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)PresidentMessage from the Presidentdlevinson@aii.edu Melinda Lester (view bio)Dean of Academic Affairsmlester@aii.edu Tim HansenSenior Director of Admissionsthansen@aii.edu Jeanette SheridanDirector of Admissionsjsheridan@aii.eduJenny GonzalezDirector of Career Servicesjegonzalez@aii.eduSteve RickardDirector of Student Affairssrickard@aii.edu
Carl HenryDirector of Finance and Administrationchenry@aii.eduJennifer OlevsonDirector of Student Financial Servicesjolevson@aii.edu
Tricia CookDirector of Public Relations & Marketingtacook@aii.edu
Alan Burner Academic Director – Foundation Studies aburner@aii.edu
Alan Cusolito (view bio)Academic Director — Industrial Designacusolito@aii.edu
Jeff MilnerAcademic Director — Liberal Studiesjmilner@aii.edu
Daniel Mattos Academic Director – Culinary Arts dmattos@aii.edu
Larry Richman (view bio)Academic Director — Media Arts & Animationlrichman@aii.edu Linda SellheimAcademic Director — Visual & Game Programming and Game Art & Designlsellheim@aii.eduCatherine Stickel (view bio)Academic Director — Graphic Design, Advertisingcstickel@aii.edu Ronni Whitman (view bio)Academic Director — Interior Designrwhitman@aii.edu
John Hammer Assistant Academic Director — Media Arts & Animation, Game Art & Designjohammer@aii.edu
Crystal Mitchell Assistant Academic Director — Graphic Designcmitchell@aii.edu
Monier NikrooAssistant Academic Director – Culinary Artsmnikroo@aii.edu
Denise SaganAssistant Academic Director – Industrial Design, Interior Design and Web Design & Interactive Mediadsagan@aii.edu