Staff
Serving artists and staffed by artists.
New York Foundation for the Arts (NYFA) is a proud Equal Opportunity Employer. We believe that having a diverse staff is critical to effectively fulfilling our mission and increasing that diversity is a key organizational priority; women, people of color, and people with disabilities are strongly encouraged to join our team. Our staff is comprised largely of working artists — from all disciplines — who are all dedicated to serving artists and arts organizations.
Interested in working at NYFA? Open roles will be listed on NYFA Classifieds as they come available.
To contact New York Foundation for the Arts, please use our Contact Page.
Executive Staff
Sarah Wilson
Executive Assistant
Fred Humphrey
Chief Operating Officer
Michael Royce
Chief Executive Officer
Development
Nichole Almanzar
Development Officer
Kim Andresen
Director
Development
Carolyn Lockhart Schoerner
Development Officer
NYFA Grants
Sarah O’Connell
Director
NYFA Grants
Audrey Thao Berger
Program Officer
NYFA Grants
Mollie Quinlan-Hayes
Program Coordinator
Rauschenberg Grants
Eleysha Sajous
Senior Program Officer
NYFA Grants
Fiscal Sponsorship
Madeleine Cutrona
Director
Fiscal Sponsorship
Alicia Ehni
Program Officer
Fiscal Sponsorship
Andrea Kleine
Program Officer
Fiscal Sponsorship
Matthew Seig
Media Specialist
Fiscal Sponsorship
NYFA Learning
Chelsea Goding-Doty
Senior Program Officer,
Leadership Initiatives
Felicity Hogan
Director
NYFA Learning
Ju Hye Kim
Program Associate
NYFA Learning
Kelly Olshan
Program Officer
Career Advice and Training
Ya Yun Teng
Program Officer
Immigrant Artist Resource Center (NYC)
Communications
Amy Aronoff
Senior Communications Officer
Mary-kate Grohoski
Sales Manager
NYFA Classifieds
Melanie Martin
Director of Sales and Communications
Katerina Nicolaou
Account Manager
NYFA Classifieds
Finance & Administration
Michael Bailey
Finance Associate/Office Coordinator
Rusha Rahman
Senior Finance Officer
Tricia Sackor
Program Officer
Fiscal Sponsorship & Finance
Sebi Vitale
Director of Finance/Administration
Technology
Mohammad Usman
Director of Technology
Consultants
Zahra Banyamerian
Curatorial Affairs
Peter Cobb
Senior Advisor
NYFA Learning
Barbie Kim
NYFA Learning
Gretchen Kraus
Freelance Designer
In Memoriam
