It takes more than great ideas to make the Big Apple Circus work - it takes teamwork, devotion and
very, very big hearts. Our team of experienced professionals make the sky the limit.
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.
Marketing & Communications
- Jean-Jerome Peytavi, Vice President of Marketing & Communications
jjpeytavi@bigapplecircus.org
- Joel W. Dein, Director of Communications
jdein@bigapplecircus.org
- Naheed Elyasi, Director of Marketing
nelyasi@bigapplecircus.org
- Joseph Lara, Director of Business Development
jlara@bigapplecircus.org
- Philip Thurston, Public Relations Manager
pthurston@bigapplecircus.org
- Byron Johnson, Marketing Manager
bjohnson@bigapplecircus.org
- Jaclyn Wohl, Ticketing Analytics Manager,
jwohl@bigapplecircus.org
- Sandra Barron, Marketing and Group Sales Associate
sbarron@bigapplecircus.org
- David Min, Graphic Designer
dmin@bigapplecircus.org
- Richard E. Mayberry, Jr., Chairman
- Ron Gross, President
- Mary Jane Brock, Vice Chairman
- Jimmy Zankel, Secretary
- Robin Henry, Treasurer
- Lynn M. Stirrup, Executive Director
- Guillaume Dufresnoy, Artistic Director
- Paul Binder, Co-Founder and Founding Artistic Director
- Michael Christensen, Co-Founder, Founding Creative Dir., Creator, Clown Care
- Kim L. Bozzella
- Amy Churgin
- Samantha Rudin Earls
- Paul D. Goldenheim
- Peter T. Grauer, Chairman Emeritus
- Matthew J. Hiltzik
- Linda F. Vogel Kaplan
- Virginia Chambers Keim
- Phil Renshaw-Lewis
- Ursula G. Lowerre
- David Rockwell
- Mark J. Schwartz
- Wendy Siegel, President Emerita
- Daniel H. Stern
- Chris Wearing, Chairman Emeritus
- Veronica White, Ex Officio, Commissioner, NYC Dept. Parks & Recreation
- Patricia Rosenwald, Chairman Emerita
- Thomas R. Cox III, Director Emeritus
- Richard H. Levy, Director Emeritus
- Nancy Paduano, Director Emerita
- Richard D. Segal, Director Emeritus
- George Wade, Director Emeritus
- Jeffrey C. Walker, Director Emeritus
- Ruth Lande Shuman, Gala Chairman Emerita
- Matthew Kwatinetz, Advisory Board Member
- Joe Bogdan, Advisory Board Member
- The Very Reverend James Parks Morton, Chaplain to the Big Apple Circus and Honorary Trustee
- In Memorium: Alan B. Slifka, Founding Chairman Emeritus (1929 - 2011)
- Guillaume Dufresnoy, Artistic Director
dufresnoy@aol.com
- Tom Larson, Vice President, General Manager
tlarson@bigapplecircus.org
- Cheryl Jones, Associate General Manager
- Gigi Price, Office Manager-GM
- Steve Gonzalez, Administrative Assistant - GM
- Virgile Peyramaure, Artistic Coordinator
- Larry Sterner, Director of Production
lsterner@bigapplecircus.org
- Felipe Teran, Director of Operations
- Mary Schafer, Treasurer
- Yvonne Larson, Asistant Director of Ticket Operations
- Jesus Garcia, Lot Supervisor
- Raul Lancheros, Electrical Supervisor
- Michael LeClair, Tent Master
- Julian Stachowski, Concessions Manager
- Anne Foley, Director of Ticket Operations, Group Sales
- Lesha Edwards, Ticket Seller
- Eric Hagmuller, Second Treasurer
- Silvia Lancheros, Supervisor
- Dennis Santoyo, Group Sales Manager, Circus for All Manager
- Pat Williams, Box Office Accounting
