About Us

Administration

Board of Directors

The Art Institute of California — Orange County is a branch campus of The Art Institute of California — Los Angeles and is governed by a Board of Directors.

The Art Institute of California — Orange County board members are John R. McKernan, Jr., J. William Brooks, Jr., and Robert T. McDowell.

Daniel A. Levinson (view bio)
President
Message from the President
dlevinson@aii.edu 

Melinda Lester (view bio)
Dean of Academic Affairs
mlester@aii.edu 

Tim Hansen
Senior Director of Admissions
thansen@aii.edu 

Jeanette Sheridan
Director of Admissions
jsheridan@aii.edu

Jenny Gonzalez
Director of Career Services
jegonzalez@aii.edu

Steve Rickard
Director of Student Affairs
srickard@aii.edu 

Carl Henry
Director of Finance and Administration
chenry@aii.edu

Jennifer Olevson
Director of Student Financial Services
jolevson@aii.edu

Tricia Cook
Director of Public Relations & Marketing
tacook@aii.edu

Alan Burner 
Academic Director – Foundation Studies 
aburner@aii.edu

Alan Cusolito (view bio)
Academic Director — Industrial Design
acusolito@aii.edu

Jeff Milner
Academic Director — Liberal Studies
jmilner@aii.edu 

Daniel Mattos 
Academic Director – Culinary Arts 
dmattos@aii.edu 

Larry Richman (view bio)
Academic Director — Media Arts & Animation
lrichman@aii.edu

Linda Sellheim

Academic Director — Visual & Game Programming and Game Art & Design
lsellheim@aii.edu

Catherine Stickel (view bio)
Academic Director — Graphic Design, Advertising
cstickel@aii.edu 

Ronni Whitman (view bio)
Academic Director — Interior Design
rwhitman@aii.edu 

John Hammer 
Assistant Academic Director — Media Arts & Animation, Game Art & Design
johammer@aii.edu

Crystal Mitchell 
Assistant Academic Director — Graphic Design
cmitchell@aii.edu 

Monier Nikroo
Assistant Academic Director – Culinary Arts
mnikroo@aii.edu

Denise Sagan
Assistant Academic Director – Industrial Design, Interior Design and Web Design & Interactive Media
dsagan@aii.edu

The Art Institute of California — Orange County

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