Staff
There is something quintessential to BRIC that is evident in our staff--a shared passion for the arts and media and a commitment to the Brooklyn community.
EXECUTIVE LEADERSHIP
Executive
- Wes Jackson President
- Erum Jaffer Interim Chief Operating Officer
- Anthony Riddle Senior Vice President, Community Media
- Melissa Sandor Interim Senior Vice President, Development
Community Media
- Anthony Riddle Senior Vice President, Community Media
BRIC TV
- Kuye H. Youngblood General Manager
- Jonathan Lief Editorial Director
- Tony Horn Editorial Director, Custom Content
- Jonathan Ortiz Operations Director
- Kecia Élan Cole Director, Fiction
- Charlie Hoxie Director, Non-Fiction
- Ro Johnson Director, Public Affairs & Social Justice Programming
- Fred Brown Supervising Producer
- Shirin Barghi Senior Producer
- Emily Boghossian Senior Producer
- Justin Bryant Senior Producer
- Clinton Philson Jr. Senior Producer, Custom Content
- Sriyanka Ray Senior Producer
- Ross Tuttle Senior Producer, 112BK
- Eric Haugesag Studio Technician
- Stephen de Seve Post Production Supervisor
- Khyriel Palmer Producer
- Tadia Toussaint Associate Producer
- Mayumi Sato Motion Graphics Animator
- Michael Carroll Equipment Manager
- Jada Dantzler Production Coordinator
- Raynita Vaughn Administrative Coordinator
Free Speech Services & Operations
- Skye MacLeod Senior Director, Media Education
- Alease Annan On-Air Promotions Manager
- Matthew Allen Community Producer Liaison
- Kareem Bland Traffic Coordinator
- Tyrone Gorin Program Coordinator
- Gen Ai Liu Special Projects Manager, Media
- Jessica Mason Manager, Adult Education
- David Francois Adult Media Education Specialist
- Joseph Ranghelli Manager, Community Producer Services
- José Astorga Operations Coordinator
- Robert Gilmore Facilities Coordinator
- Musa Bacon Facilities Coordinator
- Clifford Acquaye Facilities Coordinator
- Joan Rodriguez Facilities Coordinator
- Esther Lelievre Administrative and Special Projects Manager
- BRIC Media Education Instructors Clifford Acquaye, Annie Malamet, Antonio Rosario, Julia O’Farrow, Kieran D., Sean Mannion, Hannah Jayanti, Mary Latvis, Yosef Alexander, Onel Mulet, Anne Pope, Ed Parada, Tom Veltre, Mark Lee, Nicole Solomon, Jennifer Meller
Partnerships
- Julie Sturm Associate Director, Partnerships
- Latoya Johnston Partnerships Manager
- BRIC Media Share Producing Mentors Yosef Alexander, Jeremy Batchelor, Andrew Filippone Jr., Rachael Guma, Hannah Jayanti, Sean Mannion, Jennifer Meller, Edgardo Parada, Gisela Sanders-Alcántara, Nicole Solomon
Technology
- Leslie Hayes Manager, Technical Services
- Dan Johnson Chief Engineer
- Alex Onica Technology Manager
- Zak Sherzad Engineer
- Rafael Ocasio Master Control Operator
- Jelani Johnson Master Control Operator
- Vivianne LeCorre Master Control Operator
- Chris Pulakos Media Resource Manager
Contemporary Art
- Jenny Gerow Curator
- Maria McCarthy Curatorial Associate
Performing Arts
- Diane Eber Executive Producer, BRIC Celebrate Brooklyn! Festival
- Viviana Benitez Performing Arts Producer
- Tylar Anderson Program Associate, Performing Arts
Production
- Rajiv Shah Director of Production
Education
- Carmen Hernandez Director, Youth Education and Family Programs
- Linda Mboya Senior Manager, Youth Education
- Beto Sepúlveda Manager, Contemporary Art Education
- Teaching Artists Anderson Zaca, Ava Ulmer, Avani Patel, Brandon Payne, Claudia Sohrens, Curtis Whitear, Daniela Gomez-Paz, David Sainté, Eleanor Moore, Eric Miles, Gabriela Galván-Rojas, Gillian Adler, Grace Ann Leadbeater, Greg Anderson-Elyseé, Haley Shibble, Iviva Olenick, Jaimie Warren, Jess Poplawski, Jess Saldaña, Katie Schuessler, Kevin Lawrence, Lix Zackeroff, Maddy Leonard, Melinda Keifer, Mikhaila Quezada, Mollie Roth, Neha Gautam, PJ Ryan, Rachael Guma, Sharon Miller, Yasmeen Abdallah
Community Engagement
- Jessica Sucher Director, Community Engagement
Development
- Melissa Sandor Interim Senior Vice President, Development
- Eleanor Regan Director of Individual Giving
- Julia Metro Director of Institutional Giving
- Christina Martin Senior Manager, Development
- P.H. Lawson Development Associate
- Ryan Eshel Development Associate, Operations & Events
Finance
- Daniel Jeon Senior Finance Manager
- Kian Ross Finance Manager
- Meghan Hickey Finance Reporting Manager
Human Resources & Operations
- Emma Montoya Hills Director of Operations
- Elyse Rodriguez Executive Manager, Office of the President
- Terri-Ann Rougier-Henry Senior Manager, Human Resources
- Gabriel Harrington People and Culture Manager
- Benno Orlinsky Operations Manager
- Stephen Deygoo Building Custodian
- Marco Aguilar Building Custodian
- Debbie Forrester Senior Public Safety Officer
- Kevin Scott Public Safety Officer
Marketing & Communications
- James Michael Nichols Director, Marketing and Communications
- Matthew de Leon Senior Graphic Designer
- Mitali Sonar Senior Marketing Manager
- Lena Inglis Marketing & Communications Manager
- Clarissa Sorenson Marketing & Communications Manager