Fisher Center Staff
AdministrationLiza Parker, Executive Director
Debra Pemstein, Vice President for Development and Alumni/ae Affairs
Brynn Gilchrist '17, Executive Assistant *
Artistic Direction
Leon Botstein, President, Bard College
Gideon Lester, Artistic Director
Caleb Hammons, Director of Artistic Planning and Producing *
Catherine Teixeira, General Manager*
Nunally Kersh, SummerScape Opera Producer
Hannah Gosling-Goldsmith, Artist Services and Programs Manager
Development
Alessandra Larson, Director of Development *
Kieley Michasiow-Levy, Individual Giving Manager
Michael Hofmann VAP '15, Development Operations Manager *
Elise Alexander '19, Development Assistant *
Theater & Performance and Dance Programs
Jennifer Lown, Program Administrator
Production
Jason Wells, Director of Production
Sarah Jick, Associate Production Manager *
Stephen Dean, Associate Production Manager
Rick Reiser, Technical Director
Josh Foreman, Lighting Supervisor
Moe Schell, Costume Supervisor
Communications
Mark Primoff, Associate Vice President of Communications
Darren O’Sullivan, Senior Public Relations Associate
Amy Murray, Videographer
Publications
Mary Smith, Director of Publications
Diane Rosasco, Production Manager
Cynthia Werthamer, Editorial Director
Ann Forbes Cooper, Editor
James Rodewald '82, Editor
Karen Spencer, Designer
Marketing and Audience Services
David Steffen, Director of Marketing and Audience Services
Nicholas Reilingh, Database and Systems Manager
Maia Kaufman, Audience and Member Services Manager *
Brittany Brouker, Marketing Manager
Garrett Sager, Digital Marketing Assistant *
Claire Thiemann ’11, Senior House Manager *
Jesika Berry, House Manager *
Samuel Furr '20, Assistant House Manager
Collin Lewis APS '21, Box Office Supervisor
Erik Long, Box Office Supervisor
Paulina Swierczek VAP '19, Box Office Supervisor
David Bánóczi-Ruof '22, Assistant House Manager
Hazaiah Tompkins '19, Community Space Manager
Facilities
Mark Crittenden, Facilities Manager
Ray Stegner, Building Operations Manager
Doug Pitcher, Building Operations Coordinator
Chris Lyons, Building Operations Assistant
Robyn Charter, Fire Panel Monitor
Bill Cavanaugh, Environmental Specialist
Drita Gjokaj, Environmental Specialist
Oksana Ryabinkina, Environmental Specialist
* indicates a member of the Fisher Center's Equity & Inclusion working group. To contact the group as a whole, please email fcequity@bard.edu.
Bard Music Festival
Artistic DirectorsLeon Botstein
Christopher H. Gibbs
Executive Director
Irene Zedlacher
Associate Director
Raissa St. Pierre
Scholars in Residence 2019
Jeanice Brooks
Program Committee 2019
Byron Adams
Leon Botstein
Jeanice Brooks
Christopher H. Gibbs
Richard Wilson
Irene Zedlacher
Director of Choruses
James Bagwell
Vocal Casting
Joshua Winograde
Producer, Staged Concerts
Nunally Kersh