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
Director of Admissions
thansen@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 Cusolito (view bio)
Academic Director — Industrial Design
acusolito@aii.edu

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

Amy Norton (View Bio)
Academic Director — Web Design & Interactive Media
anorton@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