Our Team
It takes more than great ideas to make the Big Apple Circus work - it takes team work, devotion and very, very big hearts. Our team of experienced professionals makes the sky the limit.
The Big Apple Circus does more than put on an engaging and magical performance. Our commitment to kids and their families has always been at the center of our vision. Below you will find the members of our various teams, all committed to expressing our vision and touching many more lives.
Contact Us
You may contact any member of our team either by email or by calling (212) 268-2500 or (800) 899-2775. These numbers are not for ticket purchases. To purchase tickets please visit the Buy Tickets section by clicking on the star on the right side of this page. To review a copy of our most recent Form 990 click here.
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- Gary Dunning, Executive Director
gdunning@bigapplecircus.org - Paul Binder, Founder and Founding Artistic Director
pbinder@bigapplecircus.org - Michael Christensen, Creative Director, Co-Founder
mchristensen@bigapplecircus.org - Guillaume Dufresnoy,Artistic Director
dufresnoy@aol.com - Scott O'Donnell, Vice President, General Manager
vidcircus@aol.com - Andrea Salwen Kopel, Vice President, Community Programs
akopel@bigapplecircus.org - Judy Leventhal, Vice President, & CFO
jleventhall@bigapplecircus.org
- Gary Dunning, Executive Director
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- Lesley Alpert Schuldenfrei, Senior Marketing Director
lalpert@bigapplecircus.org - Joel W. Dein, Director of Communications
jdein@bigapplecircus.org - Philip Thurston, Public Relations Manager
pthurston@bigapplecircus.org - Karyn Mannochia, Corporate Events Manager
kmannochia@bigapplecircus.org - Morgan Zakan, Promotions Manager
mkazan@bigapplecircus.org - Alexis Henry, Membership Manager
ahenry@bigapplecircus.org - Cherry Yeandle, Marketing Assistant
cyeandle@bigapplecircus.org
- Lesley Alpert Schuldenfrei, Senior Marketing Director
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- Cristina Raggio, Director of Individual Giving
craggio@bigapplecircus.org - Carter Van Pelt, Manager of Foundation Relations
cvanpelt@bigapplecircus.org - Danielle Kline, Manager of Corporate & Government Relations
dkline@bigapplecircus.org - Natalie Corr, Manager of Special Events
ncorr@bigapplecircus.org
Laura Tennen, Executive Assistant to the Exec. Director and the VP of Development
ltennen@bigapplecircus.org
- Cristina Raggio, Director of Individual Giving
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- Andrea Salwen Kopel, Vice President of Community Programs
akopel@bigapplecircus.org - Karen McCarty, Associate Creative Director
kmccarty@bigapplecircus.org
Laura White, Program Manager, Clown Care
lwhite@bigapplecircus.org - Pia Cooperman, Program Coordinator, Community Programs
pcooperman@bigapplecircus.org - Deborah Kaufmann, National Creative and Educational Coordinators
dkaufmann@bigapplecircus.org - Lauri Berritta, Administrative Assistant
lberritta@bigapplecircus.org
- Andrea Salwen Kopel, Vice President of Community Programs
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- Edward Reynoso, Chief Accountant
ereynoso@bigapplecircus.org - Kelley McGuire, Fiscal Analyst
kmcguire@bigapplecircus.org - Baseem Astiphan, Accounting Manager
bastiphan@bigapplecircus.org - Valarie Jones, Accounts Payable
vjones@bigapplecircus.org - Jim Roper, Director of Concessions
jroper@bigapplecircus.org - Karyn Manocchia, Events Coordinator/Circus ToGo!
kmanocchia@bigapplecircus.org
Sara Chebishev, Ticketing System Administrator
schebishev@bigapplecircus.org
- Edward Reynoso, Chief Accountant
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- Tanya M. Santiago, Director of Administration
tsantiago@bigapplecircus.org - Dorothy Rogers, Receptionist/Administrative Asst.
drogers@bigapplecircus.org
- Tanya M. Santiago, Director of Administration
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- Chris Wearing, Chairman
- Mary Jane Brock, Vice Chairman
- Leigh A. Bonney, President
- Daniel H. Stern, Secretary
- Doni Fordyce, Treasurer
- Peter T. Grauer, Chairman Emeritus
- Wendy Siegel, President Emerita
- Alan B. Slifka, Founding Chairman Emeritus
- Paul Binder, Founder, Artistic Advisor, Founding Artistic Director
Michael Christensen, Co-Founder and Creative Director - Gary Dunning, Executive Director
- Edward I. Adler
- Amy Churgin
- Robert J. Friedman
- Paul D. Goldenheim, MD
- Ron Gross
- Robin Henry
- Linda F. Vogel Kaplan
- Marc Lasry
- Ursula Lowerre
- Sherman Meloni
- Nancy Paduano
- Anna Quindlen
- Thomas F. Robards
- David Rockwell
- Samantha Rudin
- Mark J. Schwartz
- John Suydam
- Jeffery C. Walker
- Jimmy Zankel
- Adrian Benepe, Ex Officio
- The Very Reverend, James Parks Morton, Chaplain to the Big Apple Circus
- Thomas R. Cox III, Director Emeriti
- Richard H. Levy, Director Emeriti
- Patricia Rosenwald, Chairman Emerita
- Richard D. Segal, Director Emeriti
- Ruth Lande Shuman, Director Emerita
- George Wade, Director Emeriti
- Chris Wearing, Chairman
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- Guillaume Dufresnoy, Artistic Director
- Scott O'Donnell,Vice President, General Manager
- Cheryl Jones, Associate General Manager
- Georgia Stephenson, Production Manager
- Andrey Dubinin, Performance Director
Virgile Peyramaure, Artistic Coordinator - Julian Stachowski, Concessions Manager
- Felipe Teran, Director of Operations
- Amanda Dubinina, Purchasing Manager
- Jesus Garcia, Lot Supervisor
- Michael LeClair, Tent Master
- Raul Lancheros, Electrical Supervisor
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- Anne Foley, Director of Ticketing, Group Sales and Circus for All!
Ingrid Ragen, Assocaite Director
Dennis Santoyo, Group Sales Manager
Pat Williams, Box Office Accounting
Juanita Campbell, Sales Assistant
Mary Schafer, Treasurer
Roxanne Martinez, Assistant Treasurer
- Anne Foley, Director of Ticketing, Group Sales and Circus for All!