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.
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- Gary Dunning, Executive Director
gdunning@bigapplecircus.org - Paul Binder, Artistic Director/BAC Founder
pbinder@bigapplecircus.org - Michael Christensen, Creative Director & Co-Founder
mchristensen@bigapplecircus.org - Guillaume Dufresnoy, Vice President & General Manager
gdufresnoy@bigapplecircus.org - Andrea Salwen Kopel, Vice President of Community Programs
akopel@bigapplecircus.org - Steve Dennin, Vice President, Development
sdennin@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 - Paula Barlow, Corporate Events Manager
pbarlow@bigapplecircus.org - Laura Laponte, Promotions Manager
llaponte@bigapplecircus.org - Alexis Henry, Membership Manager
ahenry@bigapplecircus.org - Morgan Kazan, Advertising Coordinator
mkazan@bigapplecircus.org - Sarah Kennedy, Marketing Assistant
skennedy@bigapplecircus.org
- Lesley Alpert Schuldenfrei, Senior Marketing Director
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- Steve Dennin, Vice President of Development
sdennin@bigapplecircus.org - Michael Carey, Director of Special Events
mcarey@bigapplecircus.org - Cristina Raggio, Director of Individual Giving
craggio@bigapplecircus.org - Carter Van Pelt, Manager of Foundation Relations
cvanpelt@bigapplecircus.org - Laura Srebnik, Manager of Corporate & Government Relations
lsrebnik@bigapplecircus.org - Alison Powell, Development Associate
apowell@bigapplecircus.org - Natalie Corr, Development Assistant
ncorr@bigapplecircus.org
- Steve Dennin, Vice President of Development
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- Andrea Salwen Kopel, Vice President of Community Programs
akopel@bigapplecircus.org - Karen McCarty, Associate Creative Director
kmccarty@bigapplecircus.org - Peter Rivera, Program Director, Clown Care
privera@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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- Victor Defendini, Finance Director
vdefendini@bigapplecircus.org - 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
- Victor Defendini, Finance Director
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- Tanya M. Santiago, Director of Administration
tsantiago@bigapplecircus.org - Dorothy Rogers, Receptionist/Administrative Asst.
drogers@bigapplecircus.org - William Santiago, Messenger
- 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 and 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
- 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,Vice President, General Manager
- Cheryl Jones, Associate General Manager
- Don Covington, Company Manager
- Ivan Stoinev, Performance Director
- Alfie Fought, Production Manager
- Julian Stachowski, Concessions Manager
- Felipe Teran, Director of Operations
- Amanda Dubinina, Purchasing Manager
- Jesus Garcia, Lot Supervisor
- Sergio Nguyen, Tent Master
- Andrey Dubinin, Ring Crew Chief
- Raul Lancheros, Electrical Supervisor
Lawrence Sterner, Director of Tour Planning