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Board of directors

Kevin Beasley

Member

(September 2019 – Present)

Barbara Bryan

Barbara Bryan

Executive Director

(January 2000 – Present) Performing Arts Producer, Manager and Curator

Wally Cardona

Wally Cardona

Yanira Castro

Yanira Castro

Member

(July 2019 – Present) Interdisciplinary Dance Artist

Adrienne Edwards

Adrienne Edwards

Member

(October 2018 – Present) Engell Speyer Family Curator and Curator of Performance, The Whitney Museum

Stephen Facey

Stephen Facey

Treasurer

(September 2010 – Present) formerly Executive Vice President, Cathedral Church of Saint John the Divine

Ishmael Houston-Jones

Ishmael Houston-Jones

Co Vice Chair

(2003 – 2012; July 2013 – Present) Writer; Curator; Performer and Choreographer

André Lepecki

André Lepecki

Member

(December 2019 – Present) Professor and Chair, Dept. of Performance Studies, Tisch School of the Arts, NYU

Sarah Michelson

Kay Takeda

Kay Takeda

Chair

(September 2018 – Present) Executive Director, Foundation for Contemporary Arts

Edisa Weeks

Edisa Weeks

Secretary

SECRETARY (JULY 2016 – PRESENT) Associate Professor of Dance and Acting Chair, Dept. of Drama, Theatre & Dance, Queens C

Cathy Weis

Member

(September 2022 - Present) Choreographer; Video Artist; Founder of Sundays on Broadway

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