Clive Chang
President
Staff since 2023
Donna Lane Downey
Executive Assistant
Staff since 2012
Dee Dee Sides
Vice President of Advancement
Staff since 2020
Krizia Alba
Associate, Raiser’s Edge Administration
Staff since 2022
Angela Goding
Senior Director of Advancement
Staff since 2020
Sarah Watson Gray
Director of Institutional Giving
Staff since 2020
Alyssa Krop-Brandfon
Director of Advancement Operations
Staff since 2013
Lauren Nesslein
Advancement Operations Manager
Staff since 2017
Lisa Leone
Creative Producer
Staff since 2012
Joey Butler
Programs Manager
Staff since 2015
Zayra Campos
Programs Coordinator
Staff since 2021
Kelley Kessell (2012 Theater, Voice & U.S. Presidential Scholar in the Arts)
Artist Community and Data Manager
Staff since 2015
Neili Jones
Artistic Programs Coordinator
Staff since 2022
Luisa Múnera
Associate Curator
Staff since 2014
Ty Taylor
Manager of Operations and Archival Media
Staff since 1994
Claire Traeger
Associate Director of Artistic Programs
Staff since 2014
Neidra Ward
Associate Director of Winner Programs
Staff since 2012
Josybel Martinez
Vice President, Equity, People and Culture
Staff since 2021
Katrina Pilkington
Senior Director of Equity and Belonging
Staff since 2022
Britney Tokumoto
Associate, People Operations
Staff since 2021
Daphne Vega
Payroll and Benefits Manager
Staff since 2022
Tanya Reid
Vice President of Finance
Staff since 2021
Gary Blake
Event Engineer
Staff since 2014
Jared De Freitas
IT Director
Staff since 2022
Candia Joseph
Accountant
Staff since 2017
Jennifer McShane
Interim Facilities Director
Staff since 2017
Natalie Padró-Smith
Events and Operations Associate
Staff since 2016
Michael Rahaman
IT Manager
Staff since 2015
Antonio Rivera
Engineer
Staff since 2012
Claudio Sampaio
IT Manager
Staff since 2008
Chris Williams
Director of Finance
Staff since 2016
Dave Adams
Senior Director, Strategic Communications
Staff since 2021
Ruby Brown
Digital Content and Social Media Producer
Staff since 2022
Lee Cohen Hare
Creative Director
Staff since 2012
Nick DaCosta
Strategic Communications Coordinator
Staff since 2021
Leslie Reed
Associate, Strategic Communications
Staff since 2019
Rebekah Lanae Lengel (2000 Writing)
Vice President, Strategy and Impact
Staff since 2016
Heike Dempster
Director, Engagement and Outreach
Staff since 2016
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
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
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