Cultural Affairs Advisory Commission

CAAC Member List

• Kemi Ilesanmi, Chair, Cultural Affairs Advisory Commission and Executive Director of The Laundromat Project
• Candice Anderson, Executive Director of Cool Culture
• Steve Buscemi, Actor, Director and Writer
• Gabri Christa, Film and Dance Maker, Associate Professor of Professional Practice, Barnard College
• Ben Rodriguez-Cubeñas, Director at the Rockefeller Brothers Fund
• Ebony Noelle Golden, CEO/Founder, Betty’s Daughter Arts Collaborative
• Melanie Hartzog, President, The New York Foundling
• Lane Harwell, Program Officer, Creativity and Free Expression, Ford Foundation
• Peter Hatch, Commissioner, NYC Department of Consumer and Worker Protection
• Jane Steiner Hoffman, Fellow at Harvard University, Environmentalist, and former Commissioner of New York City's Department of Consumer Affairs
• Emil J. Kang, Program Director for Arts and Cultural Heritage, Andrew W. Mellon Foundation
• Michael Kamber, Founder/Executive Director, Bronx Documentary Center
• Simi Linton, Author, Filmmaker, and President, Disability / Arts Consultancy
• Brett Littman, Director, Noguchi Museum
• Robyne Walker Murphy, Executive Director, Groundswell
• Raymond J. McGuire, Global Head of Corporate and Investment Banking, Citigroup
• Muriel Miguel, Founding Member & Artistic Director, Spiderwoman Theater
• Jennifer Ifil-Ryan, Director of Education, Friends of Highline
• Kristina Newman-Scott, Executive Director, The Greene Space at New York Public Radio
• Kellie Terry, Program Officer - Sustainable Environments , Surdna Foundation
• Jeff Thamkittikasem, Senior Director, Ambulatory Operations, NYU Langone Health

Honorary Members

• Susana Torruella Leval, Chair Emeritus, Cultural Affairs Advisory Commission
• John Calvelli, Executive Director, Wildlife Conservation Society
• Viviana Bianchi, Executive Director, Bronx Council of the Arts

Ex-Officio

Laurie Cumbo, Commissioner, NYC Department of Cultural Affairs

Sue Donoghue, Commissioner, NYC Parks Department

Maria Torres-Springer, NYC Deputy Mayor for Economic & Workforce Development