Announcing: 2024 Emerging Leaders Program Cohort
Congratulations and welcome to the newest cohort of participants in NYFA’s intensive professional development program for arts administrators!
New York Foundation for the Arts (NYFA)’s intensive professional development program for arts administrators returns! Last offered in 2020, we are pleased to announce the participants in the 2024 cohort of our Emerging Leaders Program, made possible through funding from The Willem de Kooning Foundation. The year-long program provides free leadership training for arts administrators, and 149 arts administrators have participated in the program since its inception.
NYFA believes that investments in cultural infrastructure build stronger links and shared knowledge between artists and arts administrators, which benefits the entire field.
2024 Emerging Leaders Cohort
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.
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.