Our Team at Mechanics’ Institute
Executive
Advancement
Tina Ahn
Senior Director of Advancement
tahn@milibrary.org
415-393-0115
Jill Kunishima
Interim Advancement Coordinator
jkunishima@milibrary.org
(415) 393-0130
Heather Miles
Membership and Donor Database Administrator
hmiles@milibrary.org
415-393-0105
Chess
Alex Robins
Chess Director
arobins@milibrary.org
415-393-0110
Christian Brickhouse
Scholastic Program Manager
cbrickhouse@milibrary.org
415-393-0110
Scott Mason
Lead Tournament director
smason@milibrary.org
Judit Sztaray
Lead Tournament Director
jszataray@milibrary.org
Abel Talamantez
Lead Tournament Director
atalamantez@milibrary.org
Arthur Liou
Tournament Director
aliou@milibrary.org
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
Finance
Jen Desideri
Finance Director
jdesideri@milibrary.org
415-393-0108
Library & Operations
Bobbie Monzon
Senior Director of Operations
bmonzon@milibrary.org
415-393-0107
Myles Cooper
Library Manager
mcooper@milibrary.org
(415) 857-6721
Keane Ng
Technical Services Manager
kng@milibrary.org
415-857-6729
Jessica Jaramillo
User Services Librarian
jjaramillo@milibrary.org
415-393-0113
Jenny Huynh
Head of Circulation
jhuynh@milibrary.org
415-393-0118
Cherilyn Chang
Library and Cataloging Assistant
cchang@milibrary.org
415-393-0101
Mohammed S. Shaikh
Facility Manager
mshaikh@milibrary.org
415-393-0106
Violet Daar
Library Assistant
vdaar@milibrary.org
415-393-0101
Kevin Lum
Library Assistant
klum@milibrary.org
415-393-0101
Jennifer Moon
Lobby Attendant
Jmoon@milibrary.org
(415) 393-0112
Lawrence Morris
Library Assistant
lmorris@milibrary.org
415-393-0101
Sophie Schwarz
Library Assistant
sschwarz@milibrary.org
415-393-0101
Matthew Stein
Library Assistant
mstein@milibrary.org
415-393-0101
Nelson Viray
Lobby Attendant
nviray@milibrary.org
(415) 393-0112
Lidia Zuleta
Lobby Attendant
lzuleta@milibrary.org
(415) 393-0112
Programs & Events
Andy Talajkowski
Program Director
atalajkowski@milibrary.org
415-393-0116
Laura Sheppard
Senior Producer
events@milibrary.org
415-393-0114
Nico Chen
Programs Manager, Writing & Literary Programs
nchen@milibrary.org
415-393-0103