Our Team at Mechanics’ Institute

Executive

Katherine Bella

Chief Executive Officer

kbella@milibrary.org

415-393-0117

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Mark Morgan

Executive Assistant

mmorgan@milibrary.org

415-857-6724

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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