Staff, Board & Funders
Staff:
Gail Nathan (bio)
Executive Director
gjnathan@bronxriverart.org
Hector Canonge
Education Manager
hcanonge@bronxriverart.org
Jennifer Tomaiolo
Program Associate
jennifert@bronxriverart.org
Ukari Bakosi
Education Program Associate
ubakosi@bronxriverart.org
Michele Brody
Special Projects
mbrody@bronxriverart.org
Board of Directors:
John Sanchez
Chairman
Community activist, Former Bronx Community Board district manager
Alex Jeréz
Treasurer
Finance, Charter Schools, Entrepreneur, Construction, Real Estate
Noemí Santana
Corporate Secretary
Business Consultant, School Gardening Instructor, Charter Schools, Board/Art Museum Experience
Anthony Bailey
Fundraising & Resource Development Chair
Administrator at WEWork, Business Administrator, Former Board Member of the Greyston Foundation, Entrepreneur
Francisco Lugoviña
Executive Member
Entrepreneur, Business Development, Non-Profit Policy, Clergy, Board Experience
Miguel Sánchez
Member
Internet Technology, Graphic Artist, Entrepreneur
Eduardo Duarte
Member
College Art Educator, RISD
Franchesca Diaz
Member
Corporate Affairs Manager, Con Edison
Osiris Stephens
Member
Sales, Entrepreneur
Liliana Candelario
Member
Filmmaker and Youth Program Director, Children's Aid Society
Michael Wheeler
Member
Administrative Assistant at the University of Rochester
Danielle Corbin
Member
South Bronx Early College Academy, Science and Urban Gardening Teacher
Sylvia Bengochea
Member
Education, Fitness Coach, Firefighter
Beata Bennett
Administrative Secretary
Dramaturge, Retired Bronx Public School Educator
Gail Nathan
Executive Director/Ex-Officio Member
Interdisciplinary Artist, Expertise in Arts Administration/Education and Arts-Based Community Development
Funders:
Programs are made possible with public funds from:
- The New York State Council on the Arts, a state agency
- The New York City Department of Youth and Community Development
- The New York Department of Cultural Affairs (and its Materials for the Arts program)
- The National Endowment for the Arts
- Bronx Borough President Ruben Diaz, Jr.
- New York City Council Members Ritchie Torres, Andy King, Andrew Cohen, Mark Gjonaj, and Ruben Diaz, Sr.
- New York State Assemblywoman Karines Reyes
- New York State Senator Luis Sepúlveda
- The José E. Serrano/WCS Lower Bronx River Partnership Program, funded by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)
- The New York Community Trust
- The New York City Department of Transportation
Corporate and Foundation support is provided by:
- Con Edison
- Deutsche Bank Americas Foundation
- The 42nd Street Development Corporation
- The New Yankee Stadium Community Development Fund
- The Simón Bolívar Foundation
- The Andy Warhol Foundation
- Bloomberg Philanthropies
- New York Community Trust
- The Rising Fund of Community Resource Exchange
BRAC's greenroof is supported by:
- The Bronx River Watershed Initiative, a program of the New York State Office of the Attorney General, and the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation
- The Bronx Overall Economic Development Corporation's Bronx Initiative for Energy and the Environment program