Clive Chang
President and CEO
Regina Moser
Manager, Executive Office
Andreina Zama-Diaz
Director, Partnerships & New Initiatives
Dee Dee Sides
Vice President, Advancement
Dave Adams
Senior Director, Strategic Communications
Krizia Alba
Senior Associate, Advancement Operations
Ruby Brown
Manager, Strategic Communications
Lee Cohen Hare
Director, Brand Creative
Nick DaCosta
Coordinator, Advancement Operations
Angela Goding
Senior Director, Advancement
Sarah Watson Gray
Senior Director, Integrated Advancement
Alyssa Krop-Brandfon
Director, Advancement Operations
Laura Monarque
Manager, Fundraising
Lauren Nesslein
Senior Manager, Advancement
Leslie Reed
Senior Associate, Strategic Communications
Melanie Rodríguez
Associate, Strategic Communications
Carra Martinez
Senior Director, Lifetime Support for Artists
Mario Alberto Zambrano (1994 Dance & U.S. Presidential Scholar in the Arts)
Senior Director, National Arts Competition
Manny Blasco
Senior Manager, Outreach & Community Development
Zayra Campos
Manager, Lifetime Support for Artists
Eloise Janssen (2017 Visual Arts)
Associate, Lifetime Support for Artists
Alexandra Venegas (2016 Visual Arts)
Coordinator, Early Recognition for Artists
Neidra Ward
Associate Director, National Competition
Bethany Wearden
Senior Manager, Lifetime Support for Artists
Melissa Doval
Vice President, Finance & Operations
Gary Blake
Event Engineer
Jared De Freitas
Director, Information Technology
Mackenzie Douglas
Manager, Event Logistics
Tatiana Calderon
Associate, Research & Analytics
Donna Lane Downey
Manager, Operations Administration
Candia Joseph
Director, Finance
Jennifer McShane
Director, Operations and Logistics
Natalie Padró-Smith
Manager, Campus Operations & General Support
Michael Rahaman
Manager, Information Technology
Himaja Reddy Maddika
Senior Manager, Data & Analytics
Patricia Senosiain
Senior Accountant
Ty Taylor
Manager, Event Operations
Mike Williams
Associate, Information Technology
Mari Campuzano
Senior Director, Organizational Growth & Development
Daphne Vega
Director, People Operations
Sarah Arison | Board Chair
Arison Arts Foundation
Richard Kohan | President of The Board
AFO, LLC
Zuzanna Szadkowski | Secretary
1997 Theater & U.S. Presidential Scholar in the Arts, Actor
Kevin Levingston | Treasurer
PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
Derrick Adams
Artist
Chloe Berkowitz
Philanthropist, Collector & Founder of Berkowitz Contemporary Foundation
Doug Blush
1984 Film, MadPix Films
Hampton Carney
Paul Wilmot Communications
Kristy Edmunds
MASS MoCA, Center for the Art of Performance At UCLA
Danielle Garno, Esq.
Daniel Ebeling Maccia & Cohen
Rosie Gordon-Wallace
Curator & Founder, Diaspora Vibe Cultural Arts Incubator
Michi Matter Jigarjian
7G Group & Baxter St at CCNY
Jason Kraus
Artist & Philanthropist
Steven Marks, Esq.
Podhurst Orseck
Lauren Matthiesen
JP Morgan Chase
Michael McElroy
1985 Theater, Director & Educator
Dr. Joan Morgan
Writer and Program Director, The Center for Black Visual Culture at the Institute of African American Affairs, NYU
Kristina Newman-Scott
John S. and James L. Knight Foundation
John J. O’Neil, Esq.
Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP, Retired
José Parlá
Multidisciplinary Artist
Glenda Pedroso
Northern Trust
Deborah Shainfeld
Philanthropist, Founder & President, Alpha Empire Designs
Jean Shin
1990 Visual Arts & U.S. Presidential Scholar in the Arts, Artist & Professor at Pratt Institute
Sandra Tamer
Philanthropist
Debi Wisch
Wischful Thinking Productions
Armando M. Codina
Codina Partners, LLC
Meryl Comer
Global Alliance on Women’s Brain Health & UsAgainstAlzheimer’s
Justin DiCioccio
Jazz Performer, Educator, Conductor & Producer
Agnes Gund*
Founder & Chair, Studio In A School
John J. Kauffman
BDT & Company, LLC
Dr. Ronald C. McCurdy
Thornton School Of Music, University Of Southern California
Dr. Eduardo J. Padrón
Miami Dade College, Retired
Desmond Richardson
1986 Dance & U.S. Presidential Scholar in the Arts, Complexions Contemporary Ballet
Marcus Sheridan
JP Morgan, Retired
Richard S. Wagman
PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, Retired
Maurice M. Zarmati
Costa Cruises North America, Retired
*Denotes In Memoriam
On a rotating basis, YoungArts will engage up to nine award winners representing a diverse group of ages, ethnicities and artistic disciplines to join the Artist Advisory Council.
The council provides critical feedback about artists’ needs, evaluates impact of artist programming initiatives, participates on selection panels for open call opportunities and identifies new avenues for fundraising potential.
To inquire about serving on the Artist Advisory Council, contact us at community@youngarts.org
Jake Goldbas
2007 Jazz
Lori Hepner
1999 Photography
Ava Tiye Kinsey
2004 Writing & U.S. Presidential Scholar in the Arts
Timothy Lee
2008 Visual Arts
Lance Oppenheim
2014 Film & U.S. Presidential Scholar in the Arts
Gabrielle Stravelli
1997 Voice
Michael Trusnovec
1992 Dance & U.S. Presidential Scholar in the Arts
Nadia Wolff
2016 Design Arts, Visual Arts & U.S. Presidential Scholar in the Arts