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
Tracy Candido
Tracy Candido is a creative events director and curator, bringing people together to learn more about themselves, each other, and the world around them. She has a Master’s from NYU in Visual Culture and a few whimsical food tattoos.


Tracy Candido
Director of Programs and Events
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
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
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

Riccardo Accolla
An expert in flavor perception, Riccardo is committed to improving the Food Value Chain and loves chatting EU vs. US Politics

Riccardo Accolla
t4h Consulting
Jacob Yahiayan
Jacob is the founder and Managing Member of Continental Advisory with 25 years of experience in Corporate Banking. 

Jacob Yahiayan
Continental Advisory
Dan Blondell
Dan brings his marketing and operations knowledge to his team, along with totally unlicensed, untrained and often unsolicited psychoanalysis

Dan Blondell
i2Camp
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
Sabina Colleran
Sabina's goal is to become a perpetual ball of sunshine! When she's not managing Swift Kick's community, you can find her with a crossword

Sabina Colleran
Swift Kick
Bernadette Hopen
Bernadette founded her own company centered around women’s safety and is now spreading the message and knowledge of Inspiring Capital

Bernadette Hopen
Inspiring Capital
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
Ricardo Ibarra
Along with a referral marketing platform and 15 years of business development experience, Ricardo comes bearing some major salsa skills

Ricardo Ibarra
Auctio Leads
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
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
Nell Derick Debevoise
As Founder and CEO of Inspiring Capital, Nell works according to her belief in the power of networks and interdisciplinary approaches

Nell Derick Debevoise
Inspiring Capital
Jeff Olsen
Jeff is bringing the joy of coding to as many kids as he can through his work as Upperline’s Director of Curriculum and Instruction

Jeff Olsen
Upperline
Maddie Elkus
Maddie’s an avid reader and food blog writer who loves helping others to discover meaning in their career paths

Maddie Elkus
Inspiring Capital
Georgia Sherwin
Georgia just moved to NYC from the UK where she was focused on environmental sustainability and is excited about all things “impact”

Georgia Sherwin
Inspiring Capital
Chante Harris
A Coro Fellowship graduate, Chante brings her experience in civic engagement and political education to the Capalino the team.

Chante Harris
Capalino + Company
Anthony Townsend
Anthony is an internationally-recognized expert on urbanization and digital technology who knows his old school Nuyorican salsa

Anthony Townsend
Bits and Atoms
Lauren Roberts
When she's not managing strategic planning, resource management, partnerships and evaluation, you can find Lauren building furniture

Lauren Roberts
The Solutions Project
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
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
Sarah Doody
Sarah is a UX Design Consultant, Trainer, Writer, and Speaker, passionate about helping people learn to think like a designer.

Sarah Doody
Dave Seliger
Dave’s organization is delivering bootcamps on critical skills for public servants and creating strategic partnerships

Dave Seliger
Public School
Taylor Want
Taylor believes in the empowering challenge of a coding education and is helping Upperline run smoothly as their Director of Operations

Taylor Want
Upperline
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
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