Center for Art,
Research and Alliances

PEOPLE

Manuela Moscoso
(she/her/ella)
Executive and Artistic Director

Maya Piergies
(she/her)
Deputy Director
maya@cara-nyc.org

Emmy Catedral
(she/her/siya)
Director of Bookstore
emmy@cara-nyc.org

Rahul Gudipudi
(he/him)
Director of Exhibitions and Fellowships
rahul@cara-nyc.org

Rachel Valinsky
(she/her)
Director of Publications
rachel@cara-nyc.org

Agustin Schang
(he/him)
Head of Production
agustin@cara-nyc.org

Sam Riehl
(he/him)
Head of Communications
sam@cara-nyc.org

Marian Chudnovsky
(she/they)
Curatorial Assistant
marian@cara-nyc.org

Mia Weathers-Fowler
(she/her)
Advancement Associate
mia@cara-nyc.org

Omololu Refilwe Babatunde
(shx/hxr)
Bookstore and Visitor Services Associate
bookstore@cara-nyc.org

Audrey Libatique
(she/her)
Bookstore and Visitor Services Associate
bookstore@cara-nyc.org

COLLABORATORS

6a architects
Architects

Art to Zero
Sustainability Consultants

Maven Leadership Collective
Facilitators

Studio Manuel Raeder and Rodolfo Samperio
Bookstore and Furniture Design

The Rodina
Design and Code

United States Artists
Fellowship Consultants

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Jane Hait, Chair
Founder of CARA

Shahed Fakhari Larson, Vice Chair
Founder and CEO, UNLMTD Partners

Andrew Marks, Treasurer
Founder and Partner, TQ Ventures

Helen Warwick, Secretary
Strategic Development Consultant

Mariana Castillo Deball
Artist and Professor of Sculpture at Kunstakademie Münster

Matt Keegan
Artist and Lecturer, Yale School of Art

Howard Marks
Chairman, Oaktree Capital Management

Miko McGinty
Graphic Designer and Owner, Miko McGinty, Inc. and Lecturer, MIT

Sherally Munshi
Associate Professor of Law, Georgetown Law

Bonaventure Soh Bejeng Ndikung
Curator and Writer, Founder, SAVVY Contemporary and Director, Haus der Kulturen der Welt

Schuster Tanger
Founder and Partner, TQ Ventures

Kelly Taxter
Deputy Director, Artists Space

Julia Trotta
Arts Consultant

ADVISORY BOARD

Shannon Ebner
Artist and Chairperson of Photography, Pratt Institute

Keyna Eleison
Director, Museo de Arte Moderna de Rio de Janerio, Brazil

Anne Ellegood
Good Works Executive Director, ICA LA

Allison Freedman Weisberg
Principal, Round Peg; Founder, Recess

Lauren Mackler
Curator, Writer, Designer, and Founder, Public Fiction, Los Angeles, CA

Sohrab Mohebbi
Director, Sculpture Center

Silas Riener
Dancer and Choreographer

David Reinfurt
Graphic Designer and Lecturer, Lewis Center for the Arts at Princeton University

PAST COLLABORATORS

CARA gratefully acknowledges the labor of the following early collaborators, thought partners, and round table participants whose generosity has been instrumental in our development:

Camille Crain Drummond
Jamie Bennett
Matteo Cossu
Kameelah Janan Rasheed
Deana Haggag
David Reinfurt
Peter J. Russo
Wei-Hao Wang


Round Table Participants:

Kemi Adeyemi
Rhea Anastas
Claire Bishop
Emmy Catedral
Ken Chen
Binna Choi
Aria Dean
Aruna DeSouza
Apsara DiQuinzio
Leslie Hewitt
Steffani Jemison
Karen Kelly
Prem Krishnamurthy
Michelle Kuo
Mia Locks
Aram Moshayedi
Meg Onli
William S. Smith
Megan Steinman


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