Announcing | 2019 Emerging Leaders Boot Camp Participants

Congratulations and welcome to the newest cohort of participants in NYFA’s intensive professional development program for arts administrators!

The New York Foundation for the Arts (NYFA) is pleased to announce the participants in the 2019 iteration of its Emerging Leaders Boot Camp Program. Now in its fifth year, the Boot Camp is a free leadership development program for arts administrators that includes a five-day intensive with a rigorous blend of presentations, formal lectures, individual leadership assessment, and break-out groups. Additionally, the program includes half-day check-ins, an alumni mixer, final sessions, and a follow-up reunion event.

NYFA firmly believes that through this program, we make an investment in the cultural infrastructure that will ultimately benefit the entire field, building stronger connections and shared knowledge between artists and arts administrators.

2019 Emerging Leaders Boot Camp Program Participants

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.

This program is part of NYFA Learning, which includes professional development for artists and arts administrators. Sign up for NYFA’s free bi-weekly newsletter to receive updates on future programs.

Image: Emerging Leaders Boot Camp Program participants, March 2019, Photo Credit: Amy Aronoff for NYFA