Meet our Staff

  • Angel DeGroot

    Membership and Constituent Engagement Coordinator, Hylton Performing Arts Center, CVPA

    Angel DeGroot brings over five years of experience in membership, fundraising, and event planning for arts organizations. With a background in performing arts and a passion for community engagement, she supports meaningful connections between audiences and the arts.
  • Marketing Manager, Hylton Performing Arts Center

    Carol DeVany has worked at George Mason University in a variety of capacities throughout her career, and currently serves as Marketing Manager for the College of Visual and Performing Arts (CVPA) where she focuses on marketing and promotional outreach for the Hylton Performing Arts Center.
  • Niyati Dhokai

    Program Director, Veterans and the Arts Initiative; Research Associate Professor

    Dr. Niyati Dhokai is a Research Associate Professor in the College of Visual and Performing Arts at George Mason University, and she also serves as Program Director for the Veterans and the Arts Initiative at the Hylton Performing Arts Center. I
  • Lead Audio Engineer, Hylton Center

    Zach Duane
  • Program Assistant, Veterans and the Arts Initiative   

    Emily is the Program Assistant for the Veterans and the Arts Initiative.
  • Kirstin Franko

    Associate Director of Communications and Content, CFA, Hylton, CVPA

    Kirstin Franko brings nearly two decades of communication strategy within the arts to the College of Visual and Performing Arts.
  • Finance Assistant, CVPA

    Teri Grass
  • Brittani Hall

    Ticket Office Manager, Hylton Center, CVPA

    Brittani Hall is the Ticket Office Supervisor for the Hylton Center.
  • Annie Hunt

    Publications Coordinator, CVPA

    Annie Hunt is currently the Publications Coordinator for the College of Visual and Performing Arts at George Mason University where she has been part of the marketing team since January 2020.
  • Tionge Johnson

    Marketing Assistant, CVPA

    Marketing Assistant, Hylton Center

    Tionge Johnson holds an undergraduate degree in Theater and Creative Writing from the University of Mary Washington and an MA in Arts Journalism from the Goldring Arts Journalism Program at S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications in Syracuse, New York.