Committee

Advisory Committee

José Andrés

Chef and Owner
ThinkFoodGroup

Astrid Krogh

Textile Artist

Jason Moran

Jazz Pianist, Composer, Educator

Pedro Reyes

Artist and Activist

Damian Woetzel

Director, Arts Program
Aspen Institute

Program Committee

Jenny Bilfield

President and CEO
Washington Performing Arts

Kayleigh Bryant-Greenwell

Education Specialist, Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture

Faya Causey

Educator, Lecturer, Scholar

Melissa Chiu

Director
Smithsonian Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden

Alberto Fierro Garza

Counsellor for Culture and Education
Mexican Cultural Institute

Ken Grossinger

Chair
CrossCurrents Foundation

Lisa Hoffman

Executive Director
Alliance of Artist Communities

Irfana Jetha Noorani

Deputy Director
11th Street Bridge Park

Dorothy Kosinski

Director
The Phillips Collection

Arvind Manocha

President and CEO
Wolf Trap Foundation for the Performing Arts

Linn Meyers

Artist

Christopher K. Morgan

Executive Artistic Director
Dance Place

Jack Rasmussen

Director and Curator
American University Museum at the Katzen Center

Victoria Reis

Co-Founder, Executive and Artistic Director
Transformer

Mario Rossero

Senior Vice President
John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts

Sanjit Sethi

Director
Corcoran School of the Arts and Design, George Washington University

Virginia Shore

Curator and Art Advisor

Claudia M. Watts

Strategic Planning and Partnerships
Smithsonian’s Anacostia Community Museum