Management & Staff
Co-Founders
R. Henry Reese
Co-Founder and President
Email: rhreese@cityofasylumpittsburgh.org
Diane Samuels
Co-founder
Email: dsamuels@cityofasylumpittsburgh.org
Programming
Abby Lembersky
Director of Programs
Email: alembersky@cityofasylumpittsburgh.org
Karla Lamb
Senior Program Manager/Intern & Volunteer Coordinator
Email: klamb@cityofasylumpittsburgh.org
Lucia LoTempio
Program Manager
Email: llotempio@cityofasylumpittsburgh.org
Rebecca Martin
Program Coordinator/Accessibility Coordinator
Email: rmartin@cityofasylumpittsburgh.org
Khalil Zeigler
Program Coordinator
Email: kzeigler@cityofasylumpittsburgh.org
Alexis Jabour
Production Coordinator
Email: ajabour@cityofasylumpittsburgh.org
Darrell Brock
Audio/Visual Technician
Email: dbrock@cityofasylumpittsburgh.org
Administration
Tommy Nelson
Director External Relations
Email: tnelson@cityofasylumpittsburgh.org
Am
y Gilligan
Finance Manager
Email: agilligan@cityofasylumpittsburgh.org
Tuhin Das
Accounting Assistant
Email: tdas@cityofasylumpittsburgh.org
Ned Moore
Event Rentals and Communications Manager
Email: nmoore@cityofasylumpittsburgh.org
Bookstore
Les
ley Rains
Bookstore Manager
Email: lrains@cityofasylumpittsburgh.org
Jennifer Kraar
Children’s Bookseller
Email: jkraar@cityofasylumpittsburgh.org
Unsolicited booking requests for jazz and literature performances will only be considered through contact@cityofasylumpittsburgh.org. Our events are primarily curated in-house and we have limited capacity for unsolicited requests, so please wait 60 days before inquiring about the status of your request.