Advisory Board

Sarah Arison, President, Arison arts Foundation

Born and raised in Miami, Sarah Arison is president of Arison Arts Foundation, a private grant-making organization that supports emerging artists and the institutions that foster them. She was immersed in the arts from a young age by her grandparents, visionary philanthropists Ted and Lin Arison, who founded Arison Arts Foundation, National YoungArts Foundation, and New World Symphony, among their many philanthropic endeavors.

Arison is active across a broad cross-section of national arts organizations. She is chair of the board of National YoungArts Foundation, where she has developed strategic partnerships with The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Jacob's Pillow, Sundance Film Festival and more to provide aspiring talent with presentation and mentorship opportunities. Arison is chair of the board of MoMA PS1; president of the board of American Ballet Theatre; a trustee of MoMA and member of the Committee on Education; a trustee of Lincoln Center; a trustee of the Brooklyn Museum and chair of the Education Committee; a trustee of New World Symphony; a member of the board of directors of Americans for the Arts; and a trustee of the Americas Foundation of the Serpentine Galleries. 

Arison has also ventured into film producing, supporting projects that shed light on lesser known aspects of the arts. In 2015, she produced her first feature film, Desert Dancer, starring Freida Pinto. She later went on to co-produce The First Monday in May, a documentary film chronicling the creation of The Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Costume Institute blockbuster exhibition China: Through the Looking Glass. She recently co-produced The Price of Everything which was acquired by HBO at the Sundance Film Festival, and Aggie which premiered at the Sundance Film Festival.

Arison earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in Business and French with a minor in Art History from Emory University.

James Bartlett, Founding Partner, OpenArt

James E. Bartlett, is a founding partner of OpenArt, a company dedicated to making the art world more transparent and accessible. From 2012 to 2018, he served as Executive Director of the Museum of Contemporary African Diasporan Arts (MoCADA), in Brooklyn, New York. There he curated multiple exhibitions, and led a $10 million dollar capital campaign for the development of the museum's new building.

He holds a Global Executive MBA from IESE Business School, a M.S. in Publishing and Media Studies from New York University, and a BA from Loyola University.

Patton Hindle, Head of Arts, Kickstarter

Patton Hindle is the Head of Arts at Kickstarter, where she oversees the Arts and Film team whose specialists work closely with visual and performing artists, filmmakers, arts organizations, museums, and cultural institutions around the world to help them realize creative and ambitious ideas. Hindle was previously the co-founder of Chinatown gallery yours mine & ours and the Director of Gallery and Institutional Partnerships at Artspace.

She is a co-author of the second edition of How to Start and Run a Commercial Art Gallery and was a 2019 Catherine Hannah Behrend Fellow at 92Y Women inPower in New York. Additionally, Hindle regularly advises for-profit and nonprofit arts organizations on strategic business development.

She serves on the Board of Directors of The Laundromat Project, the Board of Advisors of the Arts Funders Forum, and Americans for the Arts’ Inclusive Creative Economy Advisory Group.

Hindle was raised in London and attended university in Boston.

Jennifer Joy, CO-FOUNDER & PRESIDENT, Sutton

Jennifer Joy has nearly two decades of experience leading international communications and marketing strategies for the contemporary art world. In 2014, she and Calum Sutton co-founded the New York office of Sutton, a leading cultural communications company with offices in London and Hong Kong.

She has worked extensively in international media markets to build the profiles of many of the art world’s most renowned commercial galleries and public institutions.

Prior to Sutton, Jennifer worked in-house at Lehmann Maupin and Pace Gallery.

Bernard Lumpkin, Patron & Founder, the Lumpkin-Boccuzzi Family Collection

Bernard I. Lumpkin is a contemporary art collector, patron, and educator whose commitment to both emerging and established artists of African descent is part of a broader mission of institutional advocacy and support.

Mr. Lumpkin currently sits on the Board of Trustees of the Studio Museum in Harlem and the Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture. At the Whitney Museum of American Art, Mr. Lumpkin serves on the Education Committee and on the Painting & Sculpture Committee. At the Museum of Modern Art, he serves on the Media & Performance Committee and is also the Vice-Chair of the Friends of Education patron group.

Mr. Lumpkin has advised public and private organizations on collecting and patronage, and participated in discussion panels at art fairs, auction houses, and universities.  Mr. Lumpkin was educated at Harvard (A.M., Ph.D.) and Yale (B.A.), where he sits on the Dean's Council at the Yale School of Art.

The Lumpkin-Boccuzzi Family Collection is the subject of a bestselling new book —“Young, Gifted and Black: A New Generation of Artists,” (DAP) — and a nationwide traveling exhibition which continues at the University of Illinois, Chicago in September 2021. 

shlomi rabi, founder, greenhouse auctions

Shlomi Rabi is the Founder of Greenhouse Auctions, a primary market auction platform based in New York. As an immigrant from the Middle East raised in Central America, Shlomi’s passion for the arts is informed by his desire to champion and empower creatives whose vision and voices are too often marginalized.

Most recently he held the position of Vice President, Head of the Photographs Department for the Americas at Christie’s, and prior, Head of Sale at Phillips, New York. During his tenure in the auction industry, Shlomi closely worked on multiple institutional collaborations, which included the Museum of Modern Art, New York; Art Institute of Chicago; Aperture Foundation, and Elton John AIDS Foundation.

Among his achievements is an Emmy for Outstanding Achievement in Alternate Media for his writing for NBC5 Chicago Street Team, 2008. He lives in Brooklyn, New York.

Carolyn Ramo, Executive Director, Artadia

Carolyn Ramo is the Executive Director of Artadia, a national non-profit providing direct support to visual artists, through the unrestricted Artadia Award grant program and suite of professional development programs—a position she has held since July, 2012. She is also a member of the Board of Directors of The People’s Portfolio, a non-profit organization that brings visibility to humanitarian crises, is on the advisory board of FortLA and is a Founding Partner of New York Consolidated. Carolyn was previously a partner at Taxter & Spengemann, a contemporary art gallery with a focus on emerging artists. From 2007 – 2010, Carolyn was the Production Director at David Zwirner, and has also worked at Nicole Klagsbrun Gallery and the Whitney Museum of American Art.

Founded in 1999, Artadia has provided over 350 Artadia Awards and more than $5 million in support of artists in cities across the country. In the spring of 2020, in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, Carolyn and Artadia partnered with six fellow grantmaking organizations to launch the nation’s largest individual artist fund, Artist Relief, which provided unrestricted emergency grants to 4,000 US-based artists in need.

Carla Shen, Collector & Philanthropist

Carla Shen is a Brooklyn-based art enthusiast, philanthropist, and collector. She spent 15 years working in finance and communications at DLJ, Credit Suisse, Bank of America, and Sanford C. Bernstein.

She currently serves on the boards of the Brooklyn Museum and Green-Wood. Previously, she served on the boards and chaired the development committees of The HOPE Program and The Packer Collegiate Institute.

She graduated cum laude from Yale University, and recently served as fundraising co-chair for her 20th reunion.

Heidi zuckerman, ceo & director, OCMA/the orange county museum of art

Heidi Zuckerman is the CEO and Director of OCMA/The Orange County Museum of Art and a globally recognized leader in contemporary art. She is host of the podcast Conversations About Art and author of the Conversation with Artists book series.

Zuckerman is the former 14 year CEO and Director of the Aspen Art Museum. After re-imagining the museum as a world-class institution, she raised more than $130 Million and built a new, highly-acclaimed museum with Shigeru Ban, the 2014 Pritzker Prize winner for architecture.

She has curated more than 200 exhibitions during her career and is the author of numerous books including a widely loved children’s book The Rainbow Hour with artist Amy Adler.

From 1999-2005 she was Chair of the Curatorial Department at the UC Berkeley Art Museum. Previously she was a curator at The Jewish Museum in New York.

Heidi also served as the Chair of the YPO Art Network. She earned a BA in European History from the University of Pennsylvania and a MA in Art History from Hunter College at CUNY and a Harvard Business School Executive Education Women on Boards certification in 2018.

anna raginskaya, FINANCIAL ADVISOR, BLUE RIDER GROUP AT MORGAN STANLEY

Anna Raginskaya is a financial advisor with the Blue Rider Group, and focuses on the Blue Rider Group’s engagement with the art and impact investing communities and strategic planning for non-profit clients. She also advises on wealth management issues for Next Gen clients, including entrepreneurship and philanthropy.

Anna earned her BA in History of Art and Architecture from Harvard College and MBA from Harvard Business School. She is a co-chair of the Municipal Art Society Urbanists, a member of the Programming Committee of the National Academy of Design, and a partner of the VIA Art Fund.

The Blue Rider Group is committed to sustainable and impact investing, actively incorporating strategies that utilize environmental, social and governance criteria to make investment decisions, helping create positive change and drive investment returns. In addition to addressing their clients' financial needs, the Blue Rider Group facilitates introductions between philanthropists and non-profits, raises awareness about organizations and helps support cultural projects. They are passionate about art and the community of people involved in making, supporting, curating, and caring for it.

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