ARTISTIC LEADERSHIP

Yo-Yo Ma
Founder

Rhiannon Giddens
Artistic Director

Kaoru Watanabe
Artists’ Committee

Layale Chaker
Artists’ Committee

Shawn Conley
Artists’ Committee

STAFF

Ben Hartley
Executive Director

PROGRAMS

Alicia Reese
Strategic Partnerships & Impact Director

Morgan Beckford
Silkroad Connect Director

Adam Gurczak
Education Programs Manager

Aneesh Kumar
Education Programs Coordinator

Alex Sesenton
Artistic Programs Coordinator

DEVELOPMENT

Jennifer Klahn
Development Director

Anna Josephine Harris
Development Manager

OPERATIONS

Anthony Barbir
Deputy Director

Kirsten Leonard
Operations Manager

Emily Kaplan
Finance & Administrative Assistant

CONSULTANTS

Alex Kadvan, Noelle Panepento, Megan Frestedt | Red Light Management
Artist Manager, Silkroad Ensemble & Rhiannon Giddens

Scott Mello | Opus 3 Artists
Silkroad Ensemble Booking Agent

Camille Cintrón Devlin
Public Relations Specialist

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Boris Dolgonos
Chair

Faith Raiguel
Treasurer

Isabelle Hunter
Clerk

Jonathan Bays
Ophelia Dahl
Rohit Deshpandé
Federico Cohen Freue
Haruka Fujii, ex officio
Rhiannon Giddens, ex officio
Ben Hartley, ex officio
LaVon Kellner
Nicholas Ma
Larisa Martínez
Michael Olivieri
Lori Samuels
Kaoru Watanabe, ex officio
Alfre Woodard
Carolyn Yancey
Stefanie Zeldin

ADVISORY BOARD

Prince Amyn Aga Khan*
Milo Beach*
Eduardo Braniff
Merton Flemings*
Catherine Gevers*
Judy Goldberg*
Jill Hornor*
Golnar Khosrowshahi
Diann Kim
Ted Levin*
Yo-Yo Ma*
Anne Peretz*
Paul Shang*
Paul Stebbins
Elizabeth ten Grotenhuis*

*Founding Silkroad Board Members