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16 New Staff Members Join the Juilliard Team Matthew Briere joins the I.T. staff as network specialist. Matthew, who has worked previously as a network/system administrator at the Callen-Lorde Community Health Center and also as an independent I.T. consultant, will assist in the ongoing operation of the Juilliard network. Matthew is also a guitar player.
Assistant wardrobe supervisor Elizabeth Baggett Carlin is a 2004 graduate of St. Edward’s University, located in her hometown of Austin, Tex., where she received her B.A. in theater. She is also a licensed cosmetologist and moved after graduation to Pittsburgh, where she worked part-time in a prestigious salon while pursuing her costume design career. Elizabeth moved to New York a year ago along with her dog, fish, and future husband, Brad (whom she married in November). She continues to pursue costume design in her spare time.
Program coordinator Heike Currie joins the Communications Office after years of public school teaching, daily newspaper editing, and nonprofit publications management. She received her B.A. in Spanish from Spelman College, where she was also active as an oboist and tenor saxophonist. Heike pursued graduate studies in international relations at Yale University, later earning her M.A. in journalism from Syracuse University’s Newhouse School. Heike is interested in creative writing, jazz music, and Latin and West African dance. A native of Virginia, she relocated to New York in 2005 to study and perform with area dance companies.
Christina Gasparini, assistant to the associate director of financial aid and academic support services, has resided in New York City all of her life. She currently lives in Brooklyn and enjoys spending time with her family and friends. In her spare time, she attends Broadway plays, musicals, and dance performances. She holds an M.S.W. from New York University.
Sung-ah Han, associate director of educational outreach, majored in piano at Juilliard, earning her B.M. as a student of Josef Raieff. She continued her studies in music education, composition, and piano at Teachers College, Columbia University, and completed her doctorate in music and music education in 2004. She is pursuing her interests in the arts (including education, promotion, and administration) through co-implementing music programs and concerts as well as working at Juilliard.
Maura Hammer joins the Career Development Office as administrative assistant. A graduate of the High School of Performing Arts and Bennington College (both in drama), Maura comes to Juilliard with a background in film production and advertising. Although not a professional artist, Maura’s passion is singing; she is currently enjoying vocal technique classes at the Singer’s Forum in Manhattan. A native New Yorker, Maura lives in Inwood with her two beloved cats, Angel and Leroy.
Valerie K. Longwood, director of annual giving, most recently worked for her alma mater, Mount Holyoke College, where she was regional director of major gifts during two capital campaigns. She has also been director of individual giving at the New York Philharmonic and director of development at the American Folk Art Museum. She helped manage the capital campaign to restore the west side of Central Park while working for the Central Park Conservancy, and oversaw the patron program at the Metropolitan Opera. Valerie was an art major at Mount Holyoke, and did her graduate work in art history and archaeology at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, and the American Academy in Rome.
Ronald Louie has joined the Financial Aid Office as the financial aid counselor/grants coordinator. He graduated from Baruch College with a B.B.A. in public accountancy and has worked in the financial aid field for more than 15 years before coming to Juilliard. He also has experience in financial accounting as a portfolio accountant and a mutual fund accountant.
Junetta Maxfield, assistant director of foundation and corporate relations, most recently worked as development manager at Caramoor Center for Music and the Arts, in Katonah, N.Y. A graduate of Manhattanville College, she is also a certified librarian, having obtained her Masters of Library and Information Science from the Palmer School at Long Island University in 2003. She is currently doing an assistantship at the Mannes College of Music, training as a music librarian, as she intends eventually to pursue a master’s in music history. In her spare time, she is the proprietor of Auntie Nettie’s Attic, which sells a variety of hand-made crocheted items.
Maxine Montilus, program assistant in the Educational Outreach Office, received a B.F.A. in modern dance performance from the University of the Arts in Philadelphia in 2004. While in college, she did a summer internship at the Wolf Trap Performing Arts Center in Vienna, Va., and a semester-long internship at the Philadelphia Arts-in-Education Partnership. She also earned an M.A. in arts management from City University in London in 2006. A native of Brooklyn, Maxine began dancing at age 6 and was a member of the Gestures Dance Ensemble at the Harbor Conservatory for the Performing Arts in East Harlem from 1997-2000.
Jason Nicholas has joined the I.T. Colleague group as a senior Colleague programmer/analyst. He comes from New York Institute of Technology with more than six years’ experience working with the Datatel Colleague suite of products and managing many projects such as WebAdvisor and E-Commerce. One of his responsibilities was to oversee the strategic business development of the registrar and bursar offices. He is looking forward to working with each office at Juilliard to meet their goals.
Kevin Orzechowski has joined the Production Department as Sharp Theater assistant foreman.
Diane Roe, office manager for the Recording Department, is a graduate of SUNY-New Paltz. Diane lives on a farm in Orange County and enjoys harvesting and cooking fresh-from-the-garden meals with her husband and two children.
Recording engineer Stephen Roessner attended SUNY-Fredonia, earning two degrees: a B.S. in sound recording technology and a B.M. in music performance (percussion). Before joining the Juilliard Recording Department, Stephen worked for MTV Networks as a digital encoder and also toured the United States, Canada, and Japan as a drummer for various musical acts. He is currently the drummer for two bands: Saxon Shore, an instrumental rock band based in Philadelphia and New York, and the Gritty Midi Gang, a dance-pop band based in Brooklyn.
Floyd Sykes has joined the Bookstore as assistant manager.
Josh Winograde is assistant administrative director of vocal arts, in charge of all scheduling for the department as well as additional responsibilities. He earned his bachelor’s and master’s degrees in voice (bass) from Juilliard, after which he studied in the Houston Opera Studio program. Josh has been balancing his interest in the administrative and educational aspects of the performing arts with his professional engagements for some time. Most recently, he coordinated a new performance program for Bard College and is currently helping to develop a junior young-artist program for Wolf Trap. He will continue this work in addition to his responsibilities at Juilliard.
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