Office of SIG Services

Contact Information

Donna Cappo 
Director, Office of SIG Services

SIG: (ACT, APP, CAS, LOG, MIS, SAM, SIM, SPATIAL, UCCS)
Email: cappo@hq.acm.org 
Telephone: 212 626-0606

Cappo serves as liaison to the SIG Governing Board and the SIG Governing Board EC and is responsible for managing the SIG Services staff. The staff's mission is to serve as matchmakers between ACM and SIG resources and endeavors, to provide information needed by the volunteer leadership, to be the first point of contact between the SIG volunteers and ACM and to increase staff and volunteer productivity.

Ashley Cozzi 
Assistant Director, Office of SIG Services

SIG: (AI, CHI, GRAPH, HPC)
Email: acozzi@hq.acm.org 
Telephone: 212 626-0614

Cozzi is the point of contact for all SIG and conference activities for the SIGs listed above. Questions regarding any issues can be sent to Cozzi who will answer them or direct them to the appropriate HQ staff person for response. Cozzi is responsible for working with SIG leaders for the above on all general and conference activities, including inquiries from volunteer leaders, viability reporting, bylaw administration, gathering conference history information, and assisting with contracts.

Adrienne Griscti 
Program Manager, SIG Publications

Email: griscti@hq.acm.org 
Telephone: 212 626-0615

Griscti is the single point of contact for all conference proceedings activities.

Recently, conference leaders have sought more help from ACM HQ with regard to collection and processing of papers electronically. To meet that need, ACM provides conference leaders with support for three routing methods for proceedings: collection of papers and production by leaders; collection of papers by leaders and production by ACM; or collection and production by an ACM vendor.

Diana Brantuas 
Program Coordinator 
Conference Operations (Budgets)

Email: brantuas@hq.acm.org 
Telephone: 212 626-0617

ACM's conference activity continues to increase, now sponsoring or co-sponsoring more than 100 events each year ranging in size from 50 to 50,000 attendees.

Brantuas is responsible for conference TMRF's for all conferences, including cooperating events. She works closely with the conference leaders on preparation of budget and shepherds the agreed-upon budget through the volunteer approval cycle.

John Otero 
Program Coordinator 
Site Administration

Email: otero@hq.acm.org 
Telephone: 212 626-0612

ACM sponsors and co-sponsors more than 100 events annually. In order to utilize our buying leverage effectively, a centralized position manages site selection, negotiation and contracting.

This position is responsible for all site/facility request-for-proposals and follow-up. It includes processing the data collection of ACM's hotel history, hotel pick-up reporting (begins eight weeks prior to conference, allowing us to help organizers keep a close eye on penalties as well as last-minute needs for additional housing).

April Mosqus 
Program Coordinator 
SIG and Conference Operations

SIG: (ADA, Energy, CSE, IR, KDD, MICRO, MOBILE, SAC, WEB) 
Email: mosqus@hq.acm.org 
Telephone: 212 626-0602

Mosqus is the point of contact for all SIG and conference activities for the SIGs listed above. Questions regarding any issues can be sent to Mosqus who will answer them or direct them to the appropriate HQ staff person for response. Mosqus is responsible for working with SIG leaders for the above on all general and conference activities, including inquiries from volunteer leaders, viability reporting, bylaw administration, gathering conference history information, and assisting with contracts.

J.C. Peeples
Program Coordinator 
SIG and Conference Operations

SIG: (ACM-sponsored, ARCH, BED, COMM, DOC, ITE, MOD, PLAN, SOFT)

Email: peeples@hq.acm.org 
Telephone: 212 626-0603

Peeples is the point of contact for all SIG and conference activities for the SIGs listed above. Questions regarding any issues can be sent to Peeples who will answer them or direct them to the appropriate HQ staff person for response. Peeples is responsible for working with SIG leaders for the above on all general and conference activities, including inquiries from volunteer leaders, viability reporting, bylaw administration, gathering conference history information, and assisting with contracts.

Lucia Sippel 
Program Coordinator 
SIG and Conference Operations

SIG: (ACCESS, BIO, DA, SIGecom, EVO, Metrics, MM, OPS)

Email: sippel@hq.acm.org
Telephone: 212 626-0605

Sippel is the point of contact for all SIG and conference activities for the SIGs listed above. Questions regarding any issues can be sent to Sippel who will answer them or direct them to the appropriate HQ staff person for response. Sippel is responsible for working with SIG leaders for the above on all general and conference activities, including inquiries from volunteer leaders, viability reporting, bylaw administration, gathering conference history information, and assisting with contracts.