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Helpful Humans

We’ve got your back. “Helpful Humans” is a listing of Duke staff, faculty and alumni to help you navigate your interest in creative industries. 

 

Helpful humans

Helpful humans at Duke

Kai Kelley Jr. Assistant Director, Entertainment, Media & Arts Career Community

Neal Bell Professor of the Practice, Department of Theater Studies

Torry Bend Professor of the Practice of Theater Studies

Hayley Broadhead Experiential Programs Manager, Duke Global Education

John V. Brown Jr. Vice Provost for the Arts; Professor of the Practice of Music

Michael Faber Duke IT Innovation Program Manager

Joshua Gibson Associate Professor of the Practice in the Department of Art, Art History & Visual Studies

James Haverkamp Lecturing Fellow of Cinematic Arts

Shambhavi Kaul Director of Cinematic Arts; Associate Professor of the Practice of Art, Art History & Visual Studies

Laura Lane Sector Director, Media, Entertainment & Sports, Duke University's Fuqua School of Business

Scott Lindroth Professor of Music

Jody McAuliffe Professor of the Practice of Theater Studies

Stephen Milligan Lecturing Fellow of Cinematic Arts

Martha Reeves Director of Markets and Management Certificate Program; Professor of the Practice of Sociology

Raquel Salvatella de Prada Associate Professor of the Practice in the Department of Art, Art History & Visual Studies

Shelley Stonecipher Associate Director, DeWitt Wallace Center for Media & Democracy

Jeff Storer Professor of the Practice of Theater Studies

Marianna Torgovnick Professor of English

Helpful humans

New York City 

Drew Neisser '79 CEO & Founder, CMO Huddles drew@cmohuddles.com

Karen Gottlieb '89 Partner, Entertainment, Grubman Shire Meiselas & Sacks  Kgottlieb@gispc.com

Martavius Parrish '14 Broadway Director, Performer, Teaching Artist, and Creative Entrepreneur mdp2523@gmail.com

Aruna N Inalsingh, MBA '95 Marketing Consultant ArunaInalsingh@gmail.com

Chelsea Giegerich '09 Screenwriter/Author Chelsea@mattandchels.com

Zoey Kang '19, M.M.S. '21 Film Publicity, A24 zoey@a24films.com

Kenna Poczik '17 Product Manager, Artsy jpoczik@gmail.com

Lauren Gundrum '09 Musical Theater Lyricist, Librettist lauren.gundrum@gmail.com

Seth Weitberg '03 Writer/Producer, TV Comedy-Variety srwlogins@gmail.com

Adam Beskind '20 Musical Theater Music Director, Pianist, Conductor beskind.adam@gmail.com

Amanda Lewellyn '17 Audio Producer, Vox Media lewellyn.amanda@gmail.com

Jamie Garamella '99 Vocal Program Director, NYC Guitar School jgaramella@gmail.com

Megan Ye '17 Marketing Investment Analytics Manager, Capital One megan.ye@alumni.duke.edu

Helpful humans

Los Angeles

Alex Elliott '16 Creative Executive, Department M alexryanelliott@gmail.com

Mark Vahradian '89 Producer, Paramount Studios Mark_Vahradian@Paramount.com

Etan Frankel '97 Writer, Showrunner etanfrank@yahoo.com

Bryce Cracknell '18 Writer, Filmmaker

Andre Woolery '03 SVP, Branded Content + Managing Director, Creative Agency Awoolery@revolt.tv

Danielle Pergament '96 Contributing Writer, Conde Naste Publications, The New York Times dpergament@gmail.com

Aaron Keefe '06 Analytics Manager, PragerU ask12@alumni.duke.edu

Glenda L. Richardson '05 TV/Film Writer goodwitchrich@gmail.com

Helpful humans

Around the world

DC, Chicago, Atlanta and international 

Lauren D. Menkes '83, Washington D.C. Senior Counsel, Boyarski Fritz LLP lmenkeslaw@gmail.com

Je-Anne Berry '06, Atlanta Co-Head of Pineapple Street Studios jberry@pineapple.fm

Audrey Fenske '09, Triangle Area Social Media Strategist akfenske@gmail.com

Daniel Ellison '77, Triangle Area Arts Attorney, Executive Director, The Arts & Disibility Project artandmuseumlaw@aol.com

Clara Forrestal '18, Charlotte UX Design Lead, H&R Block clara.forrestal@gmail.com

Brittany Hoffman '19, Charlotte Programming General Manager, Blumenthal Arts bhalberstadt96@gmail.com

Page Murray '85, San Francisco Bay Area Chief Marketing Officer, Stanford University page.murray@alumni.duke.edu

Bette Ann Fialkov '07, Miami Founder, BA Fialkov LLC, Influencer Marketing, Celebrity Partnerships & Strategic Brand Partnerships bette.ann.s@gmail.com

Rev. Wendy Sue Earle Kissa '97 Minister, Concierge, CEO revwendysue@hotmail.com

Sydney Reede '23 Assistant, Global Entertainment Industry Relations, Gucci sydneyreede@gmail.com