Our Team at Mechanics’ Institute

Katherine Bella

Chief Executive Officer

415-393-0117

Mark Morgan

Executive Assistant

415-857-6724

Tina Ahn

Senior Director of Advancement

415-393-0115

Jill Kunishima

Interim Advancement Coordinator

(415) 393-0130

Heather Miles

Membership and Donor Database Administrator

415-393-0105

Alex Robins

Chess Director

415-393-0110

Christian Brickhouse

Chess Program Manager

415-393-0110

Judit Sztaray

Head of Tournaments

Scott Mason

Lead Tournament Director

Abel Talamantez

Lead Tournament Director

Arthur Liou

Tournament Director

Danny Cao

Lead Chess Coach

Marcie Yang

Lead Chess Coach

Sophie Adams

Chess Coach

Andrew Braithwaite

Chess Coach

Daniel Cremisi

Chess Coach

Richard Hack

Chess Coach

Dennis "Zorba" Hughes

Chess Coach

Nate Lalau

Chess Coach

Thu Le

Chess Coach

Maksim Manakoff

Chess Coach

Raghu Rajaram

Chess Coach

Ian Wessen

Chess Coach

Elliott Winslow

Chess Coach

Jen Desideri

Finance Director

415-393-0108

Bobbie Monzon

Senior Director of Operations

415-393-0107

Myles Cooper

Library Manager

(415) 857-6721

Keane Ng

Technical Services Manager

415-857-6729

Jessica Jaramillo

User Services Librarian

415-393-0113

Jenny Huynh

Head of Circulation

415-393-0118

Cherilyn Chang

Library and Cataloging Assistant

415-393-0101

Mohammed S. Shaikh

Facility Manager

415-393-0106

Violet Daar

Library Assistant

415-393-0101

Kevin Lum

Library Assistant

415-393-0101

Jennifer Moon

Lobby Attendant

(415) 393-0112

Lawrence Morris

Library Assistant

415-393-0101

Sophie Schwarz

Library Assistant

415-393-0101

Matthew Stein

Library Assistant

415-393-0101

Nelson Viray

Lobby Attendant

(415) 393-0112

Lidia Zuleta

Lobby Attendant

(415) 393-0112

Andy Talajkowski

Program Director

415-393-0116

Laura Sheppard

Senior Producer

415-393-0114

Nico Chen

Programs Manager, Writing & Literary Programs

415-393-0103

Kiran Kaur

Programs Coordinator

415-393-0103