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Leadership Overview
Cranbrook is made up of a network of Artists-in-Residence, Staff, and Board of Governors all committed to your success.
Leadership Overview
Cranbrook is made up of a network of Artists-in-Residence, Staff, and Board of Governors all committed to your success.
Chris Whittey
Cranbrook Academy of Art
Cranbrook Academy of Art
Interim Director
Cranbrook Academy of Art is led by Interim Director Chris Whittey, who joined the Academy in September of 2024. Whittey brings more than 28 years of experience to Cranbrook. He comes to Cranbrook from Oklahoma State University (OSU), where he held the position of Vaughn Vennerberg II Chair of Art, Professor of Art, and Head of the Department of Art, Graphic Design, and Art History for the past two years. Before OSU, he served as the Alan F. Rothschild Distinguished Chair of Art at Columbus State University (2019-2022), Senior Vice President of Faculty Affairs and Chief Academic Officer at the Cleveland Institute of Art (2011-2019), Vice President for Academic Affairs and Dean at Maine College of Art (2009-2011), and Dean of Academic Services at Maryland Institute College of Art (2006-2009). Read the full press release about his appointment here.
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Carla Diana
HEAD OF INTERACTION DESIGN
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Elliott Earls
HEAD OF GRAPHIC DESIGN
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Iris Eichenberg
HEAD OF METALSMITHING
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Chris Fraser
HEAD OF PHOTOGRAPHY
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Martha Mysko
CO-HEAD OF PAINTING
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Cooper Holoweski
HEAD OF PRINT MEDIA
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Scott Klinker
HEAD OF INDUSTRIAL DESIGN
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Ian McDonald
HEAD OF CERAMICS
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Joey Quiñones
HEAD OF FIBER
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Rebecca Ripple
HEAD OF SCULPTURE
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Willie Wayne Smith
CO-HEAD OF PAINTING
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Gretchen Wilkins
HEAD OF ARCHITECTURE
Artists-in-Residence
Artists-in-Residence
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Shelley Brinkley
EXECUTIVE ASSISTANT
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Judy Dyki
DEPUTY DIRECTOR
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Lynn Tomaszewski
DEAN OF ACADEMIC AFFAIRS
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Vanessa Lucero-Mazei
DEAN OF STUDENT SERVICES
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Kate LaPier
REGISTRAR & STUDENT SERVICES COORDINATOR
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Julia Delagarza
MANAGER OF ENROLLMENT & FINANCIAL AID
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Tatiana Flis
RECRUITMENT MANAGER
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Jennifer Lindemer
RECRUITMENT COORDINATOR
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Patrick Field
ALUMNI RELATIONS MANAGER
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Julie Montgomery
BUSINESS MANAGER
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Laura Bombach
TECHNOLOGY AND CENTRAL MEDIA LAB MANAGER
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Emily Bommarito
Technology Coordinator
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Mary Beth Kreiner
LIBRARIAN
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Laurén Kozlowski
LIBRARIAN/CATALOGER
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Zahra Almajidi
CENTRAL MATERIALS LAB COORDINATOR
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Ted Prassinos
WRITING PROGRAM MANAGER
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Julie Fracker
DIRECTOR OF COMMUNICATIONS
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Amanda Coe
DIGITAL MARKETING MANAGER
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Danielle (deo) Owensby
DIGITAL MARKETING & SOCIAL MEDIA COORDINATOR
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Aaron Blendowski
FABRICATIONS MANAGER
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Michael Stone-Richards
DEAN OF PROGRAMS & PARTNERSHIPS
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Megan Tamas
ACADEMY RESOURCES MANAGER
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José Arenivar-Gómez
ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT
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Autumn Parrott
SENIOR DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT
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Caryn Brooke Emmer
DONOR & VOLUNTEER RELATIONS MANAGER
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Katie Jaede
MEMBERSHIP COORDINATOR
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Kelley Black
DEVELOPMENT COORDINATOR
Staff Directory
Staff Directory
Cranbrook Academy of Art and Art Museum Board of Governors
Denise Anton David, Chair
Jim Berline, Vice Chair
Greg Bartelt
Bill Burdett
Awenate Cobbina
Awenate Cobbina
Christine Colman
JJ Curis
Peggy F. Daitch
Gretchen Davidson
Antoine Dubeauclard
JJ Curis
Peggy F. Daitch
Gretchen Davidson
Antoine Dubeauclard
D’Wayne Edwards
Samara (Johnson) Furlong
Jennifer Gilbert
Jennifer Hermelin
Jennifer Hermelin
Edward Hogikyan
Mariana Keros
Mariana Keros
Brandon Little
Don Manvel
Jo Obasuyi
Pamela E. Rodgers
Pamela E. Rodgers
Todd Sachse
Marc A. Schwartz
Karen P. Swanson
Nancy Tellem
Marc A. Schwartz
Karen P. Swanson
Nancy Tellem
Nate Wallace
Robert T. Wilson
Robert T. Wilson
Carol Ziecik
Cranbrook Academy of Art and Art Museum Life Governors
Mary Lou Brous
James A. Kelly
David E. Klein
Bonnie A. Larson
Arthur C. Liebler
Timothy W. Mast
Beverly J. Moore
Horace J. Rodgers
Catherine S. Rosenthal
Susan M. Sosnick
Robert S. Swanson
Gary L. Wasserman
Lillian Zonars