AMDA - Key Persons


Abigael Wheeler

Job Titles:
  • Student Success Manager

Alexandra Drattell

Job Titles:
  • Outreach Advisor

Anik Baker

Job Titles:
  • Director of Education Systems & Scheduling

Anja Kreibaum

Job Titles:
  • Clinical Director of Counseling Services / Student Success

Arianna Hernandez

Job Titles:
  • Student Success Advisor

Ashton Williams

Job Titles:
  • Senior Admissions Advisor

Barry Finkel

Job Titles:
  • Vice President of Academic Affairs

Blake Babbitt

Job Titles:
  • Director of Outreach

Brett Latta

Job Titles:
  • Admissions Advisor

Caitlin Fell

Job Titles:
  • Admissions Advisor & NY Admissions Event Manager

Calvin Orallo

Job Titles:
  • Assistant Director of Athletic Performance, Athletic Training

Celeste Griffith

Job Titles:
  • Senior Financial Aid Counselor

Cheryl Lim

Job Titles:
  • Senior Admissions Advisor

Chianti Blackmon - VP

Job Titles:
  • Vice President

Christina Fisher

Job Titles:
  • Director of Community Health and Athletic Performance

Cynthia Moj

Job Titles:
  • Vice President of Registration Services

Daija Lewis

Job Titles:
  • Assistant Director of Enrollment Events

David Martin

Job Titles:
  • Artistic Director
  • Member of the AMDA Board of Directors

David Silverman - CFO

Job Titles:
  • Chief Financial Officer

Debra Mack

Job Titles:
  • Vice President of Student Accounts / Bursar Department

Domenick Woods

Job Titles:
  • Associate
  • Registrar

Elisa J. Lefkowitz

Job Titles:
  • Secretary of the Independent Board

Esther Huambo

Job Titles:
  • Accounts Receivable
  • Manager

Eugene Smith

Job Titles:
  • Title IX and Equity Coordinator

Garrett Cyr

Job Titles:
  • Housing and Residential Life Coordinator

Geoffery Milam

Job Titles:
  • Clinical Director of Counseling Services

Gloria Little

Job Titles:
  • Associate Director of Financial Aid

Hannah Enenbach

Job Titles:
  • Director of Accessibility Services / ADA Coordinator

Headley Duncan

Job Titles:
  • Junior Systems Administrator

Heather Sieracki

Job Titles:
  • Vice President of Academic Services, New York and Los Angeles / New York

Isabel Mendoza

Job Titles:
  • Senior Financial Aid Counselor

J. Rashad Small

Job Titles:
  • Director of Student Affairs and Student Success Advising

Jack Lambert

Job Titles:
  • Mental Health Counselor

Jan Rugger Martin - CEO, President

Job Titles:
  • Chief Executive Officer
  • Member of the AMDA Board of Directors
  • President

Joanna Figueroa

Job Titles:
  • Financial Aid Counselor

Joanna Zischang

Job Titles:
  • School Nurse

Jon Freedman

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Independent Board

Jorge Echeverria

Job Titles:
  • Scheduling Manager / Los Angeles

Joseph Siriano

Job Titles:
  • Director of Admissions, LA Campus

Juan Jones

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Independent Board

Junnan Liao

Job Titles:
  • Assistant Director of International Outreach

Katelyn Shankey

Job Titles:
  • Health Counselor

Kathie Sotiropoulos

Job Titles:
  • Assistant Director of Student Accounts / Student Life / New York

Kendall Marsh

Job Titles:
  • Outreach Advisor

Kennedy Allen

Job Titles:
  • Orientation Assistant and Alumni Resident Director

Kevin Gerrity

Job Titles:
  • IT Support Specialist
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Kevin Weber

Job Titles:
  • Director of Information Technology

Lauren Trapido

Job Titles:
  • Director of Student Engagement / Deputy Title IX Coordinator

Leslie Cummings

Job Titles:
  • Director of International Student Affairs

Marissa Adams

Job Titles:
  • Senior Director of Community Health, Administration and Policy ( NY and LA )

Mark Brooks

Job Titles:
  • PDSO / International Student Affairs / Student Employment

Mark Ruggiero

Job Titles:
  • Vice President of Student Financial Services / New York

Mary Ann Saenz

Job Titles:
  • Director of Student and Family Experience

Matt Kirkwood

Job Titles:
  • Academic Advisor ( AMDA DTLA )

Matthew McAlpine

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Independent Board

Meredith Montgomery

Job Titles:
  • Assistant Director of Financial Aid

Michael Angotti

Job Titles:
  • Provost & Chief Academic Officer

Michael O'Guin

Job Titles:
  • IT Manager

Mike Keller

Job Titles:
  • Vice President of Enrollment

Nancy Sullivan

Job Titles:
  • Chairman of the Independent Board

Nicholis Block

Job Titles:
  • Associate
  • Registrar

Rainy Jennings

Job Titles:
  • Outreach Coordinator

Robert Gorrie

Job Titles:
  • Director of Enrollment Services

Robert Manganaro

Job Titles:
  • Vice President of Student Affairs / Dean of Students

Robert Michaels

Job Titles:
  • Admissions Representative

Rosa Arana

Job Titles:
  • Assistant Director of Financial Aid

Rosa Chapa

Job Titles:
  • Director of Admissions, NY Campus

Rosie Vasquez

Job Titles:
  • Director of Academic Advising

Rui Cang

Job Titles:
  • Associate Clinical Director of Student Counseling

Ryan Dejak

Job Titles:
  • Senior Director, Alumni Relations and Development

Sally Koenig

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Independent Board

Samuel Wilcox

Job Titles:
  • Admissions Coordinator

Sandra Cruz

Job Titles:
  • Student Success Advisor

Sharon Joy Lockett

Job Titles:
  • Assistant Director of Financial Aid / Student Accounts

Sheena Ponce Alegre

Job Titles:
  • Associate Director of Financial Aid / VA Certifying Official

Stefani M. Miller

Job Titles:
  • General Manager of Student Employment, New York Campus / Los Angeles

Stephanie Coffey

Job Titles:
  • Assistant Director of Community Health & Athletic Performance

Stephanie Haring

Job Titles:
  • Director of Learning & Equity, Education

Stephanie Hock Logan

Job Titles:
  • Assistant
  • Registrar

Sue-Yenn Ng

Job Titles:
  • Associate Director of Admissions

Tara Hempstead

Job Titles:
  • Alumni Relations Manager / Student Financial Services

Tara Kent

Job Titles:
  • Director, Office of the Registrar

Tarah Blasi Watson

Job Titles:
  • Director of Student Affairs

Theodore Boyd

Job Titles:
  • Student Success Advisor

Thomas Towell

Job Titles:
  • Faculty & Administrative Operations Manager, New York

Vianni Kelso

Job Titles:
  • Student Affairs and Orientation Coordinator

Yuridia Dombroski

Job Titles:
  • Associate Director of Student Accounts, NY & LA