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
Anelle Miller, Secretary
Executive Director, Society of Illustrators
Samit Shah, Treasurer
Senior Director of Data Science, Aetna
Bonnie Weissblatt Weill, Board Chair Emerita
Philanthropist
Allison Arden
Founder and CEO of SOUL + CO
Mattie Byrneheim
Customer Success Manager, Media and Entertainment, Adobe
Thaddeus Copeland
Deputy Director of Sustainability, NYC Department of Education
Sumesh Jagtani
Program Manager, Business Strategy, Adobe
Yolanda Shashaty
Philanthropist/Artist
Janet Wong
Vice President, Corporate Social Responsibility, Deutsche Bank
Gonzalo Casals, Ex Officio
Commissioner, NYC Department of Cultural Affairs
Harriet Taub
Founding Director, Friends of Materials for the Arts
Materials for the Arts – Staff
Office Administration
Tara Sansone, Interim Executive Director
Bailee Eaglin, Executive Assistant
Yolanda Rodriguez, Office Administrator
Stephanie George, Development and Events Coordinator
Bliss Green-Morehead, Communications Coordinator
Warehouse Operations
Paul Humphrey, Donations Coordinator
Daniel Larkin, Direct Donations Coordinator
Dianna Mendez, Volunteer Coordinator
Christopher Trainor, Assistant Warehouse Manager
Jose Rosa, Warehouse Assistant
Jonathan Valentin, Warehouse Associate
Andres Velez-Sierra, Warehouse Associate
Nick Duguid, Driver
Stephen Sebunya, Driver’s Assistant and Warehouse Associate
Education Center
John Cloud Kaiser, Director of Education
Virginia Hoffman, Education Operations Manager
Omar Olivera, Education Associate
Joy Suarez, Master Teaching Artist
Teaching Artists
Edyta Halon
Pamela Isaac
David Marini
Louie Miranda
Avani Patel