Contact Information and Staff Directory
General Information
1703 32nd Street NW
Washington, DC 20007
General Information | 202-339-6400
Hours and Visit Information | 202-339-6400, option 1
Phone Directory | 202-339-6400, option 2
Garden Admission Questions | GardenVisitor@doaks.org
Executive Team
- Thomas B. F. Cummins, Director
- Yota Batsaki, Executive Director
- Jenny Kanzler, Senior Executive Assistant and Project Coordinator
- Simone Poling, Executive Assistant
Press & Communications
- Elizabeth Panox-Leach, Communications Manager
- Jenn Briggs, Digital Content Editor
Human Resources
- Nevena Djurdjevic, Director of Human Resources
- Kristina Rowley, Human Resources Generalist
Finance
- Manuel Cuyun, Director of Finance
- Christopher Archbold, Financial Assistant
- Jonathan Lee, Payroll and Benefits Coordinator
- Shayda Safikhani, Staff Accountant
Information Technology
- Charlotte Johnson, Information Technology Director
- Gregory Blakey, System Administrator
- Harry Chang, Help Desk Technician
- Talatu Olugbemi, Network Engineer
- Janaki Reddi, Database Developer
- Marty Wrin, Client Support Technician
Security
- Kenneth Calvert, Director of Security
Facilities
- David Conine, Director of Facilities
- Manuel Delgado, Assistant Director of Facilities
- Delaney Manning, Facilities and Construction Project Manager
Buildings
- Mario García, Facilities and Services Coordinator
- J. David Cruz-Delgado, Events and Services Coordinator
- Bryan Anderson, Building Assistant
- Tafara Gadson, Building Assistant
- Jose Luis Guerrero, Building Assistant
- José Pineda, Building Assistant
- José Ramos, Building Assistant
- Candida Tejada de Cruz, Building Assistant
Engineering
- Reginald Hardy, Chief Engineer
- Kenneth Johnson, Senior Building Engineer
- Noel Gabitan, Mechanical Maintenance Technician
- Michael Neal, Building Engineer
Refectory
- Sylvia Henderson, Executive Chef Manager
- Daniel Farber, Sous Chef
- America Guerrero, Refectory Attendant
Museum
- Rights and Reproductions Requests
- Fax | 202-849-4373
- Juan Antonio Murro, Chief Curator
- Elizabeth Dospel Williams, Curator, Byzantine Collection
- Carla Galfano, Manager, House Collection
- Ellen Richardson, Manager of Exhibitions
- Jonathan Shea, Curator of Coins and Seals
- Peter Tsouras, Museum Exhibit Technician
Gardens
- For gardening and plant information, we recommend the excellent resources of the University of Maryland Extension, Home and Garden Information Center
Jonathan Kavalier, Director of Gardens and Grounds- Marc Vedder, Foreperson of Gardens and Grounds
- Ricardo Aguilar, Crew Leader
- Austin Ankers, Gardener
- Kara Biehl, Administrative Assistant and Gardener
- Melissa Brizer, Greenhouse Specialist
- Rigoberto Castellon, Crew Leader
- Leena Chapagain, Gardener
- Kimberly Frietze, Crew Leader
- MJ Garcia, Gardener
- James Lavahun, Gardener
- Luis Marmol, Gardener III
- Martin Nji, Gardener
Museum Shop
- Phone | 202-339-6400 ext. 6978
- Fax | 202-339-6426
- Veronica Hernandez, Museum Shop Manager
Events
- Phone | 202-339-6400 ext. 6436
- Susannah Italiano, Senior Events Manager
- Charlotte Gutierrez, Events Coordinator
- Jason Hughes, Audiovisual Technical Specialist
- Valerie Stains, Artistic Director, Music at Dumbarton Oaks
Education and Tours
Discover free educational resources for families, K–12 students, and educators on our education page.
Hannah Yang, Education Manager
Byzantine Studies
- Phone | 202-339-6400 ext. 6940
- Fax | 202-298-8409
Nikos D. Kontogiannis, Director of Byzantine Studies
- Felix Szabo, Program Coordinator for Byzantine Studies
Senior Fellows
- Dimiter Angelov
- Elizabeth Bolman
- George E. Demacopoulos
- Christina Maranci
- Stratis Papaioannou
- Claudia Rapp, Chair
Garden and Landscape Studies
- Phone | 202-339-6400 ext. 6460
- Fax | 202-625-0432
Thaïsa Way, Director of Garden and Landscape Studies- Jane Padelford, Program Coordinator for Garden and Landscape Studies
- Rebecca Goodman, Mellon Program Assistant
Senior Fellows
- Vera S. Candiani
- Stephen Daniels
- Philip J. Deloria
- Dianne S. Harris
- Elizabeth Hyde, Chair
- Akin Ogundiran
Pre-Columbian Studies
- Phone | 202-339-6400 ext. 6440
- Fax | 202-625-0284
Frauke Sachse, Director of Pre-Columbian Studies- Adrianne Varitimidis, Program Coordinator for Pre-Columbian Studies
Senior Fellows
- Oswaldo Chinchilla Mazariegos
- Tom Dillehay
- Stephen Houston
- Barbara Mundy, Chair
- Tiffiny Tung
- María Teresa Uriarte
Fellowships, Internships, and Grants
- Phone | 202-339-6400 ext. 6413
- Fax | 202-339-6416
Courtney Randolph, Manager of Academic Programs
Library
- Rights and Reproductions Requests
- Request Access to Research Collections
- Schedule an Appointment
Daniel Boomhower, Director of Library
- Kimball Clark, Cataloger
- Noa Corcoran-Tadd, Pre-Columbian Studies Librarian
- Vickie Crawley, Serials Assistant
- Ingrid Gibson, Interlibrary Loan Librarian
- Taylor Johnson, Rare Book Collection Coordinator
- Alex Krensky, Archivist
- Sarah Mackowski, Acquisitions Assistant
- Madison McManus, Library Assistant, Public Services
- Sandra Parker-Provenzano, Head Cataloger
- Sarah B. Pomerantz, Serials and Acquisitions Librarian
- Chloe Raub, Manager, Library Research Services
- Joshua Robinson, Byzantine Studies Librarian
- Bettina Smith, Manager, Image Collections and Fieldwork Archives
- Toni Stephens, Library Assistant
- Anna Taylor, Visual Materials Cataloger
- Anatole Tchikine, Curator of Rare Books
Publications
- Publish with Us
- Phone | 202-339-6400 ext. 6430
- Fax | 202-298-8407
Kathleen Sparkes, Director of Publications
- Abigail Anderson, Publications Production Coordinator
- Nicole Eddy, Managing Editor, Dumbarton Oaks Medieval Library
- Sara Taylor, Managing Editor, Art and Archaeology
- Colin Whiting, Managing Editor, Byzantine Studies
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