Sarah Marcus is the Director of Education and Community Engagement at the Mark Morris Dance Group. As Director, she develops and oversees all aspects of education and community engagement programming and partnerships in collaboration with communities across New York City, the US and abroad. Sarah has developed professional development and training workshops that support career pathways and workforce development for students engaged in all aspects of the art form including arts administration, music in dance, teacher training, and pre-professional study. In addition to teaching on behalf of the Mark Morris Dance Group, Sarah teaches regularly for Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater and Earl Mosley Dances.

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Tom Hall is currently the Artistic Director of Montclair Film. Previously, Hall held the position of Executive Director Montclair Film (2015-2022), Director, Artistic Director and Director of Programming at the Sarasota Film Festival (2005- 2014) and Programming Director at newportFILM in Newport, RI (2009-2011). In addition, Hall was Programmer for The Nantucket Film Festival in Nantucket, MA (2002-2005) as well as a former Director of New Media for Bravo/The Independent Film Channel (1997-2000). He has also worked in the Industry and Guest Services Offices at The Hamptons International Film Festival (2002-2003).  In January of 2010, Tom was named one of Spring Board Media’s 20 under 40 in Film. Tom has directed short films for Bob Mould’s Carnival of Light and Sound Tour and was an inaugural member of the indieWIRE blogging community with his blog The Back Row Manifesto, which is now a standalone website.

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Albert Martínez-Fernández is an Arts and Entertainment business professional, currently working as the Budget Manager for Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater. In this capacity, he plans and executes global financial planning processes and conducts data-intensive analysis for business optimization. Albert is also an Expert-in-Residence in Design Thinking Innovation for the MPA program at NYU. Previously, he launched a new EDI strategic partnership program with Fortune 500 companies for The Metropolitan Opera and held various business and marketing roles across Europe in high-growth startups and multinational corporations within the travel, financial, and technology sectors. Albert has offered guest lectures at Columbia University and NYU, and his contributions have received recognition from the Association of Arts Administration Educators and the “La Caixa” Foundation. Native to Spain, he is fluent in five languages and graduated in arts administration, business, and marketing from NYU, Aarhus University Business School, and Pompeu Fabra University.

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Ciara Murphy is Manager of Strategic Initiatives and Planning at the Mellon Foundation. In her role at Mellon, Ciara serves as a senior member of the Arts & Culture team shaping the vision and implementing new grantmaking initiatives within the A&C team. She also currently serves as a faculty member for the Stanford in New York program, where she teaches courses in the history and practice of theater in New York City. Previously, Ciara was Director of Strategic Research and Planning at The Public Theater, where she was initially appointed as an ACLS postdoctoral Public Fellow. At the Public, Ciara led all aspects of strategic & institutional planning; in addition to spearheading the Public’s audience research and program evaluation initiatives. Ciara received her Ph.D. in Theater & Performance Studies, and Ph.D. Minor in the History from Stanford University. She received her B.A. in Drama and Theatre Studies from Trinity College Dublin, Ireland.

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Jamilah Rose received her MBA from Long Island University, with a concentration in Marketing.  Jamilah also holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Psychology, an Associate’s Degree in Social Work, and a Certificate in Style & Fashion management from the Fashion Institute of Technology (FIT).  In the midst of styling and marketing celebrities, she created Epiphany Armor, her own line of accessories.  Beyonce was the first celebrity to own a pair of shades from Jamilah’s collection, and she continued to work with top celebrities and shows including Nicki Minaj, Cardi B, VIBE Magazine, VH1, and America’s Next Top Model. Jamilah is an Executive Producer of many podcasts and has a history on radio networks from college to AM/FM stations, and now IHeart Radio. Additionally, Jamilah spent over 7 consecutive years as a Program Director and Grant Writer for both public and private sectors. Jamilah is also the Founder of her organization, Power of Stilettos, which was established in 2013 with a mission to empower and motivate women of all ages, building self-confidence, financial literacy, and entrepreneurship while creating sisterhood.

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Nicole Brancato makes music to unlock wonder. Fascinated with contemporary expressions of our shared human experience, the NYC-based pianist merges curation, composition and performance in collaborations across the arts. Described as “brilliant” and an “immense talent” (New York Magazine and Connect Savannah), Nicole is “redefining the very notion of classical music” (Atención San Miguel). Her credits range from the Guggenheim Museum, Rai Italia (television network Italy), and the Banff Centre, as well as Lincoln Center, HBO, and NPR. As an educator, Nicole’s extensive experience includes the Gesellschaftshaus Magdeburg, Germany and the Sphinx Organization. She is an awardee of National Sawdust’s Hildegard Competition (2022 Finalist) and is a member of Seven Hills Chamber Music Festival as Director and Artist in Residence.

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Renée Muza is a documentary producer and director, most recently the showrunner on the Facebook Watch series The Scarlet Letter Reports, hosted by Amanda Knox. She has produced documentary content for VICE Media, Verizon, The History Channel, PBS, TBS, and The New York Times. Her short film Before the Bomb, directed by Tannaz Hazemi and shot by Hilary Spera, premiered at the Festival de Cannes. Renée is a co-founder of the artist residency program Home of The Brave, located in the ghost town of Cisco, Utah. She is currently producing Walk With Me, an independent feature length documentary.

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Dara Meyers-Kingsley has 20 years of experience as a contemporary art curator with an interdisciplinary curatorial practice. Her exhibitions, often including visual art, media, installation, and performance have been presented at LA MOCA, MCA Chicago, The New Museum, The Andy Warhol Museum, Miami MOCA, the Brooklyn Museum and the Mattress Factory in Pittsburgh. Previously, she was Director of the Film and Video Collections for the Andy Warhol Foundation and curator of Film and Video at the Brooklyn Museum. She serves as the Director of Hunter’s Office of the Arts and the Muse Scholar Program.

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Jessie Kilgus joined the Musicambia team in 2017 as a freelance grant writer. In 2018, she became Musicambia’s first-ever full-time employee, thanks to a grant from the New York State Regional Economic Development Council. In 2019, in recognition of her contribution to the organization, she became Musicambia’s Executive Director, a position she held until 2023. In addition to serving on Musicambia’s board of directors, she is also on the advisory board of the Adolf Busch Award. Jessie is passionate about using the arts as a springboard for personal transformation. Having served as both the Director of Development and Public Relations at Art Start and subsequently, the Development Director and Program Manager at Arts For All, Jessie has been committed to bringing arts education to under-served communities for the past thirteen years. In addition to her work in the non-profit sector, Jessie is also a singer/songwriter and a former actress.

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Gregory Mosher is the director and/or producer of over 200 plays and musicals, many of them world or American premieres at the Lincoln Center and Goodman theaters (both of which he led), on Broadway, at the Royal National Theatre, and in London’s West End. His theater and film colleagues have included such leading actors as Alan Alda, Alec Baldwin, Candice Bergen, Brian Cox, Mia Farrow, Sally Field, Dustin Hoffman, Scarlett Johansson, Jessica Lange, John Leguizamo, Steve Martin, Liev Schreiber, Kiefer Sutherland, Robin Williams, and many more. He currently serves as Hunter College’s Senior Associate Dean for the Arts.

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