LUCIA CUBA (she/her) is a Peruvian designer, textile artist, and scholar whose fashion practices intersect social justice, design, and art, viewing wearable forms as performative and political devices. Her projects include BASELAT, a database expanding Latin American fashion studies; Exercises on Health, exploring fashion’s connection to health; and Articulo 6, addressing forced sterilizations in Peru and its link to the eugenics movement. Her work has been exhibited internationally at venues such as the Boijmans Van Beuningen Museum, the New York Museum of Arts and Design, and the Museo Amparo. She has received the Han Nefkens Award in Fashion (2014), a United States Artists Fellowship in Design (2019), and the Rockefeller Foundation’s Bellagio Center Residency Fellowship (2022). Cuba holds an MFA in Fashion Design and Society from The New School University and a BSc in Social Psychology from Cayetano Heredia University in Peru. She is an Assistant Professor of Fashion Design and Social Justice and the Donna Karan Director of the MFA Fashion Design and Society at Parsons, The New School.

TREASURER

ALI DAVIS (she/her) has over 20 years of experience in non-profit organizations and New York City government. Most recently, she served as COO at Friends of the High Line, which manages its complex namesake park on behalf of New York City. She also has several years of experience in real estate policy, working with property owners, developers, and managers as a VP and Chief of Staff at the Real Estate Board of New York. She has also worked in fundraising for the New York Public Library and held roles at various communications and arts organizations. Ali’s government experience includes serving as Senior Advisor in the Mayor’s Office specializing in arts and culture, parks, libraries, and various public space initiatives; managing lower Manhattan capital and programmatic redevelopment projects for the City; and overseeing Manhattan government and community affairs for NYCEDC. She has sat on several boards, including the Brooklyn Public Library, Brooklyn Bridge Park, The Alliance for Flushing Meadows Corona Park, and various public authorities, and has a degree in English Literature from Harvard University. In her free time, Ali enjoys traveling, cooking, and reading all the books.

CHAIR

SUZY DELVALLE (she/her) is a seasoned advisor who has leveraged her expertise to drive strategic growth and stability in arts organizations, most recently through interim leadership roles at A Blade of Grass, Artadia, Socrates Sculpture Park, and United States Artists. With a proven track record of success, she previously led Creative Capital and was one of the architects of Artists Relief, a $25 million initiative that provided emergency support to artists during the COVID-19 pandemic. She served as the founding Director of the Sugar Hill Children’s Museum of Art & Storytelling, where she oversaw all aspects of the development and opening of the museum. Suzy previously served as Director of External Affairs and Development at El Museo Del Barrio, where she dramatically increased the museum’s budget and attendance over her eleven-year tenure. Before joining El Museo, she worked for the American Composers Orchestra, following a career in consumer banking and advertising. Suzy is a guest lecturer in the Arts Management program at The New School and has served as an adjunct faculty member at NYU’s School of Continuing and Professional Studies. She was born and raised in Curaçao and speaks Spanish, Dutch, and Papiamento.

KRISTINA NEWMAN-SCOTT (she/her), Executive Director of the Green Space, is an award-winning, purpose-driven executive with over 20 years of experience in arts and culture, the creative economy, community development, and entertainment and media. She most recently served as President of BRIC, a leading arts and media institution anchored in Downtown Brooklyn whose work spans contemporary visual and performing arts, media, and civic action. Previously, Newman-Scott served as the Director of Culture and State Historic Preservation Officer for the State of Connecticut; Director of Marketing, Events, and Cultural Affairs for the City of Hartford; Director of Programs at the Boston Center for the Arts; and Director of Visual Arts at Hartford’s Real Art Ways. Kristina was appointed to the NYC Department of Cultural Affairs Advisory Commission in 2020 and currently serves on the Boards of National Arts Strategies, New Yorkers for Culture and Arts, the Brooklyn Arts Council, and the NYC Arts and Education Roundtable. Kristina was born and raised in Kingston, Jamaica, and worked as a practicing artist and TV/radio host in her home country before moving to the US in 2005. She currently lives in Brooklyn with her husband and two children.