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Staff & Board

Our staff in New York and New Orleans bring our mission to life, overseeing the Foundation’s artist-centered programs, Mitchell legacy stewardship, finance and administration, and facilities. The Foundation's board of directors—made up of working artists and both arts- and non-arts professionals—manages the property, affairs, and business of the Foundation.

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Administration

Christa Blatchford

Christa Blatchford

Executive Director

Aimee Solomon

Chief Financial Officer

Derrick Biney-Amissah

Director of IT & Facilities

Jenny Gill

Director of Communications

Melissa Dean

Design & Media Manager

Sameen Naqvi

Accounting Manager

Christina Bogart

Accounting Associate
Lauren Galarza smiles in front of a shelf of art books. She has dark shoulder length hair in tight curls, medium-light skin tone, and wears a black turtleneck.

Lauren Galarza

Administrative Associate

Aundrae Parchment

Human Resources Business Partner

Artist Support Programs

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Solana Chehtman

Director of Artist Programs

Sarah Dhobhany

Artist Programs Associate

Daonne Huff

Artist Engagement Manager

Lilia Sterling

Artist Programs Manager, Grants

Joan Mitchell Center

Veronique Le Melle

Interim Director
Silvia Chamale

Silvia Chamale

Housekeeper

Branden Frazier

Administrative Associate

Frank Gleber

Hospitality Associate

Ariana Hall

Operations Manager
Trécha wears a black tshirt and gold necklace with small medallion, and has close-cropped black hair.

Trécha Gay Jheneall

Artist-Centered Program Associate

Jeremy Jones

Studio Assistant

Sandy Thornburg

Weekend Coordinator

Stephanie Pearl Travers

Artist-Centered Program Manager

Sly Watts

Digital Media Assistant

Joan Mitchell Legacy

Sarah Roberts smiles in front of greenery. She is a white woman with grey-brown shoulder length hair, wearing glasses and a light blue sweater.

Sarah Roberts

Senior Director of Curatorial Affairs

Laura Morris

Director of Archives and Research

Andrew Beccone

Database & Digital Asset Manager

Joey Cabrera

Associate Archivist
Jessica, a woman with shoulder length blonde hair and light skin smiles

Jessica Pepe

Collection Manager

Joan Mitchell Catalogue Raisonné

To submit works or learn more about the project, please visit joanmitchellcr.org.

Alexandra Keiser

Project Manager

Mara Hoberman

Senior Researcher (France)

Abigael MacGibeny

Researcher (New York)

Board of Directors

Sandy S. Lee

President
Paul Ramirez Jonas

Paul Ramírez Jonas

Vice President
A headshot of Marc Chennault, a Black man with a medium skin tone, shaved head, and a close-cropped black beard.

Marc Chennault

Treasurer

Linda Usdin, Dr.PH.

Secretary

Jim Coddington

Board Member
Chitra Ganesh smiles broadly in front of greenery, wearing a teal patterned scarf, denim jacket, gold nose rings and earrings. She has medium-dark skin, and long wavy dark hair.

Chitra Ganesh

Board Member
Cheryl Hayes smiles in front of a painting with abstract gestures and scribbled letters. She has medium dark skin and curly black hair, and is wearing wire glasses, a brightly patterned dress, and two pendant necklaces.

Cheryl Hayes

Board Member

Kemi Ilesanmi

Board Member

Miranda Lash

Board Member

Danyelle Means

Board Member

Juan Sánchez

Board Member

Jean Shin

Board Member

Emeritus

Alejandro Anreus, PhD

Tomie Arai

Ron Bechet

Theodore S. Berger

Dan Bergman

John Koos

Tyrone Mitchell

Yolanda Shashaty

Carolyn Somers (Founding Member & Executive Director Emeritus)

Michele Tortorelli