Institute Staff

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Stephen Smith

Stephen D. Smith

Executive Director

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Kim Simon

Kim Simon

Managing Director

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Sam Gustman

Sam Gustman

Chief Technology Officer

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Karen Jungblut

Karen Jungblut

Director of Research and Documentation

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Anita Pace

Anita Pace

Director of Technology

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Anne Marie Stein

Anne Marie Stein

Director of Communications

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Kori Street

Kori Street

Director of Programs

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Ari Zev

Ari Zev

Director of Administration

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Staff

Executive Administration

  • Danielle Gomez
    Executive Assistant
  • Susan Huang
    Budget Analyst
  • Silva Sevlian
    Program Specialist
  • Linda Sturm
    Executive Assistant
  • Lauren Thomas
    Executive Assistant

Advancement

  • Katie Alheim
    Director of Corporate and Foundation Relations
  • Steven Klappholz
    Executive Director of Development
  • Daisy Miller
    Director of Community Relations
  • Sylvia Moskovitz
    Director of Development
  • Jayne Perilstein
    Executive Director of Development
  • Melissa Saragosti
    Advancement Assistant
  • Nicole Watkins
    Director of Donor Relations
  • Aaron Zarrow
    Senior Program Writer

Communications

  • Jeffrey M. Langham
    Webmaster
  • Sonya Sharp
    Public Outreach and Marketing Specialist
  • Krystal Szabo
    Coordinator, External Relations
  • Jemal Young
    Coordinator, Communications

Information Technology Services

  • Doug Ballman
    Manager, External Relations—Online Archive
  • Donna Casey
    Archivist
  • Mills Chang
    Programmer Analyst
  • Daryn Eller
    Archival Assistant
  • Ryan Fenton-Strauss
    Video Archive and Post-Production Manager
  • Georgiana Gomez
    Video Archive and Post-Production Specialist
  • Zachary Goode
    Video Archive and Post-Production Supervisor
  • Kathy Guyton
    Office Manager, ITS
  • Leo Hsu
    Programmer Analyst
  • Jeremy Morelock
    Video Archive and Post-Production Specialist
  • Toan Nguyen
    Systems Programmer
  • Michael Russell
    Programmer Analyst
  • Richard Starr
    Application Programmer
  • Linda Swenson
    Senior Database Programmer
  • Consolée Uwamariya
    Preservation Supervisor

Programs

  • Sherry Bard
    Project Director, Educational Programs
  • Amy M. Carnes
    Associate Director, International Programs
  • Inna Gogina
    Coordinator, International Programs
  • Sheila Hansen
    Senior Trainer, Content Specialist
  • Francesca Innocenti
    Executive Assistant
  • Melissa Jones
    Coordinator, Educational Programs
  • Jenna Leventhal
    IWitness Manager
  • Vanessa Vartabedian
    Educational Trainer

Research and Documentation

  • Crispin Brooks
    Curator of the USC Shoah Foundation's Visual History Archive
  • Judy Huang
    Administrative Assistant
  • Dan Leshem
    Associate Director, Research
  • Hrag Yedalian
    Program Adminstrator, Audiovisual Collections

Regional Consultants

  • Emmanuel Debono
    France
  • Kim Feinberg
    South Africa
  • Doris Felsen-Escojido
    Italy
  • Monika Koszyńska
    Poland
  • Anna Lenchovska
    Ukraine
  • Kátia Lerner
    Brazil (Rio de Janeiro)
  • Graciela Nabel de Jinich
    Argentina
  • Anita Pinkuss
    Brazil (São Paolo)
  • Pauline Rockman
    Australia (Melbourne)
  • Eva Scheinberg
    Australia (Sydney)
  • Martin Šmok
    Senior International Program Consultant
    Czech Republic
  • Andrea Szőnyi
    Hungary