Leadership Institute 2009 Cohort

NAMAC has selected a truly impressive intergenerational group of leaders from many corners of the U.S. to participate in the Leadership Institute for Visual Arts Organizations, which will take place June 13-17, 2009 in the foothills of Oregon's Cascade Mountains.

Jeremy Adams
Executive Director, CUE Art Foundation (New York, NY)

Anne Arrasmith
Founding Director, Space One Eleven (SOE) (Birmingham, AL)

Diane Barber
Co-Director and Visual Arts Curator, DiverseWorks (Houston, TX)

Jack Becker
Executive Director, Forecast Public Art (St. Paul, MN)

Shana Berger
Co-Director, Coleman Center for the Arts (York, AL)

Nick Cassway
Executive Director, NEXUS/foundation for today’s art (Philadelphia, PA)

Lauren Cornell
Executive Director, Rhizome (New York, NY)

Julie Deamer
Director, Outpost for Contemporary Art (Los Angeles, CA)

Kate Hackman
Associate Director, Charlotte Street Foundation (Kansas City, MO)

Ben Heywood
Executive Director, The Soap Factory (Minneapolis, MN)

David Huff
Exhibitions and Programs Coordinator/Curator, Pro Arts (Oakland, CA)

Adriene Jenik
Director of the School of Art, Herberger College of the Arts at Arizona State University (Tempe, AZ)

Julia Kirt
Executive Director, Oklahoma Visual Arts Coalition (Oklahoma City, OK)

Nathea Lee
Deputy Director, Aljira, a Center for Contemporary Art (Newark, NJ)

Kate Lorenz
Associate Director, Hyde Park Art Center (Chicago, IL)

Christopher Lynn
Executive Director, SPACES (Cleveland, OH)

sharon maidenberg
Acting Executive Director, Headlands Center for the Arts (Sausalito, CA)

Brigid Reagan
Assistant Director, Video Data Bank (Chicago, IL)

Stephanie Sherman
Collaborative Director, Elsewhere Artist Collaborative (Greensboro, NC)

Liz Statton
Curator/Gallery Director, Artspace (New Haven, CT)