Leadership & Staff

Director's Office

Maura Reilly

PhD, Director

Phone848-932-6702

Emailmaura.reilly@zimmerli.rutgers.edu

LouAnne Greenwald

Deputy Director

Phone848-932-6764

Emaillouanne.greenwald@zimmerli.rutgers.edu

Judith Soto

Secretarial Assistant II

Phone848-932-6702

Emailjudys@zimmerli.rutgers.edu

Development 

Sally Bickerton

Director of Development

Phone848-932-6705

Emailsally.bickerton@zimmerli.rutgers.edu

Gabrielle Lugbauer

Development Specialist II

Phone848-932-6771

Emailgabrielle.lugbauer@zimmerli.rutgers.edu

Business 

Jennifer Schenk

Business Manager

Phone848-932-6780

Emailjdschenk@zimmerli.rutgers.edu

Krupa Patel

Accounting Assistant I

Phone848-932-6779

Emailkhp74@zimmerli.rutgers.edu

Joyce Szabo

Administrative Assistant

Phone848-932-6701

Emailjszabo@zimmerli.rutgers.edu

Curatorial 

Jeremiah William McCarthy

Chief Curator and Curator of American Art

Emailjw.mccarthy@zimmerli.rutgers.edu

Nicole Simpson

PhD, Curator of Prints and Drawings and Access Coordinator

Phone848-932-6178

Emailnsimpson@zimmerli.rutgers.edu

Jane A. Sharp

PhD, Research Curator of Soviet Nonconformist Art and Arts of Eurasia

Phone848-932-6772

Emailjasharp@arthist.rutgers.edu

Julia Tulovsky

PhD, Head of the Department of Nonconformist Art from the Soviet Union and Arts of Eurasia

Phone848-932-6773

Emailjuliat@zimmerli.rutgers.edu

Cara Giddens

Exhibitions Coordinator

Phone848-932-6172

Emailcgiddens@zimmerli.rutgers.edu

Education 

Brandon Truett

PhD, Mellon Head of Learning and Community Engagement

Phone848-932-6766

Emailbtruett@zimmerli.rutgers.edu

Claire D'Amato

Associate Curator of Education

Phone848-932-6787

Emailcdamato@zimmerli.rutgers.edu

Barbara Cepeda

Assistant Curator of Community Engagement

Phone848-932-6175

Emailbcepeda@zimmerli.rutgers.edu

Jessie Garcia

Museum Educator

Phone848-932-6703

Emailjessie.garcia@zimmerli.rutgers.edu

Publications and Communications 

Stacy Smith

Publications and Communications Specialist

Phone848-932-6784

Emailssmith@zimmerli.rutgers.edu

Theresa Watson

Public Relations and Communications Coordinator

Phone848-932-6709

Emailtcwatson@zimmerli.rutgers.edu

Registrarial

Erin Bradford

Head of Collections and Exhibitions

Phone848-932-6167

Emailebradford@zimmerli.rutgers.edu

Kiki Michael

Associate Registrar

Phone848-932-6169

Emailkmichael@zimmerli.rutgers.edu

Margaret Molnar

Associate Registrar

Phone848-932-6168

Emailmmolnar@zimmerli.rutgers.edu

Betty Jarvis

Assistant Registrar, Dodge Collection

Phone848-932-6170

Emailbjarvis@zimmerli.rutgers.edu

Alex Cuschieri

Works on Paper Preparator

Phone848-932-6183

Emailatc143@zimmerli.rutgers.edu

Operations, Security, and Visitor Services

Edwin Vazquez

Manager of Operations

Phone848-932-6786

Emailevazquez@zimmerli.rutgers.edu

Rebecca Brenowitz

Manager of Event Services

Phone848-932-6721

Emailbrenowitz@zimmerli.rutgers.edu

Joanna Seifter

Visitor Services/Security Specialist

Phone848-932-6173

Emailjrs693@zimmerli.rutgers.edu

Mike Tota

Museum Security Officer

Phone848-932-6770

Emailmt314@zimmerli.rutgers.edu

Steven Drake

Building Services Coordinator

Phone848-932-7237

Emailsmd459@zimmerli.rutgers.edu

Nonconformist Art from the Soviet Union and Arts of Eurasia

Vassili Schedrin

PhD, Archivist, Librarian, Research Coordinator

Phone848-932-6799

Emailvschedrin@zimmerli.rutgers.edu

Elizaveta Yuzhakova

PhD, Dodge Collection Website Coordinator

Phone848-932-6698

Emailey233@zimmerli.rutgers.edu

Olena Martynyuk

PhD, Associate Curator for Nonconformist Art from the Soviet Union

Emailolenmart@zimmerli.rutgers.edu

Katerina Romanenko

PhD, Administrative Assistant

Phone848-932-6698

Emailkr1093@zimmerli.rutgers.edu

Graduate Assistants

Raven Manygoats

Graduate Assistant (American Art)

Phone848-932-6774

Emailrem223@history.rutgers.edu

Stephanie Dvareckas

Dodge Fellow (Soviet Nonconformist Art and Arts of Eurasia)

Phone848-932-6693

Emailstephanie.dvareckas@rutgers.edu

George Papashvili

Dodge Fellow (Soviet Nonconformist Art and Arts of Eurasia)

Phone848-932-6693

Emailgeorge.papashvili@rutgers.edu

Sophio Kavtaradze

Dodge-Lawrence Fellow (Soviet Nonconformist Art and Arts of Eurasia)

Emailsk3226@zimmerli.rutgers.edu

James Bleecker

Dodge-Lawrence Fellow (Soviet Nonconformist Art and Arts of Eurasia)

Emailjfb176@history.rutgers.edu

Advisory Board of Directors

An elected body, the Zimmerli’s Board of Overseers provides counsel and support for the museum’s mission to serve both the campus and community audiences. The board is composed of no more than 30 alumni and dedicated citizens, including four ex-officio members: the Rutgers executive vice president of academic affairs, the president of the Rutgers University Foundation, and the museum director.

Officers
Randy Jones, Chair
Dianne Finkelstein, Executive Committee
Jean Goh, Executive Committee
James Bergin, Executive Committee

Members
Bryan Baugh
James Bergin
Garrett Blitz, RC'08
Frankie Busch
Nancy Ruyle Dodge
Dianne Finkelstein, GSNB'82
Sunanda Gaur
Joyce Glasgold
Jean Goh
Claude Gruen
Randy Jones
Lucille J. Karp, RC'86
Marc Malberg, RC'67
Lisa Moro
Hemanshu Pandya, RC'96
Mark Pomerantz, GSNB’76 
Mark Rodrick
Diana Toto, RC'91

Ex-officio
Raven Manygoats
Joan Collier, Ph.D.
Richard Edwards, Ph.D.
Kimberly Hopely
Laura Ramirez Polo
Maura Reilly, Ph.D.

Emeritus Members
Carleton Holstrom
Allan Maitlin
Michael McCulley
Lisa Pretecrum
Norman Shaw