Staff

La MaMa is a community-based organization, run collectively by our team. Emphasizing responsibility over hierarchy, our staff collaborates across disciplines and departments to serve our local and global networks.
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RICHIE ADOMAKO
Digital Marketing & Strategy

ARMANDO ARIAS
Building Superintendent  

BRAULIO BASILIO
Box Office Supervisor

NIELS BLUMEL
Crew

WILLIAM ELECTRIC BLACK
Poetry Electric Curator  

MURIELLE BORST-TARRANT
The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Playwright in Residence

ROCCO CANDELA-MICHALIS
Crew

THEO COTE
Photographer & Videographer

YVENA DESPAGNE
Art Director La MaMa Galleria

JAMES DEWHURST
Technician

DAVID DIAMOND
La MaMa Umbria Coordinator

GILBERTO DIAZ-FLORES
Front of House

KAORI FUJIYABU
Deputy Director of Development

MARY FULHAM
Managing Director

MICHAL GAMILY
Coffeehouse Chronicles Curator  

ELISSA GOETSCHIUS
Front of House

KYLIE GOETZ
Archive Digital & Special Projects Manager

ADRIENNE GOMEZ
Front of House

DEVON GRANMO
Facilities and Rentals Manager
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DENISE GREBER
Director of Artistic Operations

PIRUZ HANEY
Archive Digitization & Metadata Specialist

JERELYN HUBER
La MaMa Galleria

ALLISON HSU
Digital Marketing Manager  

BEGUM "BEGSY" INAL
Artistic Associate

JOHN ISSENDORF
Director of Audience Development

AMANDA HARMON KOPPE
Education & Community Outreach Coordinator

DIEGO LAS HERAS
Sound Supervisor

THOMAS LINEHAN
IT Support

ANDRÉS LÓPEZ-ALICEA
Front of House

SARAH MURPHY
Associate Producer
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MATT NASSER
Experiments Reading Series Coordinator

IZZY OLGAARD
Lighting Supervisor

RYAN PANGRACS
Front of House

NICKY PARAISO
The Club Programming Director & La MaMa Moves! Curator

BEVERLY PETTY
Producing Director

NAIMA RANDOLPH
Front of House
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PEARSE REDMOND
Technician

FEDERICO RESTREPO
Puppet Series & La MaMa Kids Producing Director

JACK REYNOLDS
Assistant Technical Director

JOHANNA RING
Grant Writer

SIDNEY RITTER
Front of House

OZZIE RODRIGUEZ
Director of Archive
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KIKU SAKAI
Accounts Manager & Indigenous Initiative Coordinator

JANE CATHERINE SHAW
Great Jones Reception

MELISSA SLATTERY
Capital Accounts Manager

SHIGEKO SUGA
Archive Associate

MARK TAMBELLA
Technical Director

URSULA TINOCO
Front of House Supervisor
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DANNY URSETTI
Front of House
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MARTIN VALDEZ
Building Superintendent Asst.

MADAI VALDEZ
Porter

MICIAH WALLACE
Front of House

TAYLOR WOOD
Individual Giving Officer
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MIA YOO
Artistic Director

SASA YUNG
Front of House

To contact our staff, please email web@lamama.org and we will direct you to the appropriate team member.