Clive Chang
President
Staff since 2023
Emily Waters
Senior Director, Innovation and Impact
Staff since 2023
Regina Moser
Manager, Executive Office
Staff since 2023
Dee Dee Sides
Vice President, Advancement
Staff since 2020
Krizia Alba
Associate, Raiser’s Edge Administration
Staff since 2022
Angela Goding
Senior Director, Strategic Partnerships
Staff since 2020
Sarah Watson Gray
Director, Institutional Giving
Staff since 2020
Alyssa Krop-Brandfon
Director, Advancement Operations
Staff since 2013
Lauren Nesslein
Manager, Advancement Operations
Staff since 2017
Lauren Slone
Senior Director, Artistic Programs
Staff since 2023
Joey Butler
Senior Manager, Artistic Programs
Staff since 2015
Zayra Campos
Associate, Artistic Programs
Staff since 2021
Heike Dempster
Director, Engagement and Outreach
Staff since 2016
Dawn Gardega
Logistics Manager, Artistic Programs
Staff since 2023
Kelley Kessell (2012 Theater, Voice & U.S. Presidential Scholar in the Arts)
Manager, Artistic Programs
Staff since 2015
Lisa Leone
Creative Producer
Staff since 2012
Luisa Múnera
Senior Manager, Artistic Programs and Curator
Staff since 2014
Natalie Padró-Smith
Manager, Artistic Programs
Staff since 2016
Ty Taylor
Manager, Programs and Archival Media
Staff since 1994
Claire Traeger
Associate Director, Artistic Programs
Staff since 2014
Neidra Ward
Associate Director, Artistic Programs
Staff since 2012
Josybel Martinez
Vice President, Equity, People and Culture
Staff since 2021
Britney Tokumoto
Associate, People Operations
Staff since 2021
Daphne Vega
Associate Director, People Operations
Staff since 2022
Tanya Reid
Vice President, Finance and Operations
Staff since 2021
Gary Blake
Event Engineer
Staff since 2014
Jared De Freitas
Director, Information Technology
Staff since 2022
Donna Lane Downey
Manager, Operations
Staff since 2012
Candia Joseph
Senior Accountant
Staff since 2017
Jennifer McShane
Director, Operations and Logistics
Staff since 2017
Michael Rahaman
Manager, Information Technology
Staff since 2015
Antonio Rivera
Engineer
Staff since 2012
Chris Williams
Director, Finance
Staff since 2016
Dave Adams
Senior Director, Strategic Communications
Staff since 2021
Ruby Brown
Manager, Strategic Communications
Staff since 2022
Lee Cohen Hare
Creative Director
Staff since 2012
Nick DaCosta
Coordinator, Strategic Communications
Staff since 2021
Leslie Reed
Associate, Strategic Communications
Staff since 2019
Melanie Rodríguez
Associate, Strategic Communications
Staff since 2023
Sarah Arison | Board Chair
Arison Arts Foundation
Richard Kohan | President of The Board
AFO, LLC
Natalie Diggins | Secretary
Technology Entrepreneur & Investor
Richard S. Wagman* | Treasurer
PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, Retired
Derrick Adams
Artist
Doug Blush
1984 Film, MadPix Films
Hampton Carney
Paul Wilmot Communications
Linda Coll
Carnival Foundation, Carnival Cruise Lines
Kristy Edmunds
MASS MoCA, Center for the Art of Performance At UCLA
Jonathan Flack
PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
Danielle Garno, Esq.
Holland & Knight
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
John J. O’Neil, Esq.
Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP, Retired
Glenda Pedroso
Northern Trust
Victoria Rogers
John S. and James L. Knight Foundation
Jean Shin
1990 Visual Arts & U.S. Presidential Scholar in the Arts, Artist & Professor at Pratt Institute
Zuzanna Szadkowski
1997 Theater & U.S. Presidential Scholar in the Arts, Actor
Sandra Tamer
Philanthropist
Debi Wisch
Wischful Thinking Productions
Maurice M. Zarmati
Costa Cruises North America, Retired
*Denotes Trustee Emeritus
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
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
Matthew Kacergis
2006 Theater
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