Cultural Affairs Advisory Commission

CAAC Member List

• Candice Anderson, Executive Director of Cool Culture
• Steve Buscemi, Actor, Director and Writer
• Gabri Christa, Film and Dance Maker, Associate Professor of Professional Practice, Barnard College
  
• Stephanie Dockery, Arts Team, Bloomberg Philanthropy
• Lane Harwell, Program Officer, Creativity and Free Expression, Ford Foundation
  
• Jennifer Ifil-Ryan, Director of Education, Friends of Highline
• Roman Jackson, Vice President, JobsFirstNYC
• Michael Kamber, Founder/Executive Director, Bronx Documentary Center
• Emil J. Kang, Program Director for Arts and Cultural Heritage, Andrew W. Mellon Foundation
• Simi Linton, Author, Filmmaker, and President, Disability / Arts Consultancy
• Brett Littman, Director, Noguchi Museum
• Muriel Miguel, Founding Member & Artistic Director, Spiderwoman Theater
• Jonathan McCory, Executive Artitic Director, National Black Theater
• Robyne Walker Murphy, Executive Director, Groundswell
• Kristina Newman-Scott, Executive Director, The Greene Space at New York Public Radio
• Ebony Noelle Golden, CEO/Founder, Betty’s Daughter Arts Collaborative
• Ben Rodriguez-Cubeñas, Director at the Rockefeller Brothers Fund
• Whitney Stevens, Co-Founder, Med Labs
• Kellie Terry, Program Officer - Sustainable Environments, Surdna Foundation
  

Honorary Members

• Susana Torruella Leval, Chair Emeritus, Cultural Affairs Advisory Commission
• John Calvelli, Executive Director, Wildlife Conservation Society
• Viviana Bianchi, Executive Director, Bronx Council of the Arts

Ex-Officio

Laurie Cumbo, Commissioner, NYC Department of Cultural Affairs

Sue Donoghue, Commissioner, NYC Parks Department

Maria Torres-Springer, NYC Deputy Mayor for Economic & Workforce Development