Board of Directors
Debra Peltz, Chairman
Linda LeRoy Janklow, Founding Chairman
Lisa Plepler, Chairman Emeritus
Robert A. Pruzan, Vice Chairman
Robert W. Downes, Treasurer
Theodore S. Berger, Secretary
Patricia Morris Carey, Ph.D.
Ada Ciniglio
Emily Ford
Jawad Haider
Lynne S. Katzmann
Caroline Kim
Josephine Magliocco
David Monn
Nduka Nwankwo
Iris Lior Posternack
Tibisay Salerno
Douglas Schoen
Amy Sung
Louise Hartwell White
Laurie Cumbo, Ex-Officio
Richard H. Levy, Founding Executive Director
1978-1985
Steven Tennen, Executive Director
1986-2020
Rachel Watts, Executive Director
2020-
Staff
Keith Kaminski, Deputy Director for Strategic Operations, is a queer, NYC-based multimedia artist and nonprofit professional with over twenty years of experience with arts education in NYC public schools. After three years as a NYC DOE art teacher, Keith has led arts education work at various nonprofit organizations for the past seventeen years and also serves on the board of the NYC Arts in Education Roundtable. Keith holds an MPA with a concentration in nonprofit administration from CUNY Baruch College and a BFA in art education from Syracuse University. Nami Kagami
Shenell Bruce, Teen Programs Assistant
Queena Chen, Program Manager
Eda Faison, Program Manager
Maggie Fishman, Director of Practitioner Research and Digital Documentation
x487Bridget Johnson, Teen Programs Manager
x456Amanda Guest, Teen Programs Manager
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Tavia Huggins, Deputy Director for Finance
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Keith, Kaminski, Deputy Director For Strategic Operations
Nicholas Leichter, Program Manager
Candace Leslie, Fiscal Associate
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Daniel Levin, Program Manager
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Gail London, Program Manager
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Erin Loughran, DELLTA Program Associate
x461Aishwarya Madhav, Program Manager
Riham Majeed, Assistant Manager, Development
x470Brenda Maloy, Senior Program Manager, Bridges Associate
x476Kyla McKoll, Associate Director of Professional Development
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Fernando Maneca, Marketing and Communications Manager
x492Edward Miller, Program Manager
x478Lamont Morales, Associate Director of Finance and HR
x483Joe Nanashe, Educational Technology Manager
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Alexander Roman, Program Manager
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Constance Salcius, Grants Manager
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Andrew Shillingford, Fiscal/Development Assistant
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Briana Thomas, Teen Programs Manager
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Gwendolyn Thomas, Interim Director of In-School Programs
x474Dionne Thornton, Associate Director of Teen Programs and Community Engagement
x493Fran Van Horn, Deputy Director for Development
x469Luis Vélez, IT Systems Manager
x467Rachel Watts, Executive Director
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Alda Reuter
Alfred Cervantes
Amanda Adams-Louis
Amparo Chigui Santiago
Andrea Markus
Andrew Gaukel
Andrew Markus
Angel Thompson
Anna Stefanic
Anne Pasquale
Ashely Winkfield
August Hunter
Aynsley Powell
Barthelemy Atsin
Benjamin Perez Hidalgo
Brian McCormick
Caitlin Gaspar
Carlos Martinez
Carrie Ellman-Larsen
Christopher Dieman
Christopher Ignacio
Claudia Acosta
Dance China NY
Danielle Criss
Danilo Randjic-Coleman
David Burnett
Dee Kanevsky
Devan Manning
Diana Crum
Diego Leclery
Dionne Kamara
Donald Eaton
Donna Maria deCreeft
Ed Woodham
Elia Monte-Brown
Eric Austin
Eric Mark Olson
Erin Orr
Foot & Fiddle Dance Company
Freestyle Repertory Theatre
Isabelle Sigrid Marshall
Jack Mitchell
Jaimie Warren
Jane Cathy Shaw
Janice Lowe
Jeffrey Hopkins
Jendaya Dash
Jennifer Golonka
Jennifer Hann
Jojo Gonzalez
Joy of Music Studio
Julia Barrett-Mitchell
Justin Salud
Karilyn Morris
Katrina Avino-Barracato
Keenan Higgins
Keith Herron
Kenneth Salters
Kerry Warren
Kevin Ray Jr.
Kim Grier
Kimberly Olsen
Laine Barton
Lake Simons
Laura Borgwardt
Laura Simms
Lindsay Hinojosa
Lisa Shapiro
Liza Miller
Lorena Marin
Marco Frey
Marco Granados
Marina Celander
Martita Goshen
Mexico Beyond Mariachi
Michael Durkin
Michelle Osbourne
Miriam Daly
MJ Knefel
Nancy Friedman
Nathan Bertone
Nathan Sensel
Nephrii Amenii
Norman Edwards Jr.
Ny Chhourm
Odalis ValDivieso
Olivia Crumm
Omar Perez
Pablo Herrera
Peter Bogdanos
Psacoya Guinn
Rachael Balcanoff
Ravish Momin
Rebecca Strimaitis
¡Retumba!
Rima Fand
Rita Tuitt
Robert Dellureficio
Ron Sopyla
Rosalind Lilly
Samantha Blain
Samantha Hack
Sara Jane Munford
Sarah Dahnke
Sarah Provost
Shawn Williams
Sindy Castro
Stacey Shapiro
Stefania Bulbarella
Susanna Brock
Swing Street Ensembles
T. Scott Lilly
Taikoza
Tanya Everett-Heggie
The Rod Rodgers Dance Company
The West Village Quartet
Thomas Sullivan
Tiffany Barrett
Tolon Studio
Truth Bachman
Victorius Remak
Yvette Martinez