LMHQ Community

LMHQ is a place to collaborate, learn, and get things done in Lower Manhattan.

LMHQ Team

Daria Siegel
Daria Siegel is an urban planner interested in community building, the public realm, and drinking too much coffee. She has a (non-professional) love for design. She formerly ran the Hive at 55 coworking space and holds a Master’s from NYU’s Wagner School of Public Service.


Daria Siegel
Director
Alexandra Montalbano
Alexandra Montalbano is a creative collaboration enthusiast, interested in how interdisciplinary projects benefit both the individual and the community. She is a Dancer and Stage Manager with a BA in Communications and Dance and Theatre.


Alexandra Montalbano
Membership Director
Ulla Kaprelyants
Ulla Kaprelyants has a degree in Journalism, and travelled around the world working as a reporter. Few years later, she transitioned into Marketing and Communications and is now enjoying her spreadsheets and holding the keys to LMHQ's social media. When not taking pictures from all possible angles, she might be seen running on the East River track or taking a post run nap.  


Ulla Kaprelyants
Digital Communications Manager
Elissa Verrilli
Elissa Verrilli is passionate about producing engaging events and building community. A Boston-area native, Elissa graduated with a degree in Psychology from Barnard College of Columbia University and has made New York City her home ever since. In her spare time, you can find her dancing enthusiastically to live music or...reading a book.


Elissa Verrilli
Programming and Partnerships Director
Jihan Johashen
Jihan Johashen is excited to bring her exceptional organizational skills to the LMHQ Office Coordinator role. She is a born and bred New Yorker with a strong love for 90s R&B and dancehall. Jihan’s passion for supporting innovative strategies and initiatives that empower individuals is what brings her to LMHQ.   


Jihan Johashen
Office Coordinator
KellyAnne Tang
California native, KellyAnne earned a degree in Environmental Science from UCLA before moving to the Big Apple. Competitive Ultimate Frisbee player, KellyAnne is passionate about film and event planning, and she is looking forward to getting creative here at LMHQ!


KellyAnne Tang
Operations Coordinator
Annie Seminara
Annie Seminara has been a Production Assistant at LMHQ since 2017. She holds an MA in Performance Studies from NYU and brings her love of organization and connecting with new people to her role as a PA.


Annie Seminara
Production Assistant
Ryan Buchanan
Ryan Buchanan is a freelance theater artist, composer, and performer, specializing in Shakespeare, choral singing, and new musical theater. He brings his technical theater background in lighting, sound, and house management to managing events at LMHQ. 


Ryan Buchanan
Production Assistant

Featured Members

Kori Burkholder
Kori is a career transition coach for creative minds, helping people turn their dreams into reality. 

Kori Burkholder
Inspirality
Sabina Colleran
Sabina is managing Swift Kick's community, who's goal is to train leaders and their teams to create a culture of connection.

Sabina Colleran
Swift Kick
Nils D`Aulaire
Do you recognize Nils? This Creative Director starred in a popular indie movie and knows his way around a banjo

Nils D`Aulaire
Saga Content
Jennifer Tan
Jennifer is a founder of Shine Foundation, who's mission is to provide free financial education to survivors of domestic abuse.

Jennifer Tan
Shine Foundation
Dan Blondell
Dan brings his marketing and operations knowledge to i2Learning team and is striving to reshape the future of education.

Dan Blondell
i2Learning
Karen Bulthuis
Karen manages Per Scholas' training program budget across eight sites, which provides tuition-free technology training to unemployed or underemployed adults for careers as IT professionals.

Karen Bulthuis
Per Scholas
Austin Lee
Austin is a law school graduate who started his own company after working as a lawyer for a few years. Now, he is on a mission to redefine the way we calculate value, and rethink the way our economy works.

Austin Lee
Bettercorp
Tom Krieglstein
Tom is a five-time “Leadership Speaker of the Year” and holds a Guinness World Record for most number of hugs by one person in one minute

Tom Krieglstein
Swift Kick
Lauren Barnett
Lauren Barnett's superpower is as a systems thinker. She builds marketing strategies for emergent technologies and has built her career in startups focusing on understanding the user experience, building communities, and product development.

Lauren Barnett
Vicky Vlantis
Along with Vicky's work at i2Camp, she helped develop Run It!, a non-profit helping to teach young students how to stay active

Vicky Vlantis
i2Camp
Dave Seliger
Dave’s organization is delivering bootcamps on critical skills for public servants and creating strategic partnerships

Dave Seliger
Public School
Samantha Simone
Samantha Simone is about to graduate from Columbia University with her MFA in Acting, and is the new Director of Sales for Swift Kick!

Samantha Simone
Swift Kick
Charles Coxe
Charles is a KCBS certified barbeque judge co-founded Saga to help cultural entities craft a great narrative and tell it to the right audience

Charles Coxe
Saga Content
Daniel Fenjves
Dan is committed to teaching motivated students how to turn their ideas into reality with code and he can play the blues harmonica

Daniel Fenjves
Upperline
Melissa Ruiz
Melissa is a Lead Facilitator at Swift Kick, holds a Masters in Social Work and was the first runner up in the Miss New Jersey pageant

Melissa Ruiz
Swift Kick
Jacob Yahiayan
Jacob is a founder and Managing Member of Continental Advisory Services, a $400 million company that provides commercial & investment advisory services.

Jacob Yahiayan
Continental Advisory