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Meet the Team

Our Staff

Wendy Liscow headshot

Wendy Liscow

Executive Director
Kira Rizzuto

Kira Rizzuto

Director of Learning Programs
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Monifa Kincaid

Director of Marketing & Communications

Jace Pastras

Programs and Communications Associate

Dr. Deborah Ward

Individual Giving and Philanthropic Engagement

Our Board

Ann Marie Miller

Ann Marie Miller

Board Chair, Former Executive Director of ArtPride

Rick Dammers

Dean of the College of Performing Arts, Rowan University

Margaret El

Retired Director of Visual & Performing Arts, Newark Public Schools

Porché Hardy

Board Secretary
Melanie Schulz

Melanie Schulz

Director of Governmental Relations, NJASA
Chiho Feindler

Chiho Feindler

CHIEF PROGRAM OFFICER, Save The Music Foundation

Chase Jackson

Executive Director, Ocean City Arts Center

Kimberly Harrington Markus

former New Jersey Commissioner of Education

Sandra Jacques

Assistant Director of Legal Education for Foundation for Educational Administration

Dr. Violet Robinson

Principal, Paul Robeson Community School for the Arts

Patricia Matos

Director of Philanthropic Services, Princeton Area Community Foundation

Jairo Gonzalez Ward

Managing Partner, Allume Consulting
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