Friends of Materials for the Arts – Board of Directors
Andrew Seiken, Chair
Senior Wealth Strategist, BNY Mellon
Scott A. Resnick, Vice Chair
Vice President of Loyalty, SoulCycle
Samit Shah, Treasurer
Senior Director of Data Science, AetnaAnelle Miller, Secretary
Executive Director, Society of Illustrators
Bonnie Weissblatt Weill, Board Chair Emerita
Philanthropist
Marla Aaron
CEO, Marla Aaron Jewelry
Allison Arden
Founder and CEO of SOUL + CO
Bridgett Artise
Founder, Sustainable Fashion Week US / NYC
Mattie Byrneheim
Customer Success Manager, Media and Entertainment, Adobe
Rick Davy
Founder and Director, BK Style Foundation
Grahame Hubbard
Director, Plant Specialists
Yolanda Shashaty
Philanthropist/Artist
Janet Wong
Vice President, Corporate Social Responsibility, Deutsche Bank
Robert Jenkins
Director, Platform
Shirley Levy
Tara Sansone
Executive Director, Friends of Materials for the Arts
Laurie Cumbo, Ex Officio
Commissioner, NYC Department of Cultural Affairs
Gonzalo Casals, Honorary Board Member
Senior Research and Policy Fellow, Arts and Culture, The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation
Harriet Taub
Founding Director, Friends of Materials for the Arts
Materials for the Arts – Staff
Office Administration
Tara Sansone, Executive Director
Meg O’Brien, Director of Development
Yolanda Rodriguez, Office Administrator
Maria Canela, Community Liaison
Samantha Paradiso, Communications and Development Associate
Bliss Green-Morehead, DCLA Digital Communications Manager
Warehouse Operations
Alana Nydorf, Donations Coordinator
Daniel Larkin, Direct Donations Coordinator
Denise Flynch, Volunteer Coordinator
Christopher Trainor, Warehouse Associate
Jose Rosa, Warehouse Assistant
Jonathan Valentin, Warehouse Associate
Andres Velez-Sierra, Warehouse Associate
Nick Duguid, Driver
Education Center
John Cloud Kaiser, Director of Education
Will Niedmann, Education Coordinator
Niceli Portugal, Education Coordinator
Joy Suarez, Master Teaching Artist
Teaching Artists
Pamela Isaac
David Marini
Louie Miranda
Avani Patel