Faculty

The MA in Arts Administration boasts a distinguished faculty of scholars and practitioners. Students in the program benefit from direct contact with exceptional educators from each of Baruch’s three schools as well as extraordinary guest speakers representing a diversity of professionals from the New York City arts administration community.

Weissman School of Arts and Sciences

 

David Milch, MA Arts Administration Program Director

David Milch joined the Baruch faculty in the fall of 2018 as Distinguished Lecturer and Director of the MA in Arts Administration.  Prior to this, David was the Director of NYIT’s graduate program in Leadership in the Arts and Entertainment Industries (LAEI) in association with Nederlander Worldwide Entertainment LLC in Manhattan.  David has an extensive background in performing arts management as well as higher education administration and programming.

Courses taught: FPA 9100 Arts, Culture & the Civic Environment; FPA 9155 Touring and Presenting the Arts.

 

 

Beth Allen

Since Fall 2017, Beth Allen has served as Executive Director of Downtown Brooklyn Arts Alliance, a network of over 50 non-profit organizations in the greater Downtown Brooklyn area that offers networking opportunities, professional development training, and a voice for culture within local civic and community conversations. Allen’s career spans over 20 years in arts administration, starting out working for large museums including The Getty, The British Museum, and The Guggenheim before finding a passion for building organizational and fundraising capacity at entrepreneurial arts organizations combining artistic excellence with strong social missions. Her work experience includes serving as chief development officer at Prospect New Orleans and Art21, and as a freelance development consultant for clients that have included Performa, Kyle Abraham/Abraham in Motion, Theatre for a New Audience, and UrbanGlass. Allen holds a graduate certificate from the Institute for Curatorial Practice in Performance at Wesleyan University, CPhil and MA in Art History from the University of California, Los Angeles, and BA in History from Northwestern University.

Courses taught: FPA 9100 Arts, Culture & the Civic Environment.

 

Ethan Angelica

Ethan Angelica has been working as an educator and administrator in the culture sector for nearly two decades, focusing primarily on increasing arts reach. Most recently, he was Director of Creative & Consulting at Museum Hack, a startup dedicated to reimagining museum experience for a new audience. He has worked with cultural groups large and small, including the National Park Service, New York Aquarium, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, California Academy of Sciences, Te Papa Tongarewa in New Zealand and the National Museums of Norway. Ethan is an honors graduate of New York University.

Courses taught: FPA 9160 Audience Development and Member Services.

 

Melissa Caolo

Melissa Caolo has enjoyed a career managing in several capacities in the performing arts, from her roots as a stage manager and production manager, to her current work as an arts administrator in her role as Managing Director for Camp Broadway LLC, an audience development company featuring authentic experiences in musical theater for theater-lovers of all ages. At Camp Broadway she developed new programs, training processes for artist and has expanded the company’s national footprint. Previously, Melissa served as Production Manager for Nederlander Worldwide Entertainment where she oversaw the company’s booking and presentation of Broadway shows throughout China. She led the development of the inaugural session of the Cultural Trade and Industry Exchange Program; a training session for Chinese arts managers and cultural government officials in the best practices of commercial theater in the United States. Earlier in her career she worked as a stage manager, production manager, general manager, and managing producer for several major American dance companies, touring extensively in the United States and throughout the world. Companies include, New York City Ballet, Trisha Brown Dance Company and the Martha Graham Dance Company. She has enjoyed the opportunity to share these experiences through her work in colleges and universities, including Boston University’s MET College, The New York Institute of Technology, and Sarah Lawrence College. Melissa is a proud alumni of Emerson College, Boston, MA graduating with a BFA in Production Management.

Courses taught: FPA 9130 Managing in Arts Environments; FPA 9198 Special Topics in Arts Administration: Disaster Planning for the Arts.

 

Gonzalo Casals

Gonzalo Casals is Commissioner of the NYC Department of Cultural Affairs. As Commissioner, he directs cultural policy for the City of New York and oversees City funding and support for over 1,000 non-profit cultural organizations which represent the full breadth of New York City’s rich cultural life. A Queer, Latinx immigrant, Casals is a fervent believer in cultural democracy and equity. Prior to his appointment as Commissioner by Mayor Bill de Blasio, he was Director of the Leslie-Lohman Museum of Art, Vice President of Programs and Community Engagement at Friends of the High Line, and held various roles at El Museo del Barrio.

Courses taught: FPA 9197 Special Topics in Museum and Gallery Management: Museum Leadership.

 

Solana Chehtman

Solana Chehtman is the Director of Civic Programs at The Shed. With over 15 years as a cultural producer and arts administrator, Solana offers extensive experience in convening and supporting artists, constituents, and broad networks of partners at the service of sustainable and asset-based community-building, civic participation, and social change. Prior to joining The Shed, Solana was vice president of public engagement at Friends of the High Line, where for five years and throughout different roles she devised and implemented authentic strategies to creatively engage with neighbors and New Yorkers through experimental and participatory artist-led experiences. Since her arrival in New York City in 2012, Solana has collaborated with a range of cultural institutions, including Creative Time, the New Museum, the Queens Museum, and the Tribeca Film Institute. She received a BA in international studies at Universidad Torcuato Di Tella (Buenos Aires, Argentina), completed an MA joint program in public policy from Georgetown University and Universidad de San Martin, and holds an EdM in education policy from Teachers College, Columbia University.

Courses taught: FPA 9197 Special Topics in Museum and Gallery Management: Museum Leadership.

 

Tom Clareson

Tom Clareson is Project Director of Performing Arts Readiness, funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation to help performing arts organizations protect their assets, sustain operations, and prepare for emergencies. He serves as Senior Consultant for Digital & Preservation Services at LYRASIS, consulting internationally on preservation, disaster preparedness, digitization, funding, strategic planning, and advocacy for arts and cultural organizations. Clareson is Vice President of the Board of Directors for the Foundation for Advancement in Conservation, Board of Directors Secretary of LancasterChorale (Ohio), and a member of the National Board of Advisors of the Richard M. Ross Art Museum at Ohio Wesleyan University. He has experience teaching graduate-level courses for the University of Texas at Austin, University of California-Los Angeles, and University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign.

Courses taught: FPA 9198 Special Topics in Arts Administration: Disaster Planning for the Arts.

 

Aaron Coleman

Aaron Coleman is a Creative Director at AKA NYC, the worldwide leader in entertainment advertising. He has 19 years of experience conceiving, leading and writing strategic campaigns across digital, print, broadcast, and social for major brands in live entertainment and the arts. Over his career, he has worked with Serino Coyne, Situation Interactive, and the Disney ABC Television Group. He has created campaigns for The Metropolitan Museum of Art, The Frick Collection, The Metropolitan Opera, the YMCA, San Francisco’s Asian Art Museum and more. On Broadway, he has served as Creative Director on campaigns for WICKED, THE INHERITANCE, the Tony Award-winning revival of ONCE ON THIS ISLAND, WAR PAINT, OH HELLO ON BROADWAY, and worked on campaigns for DEAR EVAN HANSEN, BEAUTIFUL, THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA, HEDWIG, ALADDIN, BILLY ELLIOT and wrote the OMMA Award-winning NEXT TO NORMAL Twitter Campaign—just to name a few of his countless clients. With Disney, he created holistic digital campaigns for “High School Musical,” “The Cheetah Girls,” “Hannah Montana,” and other classic TV shows of the ‘00s. He earned his MFA in Writing for Screen and Television from the USC School of Cinema-Television and loves being quizzed about esoteric Broadway history. Aaron also writes plays. AaronColemanWrites.com

Courses taught: FPA 9140 Marketing the Arts.

 

Alaina Claire Feldman

Alana Claire Feldman is the Director / Curator of Mishkin Gallery at Baruch College, CUNY, where she has recently organized exhibitions with artists including Minerva Cuevas, Juan Downey, Lamin Fofana, Nicolás Guagnini, Zeena Parkins, Lise Soskolne and Catherine Wagner. Her projects include long-term support of artists, art histories, and media often overlooked by traditional Western cannons. She has curated exhibitions at Anthology Film Archives, CCA Lagos, Hugh Lane Dublin City Gallery, TheCube Taipei, The Kitchen, Parsons / New School, Participant Inc, Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, Zeitz MoCAA and more. Feldman is on the international advisory board of Casa São Roque Centro de Arte in Portugal and was previously Director of Exhibitions at Independent Curators International (ICI). She holds a BA from Pratt in Critical / Visual Studies and an MA from the Graduate Center, CUNY in Liberal Studies.

Courses taught: FPA 9197 Special Topics in Museum and Gallery Management: Museum Administration.

 

Heather A. Hitchens

Heather Hitchens is a nationally recognized arts leader with nearly 30 years of arts administration, policy, and program development experience. Hitchens currently serves as President & CEO of the American Theatre Wing. The Wing is founder of the Tony Awards, home of the OBIE Awards, and a national service organization that provides hundreds of grants and scholarships to theatre students and young professionals annually. The Wing is Hitchens’ fourth CEO post. Prior to the Wing, Hitchens was Executive Director of the New York State Council on the Arts, President of Meet The Composer, and Executive Director of the Delaware Symphony. Hitchens holds a M.S. in Arts Administration from Drexel University and a B.M. in Percussion/Music Business from DePauw University.

Courses taught: FPA 9190 Cultural Policy and the Arts.

 

Eugene Marlow

Dr. Eugene Marlow’s professional experience includes an eclectic 45-year background in management, media, the performing arts, and education on an international scale.

As a practicing media professional, Dr. Marlow has accumulated extensive experience in the use of print and electronic media–newspapers, magazines, radio, television, teleconferencing, and the Internet–for internal and external organizational communications, including public relations, advertising, and marketing.

Courses taught: FPA 9198 Special Topics Music Management: Jazz. 

 

Fernando Masterson

Fernando Masterson is an arts marketing professional based out of NYC currently serving as Ars Nova’s Marketing Director where he oversees ticketing, press, sales, and marketing operations for all Ars Nova Off-Broadway productions and one-night presentations. He has dedicated his career to managing marketing campaigns and communications strategies for producing, presenting, and service-oriented performing arts institutions across the country. Show credits include: HOUND DOG, Heather Christian’s Oratorio for Living Things, ANT Fest (Ars Nova); DirectorFest (The Drama League); Under the Radar Festival, Soft Power, Sea Wall/A Life, Socrates, Mojada, We’re Only Alive For A Short Amount of Time, Onassis Festival (The Public Theater); and over a hundred one-night comedy, music, and theatrical presentations at The Broward Center for the Performing Arts in South Florida.

Courses taught: FPA 9140 Marketing the Arts.

 

Anthony D. Meyers

Anthony D. Meyers has over twenty years of experience in grants and program management, consulting, facilitation, and organizational change. Currently, Mr. Meyers works as a senior program officer for the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs. He has served as an arts administrator and collaborated on strategic planning and fund development, including work with nonprofit cultural organizations across the New York tri-state area in board and donor cultivation. In 2017, Mr. Meyers created Leading ChangeMakers (LCM), which utilizes education, consulting and research to achieve racial equity in arts leadership. LCM is headquartered in NYC and provides administrative and professional development services nationally. The company works with organizations and leaders to create sustainable systemic change within arts ecosystems. Its consultants are arts administrators, leaders, facilitators, educators, coaches, and experts from diverse cultural organizations. His love of the arts started with his early work as a performing and visual artist. Anthony is a writer, public speaker, organizational advisor, and engages artists, civic and cultural leaders and residents in community transformation and development. Mr. Meyers has an M.S. in Organizational Change Management and post-masters Certificate in Leadership and Change from The New School, and a B.A. in Child Development from Tufts University.

Courses taught: FPA 9100 Arts, Culture & the Civic Environment.

 

Janet Newcomb

Janet Newcomb is the Executive Director of National Coalition for Arts’ Preparedness & Emergency Response and the Performing Arts Coordinator for the Performing Arts Readiness Project. Throughout her 30+ year career in arts management and education, Jan directed eight arts organizations including the Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra, Charleston Symphony Orchestra, four arts councils in NY and SC and a community arts center. Jan served as Director of Grants at the SC Arts Commission and taught modern dance at the University of Buffalo and the University of SC. In 2009, Jan began consulting on leadership transition and development for arts organizations; her clients include: Long Wharf Theatre, Lexington Philharmonic, Miami Summer Music Festival, South Arts, and others. In 2015, she designed and was asked to direct the MA in Leadership in the Arts & Entertainment Industries Program at NYIT in Manhattan. Jan works virtually out of her home in Corning, NY and holds a BA in Music, Hood College; MA in Dance, from The George Washington University.

Courses taught: FPA 9198 Special Topics in Arts Administration: Disaster Planning for the Arts.

 

Graham Parker

Graham Parker joined Universal Music Group as President, Universal Music Classics in July 2016. Parker oversees all the Universal classical labels within the USA including Deutsche Grammophon and Decca, and has established a new label, Decca Gold, as the home to a new roster of American classical artists, ensembles and institutions. Prior to joining Universal, Parker was General Manager of WQXR and The Jerome L. Greene Performance Space and a Senior Vice President of New York Public Radio. During the six years in that role, Parker earned a Peabody Award and implemented ambitious initiatives to serve New York’s thriving classical music scene. Prior to WQXR, Parker was Executive Director of the Orpheus Chamber Orchestra. Parker holds a BSc (Hons) from Oxford Brookes University. He started his musical training on flute and piano, eventually taking up conducting when he arrived at college.

Courses taught: FPA 9198 Special Topics Music Management.

 

 

Cris Scorza

Cris Scorza is the Helena Rubenstein Chair of Education at the Whitney Museum of Art, providing vision, leadership, and strategic direction for the Whitney’s education program that supports the Museum’s goals, exhibitions, and permanent collection. Scorza manages the education department and its staff across three program areas: Interpretation and Research; Public and Academic Programs; and Social Impact area, which aligns the divisions of schools, youth, and family programs with community and access to promote systemic allyship with communities. In addition, she advances the Whitney’s Latinx initiatives, as well as the Museum’s evolving Spanish language bilingual efforts. Scorza is a strong advocate for accessibility and inclusion, and in partnership with the Director of Social Impact and Associate Manager of Access and Inclusion, she advances Disability Justice.

Scorza has worked in renowned New York institutions, including the New Museum, The Museum of Modern Art, the Brooklyn Children’s Museum, and ten years of audience development at the Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego. At MCASD, Scorza and her team implemented a variety of programs tailored to the surrounding community, including collaborations with artists and arts organizations in the U.S./Mexico border region, leadership development for teens with an emphasis on social justice, and cutting-edge work with combat troops recovering from post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD).

Born in Mexico City, Scorza studied painting at the Faculty of Arts and Design, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México. She holds a B.A. in arts administration and art history from Baruch College, CUNY, an M.A. in leadership in museum education from Bank Street College of Education, and a Diversity and Inclusion Certificate from Cornell University.

Courses taught: FPA 9120 Development and Management of Arts Education Programs.

 

Karen Shelby

Karen Shelby is an Associate Professor of Art History at Baruch College, City College of New York. She served as Interim Director or the Graduate Program in Arts Administration for the 2017/2018 academic year. She was a Visiting Professor at the Universiteit Gent for Fall 2015 sponsored by a Fulbright/Terra Foundation of American Art Fellowship, and, in 2017, Visiting Professor at KASK (The Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Gent), for a Master class on art and the Great War. She is currently listed on the Fulbright Specialist Roster (2016 – 2021). Dr. Shelby holds an M.A. from The Ohio State University with a concentration in Southeast Asian Art and Architecture and a Ph.D. from the Graduate and University Center of the City College of New York.

Courses taught: FPA 9197 Special Topics in Museum and Gallery Management in Belgium.

 

Viviana Vargas

Viviana Vargas, “Yura Sapi” (they/them), is an artist, activist, arts manager, educator, facilitator, and entrepreneur. After finishing two degrees in the performing arts and spending time in the “diversity and inclusion” field of the U.S. American Theatre, Viviana founded Advancing Arts Forward, a movement to advance equity, inclusion, and justice through the arts by creating liberated spaces that uplift, heal, and encourage us to explore our vast potential to change the world. Advancing Arts Forward hosts and consults for in person and online workshops, university classes, gatherings, discussions, and resource sharings across the country and worldwide. Viviana is also the Founding Director of Balistikal, a healing and arts space that centers LGBTIQ+ community in Latin America. Yura Sapi actively considers their role in the fight for liberation beyond the U.S. borders thinking specifically about anti-racism, decolonization, and collective liberation. They are a member of the Latinx Theatre Commons steering committee and are co-championing a 2023 summit on celebrating Blackness and combating colorism within the Latinx community. Viviana is currently developing restorative/transformative justice based processes to repair relations affected by racism and white supremacy with various arts & activist initiatives and collectives. They hold a B.F.A. in Theatre Arts from Boston University and an M.F.A. Performing Arts Management from CUNY Brooklyn College.

Courses taught: FPA 9130 Managing in Arts Environments.

 

Duncan Webb

Duncan Webb founded Webb Management Services to provide management consulting services to the arts and cultural industries. The firm has now successfully completed more than 400 consulting assignments for the development of facilities and districts, and for the advancement of cultural organizations. Webb’s career in the arts began onstage as a lovesick maiden in a 1969 production of Gilbert and Sullivan’s Patience. After college, he became a banker, spending seven years in commercial lending and international finance. In 1986, after many years of volunteer work in the arts, he came into the field as a producer of experimental, industrial and commercial theatre. Webb is a Certified Management Consultant (CMC), and is an active speaker and published writer on arts management and the development, operation and financing of arts facilities. Prior to teaching at Baruch, he was a professor in New York University’s Graduate Program in Performing Arts Administration, where he taught Finance and Planning for the Performing Arts and Principles & Practices of Performing Arts Administration.

Courses taught: FPA 9140 Marketing the Arts.

 

 

Marxe School of Public and International Affairs:

 

Thomas Kapusta

Thomas Kapusta is the current Managing Director of Bedlam, a theater company based in New York City. Tom is a theater director, producer, and fundraiser specializing in classical theatre, unexpected collaborations, and connecting new audiences to arts experiences. As founding Artistic Director of Corkscrew Theater Festival, he oversaw the artistic development and production of over thirty new plays in the festival’s four years. For seven years, Tom served as chief operations officer for Ricochet Group LLC, a boutique consulting firm specializing in nonprofit arts institutions, higher education, and commercial theatre. He holds a BA in History from Columbia University, and a Master’s in Arts Administration from the Weissman School of Arts and Sciences at Baruch College where he received the Marlow Prize in Arts Leadership. He served as Assistant Secretary-Treasurer of Royal Shakespeare Company America from 2012-2022.

Courses taught: PAF 9153 Budgeting & Finance for Nonprofits.

 

Anni Luneau

Anni Luneau has been a professional fundraiser in New York City for twenty years. While her skills are generalist, her favorite areas of development are individual giving and planned giving. She holds a Juris Doctor from the University of Connecticut School of Law, obtained with the intent of becoming a nonprofit professional.

Courses taught: PAF 9152 Fund Raising & Grants Administration in Not-for-Profits & Voluntary Organizations.

 

 

Edward Sermier

Edward Sermier is a consultant to various nonprofit organizations using models that translate complicated financial information into readily accessible and usable management information for decision making by non-financial executives and board members. He is a part-time Chief Financial Officer at the Nation Institute.

He holds a BS from Manhattan College and MBA from Columbia University.

Courses taught: PAF 9153 Budgeting & Finance for Nonprofits.

 

Zicklin School of Business

 

Adam Rosen

Adam Rosen is a partner at the entertainment and media law firm Grubman, Shire, Meiselas & Sacks, P.C. In addition to his representation of talent across all media, he serves as production counsel for numerous Broadway and Off-Broadway shows, assisting producers of live stage projects with underlying rights acquisitions, negotiations with creative team members, drafting of investment documents and securities law compliance. He also regularly advises television and film production companies. Before joining his current firm, Adam practiced commercial litigation and intellectual property law at Bryan Cave LLP and transactional entertainment law at Levine Plotkin & Menin, LLP.  He has acted as a producer for numerous theatre, cabaret and film projects, including performances at venues such as 59E59 Theaters, Theatre Row, Abingdon Theatre Company, Ars Nova, Joe’s Pub and 54 Below. Adam is a member of the Theatre and Performing Arts Committee of the New York State Bar Association’s Entertainment, Arts and Sports Law Section.

Courses taught: LAW 9109 Law and the Entertainment Business.

 

Guest Speakers

In addition to our distinguished faculty of scholars and practitioners, students learn from guest speakers representing the wealth and diversity of the New York City arts community, including:

• Sulé-Joel Adams, Dancer, Choreographer, and Performing Artist
• Dupé O. Ajayi, Senior Strategist, Intersectional Marketing & Partnerships, The Shed
• Ted Altschuler, Director, Baruch Performing Arts Center
• Rocío Aranda-Alvarado, Program Officer, Creativity and Free Expression, Ford Foundation
• Nevah Assang, SVP Cultural and Community Relations, NYC & Co.
• Grace Astrove, Development Officer, American Museum of Natural History
• Stephen Aubrey, Co-Artistic Director of The Assembly
• Keith Barber, Agent, Geodesic Management
• Ebbe Bassey, Theater Artist
• Nic Benacerraf, Co-Artistic Director of The Assembly
• Ted Berger, Executive Director Emeritus of the New York Foundation for the Arts (NYFA)
• Sam Bodkin, Founder and CEO of GroupMuse
• Stephanie Bok, Alliance of Resident Theaters/New York
• Peter Born, Director, Designer and Filmmaker
• Alan Brown, Principal of WolfBrown
• Pelenakeke Brown, Dance/NYC Immigrants. Dance. Arts. Initiative. Participant and Immigrant Artist
• Melissa Caolo, Director of Production, National Dance Institute
• Gonzalo Casals, Senior Research and Policy Fellow for Arts and Culture at the Mellon Foundation
• Luis Castro, Producer and Consultant, Creative Talent & Inclusion
• Mallory Catlett, Co-Author of The City We Make Together
• Robin Cembalest, Independent Consultant in Social Media and Editorial, Editorial Strategies
• Jess Chayes, Co-Artistic Director of The Assembly
• Daniel Chew, Filmmaker
• Yu Ling Chou, Taiwanese Curator and Professor of Exhibition Histories
• Ana Chireno, Director, Government and Community Affairs, El Museo del Barrio
• Jane Chu, Former Chairperson, National Endowment for the Arts
• Katy Clark, Executive Director, Brooklyn Academy of Music
• Christiamilda Correa, Director of Individual Giving and Events, Reel Works
• Damien Davis, Visual Artist
• Kaleda Davis, Theater Artist
• Nehassaiu deGannes, Multi-Hyphenate Actor, Poet and Maker
• Milena Deleva, Executive Director, Association of Arts Administration Educators (AAAE)
• Suzy Delvalle, Executive Director, Creative Capital
• Alejandra Dias, Groundwater Arts Consultant
• Jennifer DiBella, Director of Education, Roundabout Theatre Company
• Erik Diehn, CEO of Midroll
• Michael DiFonzo, Independent Theater Producer
• Jenny Dorso, Director of Digital Strategy, The Pekoe Group
• Simon Dove, Executive Director, CEC ArtsLink
• Julia Kennedy Downer, Audience Development Marketing Specialist, Museum Hack
• Kate Downey, Lead Producer, Wondery, An Amazon Company
• Alejandra Duque Cifuentes, Executive Director
• Micaela Durand, Filmmaker
• Maximiliano Duron, Staff Writer and Photo Editor, Artnews
• Gregory Elfers, Assistant Director, Patron & Young Associate Giving, Metropolitan Opera
• Lewis Feemster, Theater Artist
• Alaina Claire Feldman, Director and Curator, Mishkin Gallery
• Hatuey Ramos Fermin, Director of Programs & Community Engagement, The Laundromat Project
• Jessica Ferreira, Marketing Director, The Pekoe Group
• Randy Foster, Theater Artist
• Eduardo Ayala Fuentes, Director of Development, Leslie Lohman Museum of Gay and Lesbian Art
• Jamel Gaines, Founder and Director, Jamel Gaines Creative Outlet
• Luke Gay, Director of Individual Giving for the New York Philharmonic
• Eric Gershman, Senior Associate, AEA Consulting
• Grant Gigliak, Director of Research, Random House Penguin
• Sir Clive Gillinson, Artistic and Executive Director, Carnegie Hall
• Anna Glass, Executive Director, Dance Theatre of Harlem
• Jim Glaub, Owner & Founder, Super Awesome Friends
• Nora Gomez-Strauss, Director of Digital Strategies, Public Art Fund
• Diego Alejandro González, Creative Director, Dance Lab New York
• Kevin Gotkin, Co-Director of Disability Arts NYC
• Dustin Growick, Senior Creative Consultant + Team Lead for Science, Museum Hack
• Sara Guerrero, Deputy Director of Education and Community Engagement, Museum of Moving Image
• Marcela Guerrero, Assistant Curator, Whitney Museum of American Art
• Amy Harrison, Executive Director, Rioult Dance NY
• Paul Heckler, Major Gifts Officer at The Public Theater
• Jerron Herman, Dance/NYC Disability. Dance. Artistry. Fund Grantee
• Jessye Herrell, Education Manager at Tech Kids Unlimited
• Patton Hindle, Senior Director of Arts, Kickstarter
• Heather Hitchens, President & CEO, American Theatre Wing
• Emily Hoff, Independent Museum Curator
• Jennifer Ifil-Ryan, Director of Education, Friends of the High Line
• Toni R. Isreal, CEO and Founder, REALEMN Productions LLC
• Hitomi Iwasaki, Director of Exhibitions and Curator, Queens Museum
• Marc Jablonski, Director of Business Intelligence, AKA
• PennyMaria Jackson, Founder and CCO, ArtzVenture
• Richie Jackson, Broadway, TV and Film Producer
• Ty Jones, Producing Artistic Director, Classical Theatre of Harlem
• Alia Jones-Harvey, Broadway Producer, Front Row Productions
• Lori Ann Kee, Associate Professor of Speech, Communications and Theatre Arts, BMCC
• Lauren Kelly, Executive Director, Sugarhill Children’s Museum for Art and Storytelling
• Mark Kennedy, Theater Producer
• Jennifer Kepler, Manager of Volunteers and Engagement, New York Aquarium
• Jen Kepler, Manager of Volunteers & Visitor Engagement for the New York Aquarium
• Charlie Kilgore, Theater Artist
• Christina Kim, Director of Corporate Sponsorship for the New York Philharmonic
• Aaron Landsman, Co-Author of The City We Make Together
• Patricia Lannes, Founder and Project Director, CALTA XXI
• Leslie Lannon, Director of Development, Bronx River Alliance, Van Cortlandt Park Conservancy
• Joyce Lawler, Director of Development, Studio in a School
• Baayork Lee, Co-Founder, National Asian Arts Project, Inc. (NAAP)
• John Lenartz, Theater Artist
• Joshua Lenihan, Director, Major Gifts & Planned Giving
• Avery Lipman, Founder and CEO, Republic Records
• Melana Lloyd, Theater Artist
• Meredith Lucio, Producing Director of The Assembly
• Emily Lyon, Artistic Director of Hedgepig Ensemble
• Tobi Maier, Curator and Art Critic
• Eugene Marlow, Professor of Media and Culture, Baruch College
• Zak Martellucci, Operations Coordinator for Experiences, Atlas Obscura
• Neyda Martinez, Associate Professor of Media Management and Independent Strategic Communications Consultant
• Freddy Masterson, Director, Miami Open Ticket Sales and Service
• Aaron L. McKinney, General Manager, Hi-ARTS
• Anthony Meyers, Founder, Leading ChangeMakers
• Francisco Mendoza, Writer and Director of Marketing at The Playwrights Realm
• Lisa Mitchell, Director of Education & Audience Engagement, Disney Theatrical Group
• Monica O. Montgomery, Independent Curator, Cultural Consultant, and Curator of Social Justice, Programs & Special Projects, Arts and Industries Building, Smithsonian
• Tara Moses, Groundwater Arts Consultant
• Daaimah Mubashshir, Playwright
• Bridget Mundy, General Manager/Administrative Director
• Natalia Nakazawa, Assistant Director, The Elizabeth Foundation for the Arts
• Taneshia Nash Laird, President and CEO, Newark Symphony Hall
• Christopher Núñez, Manager, Justice, Equity & Inclusion Initiatives at Dance/NYC
• Robert O’Hara, Playwright and Director
• Okwui Okpokwasili, New York-Based Writer, Performer and Choreographer
• Lillian Osei-Boateng, Arts Program Manager, Doris Duke Charitable Foundation
• Emma Osore, Director of Community at NEW INC, New Museum of Contemporary Art
• Ayodele Oti, Social Impact Editor, Podcast Editorial, Spotify
• Miranda Palumbo, Director of Digital Content, The PAC
• Graham Parker, Chief Executive, Louisville Orchestra
• Francesco Pasquero, Artists Manager at Maverick Management
• Jacob Pincus, Theater Artist
• Ebonie C. Pittman, Managing Director of Development, Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater
• Diana Plasker, Events Manager, Science Friday, WNYC
• Sheetal Prajapati, Independent Creative Practitioner across Art and Public Engagement
• John Prignano, Chief Operating Officer & Director of Education and Development, Musical Theatre International
• Renaud Proch, Artistic Director, Independent Curators International (ICI)
• Ronny Quevedo, Visual Artist
• Edwin Ramoran, Independent Curator
• Olivia Ramos, Assistant Manager of Youth Engagement, Wildlife Conservation Society – Bronx Zoo
• Shelley Rank, Research and Evaluation Associate at Wildlife Conservation Society
• Tiffany Rea-Fisher, Artistic Director, EMERGE125
• Prerana Reddy, Director of Programs, A Blade Of Grass
• Kelly Reidy, Museum Consultant
• Sara Reisman, Executive and Artistic Director, The Shelley & Donald Rubin Foundation
• Zak Risinger, Director of Engagement and Public Programs, South Street Seaport Museum
• Maricelle Robles, Educator in Charge, Public Programs and Engagement, The Metropolitan Museum of Art
• Colleen Ross, Marketing Director, StoryCorps
• John Rudy, Park Ranger and Interpretive Trainer, National Park Services
• Marta Sanders, Partner, Architecture Outfit
• Nelson Santos, Director of Curatorial Programs, Leslie-Lohman Museum
• Connor Santos, Social Media Coordinator, The Pekoe Group
• Caroline Sayan, Senior Vice President & Global Managing Director, Christies
• Rudolph Scala, US Clubs Manager, TheaterMania
• Marianna Schaffer, Director of Artist Initiatives, Creative Capital
• Samantha Schott, Assistant Manager of Gallery Programs, Jewish Museum
• Marcia Sells, Chief Diversity Officer, Metropolitan Opera
• Antonio Serna, Mexican-American Artist, Activist, and Independent Researcher
• Olivia Shao, Independent Curator
• Howard Sherman, Director, Baruch Performing Arts Center
• Emily Brewton Shilling, Writer & Editor Specializing in Cultural Nonprofits
• Risa Shoup, Executive Director, Spaceworks
• Ahmad Simmons, Dancer, Choreographer, and Creative Producer
• Katelyn Simon, Director of Strategic Partnerships, Orpheus Chamber Orchestra
• Hannah Sinclair, Independent Museum Evaluator
• Bricken Sparacino, Director of Learning, Fresno Chaffee Zoo
• Jody Sperling, Founder/Artistic Director of Time Lapse Dance
• Tobie Stein, Sociologist, Author, Professor Emerita at Brooklyn College, CUNY
• Anne Swanson, Executive Director, The New York Pops
• Candace Thompson-Zachery, Senior Manager of Programming and Justice Initiatives, Dance/NYC
• Mario Torres, Bronx Museum of the Arts
• Ela Troyano, Artist and Consultant
• Viviana Vargas, Founder of Advancing Arts Forward, Interdisciplinary Artist, Activist, Arts Manager, Arts Educator and Facilitator
• Peter Vega, Collaborative Programs Manager at Chicago Cultural Alliance
• Diya Vij, Special Projects (PAIR), Commissioner’s Unit, Department of Cultural Affairs
• Julia Weber, Assistant Company Manager, Mark Morris Dance Group
• Mary Weitzman, Former Director of Marketing, Independent Marketing Consultant, Wave Hill
• Jamie Weston, SVP Consumer Marketing, UMG
• Andrew Westover, Keith Haring Director of Education and Public Engagement, New Museum
• Shoshana Winter, Managing Director, iintoo
• Randi Winter, Director of Visitor Services, Wildlife Conservation Society
• Ed Wiseman, Former Executive Director, Historic Richmondtown
• Michelle Yard, Program Manager, The National Center for Choreography-Akron (NCCAkron)
• Ilk Yasha, Studio Museum Institute Manager, The Studio Museum in Harlem
• Michelle Yee, Museum Consultant, Live Interpretation & Programming at JAMNOLA
• Osman Can Yerebakan, Independent Curator
• Jerry Yoshitomi, Chief Knowledge Officer at MeaningMatters, LLC
• Don Youngberg, Former Vice President of Community, Tessitura Network
• Lauren Argentina Zelaya, Assistant Curator of Public Programs, Brooklyn Museum
• Blake Zidell, Blake Zidell & Associates