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Home » About Us » Staff

Leadership

Andrés Franco
Executive Director
Email: afranco@cityofasylumpittsburgh.org

R. Henry Reese
Co-Founder 
Email: rhreese@cityofasylumpittsburgh.org

Diane Samuels
Co-founder
Email: dsamuels@cityofasylumpittsburgh.org

Programming

Abby Lembersky
Director of Programs
Email: alembersky@cityofasylumpittsburgh.org

Alexis Jabour
Production Manager
Email: ajabour@cityofasylumpittsburgh.org

Erin Roussel
Manager of Special Projects
Email: eroussel@cityofasylumpittsburgh.org

Mahtab Nadalian
Production Coordinator
Email: mnadalian@cityofasylumpittsburgh.org

Quaishawn Whitlock
Community Engagement Manager
Email: qwhitlock@cityofasylumpittsburgh.org

Darin Lee
Program Coordinator
Email: dlee@cityofasylumpittsburgh.org 

Administration

Dawn McHugh-Woodfill
Director of Development
Email: dwoodfill@cityofasylumpittsburgh.org

Allison M. Ruppert
Marketing and PR Manager
Email: aruppert@cityofasylumpittsburgh.org

Amy Gilligan
Director of Finance & Operations
Email: agilligan@cityofasylumpittsburgh.org

Tuhin Das
Accountant
Email: tdas@cityofasylumpittsburgh.org

Alexandra Colegado Dobell 
Administrative & Development Assistant
Email: acdobell@cityofasylumpittsburgh.org

Aki Kabiri 
Executive Assistant
Email: akabiri@cityofasylumpittsburgh.org

Bookstore

Lesley Rains
Bookstore Manager
Email: lrains@cityofasylumpittsburgh.org

Jennifer Kraar
Children’s Bookseller
Email: jkraar@cityofasylumpittsburgh.org

Unsolicited booking requests for jazz and literature performances will only be considered through contact@cityofasylumpittsburgh.org. Our events are primarily curated in-house and we have limited capacity for unsolicited requests, so please wait 60 days before inquiring about the status of your request.

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