Randy Cohen is Vice President of Research at Americans for the Arts—the national advocacy organization for the arts—where he has been empowering arts advocates since 1991. Cohen is known for… Read More
Randy Cohen
Role: Guest Speaker
Kathryn Markel, Principle of Kathryn Markel Fine Arts
Kathryn Markel began her eponymous gallery in 1976 with the belief that contemporary art can be beautiful as well as visually and intellectually rigorous, and that acquiring it should be… Read More
Shundra Allison
Becoming a full-time entrepreneur can be difficult, Shundra Allison found out just how daunting entrepreneurship can be after leaving her corporate job to become a full-time entrepreneur. Today, Shundra is… Read More
Sharlene Emmanuel Edwards
A native Brooklynite, Sharlene Emmanuel Edwards wears many hats, all of which involve working with others in an incredibly uplifting way. Sharlene’s cultural view has been shaped not only by… Read More
Tiffany N. Moore
Tiffany N. Moore is the CEO of Moore Eventful LLC (established in March of 2016), as well as a wife and mother of a son and daughter. Through Moore Eventful… Read More
Lorielle J. Hollaway
Lorielle J. Hollaway is the founder of Cultured Books children’s bookstore and the Founding Director of the affiliated nonprofit Cultured Books Literacy Foundation. Lorielle’s professional career has centered upon informal… Read More
Ancestral Funk Inc
Ancestral Funk Inc is an artist emporium that allows artists to be who they were purposed to be. It was started in 2018 and was the brainchild of artist Siobhan… Read More
Jai Hinson
Choreographer and educator Jai Hinson is the founder and Executive Director of the nonprofit Arts 4 Life Academy, located in Clearwater, FL. She has been engaged with cultural and performing… Read More
Beth Gelman, Senior Director of Arts and Cultural Programming
Gelman has spent more than 20 years creating and implementing museum-based learning that aligns with and uplifts traditional curriculum in classrooms, online, and in the museum itself. She has held… Read More
Miesha Brundridge
Miesha Brundridge is 35 years young and is STUDIO 620 Poetry showcase curator and author of “A Beautiful Disaster” (found on Amazon & lulu.com). Miesha started writing in middle school… Read More
