Conference Support

Lead Funders ($25,000 and above)
Bloomberg
Doris Duke Charitable Foundation
JPMorgan Chase & Company
The Rockefeller Foundation

$10,000-$24,000
Bank of America
Brooklyn Community Foundation
Lambent Foundation
The Nathan Cummings Foundation

$5,000-$9,999
Americans for the Arts
Robert Sterling Clark Foundation
Walter & Elise Haas Fund
Joan Mitchell Foundation
The Joyce Foundation
MetLife Foundation
The New York Community Trust
Rockefeller Brothers Fund
The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts

Up to $4,999
American Express
Bronx Council on the Arts
Brooklyn Arts Council
The Dana Foundation
The Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation
Ford Foundation
Jerome Foundation
Henry Luce Foundation, Inc.
New York Foundation for the Arts, Inc.
Laird Norton Family Foundation
New York Times Company Foundation, Inc.
The Pollock-Krasner Foundation, Inc.
Stage Directors & Choreographers Foundation
Council on the Arts & Humanities for Staten Island
Surdna Foundation, Inc.






Conference Planning Committee

Janet Rodriguez, JP Morgan Chase Global Philanthropy (chair)
Claudine Brown, Nathan Cummings Foundation
Janet Brown, Grantmakers in the Arts
Ben Cameron, Doris Duke Charitable Foundation
Tommer Peterson, Grantmakers in the Arts
Stuart Post, Independence Community Foundation
Elizabeth Theobald Richards, Ford Foundation
 

Preconference Planning Committees

Art and Social Justice Committee

Claudine Brown, Nathan Cummings Foundation (chair)
Caron Atlas
Radha Blank, Nathan Cummings Foundation
Roberta Uno, Ford Foundation
Michelle Coffey, Lambent Foundation
Lorraine Marasigan, Cricket Island Foundation
Iris Morales, Union Square Awards
Barbara Schaffer Bacon, Americans for the Arts
Klare Shaw, Barr Foundation

Support for Individual Artists Committee

Ted Berger, Joan Mitchell Foundation (chair)
Kerrie Buitrago, Pollock-Krasner Foundation
Cornelia Carey, Craft Emergency Relief Fund
Cindy Gehrig, Jerome Foundation
Gary Knecht, Artists’ Legacy Foundation
Ruby Lerner, Creative Capital Foundation
Janet Rodriguez, JPMorgan Chase Global Philanthropy
Joyce Robinson, Marie Walsh Sharpe Art Foundation
Carolyn Somers, Joan Mitchell Foundation
Caitlin Strokosch, Alliance of Artists Communities
Eric Wallner, City of Ventura Cultural Affairs

Arts Education Committee

Julie Fry, William and Flora Hewlett Foundation (co-chair)
Richard Kessler, Center for Arts Education (co-chair)
Arnold Aprill, Chicago Arts Partnerships in Education
Jaime Bennett, NYC Department of Cultural Affairs
Moy Eng, William and Flora Hewlett Foundation
Carol Fineberg, NY Times Foundation
Stan Hutton, Clarence E. Heller Charitable Foundation
Susan McCalmont, Kirkpatrick Foundation
Frances Phillips, Walter and Elise Haas Foundation
Janice Pober, Sony Entertainment
Ellen Rudolph, Surdna Foundation
Sydney Sidwell, The Fry Foundation
Sarah Solotaroff, Urban Gateways
Lynn Stern, Surdna Foundation
 

GIA Board of Directors 2009

Vickie Benson, GIA president
   McKnight Foundation
Angie Kim, GIA vice president
   The Getty Foundation
Helen Howarth, GIA treasurer
   The Rasmuson Foundation
Alan W. Cooper, GIA secretary
   Mid Atlantic Arts Foundation
Ben Cameron
   Doris Duke Charitable Foundation
Rose Ann Cleveland
   Morris & Gwendolyn Cafritz Foundation
Lisa Cremin
   Metropolitan Atlanta Arts Fund
Peter Handler
   The Richard H. Driehaus Foundation
Judi Jennings
   Kentucky Foundation for Women
John Killacky
   The San Francisco Foundation
Ann McQueen
   The Boston Foundation
Olive Mosier
   The William Penn Foundation
Frances N. Phillips
   Walter and Elise Haas Fund
Lori Pourier
   First Peoples Fund
Beth Ree
   Target Corporation
Janet Rodriguez
   JP Morgan Chase
Regina Smith
   The Kresge Foundation
Huong Vu
   The Boeing Company
Benna Wilde
   Prince Charitable Trusts

GIA Staff

Jan Bailie, Director for Administration and Operations
Janet Brown, Executive Director
Steve Cline, Web/Knowledge Manager
Martine Meredith Collier, Director of Development and Membership
Linda Mikkelsen, conference planning consultant
Sarah Nason, Operations and Program Assistant
Tommer Peterson, deputy director for programs
Kitsy Roberts, Development and Membership Assistant
Toi Sennhauser, Administrative Assistant
 

2009 GIA Funding Partners

President’s Circle


$25,000 and up
The Paul G. Allen Family Foundation
Bloomberg
The Nathan Cummings Foundation
Doris Duke Charitable Foundation
Ford Foundation
The Heinz Endowments
The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation
The James Irvine Foundation
The Kresge Foundation
The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation
JPMorgan Chase & Company
William Penn Foundation
The Rockefeller Foundation
The Wallace Foundation

$10,000 – $24,999
Altria Group
American Express Company
Americans for the Arts
Bank of America
Brooklyn Community Foundation
The Getty Foundation
Walter & Elise Haas Fund
Jerome Foundation
Lambent Foundation
McKnight Foundation
The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation
MetLife Foundation
The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts
 

Contributors


$5,000 – $9,999
The Herb Alpert Foundation
The Morris and Gwendolyn Cafritz Foundation
The Chicago Community Trust
Robert Sterling Clark Foundation
The Cleveland Foundation
The Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation
Mertz Gilmore Foundation
Joan Mitchell Foundation
The New York Community Trust
The Joyce Foundation
Prince Charitable Trusts
Rasmuson Foundation
Rockefeller Brothers Fund
Surdna Foundation, Inc.
Emily Hall Tremaine Foundation

Up to $4,999
Arthur M. Blank Family Foundation
The Boston Foundation
Breneman Jaech Foundation
Bronx Council on the Arts
Brooklyn Arts Council
Hans G. & Thordis W. Burkhardt Foundation
Bush Foundation
Columbus Foundation
The Dana Foundation
The Richard H. Driehaus Foundation
The Durfee Foundation
Fleishhacker Foundation
The Lloyd A. Fry Foundation
The Wallace Alexander Gerbode Foundation
The Greenwall Foundation
The George Gund Foundation
Kentucky Foundation for Women
The Samuel H. Kress Foundation
Mortimer Levitt Foundation
Lilly Endowment
Linde Family Foundation
Henry Luce Foundation
Los Angeles Department of Cultural Affairs
Eugene and Agnes E. Meyer Foundation
Mortimer Levitt Foundation
New York Foundation for the Arts, Inc.
New York Times Company Foundation
Laird Norton Family Foundation
O’Grady Foundation
Pollock-Krasner Foundation, Inc.
Fan Fox and Leslie R. Samuels Foundation
San Francisco Foundation
Sewell Family Foundation
Sony Pictures Entertainment
Stage Director’s & Choreographers Foundation
Council on the Arts & Humanities for Staten Island
Archie D. and Bertha H. Walker Foundation
 

This listing of contributors was compiled as accurately as possible from GIA records as of October 1, 2009. However, errors can occasionally occur. If there are any discrepancies, please notify the Development and Membership Office at (206) 624-2312.