Staff
Serving artists and staffed by artists.
New York Foundation for the Arts (NYFA) is a proud Equal Opportunity Employer. We believe that having a diverse staff is critical to effectively fulfilling our mission and increasing that diversity is a key organizational priority; women, people of color, and people with disabilities are strongly encouraged to join our team. Our staff is comprised largely of working artists — from all disciplines — who are all dedicated to serving artists and arts organizations.
Interested in working at NYFA? Open roles will be listed on NYFA Classifieds as they come available.
To contact New York Foundation for the Arts, please use our Contact Page.
Executive Staff

Lisa Fagan
Executive Assistant

Fred Humphrey
Chief Operating Officer

Michael Royce
Chief Executive Officer
Development

Nichole Almanzar
Development Officer

Kim Andresen
Development Officer – Institutional Giving

Lindsay Smilow
Director
Development
NYFA Grants

Tara Foster
Director
NYFA Grants

Rachael Moton
Program Officer
NYFA Grants

Sarah O’Connell
Senior Program Officer
NYFA Grants

Mollie Quinlan-Hayes
Program Coordinator
Rauschenberg Grants

Eleysha Sajous
Program Officer
NYFA Grants
Fiscal Sponsorship

Madeleine Cutrona
Director
Fiscal Sponsorship

Alicia Ehni
Program Officer
Fiscal Sponsorship

Andrea Kleine
Program Officer
Fiscal Sponsorship

Matthew Seig
Media Specialist
Fiscal Sponsorship
NYFA Learning

Chelsea Goding-Doty
Senior Program Officer,
Leadership Initiatives

Felicity Hogan
Director
NYFA Learning

Ju Hye Kim
Program Associate
NYFA Learning

Kelly Olshan
Program Officer
Career Advice and Training

Ya Yun Teng
Program Officer
Immigrant Artist Resource Center (NYC)
Communications

Amy Aronoff
Senior Communications Officer

Mary-kate Grohoski
Sales Manager
NYFA Classifieds

Melanie Martin
Director of Sales and Communications

Katerina Nicolaou
Account Manager
NYFA Classifieds
Finance & Administration

Carolyn Lockhart Schoerner
Finance Officer

Rusha Rahman
Finance Officer

Tricia Sackor
Program Officer
Fiscal Sponsorship & Finance

Sebi Vitale
Director of Finance/Administration
Technology

Mohammad Usman
Director of Technology
Consultants

Zahra Banyamerian
Curatorial Affairs

Peter Cobb
Senior Advisor
NYFA Learning

Gretchen Kraus
Freelance Designer
In Memoriam
