our team

With a wide range of special skills and individual talents, our team works to support the needs of working artists.

staff

Alondra Acevedo

Jr. Printmaker Digital Print Lab

Zaire Anderson

Master Printmaker

Lisa D. Archigian

MGC Community Print Studio Director

Amy Babcock

Event Business Operations Director

John Bartolo

Master Printmaker

Steven Battaglia

Sr. Vice President

Veena Bobba

Program Coordinator

Arsheem Brown

Security and Safety Guard

Ramel Brown

Security and Safety Guard

Shemar Brown

Security and Safety Guard

Charles Bryant

Ceramics Studio Technician and Fabricator

Andrew Canlon

Visitor Services Coordinator 

Neville Chamberlain

Security and Safety Associate (FLSD)

Mashiya Cherry

Security and Safety Guard

Jeffrey Close

Ceramics Studio Project Manager

Kelwin Coleman

MGC Community Print Studio Technician

Brittni Collins

Director of Public Art

Paul Cordero

Security and Safety Guard

William Crockett

Facilities Engineer

Cuba

Digital Fabrication Specialist

Luther Davis

Director, Print Shop

Nellie Davis

Master Printmaker

Mehdi Darvishi

MGC Community Print Studio Technician

Jeffrey Endicott

Facilities Engineer

Brian Ferreira

Senior Ceramics Fabricator

Sarah Feuquay

Operations Manager

Diego Flores

Facilities Engineer

Andres Gallardo

Security and Safety Associate (FLSD)

Jeremy Gender

Public Art Production Manager

Alex Gonzalez

Lead Facilities Engineer

Marta Grasso

Ceramics Studio Technician and Fabricator

Charmaine Gray

HR Generalist

James Gurley-Dawkins

Executive Assistant

Onyelukachukwu Haidome

Fabrication & Installation Specialist

Dennis Hrehowsik

Digital Print Lab Associate Director

Shayna Jeffers

Finance Director

Dean Kanyas

Chief Engineer

Jesse Katz

Printer

Atul Khedekar

Security and Safety Administrator 

Chris Kinsler

Master Printmaker

Kyle Leacock

Associate Director of Ticketing & Visitors Services

Hallie Lederer

Visitor Services Coordinator

Evan Lewis

Community Ceramic Studio Manager

Julia Lu

Associate Director of Operations 

Angélica Maria Millán Lozano

Artist Experience Associate Director

Matthew Manga

Security and Safety Guard

Keith Matthews

Porter

Leo Minsky

Jr. Ceramics Studio Technician and Fabricator

Jason Moore

Security and Safety Guard

Leevonne Newton

Porter

Pradeesh Padmasenan

Event Technical Director

Paul Parkhill

CEO, Gemini

Xavier Petromelis

Marketing Coordinator

Sam Polcer

Marketing Director

Michael Powell

Security and Safety Associate (FLSD)

Adithya Pratama

Development Manager

Daniel Quinn

Fabrication & Installation Manager

Andrew Quintero

Assistant Chief Engineer

Pamela Rapp

Event Production and Operations Director

Ren Reese

Vice President of Finance

Esperanza Rivera

Security and Safety Associate (FLSD)

Sean Robinson

Porter

Mitch Roth

Facilities Director

Biata Roytburd

Ceramics Studio Director

Yarisbeth Sagardia

Human Resources Director

Cythali Sapuis

Visitor Services Coordinator

Eric Shiner

President

Yayoi Shionoiri

Vice President of External Affairs & General Counsel

Megan Skidmore

Development Director

Djenabou Sylla

Porter

Leon Tchekmedyian

Technology Solutions Specialist

Frankie Tejada

Jr. Ceramics Studio Technician and Fabricator

Julia Tolo

Senior Institutional Giving Manager

Jacqueline Veliz

Program Coordinator

Kevon Ward

Security and Safety Guard

Jermaine Webb

Security and Safety Associate (FLSD)

Jenn Williams

Director of Learning and Engagement 

Thomas Zhuang

Printer

Donny Zinsser

Print Studio Manager / Master Printer

powerhouse arts board

Board Chair

Laura Hanna

Founder & Director Emeritus

Josh Rechnitz

Board Members

LaToya Ruby Frazier

Christopher Ho

Michael Hurst

Elizabeth Buckley Lewis

Cassie Rosenthal

Tracey Ryans

Dread Scott

“I believe in the redemptive power of art, I believe it to be one of the finest things we have to help us understand ourselves and the conundrum of being. Art illuminates and reflects, reveals us to ourselves: flawed, struggling, torn or triumphant. It broadens our tenuous grasp of the world and our ideas about our place in it.”

 –Joshua Rechnitz, Founder and Board Director Emeritus