Contact the Development Office

Reception (212) 353-4100
Main Fax (212) 353-4327
Derek Wittner
Vice President for Development		dwittner@cooper.edu(212) 353-4136
Virginia Bagut
Receptionist		vbagut@cooper.edu(212) 353-4100
Brooke Bryant
Major Gifts Officer		bbryant@cooper.edu(212) 353-4171
Lindsey Cole
Director of Special Events		lcole@cooper.edu(212) 353-4106
Dirrane Cove
Assistant Director, Institutional Grants		cove@cooper.edu(212) 353-4138
Jennifer Durst
Major Gifts Officer		jdurst@cooper.edu(212) 353-4165
Diana Hutchinson
Database Assistant		dhutch@cooper.edu(212) 353-4176
Madeline C. Kilroe
Manager of Alumni
Outreach & Events		kilroe@cooper.edu(212) 353-4267
Nicholas Kosky
Research Associate		nkosky@cooper.edu(212) 353-4135
Christine Kudrav
Development Associate to Institutional Grants & Sponsored Programs		kudrav@cooper.edu(212) 353-4104
Theo LeGro
Development Assistant		tlegro@cooper.edu(212) 353-4128
Michael LeGuen
Gifts Coordinator		leguen@cooper.edu(212) 353-4166
Jeanne Lunin
Director of Development		jlunin@cooper.edu(212) 353-4107
Sue McCoy
Senior Systems Manager		smccoy@cooper.edu(212) 353-4167
Joseph McDonald
Director of the Annual Fund		jmcdonal@cooper.edu(212) 353-4174
Allison Meier
Manager of Alumni Communications and Recognition		meier@cooper.edu(212) 353-4170
Lillian Minton
Database Operations Manager		minton@cooper.edu(212) 353-4175
Maura Pine
Development Assistant		mpine@cooper.edu(212) 353-4103
Xavier Pires
Alumni Coordinator		pires@cooper.edu(212) 353-4164
Rachel Sommer
Development Assistant		rsommer@cooper.edu(212) 353-4173
Caitlin Tramel
Director of Alumni Affairs		ctramel@cooper.edu(212) 353-4139
Yvonne Wong
Director of Development Operations		ywong@cooper.edu(212) 353-4163

 

  • Founded by inventor, industrialist and philanthropist Peter Cooper in 1859, The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art offers education in art, architecture and engineering, as well as courses in the humanities and social sciences.

  • “My feelings, my desires, my hopes, embrace humanity throughout the world,” Peter Cooper proclaimed in a speech in 1853. He looked forward to a time when, “knowledge shall cover the earth as waters cover the great deep.”

  • From its beginnings, Cooper Union was a unique institution, dedicated to founder Peter Cooper's proposition that education is the key not only to personal prosperity but to civic virtue and harmony.

  • Peter Cooper wanted his graduates to acquire the technical mastery and entrepreneurial skills, enrich their intellects and spark their creativity, and develop a sense of social justice that would translate into action.