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Office of Alumni Affairs and Development

Phone: (212) 353-4164
Fax: (212) 353-4342
Email: alumni@cooper.edu | development@cooper.edu

Mailing Address:
The Cooper Union
P.O. Box 22422
New York, NY 10087-2422

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For more specific inquiries, contact one of the following staff members:

Terri Coppersmith
Vice President, Alumni Affairs and Development
terri.coppersmith@cooper.edu

Jennifer Durst
Deputy Director, Alumni Affairs and Development
jennifer.durst@cooper.edu

Celia Ehrenpreis
Development Associate for Individual Giving
celia.ehrenpreis@cooper.edu

Joe Feldmann
Development Associate for Alumni Affairs and Annual Giving
joe.feldmann@cooper.edu

Lauren Lavitt
Development Specialist
lauren.lavitt@cooper.edu

Daniel Malater
Gifts Coordinator
daniel.malater@cooper.edu

Siri Comeau McDonald
Director of Corporate and Foundation Relations
siri.mcdonald@cooper.edu

Ellie Perendy
Prospect Research Specialist
ellie.perendy@cooper.edu

Elizabeth Rivera
Director of Individual Giving
elizabeth.rivera@cooper.edu

Sarah Renahan
Assistant Director of Annual Giving
sarah.renahan@cooper.edu

Hannah Teskey
Assistant Director, Individual Giving
hannah.teskey@cooper.edu

Silvia Tjioe
Grants Manager
silvia.tjioe@cooper.edu

  • 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.