The Juilliard School Welcomes New Staff Members Colin Ambrose joins Juilliard as the School's first chief investment officer. Colin has broad investment experience across a variety of asset classes. Most recently, he managed the alternatives portfolio for Wesleyan University, his undergraduate alma mater. He also holds an M.B.A. from the Lally School of Management at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, and is a member of the Hartford Society of Financial Analysts and the Chartered Financial Analyst Institute. While Colin is a native of Connecticut, his wife Clara is a native New Yorker who fondly remembers taking piano lessons from Juilliard professor Baruch Arnon. An avid Yankees fan, Colin also enjoys reading, music, exercising, and playing dinosaurs and making up silly stories with his three small children.

Chamber music manager Jeffrey Collier is a native of Tennessee and a graduate of Louisiana State University with degrees in music education and bassoon performance. He spent the summer as artist liaison at the Aspen Music Festival and School, and was an intern at Juilliard last year. He plays bassoon in a few local community orchestras and enjoys traveling, reading, walking, watching L.S.U. football, and attending as many performances as possible.

Costume shop draper Marija Djordjevic's road to Juilliard led her through several countries—starting with her native Yugoslavia and then to Cyprus, where she spent time working for Cyprus National Theater. In 2001 she came to Connecticut, and finally to New York. She holds a B.F.A. from Arts University of Belgrade (Yugoslavia) and an M.F.A. in costume design from the University of Connecticut. Apart from draping, she also designs costumes for theater both in New York City and the tristate area. She has won several awards for excellence in the field.

Jared Flood joins the admissions team as receptionist. A recent graduate from the University of Puget Sound in Tacoma, Wash., he has spent the last four years studying fine arts and vocal performance in the Pacific Northwest. Jared's first East-Coast home is in Brooklyn, where he lives with two close friends. In his spare time, Jared enjoys painting, cooking, and listening to opera and/or R&B-soul.

Amelia Gomes, associate director of financial aid, is a graduate of St. John's University. She has been working in the financial aid field for 14 years, starting as a student worker at St. John's. Working in financial aid gives her the satisfaction of being able to directly help students in furthering their education and fulfilling their dreams. Amelia played the viola for four years in her high school orchestra class. Though she has not picked up a viola in 15 years, she hopes to get reacquainted with her musical past, especially now that she is working here at Juilliard.

Gloria Gottschalk joins the Office of Communications as media relations manager. She comes to Juilliard from the New School, where she was media relations manager for the eight colleges that constitute the New School (among them, Mannes College of Music and the New School's jazz and contemporary music program). She has also been assistant director of public affairs at Lincoln Center and worked at the Marlboro Music Festival for several summers. She holds a B.A. in piano from SUNY at Fredonia and was an exchange student at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in London during her junior year. Gloria's interests include travel, music, cooking, reading, biking, and tennis.

Administrative assistant in the Office of the Registrar, Juliana Han graduated from Smith College with a degree in music. She is a classically trained pianist, and was also a choral singer in college. Before coming to Juilliard, she worked in production at the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center.

Assistant wig and makeup supervisor Anna Hoffman comes to Juilliard with 18 years of professional theater experience. A native Chicagoan, she started her career at the Goodman Theater. After touring and a short stint living as a nanny in Los Angeles, she moved to New York working the national tours of Kiss of the Spiderwoman, Noise/Funk, Spirit, and Music of the Night. She worked at the Roundabout, on the Vagina Monologues, and various Broadway shows. Most recently, she spent three years working on the revival of 42nd Street. In her spare time she enjoys yoga, dance, anything outdoors, and volunteering at St. Luke's Hospital.

Jennifer Howard joins the costume shop as the office manager. Jen recently finished her sixth season at the Berkshire Theater Festival, as the costume shop manager for its 2005 season. Regional work includes Virginia Stage Company, North Shore Music Theater, and New Harmony Theater. For the last four winters she has loved living in Miami, serving as the wardrobe supervisor at the Coconut Grove Playhouse for three years. Last winter was spent freelancing and working as a member of IATSE Local 500. Now she is excited to be in New York City and cannot wait to see snow again.

A.J. Jackson, master electrician for Juilliard's Sharp Theater, has spent the last decade working on many different productions in many different places. His longest stint was as assistant technical director for the Mark Morris Dance Group. He has decided to give up trying to convince his family that this is a real career, and is just going to tell them he's a mailman.

Katie LaGreca is very pleased to have joined the Business Office as administrative assistant. She earned a degree in theater with an emphasis in theater history and dramaturgy at Penn State. Before and during school she had the pleasure of working at several theaters including Virginia Stage Company, Pennsylvania Center Stage, and Manhattan Theater Club. Following graduation she worked at Actors' Equity Association, the labor union representing American actors and stage managers working in the professional theater.

Born on Langley Air Force Base in Virginia, residence hall director/student affairs assistant Bin Love started playing tuba at age 11 and was the first tubist to participate in the National Symphony Orchestra's prestigious fellowship program He earned his B.M. from Juilliard in 2003 and his M.M. two years later, along with the William Schuman Award for Leadership. Bin has played with many professional ensembles, including the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, the National Symphony Orchestra, the Washington Symphonic Brass, and with Wynton Marsalis and the Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra. He is currently teaching tuba at Columbia.

Properties shop artisan Jake Nelson is a graduate of Cornish College of the Arts, with a B.F.A. in production. Past companies he has worked with include Seattle Repertory Theater, Seattle Children's Theater, Seattle Opera, Pacific Northwest Ballet, Colorado Shakespeare Festival, and the Peterborough Players. Favorite projects include building all furniture for the 2000 revival of The Search for Signs of Intelligent Life in the Universe, and the national tour of Proof.

Emily Regas, associate director of national advancement and alumni relations, grew up in San Diego. She received a degree in dance from the University of California, Santa Barbara, and a master's degree in performing arts administration from New York University. Emily continues to perform with Camara Dance Unlimited, Metronome Tap Ensemble, and various other performing arts groups around the city.

Daniel Rodriguez, network specialist in I.T., is a Microsoft certified systems engineer and Cisco certified network associate. He previously worked as a network administrator for a human rights nonprofit organization and is currently juggling work at Juilliard with earning an undergraduate degree from Empire State College (where he is still undecided on a major). Daniel's interests include acrobatics, martial arts, and metal music.

Susan Ryder, a graduate of the University of Wisconsin with a degree in music education (and a former faculty secretary at Juilliard from 1981-84), returns to Juilliard as the assistant to the vice president for legal affairs and executive director of jazz studies. Over the past two decades, Susan's curiosities and intrigue led her to trying the "acting thing" and magazine publishing before she landed in the news division of ABC News, where she worked for 16 years. Besides music, Susan is passionate about flamenco dancing, her two kitties (Hildie and Marion), kayaking, and baking.

Kathleen Schmal, administrative assistant in the Dance Division, returns to New York after spending 15 years in Rhode Island. She was the administrator of the Brown University/Trinity Rep Consortium program for actors and directors in Providence for five years, as it made the transition from being associated with a regional college to an Ivy League university. Back in New York, Kathleen spent time as a personal assistant to Broadway composer Charles Strouse before coming to Juilliard.

Development associate Sara Schmidtchen is a graduate of Muhlenberg College in Allentown, Pa. Having majored in English with a minor in music, she comes to Juilliard with a very diverse background in the arts. Sara started out as a performer, but various internships in development, marketing, special events, arts education, and arts management sparked her interest in arts administration. Her most recent work was as the New York Public Library's special events assistant.

Ryan Selden joins the Recording Department as assistant engineer, having last worked as a recording engineer for MSNBC and Fox News. He has worked on shows from Fox & Friends to Hardball with Chris Matthews and was also a part of NBC's election coverage from Rockefeller Center. In his spare time, he enjoys working on new music or spending time at the beach.

Benjamin Sosland, who holds degrees from the Eastman School of Music and Juilliard and is currently a C.V. Starr Doctoral Fellow at Juilliard, joins the Vocal Arts Department as publications coordinator and assistant to the administrative director. He is also serving as a teaching assistant for James Kurtz and a teaching fellow for Philip Lasser.

Staff carpenter Robert Trama graduated from Wagner College with a B.A. in theater design and technology. He has designed, and served as technical director for, several shows both professionally and in an educational environment.

Evan Wildstein is the new program assistant for Educational Outreach. Evan is a recent graduate from the C.W. Post campus of Long Island University, with a bachelor's degree in arts management. While a student, Evan focused on nonprofit organizations and development, and was a member of several performing ensembles that specialized in vocal jazz and madrigals. Outside of Juilliard, Evan performs as a singer-songwriter.