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Board and Staff

Board

Thirteen Academy members are elected to serve on the Board of Directors for terms of three years. The Board is comprised of the President, two Vice-Presidents for Architecture, three Vice-Presidents for Art, three Vice-Presidents for Literature, two Vice-Presidents for Music, the Secretary, and the Treasurer. The Board appoints members to serve on committees and hires the Executive Director. The members of the current Board are listed below.

A group of people posing for a photograph. In the front, a man sets between two woman on a bench. Two women and three men stand behind them.
Board of Directors, 2022. Seated from left: Jane Smiley, Kwame Anthony Appiah, Billie Tsien; standing from left: Paul Muldoon, Ann Hamilton, Mel Chin, Alvin Singleton, Joan Jonas

Kwame Anthony Appiah
President
2022–2025

​​Toshiko Mori
Vice-President for Architecture
2024–2027​

Billie Tsien
Vice-President for Architecture

2022–2025

Mel Chin
Vice-President for Art

2022–2025

​Joan Jonas
Vice-President for Art
2022–2025​

Amy Sillman
Vice-President for Art
2022–2025

Hilton Als
Vice-President for Literature
2022–2025

Rita Dove
Vice-President for Literature
2023–2026​

Francine Prose
Vice-President for Literature
2023–2026

George E. Lewis
Vice-President for Music
2024–2027​

Alvin Singleton
Vice-President for Music
2022–2025

Ann Hamilton
Secretary
2022–2025​

Edward Hirsch
Treasurer
2022–2025

Cody Upton
Executive Director

Staff

Mitsuko Brooks
Archivist and Collections Fellow

David Clarke
Director of Technology
Program Director, Architecture Awards

Ashley Fedor
Program Director, Literature and Richard Rodgers Awards

Nicholas Fernandez
Exhibitions and Program Manager

Rene Flores
Custodial and Maintenance Lead

Hanna Graybill
Executive Assistant

Ardith Holmgrain
Deputy Director
Program Director, Music Awards
Auditorium Manager

Jenny Jaskey
Chief Curator
Program Director, Art Awards

Felix Morel
Maintenance and Building Security

Kristin Poor
Curator

Jay Rahhali
Senior Director of Infrastructure and Capital Projects

Kathleen Trocino Geneta
Director of Design and Publications

Cody Upton
Executive Director

Credits

Studio Mathias Clottu
Website design and art direction

Arnas Ziedavicius
Programming

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American Academy of Arts and Letters

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Thursday through Sunday, 12-6pm

Office 633 West 155 Street New York, NY 10032

Office open by appointment


Galleries Audubon Terrace Broadway between West 155 and 156 Streets New York, NY 10032

Thursday through Sunday, 12-6pm

Office 633 West 155 Street New York, NY 10032

Office open by appointment

(212) 368-5900
info@artsandletters.org