Zipprich
Board of Advisors
Harry Agnostak • Monmouth County Board of County Commissioners Director Thomas A. Arnone • Heather Burke
Faith and Warren Diamond • Beth Giannotto • Senator Vin Gopal • Tim Hogan • Senator Joseph Kyrillos, (Ret.)
James Marhold • Ed McKenna • Nancy Mulheren • Patti Scialfa-Springsteen • Pat Scire
Karen Siciliano • Peter Seligman • David A. Springsteen • Larry Sykoff
Hugh Ward • Kaye Wise • Maureen Van Zandt • Steven Van Zandt
EXECUTIVE LEADERSHIP
Adam Philipson
Chief Executive Officer & President
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Dana Soden
Executive Assistant and Board Liaison Specialist
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HUMAN RESOURCES
Ann Marie Keenan
Senior Director of Human Resources
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Kevin McGee
Administrative Assistant
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DEVELOPMENT
Lysa J. Israel
Senior Director of Development
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Cindy Jimenez
Senior Manager, Membership
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Whitney Stone
Grants Manager
Kristina Marinos
Development Events Manager
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Wilma Porter
Development Database Specialist
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Roni Buresh
Development Assistant
FINANCE
Karen Franklin
Chief Financial Officer
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Kitti Mosolygo
Finance Manager
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Angela Stern
Finance Specialist – A/R
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Elizabeth Tates
Finance Specialist – A/P
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Anisa Abella
Finance Assistant
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MARKETING
Jonathan E. Vena
Chief Marketing Officer
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Andrew Musser
Senior Creative Director
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Stefanie Moelius
Marketing Director
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Kelly Schmidt
Sponsorship Manager
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Amy Wojtowicz
Graphic Design Specialist
Sarah Gascho
Video Content Specialist
PHOENIX PRODUCTIONS
James Grausam
Managing Artistic Director
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Tomas Torres
Phoenix Technical Specialist
COMMUNICATIONS
Ivy Charmatz
Senior Vice President, Communications / Content Strategy
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Cassandra Worman
Special Projects Manager
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OPERATIONS
Izzy Sackowitz
Chief Operating Officer
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Andrea Morreale
Senior Manager Venue Operations
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Presley Cannella
Event Manager
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Elizabeth Kingman
Operations Assistant
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Stephanie Triarsi
Hospitality Coordinator
Chris Lomazzo
Senior Director of Facilities
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Sofia Gonzalez
Maintenance Assistant
Greg Trapanese
Facilities Assistant
Michael Jacoby
Technical Director
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Kyle Santopadre
Assistant Technical Director
Greg Wilkens
Stage Manager
Charlie Christensen
Production Manager, The Vogel
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Emily Lovell
Assistant Production Manager, The Vogel
Kim Kutschman
Assistant House Manager
Joey Maher
Assistant House Manager
Raphael Silva
Cinema Manager
Brendan Crosby
Bar Manager
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Lori Daly
Assistant Bar Manager
Butch Neis
Security Manager
Ron Neis
Asst. Security Manager
EDUCATION & SOCIAL IMPACT
Samantha Giustiniani
Senior Vice President, Education & Social Impact
& Outreach
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Jessica O’Brien
Director, Education & Social Impact
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Anthony Greco
Program and Partnership Manager, Education & Social Impact
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Kenya Bullock
Programs and Partnerships Manager
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Natalie Hayes-Scott
Scholarship Programs Manager
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Chris Harrison
Programs and Partnership Specialist
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Alyssa Kiselev
Part-Time Assistant
Zara Singer
Part-Time Assistant
Diane DiYanni
Part-Time Assistant
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Bryant Magdaleno
Part-Time Assistant
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EDUCATION FACULTY
Dr. B Dexter Allgood
Patrick Appello
Ariana Centamore
Ralph Colombino
Marjorie Enerson
Mike Figueroa
Nicholas Filomeno
Robert Gengerke
Anthony Greco
Christopher Harrison
Natalie Hayes-Scott
Edward Itte
Alyssa Kiselev
Chris Klaus
Miriam Lerner
Angela Lomangino
John Luckenbill
Deb Lyons
Mark Megill
Gwen Moten
Julia Muench
Gerd Nowaczyk
Jessica O’Brien
Robin Oddo
Joe Peterson
Alma Philipson
George Platis
Jarrod Scott
Zara Singer
John Sferra
Don Swinchoski
Christopher Tomaino
Jo Wymer
BOX OFFICE
Sydney Lowenstein
Senior Manager of Ticketing and Venue Engagement
BOX OFFICE REPRESENTATIVES
Natalie Bilella
Carly Brach
Liz Long
Donna Lee Peger
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