Advisory Committee

The generosity of our supporters is crucial to the success of the Vera List Center and enhances the impact of our programs in numerous ways. Among the VLC's supporters are the members of the Advisory Committee. The New School supports the center through in-kind gifts. See the complete list of supporters on our website.
- Committee Members
  
  James Keith Brown, Chair
  Board of Governors, Schools of Public Engagement, The New School
  Partner, Coatue Management
  New York City
  Megan E. Noh, Esq., Vice Chair
  Partner, Pryor Cashman LLP
  New York City
  Norman L. Kleeblatt, Secretary
  Independent Curator and Critic
  Co-President, AICA-USA
  New York City
  Mariana Amatullo, PhD
  Vice Provost for Global Strategic Initiatives, The New School
  New York City
  Frances Beatty
  Chairman, Adler Beatty
  Director, Ray Johnson Estate
  New York City
  Marilyn Greene
  Bronx Museum of the Arts
  New York City
  Susan Hapgood
  Executive Director, International Studio and Curatorial Program
  Founder and Trustee, Mumbai Art Room
  New York City
  Pia Infante
  Trustee and Co-Executive Director, The Whitman Institute
  San Francisco, California
  Carin Kuoni
  Senior Director/Chief Curator, Vera List Center
  New York City
  Jane Lombard
  Jane Lombard Gallery
  CEC Artslink
  New York City
  Louis Massiah
  Director, Scribe Video Center
  Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
  Susan Meiselas
  Magnum Foundation
  New York City
  Alan Michelson
  Artist
  New York City
  Naeem Mohaiemen
  Filmmaker, Academic
  Mellon Research Scholar, Heyman Center, Columbia University
  Senior Research Fellow (non-residential), Lunder Institute of American Art
  New York City and Dhaka, Bangladesh
  Mendi and Keith Obadike
  Artists, Musicians, Poets
  Mendi Obadike: Associate Professor, Department of Humanities and Media Studies, Pratt Institute
  Keith Obadike: Professor, College of Arts and Communication, William Paterson University
  Montclair, New Jersey
  Nancy Delman Portnoy
  Independent Fine Arts Advisor
  New York City
  Silvia Rocciolo
  Independent Curator
  New York City
  Mary Watson
  Executive Dean, Schools of Public Engagement, The New School
  New York City
- Supporters
  
  This list includes donors who have made gifts within the center’s last three fiscal years; last updated September 2020.
  Institutions
  The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts
  Boris Lurie Art Foundation
  Cahill Cossu Noh & Robinson LLP
  Danielson Foundation
  Dayton Foundation
  Elizabeth Firestone Graham Foundation
  Ford Foundation
  Francis J. Greenburger Foundation
  Kettering Fund
  Lambent Foundation
  LBBI LLC
  Nellie Mae Education Foundation
  Pryor Cashman LLP
  Pure+Applied
  Ronald Feldman Fine Arts, Inc.
  Sigrid Rausing Trust
  Individuals
  Mariana Amatullo*
  Tabor Banquer**
  Frances Beatty Adler*
  Tanya Bonakdar
  James Keith Brown* and Eric Diefenbach
  Michelle Coffey*
  Gabriella De Ferrari*
  Margaret Deamer
  Edward DeCarbo
  Elizabeth Ellsworth
  Ronald Feldman*
  Margaret Fiore
  Deborah Fisher
  Andrew* and Lucinda Francis
  Marilyn Greene*
  Kristin Guiter
  Hans Haacke
  Kenan Halabi
  Rohesia Hamilton Metcalfe
  Susan Hapgood*
  Peter Haratonik
  Elizabeth Hilpman* and Byron Tucker
  Laura Hoffmann
  Edwin Huddleson
  Claudia Jolles
  Nina Katchadourian
  Norman Kleeblatt*
  Kent Kleinman
  Tom Klem
  Jamie Kruse
  Carin Kuoni**
  Gail Landis
  Margaret Lee
  Ruby Lerner
  Lucy Lippard
  Jane Lombard*
  Richard Lombard and Nathalie Roy
  Olga List Mack
  Lydia Matthews*
  Susan Meiselas*
  Ann Messner
  Sina Najafi*
  Megan E. Noh*
  Andra Oakes
  John Oakes
  Mendi and Keith Obadike*
  Sondra Perry
  Nancy Delman Portnoy
  Claudia Rader
  Laura Raicovich
  Silvia Rocciolo*
  Ingrid Schaffner*
  Gregory Sholette
  Jason Simon
  Terence Smith
  Mari Spirito
  Zishan Ugurlu
  Aleksandra Wagner
  Helen Warwick
  *Denotes current and former board members; **denotes staff
- Staff
  
  Tabor Banquer, Director of Strategy and Advancement
  Re'al Christian, Assistant Director of Editorial Initiatives
  Carin Kuoni, Senior Director and Chief Curator
  Camila Palomino, Curatorial Assistant
  Eriola Pira, Curator
  Adrienne Umeh, Assistant Director of Operations
Partners
The Vera G. List Center partners with programs and centers across the university, as well as outside organizations, including the following:
- New School Organizations
  
  Curatorial Design Research Lab
  GIDEST
  The New School Art Collection
  Sheila C. Johnson Design Center
  Zolberg Institute on Migration and Mobility
- Outside Organizations
  
  AICA-USA
  Aperture Foundation
  ArtTable
  The Clemente Soto Velez Cultural Center
  The High Line
  Independent Curators International
  Pioneer Works
  Public Art Fund
  UnionDocs
  Weeksville Heritage Center

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