The Emerging Leaders Program Alumni

Ami Scherson, Membership and Individual Giving Manager, National Sawdust

Analisa Bell, Education and Operations Manager, The New York Pops

Anastasia Gudko, Founder, Ukrainian Arts Club

Andreas Huang, Assistant Performance Producer, Whitney Museum of American Art

Ashley Theagene, Manager, Arts Center & Resident Programs, Entertainment Community Fund

Chandler Smith, Associate Producer, BAM (Brooklyn Academy of Music)

Corrine Rodriguez, Operations Manager, TRANSART

Desirée González Acevedo, Senior Manager, Events and Rentals, Brooklyn Museum

Didintle Ntsie, Grants and Artist Engagement Managers, Brooklyn Arts Council

Emma Ike, Education Manager, The Isamu Noguchi Foundation and Garden Museum

Hastings Hill, Communications Manager, Dance/NYC

Jesse Perez Antigua, Youth Media Community Programs Manager, DCTV (Downtown Community Television Center)

Jessica Albert, Development and Events Manager, Garrison Art Center

Jessica Jackson, Director of Programs & Education, Bronx Children’s Museum

Joe Hetterly, Interim Budgets Manager, The Public Theater

Kaitlin McClure, Gallery and Residency Manager, Greenwich House Pottery

Kestrel Wolgemuth, Associate Director of Programming, Irish Arts Center

Lilia Perez, Grants Manager, Arts Mid-Hudson

Michael Barraco, Gallery Director, KinoSaito 

Naja Gordon, Program Manager, Guaranteed Income for Artists, Creatives Rebuild New York (CRNY)

Richard Wilson, Exhibition and Production Designer, MoMAPS1

Sarah McCaffery, Programming Manager & Associate Curator, Harlem Stage

Thais Bignardi, Manager of Visitor Engagement, Museum of Arts and Design

Zahar Al-Dabbagh, Assistant Director of Education Operations – Frederick A. O. Schwarz Education Center, Museum of the City of New York

NYFA’s Emerging Leaders Program is made possible with the generous support of The Willem de Kooning Foundation

All affiliations listed are from the time that they took part in the program.

Daniel Bamba, Director, Grants and Residencies, Queens Council on the Arts, Queens, NY

Michelle Campagna, Advertising and Marketing Senior Manager, Academy of American Poets, New York, NY

Defne Celikoyar, Development Associate, BAAD! Bronx Academy of Arts and Dance, Bronx, NY

Christina Chan, Manager of School, Youth and Community Programs, New Museum of Contemporary Art, New York, NY

Anna Conlan, Curator and Exhibitions Manager, The Samuel Dorsky Museum of Art, New Paltz, NY

Tiffiney Davis, Managing Director, Red Hook Art Project (RHAP), Brooklyn, NY

Zafi Dimitropoulou, Artistic Director, People’s Theatre Project, New York, NY

Anaïs Duplan, Program Manager, Recess, Brooklyn, NY

Bianca Farrow, Education Manager, Bronx Documentary Center, Bronx, NY

Mollie Flanagan, Chief Financial Officer, International Studio & Curatorial Program (ISCP), Brooklyn, NY

Gail Heidel, Director of Creative Arts Programs, Casita Maria Center for Arts & Education, Bronx, NY

Jesus Hernandez, Executive and Artistic Director, Latin Reel, New York, NY

Tonya Hopkins, Cofounder & Executive Director, James Hemings Society, Brooklyn, NY

Frances Howorth, Director of Marketing, Irish Repertory Theatre, New York, NY

Monica Johnson, Managing Director, Booklyn, Inc., Brooklyn, NY

Ladi’Sasha Jones, Artist Engagement Manager, The Laundromat Project, New York, NY

Jess Kaufman, Executive Artistic Director, Más Allá del Muro | Beyond the Wall, Nogales AZ/SON and New York, NY

Miriam Leuchter, Interim Executive Director, Josephine Herrick Project (JHP), New York, NY

Kristen Lynch, Co-Founder/Executive Director, Brooklyn Acting Lab, Brooklyn, NY

Sahar Muradi, Managing Director of Education Programs, City Lore, Inc., New York, NY

Zoe Rabinowitz, Associate Artistic Director, Yaa Samar! Dance Theatre, Brooklyn, NY

Seema Sabnani, Chief Programs Officer, Free Arts NYC, New York, NY

Yusuf Siddiquee, Associate Director, Finance, StoryCorps, Brooklyn, NY

Crystal Wei, Executive Director, Mount Tremper Arts, Mt. Tremper, NY

Ran Yan, Executive Director, Lewis Latimer House Museum, Queens, NY

NYFA’s Emerging Leaders Program is made possible with the generous support of American Express.

All affiliations listed are from the time that they took part in the program.

Christina Aguirre, Program Manager, National Dance Institute, New York, NY

Karesia Batan, Executive Director, The Physical Plant | Queensboro Dance Festival, Queens, NY

Ryan Collins, Associate Director of Operations, MoMA PS1, Queens, NY

Eva Mayhabal Davis, Gallery and Studio Program Manager, Smack Mellon, Brooklyn, NY

Raquel Du Toit, Program Director, Lower Eastside Girls Club, New York, NY

Ariel Estrada, Manager of Communications, The Tank, New York, NY

Rylee Eterginoso, Public Programs Manager, Staten Island Museum, Staten Island, NY

Sade Falebita, Associate Director of Youth Programs, Downtown Community Television Center, New York, NY

Lauren Gardner, Director, Babycastles, New York, NY

Ron Kavanaugh, Executive Director, Literary Freedom Project, Bronx, NY

Bora Kim, Program Manager, Artist Residencies, Lower Manhattan Cultural Council, New York, NY

Suzanne Lio, Managing Director, Bruce Museum, Greenwich, CT

Nadxieli Nieto, Program Director, Literary Awards, PEN America, New York, NY

Kelly Olshan, Program Manager, Queens Council on the Arts, Queens, NY

Olga Putilina, Artistic Programming Manager, New Victory Theater, New York, NY

Rachel Roberge, School Director, Mark Morris Dance Group, Brooklyn, NY

Clarivel Ruiz, President/Founder, Dominicans Love Haitians Movement, Brooklyn, NY

Amber Sasse, Manager of Special Events and Membership, MoMA PS1, Queens, NY

Myla Seabrook, Events Manager, Brooklyn Children’s Museum, Brooklyn, NY

Molly Silberberg, Associate Director, Humanities, Brooklyn Academy of Music, Brooklyn, NY

Tali Stolzenberg-Myers, Associate Producer, Public Programs, The New York Public Library, New York, NY

Melissa West, Vice President of Curation, Snug Harbor Cultural Center & Botanical Garden, Staten Island, NY

Britta Wheeler, Founder and Executive Director, The Children’s Institute of Fashion Arts, New York, NY

Jenn Anne Williams, Education Liaison, Marquis Studios, Brooklyn, NY

Neil Wu-Gibbs, Manager of Special Events and Board Relations & Special Assistant to the President, Museum of Chinese in America, New York, NY

The Emerging Leaders Boot Camp is made possible with the generous support of American Express.

All affiliations listed are from the time that they took part in the program.

Karisa Antonio, Director of Arts and Culture, Lantern Community Services, New York, NY

Zachary Bowman, Manager of Education and Visitor Experience, Samuel Dorsky Museum of Art, New Paltz, NY

Eliza Coviello, General Manager, Performa, New York, NY

Gabriel de Guzman, Curator & Director of Exhibitions, Smack Mellon, Brooklyn, NY

Ana Fiore, Program Manager, Grants & Community Initiatives, Lower Manhattan Cultural Council, New York, NY

Maria Fumai Dietrich, Membership and Individual Giving Manager, Parrish Art Museum, Water Mill, NY

Grace Gaylord, Manager, Global K-12 Programs, The Juilliard School, New York, NY

Jessica Lightfoot, Manager, Programs and Development, Concert Artists Guild, New York, NY

Stephanie Lindquist, Director, BronxArtSpace, Bronx, NY

Melissa Liu, Development & Communications Coordinator, The Laundromat Project, New York, NY

Reynaldi Lindner Lolong, Associate Director of Marketing and Membership, New York Shakespeare Festival DBA The Public Theater, New York, NY

Meghan Love, National Training Curriculum Associate & ABT/NYU Master’s Program Manager, American Ballet Theatre, New York, NY

Amita Manghnani, Director of Public Programs & Communications, Asian/Pacific/American Institute at New York University (A/P/A), New York, NY

Luis Pagan, Marketing/Media Manager, Casita Maria Center for Arts & Education, Bronx, NY

Benji Railton-Ashe, Education Manager, Teaching and Learning, New York City Center, New York, NY

M.K. Rainey, Managing Director for Training & Communications, Community-Word Project, New York, NY

Erica Reinsch, Assistant Director of Education/School Engagement, New Victory Theater, New York, NY

Juan Pablo Siles, Manager, Artistic Planning, Brooklyn Academy of Music, Brooklyn, NY

Maya Suess, Managing Director, Flux Factory, Long Island City, NY

Andrea Thompson, Director of Development, Afro Latin Jazz Alliance, New York, NY

Megan Whitman, Director, Lambert Center for Arts + Ideas, JCC Manhattan, New York, NY

Nico Xuexin Li, Education Programs and Engagements Manager, New York Chinese Cultural Center, New York, NY

Melissa Zakri Zareh, New York Program Director, SAG-AFTRA Foundation, New York, NY

Lauren Zelaya, Assistant Curator of Public Programs, Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, NY

The Emerging Leaders Boot Camp is made possible with the generous support of American Express.

All affiliations listed are from the time that they took part in the program.

Amy Appleton, Arts Mentoring Program Manager, Free Arts NYC, New York, NY

Daniel Benavent, Associate Producer and Opera Studio Manager, Manhattan School of Music, New York, NY

Meredith Dixon, Business Manager, Atlantic Theater Company, New York, NY

Heidi Elbers, Director of Exhibitions and Alumni Affairs, New York Academy of Art, New York, NY

Dan Fishman, Programming and Events Associate, Bryant Park Corporation, Manhattan, New York

Lauren Flanigan, Founder/Director, Music and Mentoring House, New York, NY

Danielle Green, Marketing Manager, New Jersey Symphony Orchestra, Newark, NJ

Anjali Goyal, Development Manager, Asian American Arts Alliance, Brooklyn, NY

Vanessa Hadox, Manager of Institutional Giving, Groundswell, Brooklyn, New York

Gloria Hage, Executive Director, Robin Becker Dance, New York, NY

Joseph Hall, Deputy Director, Programming and Operations, BAAD! The Bronx Academy of Arts and Dance, Bronx, NY

Bonnie Harris, Administrator for the MFA Program in Creative Writing, Brooklyn College, Brooklyn, NY

Lauren Haynes, Associate Curator, Permanent Collection, The Studio Museum in Harlem, New York, NY

PennyMaria Jackson, Marketing Manager, Alvin Ailey America Dance Theater, New York, NY

Maria Kelly, Dance for PD®, Program Coordinator, Mark Morris Dance Group, Brooklyn, NY

Allison Kline, Director of Foundation and Government Relations, Park Avenue Armory, New York, NY

Anjanette Levert, Program Manager, The Documentary Forum, New York NY

Sarah McLellan, Managing Director, Clubbed Thumb, New York, NY

Christopher Mulé, Director of Folk Arts, Brooklyn Arts Council, Brooklyn, NY

Mary Prescott, Founder, Artistic Director and CEO, Lyra Music, Inc., Northampton, MA/New York City, NY

Tricia Sardo, Assistant Director of Individual Giving & Special Events, Brooklyn Botanic Garden, Brooklyn, NY

Clement So, Artistic Administrator, 92nd Street Y (Tisch Center for the Arts), New York, NY

Kendra Sullivan, Program Manager, The Center for the Humanities at the CUNY Graduate Center, New York, NY

Diya Vij, Digital Communications Manager, NYC Department of Cultural Affairs (DCLA), Manhattan, NY

Anne Wheeler, Assistant Curator, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, NY

Rishauna Zumberg, Program Director, Lineage Project, Bronx, NY

This program is made possible with the generous support of American Express and The Howard Gilman Foundation.

All affiliations listed are from the time that they took part in the program.

Betsie Becker, Manager Artist Residencies/Alumni Projects, Ensemble ACJW/Carnegie Hall, New York, NY

Rachel Castillo, Operations Director, Creative Arts Team, The City University of New York, NY

Joanna Castro, Program Director, NoMAA (Northern Manhattan Arts Alliance), New York, NY

Nikki Chalas, Executive Director, ZviDance, New York, NY

Andrew Clarke, Founder & Executive Director, Braata Productions, St. Albans, NY

Jordan Dann, Education Director, Teachers & Writers Collaborative, New York, NY

Amanda Deutch, Director/ Founder, Parachute Literary Arts, Brooklyn, NY

Xenia Diente, Deputy Director of Creative Services, NYC Department of Design and Construction, Long Island City, NY

Bradley Diuguid, Executive Director, Catskill Art Society, Livingston Manor, NY

Rachel Feinberg, Development Officer, UrbanGlass, Brooklyn, NY

Chelsea Goding, Education Manager, New York City Center, New York, NY

Dino Korca, Executive Director, Albanian Institute, New York, NY

Karen Kubey, Executive Director, Institute for Public Architecture, New York, NY

Miriam Leah, Director, ATARA: The Association for Torah and the Arts, Brooklyn, NY

Jade Ariella Lien, Manager of Programs and Information Services, Newark Arts Council, Newark, NJ

Stefanie Nelson, Executive Director, Stefanie Nelson Dancegroup, New York, NY

Elsbeth Pancrazi, Membership and Development Director, Poetry Society of America, New York, NY

Laurel Ptak, Executive Director, Triangle Arts Association, Brooklyn, NY

Jenny Rosenzweig, Executive Director, Roxbury Arts Group, Roxbury NY

Adrian Saldaña, General Manager, Abrons Arts Center of Henry Street Settlement, New York, NY

Robert Serrell, Director of Education, The Barrow Group, New York, NY

Marie Tennyson, Assistant Director, LeRoy Neiman Center for Print Studies, Gallery Manager, LeRoy Neiman Gallery, Columbia University, New York, NY

Lauren Testa, Co-Director, Artists Alliance Inc., New York, NY

Liz Waytkus, Executive Director, Docomomo US, New York, NY

Julia Whitworth, Canon for the Liturgy and the Arts, Cathedral of St. John the Divine, New York, NY

Beatrice Wolert, Interim Executive Director, CUE Art Foundation, New York, NY

Casey York, Associate General Manager, Playwrights Horizons, New York, NY

This program is made possible with the generous support of the American Express Foundation. Additional support is provided by the Fanwood Foundation.

All affiliations listed are from the time that they took part in the program.

Rosalind Barbour, Director of Education and Community Engagement, The Public Theater

Maria Bauman, Founder, MBDance

Sara De Rose, Freelance Marketing Consultant

Sarah Dohrmann, Independent Writer/Editor

Bridget Donlon, Assistant Manager, Arts & Design, MTA

Alec Duffy, Artistic Director, JACK

Vincent Ector, Executive Director, Arts For Kids Inc.

Melissa Gawlowski Pratt, Senior Program Manager, Arts in the Middle, Lincoln Center Education

Rebecca Guber, Director and Founder, Ayslum Arts

Myongyee Jin, Volunteer/Grantwriter, Word Up Community Bookshop

Carina Kaufman, Residency Director, Flux Factory

Anna Kull, Director of Community Relationships, Lark Play Development Center

David Leventhal, Program Director, Dance for PD® at Mark Morris Dance Group

Cybele Maylone, Executive Director, Urban Glass

Ted Minos, Founder/Producing Artistic Director, Moose Hall Theatre Company / Inwood Shakespeare Festival

Will Penrose, Director, Rema Hort Mann Foundation

Ginger Porcella, Executive Director, San Diego Art Institute

Jill Rafson, Director of New Play Development, Roundabout Theatre Company

Maria Romano, Independent Writer/Editor

Agueda Sanfiz, Cultural Officer, Spain Culture New York

Sarah Scandiffio, Director of Events, Grace Farm

Phoebe Stern, Manager of Operations, Arts Education Collaborative, Pittsburgh

This program is made possible with the generous support of the American Express Foundation.

All affiliations listed are from the time that they took part in the program.