NYSID People

Administration, Board of Trustees, and International Advisory Board

NYSID is led and supported by a committed team of educators, design professionals, and seasoned administrators; governed by a dedicated board of trustees; and has access to an advisory board whose members number among the nation's leading interior designers, design educators, architects, and major contributors to New York City's creative economy and cultural institutions.

Administration

Christopher J. Cyphers, President
Scott Ageloff, Senior Vice President, Academic Affairs & Dean
Jane Chen, Vice President, Finance & Administration
David Sprouls, Vice President, Enrollment Management

Board of Trustees

Alexander C. Cortesi, Chairman
Christopher J. Cyphers, President of NYSID
Patricia M. Sovern, Vice Chair
Thomas N. Armstrong III
Lawrence I. Cohen
Elaine Wingate Conway
Matthew DeMarco, Esq. General Counsel and Assistant Secretary
Jill H. Dienst
James P. Druckman
Ross J. Francis
Elliot H. Greene
Jodie W. King
Anne Korman
Susan B. Nagle
David L. Scott
Terry Kleinberg, Faculty Trustee
Arthur King Satz, President Emeritus
Jean Whiton, Trustee Emeritus

international advisory board

Stanley Abercrombie                                Thomas Jayne
Adriana Scalamandré Bitter                     Jack Lenor Larsen
Jeannie Bochette                                        Charlotte Moss
William N. Breger                                       Barbara Ostrom
Mario Buatta                                               Sylvia Owen
Clodagh                                                      Charles Pavarini III 
Birch Coffey                                                James Stewart Polshek
Murray B. Douglas                                     John Saladino
David Anthony Easton                              Lady Henrietta Spencer-Churchill
Anne Eisenhower                                      Alexandra Stoddard  
Mica Ertegun                                              Adam D. Tihany
Mariette Himes Gomez                            Samuel G. White
Michael Graves                                          Bunny Williams
Albert Hadley                                             Vicente Wolf
Hugh Hardy