Staff

Natasha Bailey

Assistant Director, Administration and Operations

Kristin Barrow

Kristin comes to the Decorative Arts & Design History program from a recent museum career in collections.

Abby Bender

Abby Bender grew up in Shippensburg, PA and started working at her local performing arts center in high school.

Joe Bradley

Joe Bradley is an interdisciplinary artist living and working in Washington, DC. He received his B.F.A. in Fine Art from the Corcoran College of Art + Design in 2010.

Susan Breitkopf

Susan Breitkopf has spent the bulk of her career working in DC's culture realm. Prior to GW, she worked at the National Building Museum and at the American Alliance of Museums.

Caroline Casey

Caroline Casey is a photographer from Albany New York currently living and working in Washington, DC.

Charles Cevallos

Charles Cevallos currently works with the Music Program, planning events and performances, designing promotional materials and performance programs, and managing studio spaces and instruments.

Roxann M Edwards

Roxann Edwards is the Program Administrator for the Museum Studies Program.

Jacqueline Emerick has been with the George Washington University since 2007. Her role at the Corcoran School of the Arts & Design encompasses recruitment and admissions activities, as well as internship coordination for graduate students in our Museum Studies Program.

Katelyn Hensel

Program Administrator, Music

James Huckenpahler

James Huckenpahler is an artist, educator, curator and lifelong Washingtonian. His laptop is his studio, and his practice firmly grounded in the digital realm.

Dena Hudson

Dena Hudson has a background in ballet, photography, and arts management and has worked in university administration for over a decade.

Kaitlin Jencso

Kaitlin Jencso is a photographer from Southern Maryland currently living and working in Washington, DC.

Andy Johnson

Andy Johnson is a DC-based art historian, curator, and arts writer.

Kirk Kristlibas

Kirk Kristlibas is a designer (graphic/web/scenic), artist, author and musician. He has been a GW staff member since 2007.

Nat Lewis

Studio Technician

Ryan McDonnell

Ryan McDonnell has been a working artist and teacher in the DC area for over 15 years.

Liz Meitner

Following an extensive and successful career on Capitol Hill and in non-profit advocacy, over the past decade Liz has dedicated her time to immersing her passion for architecture and design in extensive travel and educational opportunities.

Eliza Mott

Program Administrator, Fine Art, Fine Art Photography, Photojournalism

Jillian Nakornthap

Jillian Nakornthap received her BA in Art History from University of California, Irvine and a MA in Exhibition Design from California State University, Fullerton.

Athena Naylor

Athena Naylor received her Master's in Art History at GW in 2017, and received her BA in Studio Arts (with minors in biology and art history) from Lawrence University in 2013.

Ann Norton

Ann Norton has been involved in the Theatre since she came home from playing in the park to announce that she had been cast as the Miller’s Daughter in "Rumpelstiltskin" – at the age of six. Her parents, also in the biz, were relieved that she had “found her own way without any influence from them.”