Staff & Board

Board of Directors

  • Marie-Louise Silva Stegall, President
  • Michael Thomas Duffy, Vice President
  • Stanislas Goldenberg, Vice President
  • Dr. Wallace Johnson, Treasurer
  • Verdery Roosevelt, Secretary
  • Mary Caraccioli
  • Jessica Douieb
  • Kimberly Allen-Mills
  • Sandy Polsak
  • Kiran Rijhsinghani
  • 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
  • Niveka Hobaichan, Community Experience Associate
  • 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

  • Brian Mulligan, Director, Hagen Teacher’s Lab
  • Carol Rosenfeld, Founding Director, The Hagen Institute

Consultants

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

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)

Board Committee Composition

Board MemberExecutiveAuditFinanceNominatingFundraising
+ Marketing
Real Estate
Kimberly Allen-Mills⚫⚫
Mary Caraccioli⚫⚫
Jessica Douieb⚫
Michael Thomas Duffy (Vice President)⚫★⚫⚫
Stan Goldenberg (Vice President)⚫★⚫⚫
Wallace Johnson (Treasurer)⚫⚫★⚫
Sandra Polsak⚫⚫
Kiran Rijhsinghani⚫⚫
Verdery Roosevelt (Secretary)⚫⚫⚫★
Victor Slezak⚫⚫★
Marie-Louise Stegall★⚫⚫⚫⚫⚫
⚫ = Committee Member
★ = Chair

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