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Board, Staff, Advisors, Interns

None of the accomplishments in this report would be possible without a cadre of dedicated people to make it happen, many of whom are listed below.

Board of Trustees

Staff

Artist Advisory Committee

Interns

Board of Trustees

(as of January 2005)

Leni R. Darrow, President
Kathleen O’Grady, Vice President for Development
Stuart B. Rekant, Vice President for Marketing & Communications
Howard Rothman, Vice President for Operations
Danny Simmons, Vice President for Programs
J. Whitney Stevens, Treasurer
Gloria J. Browne-Marshall, Secretary
Nathan Lyons, Founding Trustee

Margaret C. Ayers
Susan Ball
Kathleen Chalfant
Anita Durst
Judith B. Grunberg
Michi Itami
Lindsay McCrum
Ben Rodriguez-Cubeñas
Susan Sollins
Michael Sundell
Jacob Walthour, Jr

Non-Board Committee Members

Stephanie Fierman
Betsy Vorce

NYFA also acknowledges the leadership of the following Trustees who served during fiscal years 2003 and 2004.

Kent L. Barwick
Laura Callanan
Patricia Cruz
Peter Duchin
Trudy Kramer
Mercy Bona Pavelic
Frances Richard
Susan Shafton
Susan Sontag

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Staff

(as of January 2005)

Theodore S. Berger, Executive Director

Operations

Toni Lewis, Director of Administration

Bill Wagner, Senior Officer for Operations

Sidette Warren, Human Resource Officer

Carmen Cuevas-Gomez, Operations Assistant


Programs

Penelope Dannenberg, Director of Programs

Awards & Creative Development

Janice Shapiro, Managing Officer, Awards & Creative Development

Shawn Miller, Senior Officer, Fellowships/S.O.S.
Priscilla Miner, Senior Officer, Leadership Initiative
Christine Slevin, Senior Officer, Public Programs
Mary Six Rupert, Senior Officer, Fiscal Sponsorship

Marina Feleo Gonzalez, Media Specialist
Lystra Joseph-Campbell, Officer, Fellowships
Margie Lempert, Officer, Fellowships/BUILD

Rochelle Daire, Program Aide
Kevin Norman, Program Aide

Information & Research

Matthew Deleget, Managing Officer, Information & Research

Edith Meeks, Senior Officer, NYFA Source (performing arts)

Melissa Potter, Officer, NYFA Source (visual arts)
David Terry, Officer, Outreach

David H. Johnston, Research Assistant, NYFA Source
John Palattella, Research Assistant, NYFA Source

Alan Gilbert, Senior Editor, NYFA Quarterly, and Consulting Editor, NYFA Current
Nick Stillman, Managing Editor, NYFA Quarterly, and Editor, NYFA Current


Bill Westerman, Coordinator of Outreach to Immigrant Communities and Artists, New York Creates
Daisy Rosenblum, Immigrant Community Outreach Specialist, New York Creates


External Affairs

Waddy Thompson, Director of External Affairs

Tiffany Lacey, Managing Officer, Individual Giving

Danielle Bias, Communications Officer
John Chaich, Corporate Relations Officer
Rod Piletic, Institutional Giving Officer

Tonya Bell, Development Assistant


Finance

Joanne Brockway, Senior Finance Officer

Jennifer Janssen, Finance Officer

Erin Koch, Finance Assistant


We also entend our thanks to the following former staff members who helped make NYFA's work possible during the period of this report, including John P. Feher, Director of Finance; Tina Travis, Senior Finance Officer; Dawn-Marie Culbert and June Zaidaan, Finance Officers; Lisa M. Pue, Senior Communications Officer; Kate Taylor, Development Officer, Institutional Giving; Sara Grundman and Emily Harney, Development Assistants; Ann Wager, Operations Manager; Judy Malloy, Editor, Current; Jeanette Vuocolo, Senior Programs Officer; and Alison Cox and Aimee Lee, Program Officers, Grants.

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Artists Advisory Committee

(Advisors serve four-year overlapping terms. The years the artists served appear after each name.)


Lyndon Achee, 03, 04
Rina Banerjee, 03, 04
Josely Carvalho, 03, 04
Brett Cook-Dizney, 04
Blondell Cummings, 03
Kevin Daniel, 03, 04
Luis Facundo, 03
Kimbro Frutiger, 04
Eric Gansworth, 03
Sheldon Gibson, 03
Andrea Gill, 04
Thomas Glave, 03, 04
Jeffrey Hoone, 03, 04
Kiyomi Iwata, 03, 04
Judith Kitchen, 03
Vijay Kumar, 03, 04
Phyllis Lamhut, 03, 04
Roberto Lebrón, 03, 04
Annea Lockwood, 04
Rogelio Martinez, 03, 04
Clifton Meador, 03, 04
Don Metz, 03
Thom Metzger, 04
Monteith McCollum, 03, 04
Alan Michelson, 03
Lillian Mulero, 04
Barbara Nessim, 03, 04
Lynn Nottage, 03, 04
Willie Perdomo, 03, 04
Marty Pottenger, 03, 04
Miriam Romais, 03, 04
Kathe Sandler, 03, 04
Luc Sante, 04
Sarah Schulman, 03
Martha Southgate, 04
Ian Taberner, 03, 04
John Valadez, 03, 04
Igor Vamos, 04
Marlies Yearby, 04
Lisa Yun, 03, 04
Julie Zando, 03

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Interns

The accomplishments described in this report would not have been possible without the talented assistance of the interns listed below.

Sabrina Balgamwalla
Theodore Barrow
Ryan Barnes
Tonya Bell
Pollyanna Berroa
Beverley Blythe
Erik Brunulf
Sarah Buck
Shirly Camin
Katherine Chan
Yi-Chun Zoe Chen
Lee Clark
Molly Clarke
Amy Conover
Jennifer Davis
Erin Dooley
Melissa Dunfee
Sheng-Sheng Foo
Alexandora Gildersleeve
Candice Goodrich
Paul Heyer
Chennie Huang
Jennifer Kate Janssen
Rini Keagy
Monika La Nuez
Carrie Lam
Elizabeth Olson
Ellen Perecman
Moriah Ray
Maritza Rivera
Monifa Roberts
Catherine Rosenbloom
Elika Walker
Wei-Ling Wang
Kristin Young

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