HB Studio master teacher Uta Hagen teaching an acting class

Staff & Board

Board of Directors

  • Marie-Louise Silva Stegall, President
  • Jessica Douieb, Vice President
  • Dr. Wallace Johnson, Treasurer
  • Alison Lonshein, Secretary
  • Kimberly Allen-Mills
  • Michael Thomas Duffy
  • Stanislas Goldenberg
  • Sandy Polsak
  • Verdery Roosevelt
  • Victor Slezak

Hagen Legacy Chair

  • Letty Ferrer

Staff

  • Francesca Ferrara, Co-Executive Director, Programs
  • Christopher Hibma, Interim Co-Executive Director, Operations & Strategy
  • Eve Bianco, Community Systems Lead
  • Snezhana Chernova, International Student Advisor
  • Greg Diego, Bookkeeper
  • Lev Garfein, Intern
  • Moshe Henderson, Production Manager
  • Justo Hierro, Buildings Manager
  • Catrin Lloyd-Bollard, Deputy Director, Programs
  • Maite Martin, Venue Support
  • Gerard Nazarian, Senior Registrar & Student Affairs Coordinator
  • Kenneth Neill, Office & Systems Manager
  • Anthony O’Connell, Venue Support
  • Nicole Pascaretta, Development & Communications Associate
  • Camilo Ramirez, Daytime Venue Manager
  • Artemis Valcárcel, Financial Aid Coordinator

The Hagen Institute

Consultants

  • Bad Feather, Website Design
  • GreenHouse Publicity & FAILSPACE, Marketing & Communications
  • Kate Taylor, Grantwriter
  • Your Part Time Controller, Financial Consulting

Faculty Artistic Council

In Memoriam

With gratitude we remember Board Members whose service helped sustain HB Studio.

  • Theodore S. Berger (1940-2026)
  • Alexander Bernstein, (1955–2025)
  • Donna de Matteo, (1941–2024)
  • Richard Mawe (1929–2022), President Emeritus
  • Rochelle Oliver (1937–2024)

I can see how solid training has helped on set especially when the director leaves the scene choices up to you. Thanks for my wonderful HB teachers!

Miriam Grant, Hagen Summer Intensive Alumna