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