Administration and Staff

Director

Jan M. Ziolkowski

Executive Director

Yota Batsaki

Honorary Affiliates of Dumbarton Oaks

• Susan Boyd, Curator, Byzantine Collection, 1979–2004
• Giles Constable, Director, 1977–1984
• Edward L. Keenan, Director, 1998–2007
• William C. Loerke, Professor of Byzantine Art, Emeritus
• Irfan Shahîd, Affiliate Fellow of Byzantine Studies
• Robert W. Thomson, Director, 1984–1989

STUDY PROGRAMS

Byzantine Studies

• Margaret Mullett, Director of Byzantine Studies

Senior Fellows

• Margaret Mullett, Ex Officio

• Albrecht Berger
• John Duffy
• John F. Haldon
• Susan Ashbrook Harvey
• Ioli Kalavrezou
• Robert Ousterhout

Staff

• Amanda Daxon, Program Coordinator for Director of Studies

Garden and Landscape Studies

• John Beardsley, Director of Garden and Landscape Studies

Senior Fellows

• Dorothée Imbert, Chair
• John Beardsley, Ex Officio
• Gert Gröning
• Alison Hardie
• Mark Laird
• D. Fairchild Ruggles
• Thaisa Way

Staff

• Jane Padelford, Program Coordinator for Director of Studies

• Anatole Tchikine, Post-Doctoral Associate in Garden and Landscape Studies
  

Pre-Columbian Studies

• Colin McEwan, Director of Pre-Columbian Studies

Senior Fellows

• Elizabeth Boone, Chair
• Mary Elizabeth Pye, Ex Officio
• Barbara Arroyo
• Thomas Cummins
• Leonardo López Luján
• Charles Stanish
• Gary Urton

Staff

• Emily Jacobs, Program Coordinator for Director of Studies

RESEARCH APPOINTMENTS

• Raquel Begleiter, Research Associate
• Örgü Dalgiç, Post-Doctoral Teaching Fellow in Byzantine Studies, Dumbarton Oaks/Catholic University of America (on leave)
• Scott Fitzgerald Johnson, Post-Doctoral Teaching Fellow in Byzantine Studies, Dumbarton Oaks/Georgetown University
• Eric McGeer, Consultant for Byzantine Sigillography
• Jonathan Shea, Post-Doctoral Teaching Fellow in Byzantine History/Sigillography and Numismatics, Dumbarton Oaks/George Washington University
• Michael Sullivan, Research Associate

DEPARTMENTS

Administration

• Mary Beth Tsikalas, Director of Finance and Administration
• DeWahn Coburn, Manager, Financial Operations
• Cindy Greene, Administrative Coordinator, Friends of Music
• Pete Haggerty, Network Systems Administrator
• Helen Hubbard-Davis, Financial Assistant
• Jonathan Lee, Payroll and Benefits Coordinator
• JoAnn Murray, IT Support Specialist
  
• Maurice Sanders, Staff Accountant
  
• Valerie Stains, Artistic Director, Friends of Music

Director’s Office

• Nevena Djurdjevic, Executive Assistant
• Susannah Italiano, Events Manager
• Pallavi Jain, Human Resources Generalist

• Francisco Lopez, Fellowships and Accommodations Administrator

Facilities

• Michael Steen, Director of Facilities

Buildings

• Mario García, Facilities and Services Coordinator
• Carlos Mendez, Events and Services Coordinator
• J. David Cruz-Delgado, Building Assistant
• Noel Gabitan, Building Assistant
• Jose Luis Guerrero, Building Assistant
• Larry Marzan, Cleaning Assistant
• José Pineda, Building Assistant
• Brian Smith, Building Assistant
• Jose Enrique Tobar, Building Assistant

Engineering

• Kenneth Johnson, Senior Building Systems Engineer
• Michael Neal, Mechanical Maintenance Technician
• Albert Williams, Mechanical Maintenance Assistant

Refectory

• Hector Paz, Executive Chef Manager
• Deysi M. Escobar-Ventura, Refectory Assistant
• Dominador Salao, Kitchen Assistant

Gardens

• Gail Griffin, Director of Gardens and Grounds
• Ricardo Aguilar, Gardener
• Miguel Bonilla, Crew Leader
• Melissa Brizer, Greenhouse Specialist
• Rigoberto Castellon, Crew Leader
• Terri Harrison, Gardener
• Walter Howell, Gardener
• Luis Marmol,Gardener
• Donald Mehlman, Gardener
• Pedro Paulino, Gardener
• Manuel Pineda, Crew Leader
• Anastassia Solovieva, Gardener
• Marc Vedder, Integrated Pest Management Specialist

Image Collections and Fieldwork Archives (ICFA)

• Shalimar Fojas White, Manager, Image Collections and Fieldwork Archives
• Fani Gargova, Byzantine Research Associate
  
• Rona Razon, Archivist
• Anne-Marie Viola, Metadata and Cataloging Specialist

Library

• Sheila Klos, Director of the Library
• Deborah Brown, Librarian, Byzantine Studies
• Sarah Burke Cahalan, Special Projects and Reference Librarian
• Kimball Clark, Cataloger
• Bridget Gazzo, Librarian, Pre-Columbian Studies
• Ingrid Gibson, Interlibrary Loan Librarian
• Jessica Hollingshead, Serials and Acquisitions Librarian
• Wendy Johnson, Copy Cataloger
• Linda Lott, Librarian, Rare Book Collection
• Barbara Mersereau, Acquisitions Assistant
• Sandra Parker-Provenzano, Head Cataloger
• Toni Stephens, Library Assistant
• Lisa Warwick, Acquisitions and Interlibrary Loan Assistant
  

Museum

• Gudrun Bühl, Curator and Museum Director
• Christine Blazina, Docent Coordinator
• James N. Carder, Archivist and House Collection Manager
• Miriam Doutriaux, Pre-Columbian Collection Exhibition Associate
• John Hanson, Assistant Curator, Byzantine Collection
  
• Christopher Harrison, Senior Exhibits Technician and Cabinetmaker
• Joseph Mills, Photographer
• Cécile Morrisson, Advisor for Byzantine Numismatics
• Juan Antonio Murro, Assistant Curator, Pre-Columbian Collection
• Hillary Olcott, Museum Exhibitions and Programs Coordinator
• Patti L. Sheer, Museum Shop Manager
• Elizabeth A. Williams, Research Assistant, Byzantine Textiles Project
  
• Marta Zlotnick, Registrar and Curatorial Assistant, Byzantine Collection

Publications

• Kathy Sparkes, Director of Publications
• Sarah Bogart, Research Assistant
  
• Joel Kalvesmaki, Editor in Byzantine Studies
• Prathmesh Mengane, Database Specialist
• Michael Sohn, Web & Graphic Designer
• Sara Taylor, Managing Editor Art and Archaeology

Security

• Christopher L. Franklin, Director of Security
• Arthur Goggins, Lead Security Officer
• Randy W. Kestner, Lead Security Officer
  
• Elizardo Arango, Security Officer
• Nora Escobar, Security Officer
• Fikre Habtemariam, Security Officer
• Douglas C. Koch, Security Officer
• Rodolfo Marston, Security Officer
• Philip Moss, Security Officer
• Robert Page, Security Officer
• Anthony Suchaczewski, Security Officer
• Garfield Tyson, Security Officer
• Tonny Williams, Security Officer