Laura Vert is the Senior Grants Specialist at CUSP. She previously worked as the Development Director of the NYU Furman Center, an interdisciplinary research center focused on housing and neighborhoods. Prior to that, she was the NYU Furman Center’s Fiscal and Grants Manager.

Foued Aouchette came to CUSP after working for nearly twenty years in the information technology space for firms ranging from start-ups to large corporations like EMC Corporation, NMatrix Inc., UNICEF, Northrop Grumman, and CableVision ... More

Christine Battaglia is the Manager of Mobility at NYU’s CUSP. Christine manages the needs of researchers and scientists. In her previous position as the Arts-in-Education Manager at Sundog Theatre, Christine helped theatre, dance, music and visual arts ... More

Frank Colaianni is the Assistant Director of Finance for CUSP. Prior to joining us he served at Wagner, performing pre-award grants administration and serving as a member of the Fiscal Operations and ... More

Mindy Flannery is a Financial Analyst at NYU's Center for Urban Science and Progress. Previously she was an Administrative Aide to the CUSP team. Prior to CUSP, Mindy worked as the Budget Coordinator ... More

As Project Manager, Andy Karpf provides support for complex projects that involve the design, deployment and maintenance of field instruments as well as oversees the management of research resources and supplier ... More

Neil Kleiman has spent 20 years building a career at the intersection of policy, philanthropy, government and academia. He founded an urban issues think tank, established new university degree programs, and developed ... More

As Administrative Aide, Emily Mansfield brings strong skills in client services, budget management and event planning to the oversight of various day-to-day operational tasks at CUSP ... More