Alongside the Board of Directors and staff, our Committees and Advisory Council share the organization’s values and commitment to art, artists, and creativity. Advisory Council members help champion the mission and programs of the organization while committees, comprised of Board members and community volunteers, engage in meaningful work to ensure our success.
ADVISORY COUNCIL
Daniel Alarcón
Writer; Headlands AIR 2011
Yves Behar
Designer, entrepreneur, sustainability advocate;
Founder, Fuseproject
Jessica Boncutter
Chef, restauranteur
Aaron Betsky
Curator/critic of architecture and design;
Dean, Frank Lloyd Wright School of Architecture at Taliesin
David Byrne
Artist, musician
Anna Deavere Smith
Actress, artist, playwright, professor
Jennifer Dowley
President, Berkshire Taconic Community Foundation;
Headlands Executive Director 1986 – 1994
Paul D. Miller (DJ Spooky)
Musician; Executive Editor, Origin Magazine
Dave Eggers
Writer, activist; Founder, 826 Valencia
Sakurako Fisher
President of the San Francisco Symphony, Chair of the Smithsonian National Board
Ann Hamilton
Artist; Headlands Artist in Residence/Mess Hall Commission 1989
Kim Hastreiter
Founder and editor, Paper Magazine
Chinaka Hodge
Educator, Playwright, Poet, Screenwriter; Headlands AIR 2012
Lewis Hyde
Writer, professor; Headlands AIR 1990
Mark Jensen
Architect; Headlands Board Chair 2010 – 2011
Ruby Lerner
Founding Executive Director, Creative Capital 1999-2016
Christy MacLear
Vice Chairman, Art Agency Partners, Sotheby’s
Julie Mehretu
Artist; Headlands AIR 2003
Sina Najafi
Editor, Cabinet Magazine
Jock Reynolds
Artist; Director, Yale University Art Gallery
Mary Robinson
Headlands Board Chair 1986 – 1991
Sapphire
Writer; Headlands AIR 2000
Dylan Simonds
Environmentalist; Headlands Board Member 2004 – 2010
Kelly Sultan
Artist
Alice Waters
Chef, author, food activist
COMMITTEES
Executive Committee
Robin Strawbridge, Chair
Doree Friedman, Chair, Governance
Sharon Tanenbaum, Chair, Advancement
Chaka Lockhart, Treasurer
Carrie Hott, Secretary
Governance Committee
Doree Friedman, Chair
Carrie Hott
Ben Ospital
Christy Swildens
Ellie Wehlen
Finance Committee
Chaka Lockhart, Chair
Promit Bhattacharya
Lottie Chi Reznek
Elizabeth Gray
Maleea Meden
Kip D. Schaefer
Chuck Strickler
Letitia Yang
Advancement Committee
Sharon Tanenbaum, Chair
David Bjorngaard
Rimma Boshernitsan
Amy Charles
Jefferson Coombs
Danielle Foreman
Diane Frankel
Lizelle Green
Chris Grunder
Tinsley Hutson-Wiley
Amanda Hughen
Heather Jain
Amy Kisch
Leti Light
Lauren Ryan
Jane Scott
Mara Sohn
Sarah Wendell Sherrill
Sam Tripodi
Auction Committee- 2020
Melissa Barber, Co-Chair
Jessica Silverman, Co-Chair
Evie Simon, Co-Chair
Elizabeth Birka-White
Rimma Boshernitsan
Courtney Dallaire
Brittany Haines
Becky Heldfond
Pamela Hornik
Candace Huey
Sophia Kinell
Brook Lane
Sara Owen
Joey Piziali
Alexandra Ray
Lauren Ryan
Sarah Shepard
Sarah Wendell Sherrill
Laura Sweeney
Christy Swildens
Sharon Tanenbaum
Gibson Thomas
Alex Tieghi-Walker
Stephanie Tuttle
Susan Yates
Site Committee
Bill Bondy, Chair
Steven Friedland
Ted Lieser
Audience Engagement Committee
Lohren Green, Chair
Tobi Adamolekun
Joaquin Alvarado
Marnie Burke de Guzman
Douglas Burnham
Lucie Charkin
Alexis Frasz
Chris Grunder
Shannon Jackson
Conrad Meyers
Tucker Nichols
Samin Nosrat
Ellen Oh
Deborah Rappaport
Mary Beth Smith
Amara Tabor Smith
Master Planning Task Force
Jim Abrams
Bill Bondy
Rimma Boshernitsan
Drusie Davis
Chris Deam
David Maisel
Deborah Rappaport
Strategic Communications Advisors
Laura Bradley Davis
Celeste McMullin
Brenda Tucker