Leadership
ROBERT RABEN
FOUNDER
Joanne Irby
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
ISISARA BEY
ARTISTIC DIRECTOR
OPAL HOPE BENNETT
Staff Members
- Strategic Parnerships: Imara Canady
- Producer: Leigh Davis
- Virtual Producer: Brandon Smith
- Virtual Realty Salon Curator: Aja Q. Evans
- GALA Consultants: Kimball Stroud Associates
- Customer Solutions: Jen Lee Reeves
- Chief Marketing Officer: Stefanie Cruz
- Finance Director: Ibonee Perry
- Operations Manager: Ralph Santora
Board of Trustees
The Festival is guided by a team of leaders across the entertainment, policy, and social justice arenas that ensures the success and execution of our vision.
Stephanie Gold
Chair
Hogan Lovells
Victoria Bassetti
Vice Chair
Brennan Center for Justice
Craig Emanuel
Finance Chair
Ryan Murphy Productions
Vickee Jordan Adams
Finsbury Glover Hering
Joyce Brayboy
Goldman Sachs
A'Lelia Bundles
Author
Samara Fox
Attorney
Melissa Maxfield
Comcast
Joseph Olchefske
Educator & Entrepreneur
Denielle Pemberton-Heard
Diversified Search Group
Press releases
Happy Kwanzaa!
Today, we kick off the celebration of Kwanzaa — a holiday created in 1966 by Dr. Maulana Karenga, an African-American scholar and activist. Rooted in the harvest traditions of African […]
Presenting Lovely One: A Memoir with Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson
This event was a live taping of New York Public Radio’s nationally syndicated podcast, Notes From America With Kai Wright. Host Kai Wright and Justice Jackson talked one-on-one about her […]
WNYC and Apollo Theater present: MLK, The Inconvenient King
The Apollo and WNYC presented the 18th annual Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day celebration, programmed as part of The Apollo’s Uptown Hall series, on Sunday, January 14 at 2pm. […]
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