OOA Staff

Gregory Mosher
Executive Director, Office of the Arts
Special Adviser to the President for the Arts
Patty and Jay Baker Professor of Theatre

Gregory Mosher came to Hunter from Columbia University in 2017, where he had launched the Columbia Arts Initiative, a university-wide effort to make the arts part of every Columbian’s education. He is a theater and film producer of more than 200 plays at the Goodman and Lincoln Center Theaters (both of which he led), on and off-Broadway, and internationally. His films appeared at the Toronto, LA and Venice Film Festivals. His focus as a producer has been new work and audience accessibility. Colleagues have included Edward Albee, Samuel Beckett, Leonard Bernstein, David Mamet, Elaine May, Arthur Miller, Richard Nelson, Mike Nichols, Jerome Robbins, Stephen Sondheim, Tennessee Williams, Nobel prize-winners Wole Soyinka and Derek Walcot, and countless of the country’s outstanding actors. He is the recipient numerous American theater awards, including two Tonys.
gm1125@hunter.cuny.edu

Jenny Rroji

Jenny Rroji brings over 15 years of experience as a performer and arts administrator with a career spanning higher education and the nonprofit sector. A professional pianist with a classical music background, she holds degrees from the Manhattan School of Music and the National Superior Conservatory of Music and Dance in Paris, France.
jr5271@hunter.cuny.edu

Chad Kaydo

Chad Kaydo is a playwright currently developing work with the Brick Theater and Clubbed Thumb. He produces and hosts Quick + Dirty, a development series for short works by new collaborators. He is a product of public schools and the son of two public school teachers. Chad is a former magazine editor and copywriter with an M.F.A. in playwriting from Hunter College. 
chadhunterada@gmail.com

Monika Orzelowski

Monika Orzelowski is a recent Hunter College graduate with a double major in Theatre and Philosophy, and a certificate in Arts Management and Leadership. She is a playwright and dedicated to new work development, inspired by the student-generated work while a student at Hunter College. In addition to Hunter, Monika is also a freelance company manager at Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts.
hunterarts.assistant@gmail.com

Dara Meyers-Kingsley
Founding Director, Office of the Arts
Director, Muse Scholar Program

Dara Meyers-Kingsley is the Founding Director of the Office of the Arts which was established in 2016. She currently serves as the liaison for the college’s partnerships with arts and cultural institutions throughout NYC. She is also the Director of the Muse Scholar Program, an honors program for high achieving students with talents in the arts. She previously served as the Director of the Mellon Arts Fellowship Program and the Arts Across the Curriculum initiative at Hunter. She has extensive experience as a contemporary art curator with an interdisciplinary curatorial practice. Her exhibitions, often including visual art, media, installation, and performance have been presented at  LA MOCA, MCA Chicago, The New Museum, The Andy Warhol Museum, Miami MOCA, the Brooklyn Museum and the Mattress Factory. Previously, she was Director of the Film and Video Collections for the Andy Warhol Foundation and curator of Film and Video at the Brooklyn Museum.  Ms. Meyers-Kingsley has lectured on media art history in the United States and abroad and is the author of museum catalogues and articles on Adrian Piper, Andy Warhol, 1970s video art, public art and contemporary media. As an educator she has taught aspiring artists in Parsons’ MFA Studio Art Program, undergraduates in Hunter’s Macaulay Honors College and, since 2011, the first year Muse Scholars.
dmeyersk@hunter.cuny.edu

Sana Rodriguez-Majchrzyk is a Mexican-American designer, educator, and native New Yorker. She has six years of experience in graphic design including print and digital, as well as web design, and video editing. She is passionate about exploring the connection between design, education and social services.
amajchrz@hunter.cuny.edu