Appendix A: Members of the Commission on the Arts
Commission Members
Diane Ackerman
Author, Poet, and Naturalist
Elizabeth Alexander
The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation
Maribel Alvarez
The University of Arizona
Rod Bigelow
Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art
Terence Blanchard
Jazz Trumpeter and Composer
Mary Bordeaux
First Peoples Fund
Pam Breaux
National Assembly of State Arts Agencies
Jeffrey Brown
PBS NewsHour
Louise H. Bryson
The J. Paul Getty Trust
Francis Collins
National Institutes of Health
James Cuno
The J. Paul Getty Trust
Paul DiMaggio
New York University
Oskar Eustis
The Public Theater
Katherine Farley
Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts
Theaster Gates Jr.
Rebuild Foundation
Paula Giddings
Smith College
Olivia Gude
School of the Art Institute of Chicago
Nora Halpern
Americans for the Arts
Vicky Holt Takamine
Pua Ali‘i ‘Ilim
Maria Hummer-Tuttle
Hummer-Tuttle Foundation
Gish Jen
Novelist
Brian Kisida
Truman School of Government and Public Affairs at University of Missouri
Angela LaPorte
University of Arkansas
Tania León
Composer and Conductor
Sonia Manzano
Actress and Author
Michael O’Bryan
The Village of Arts and Humanities
Felix Padrón
Arts Management Professional and Artist
Annise Parker
LGBTQ Victory Fund
Mwalim (Morgan James Peters)
University of Massachusetts Dartmouth
Victoria Rogers
John S. and James L. Knight Foundation
Jacqueline Stewart
The University of Chicago
Yancey Strickler
Kickstarter
Steven Tepper
Arizona State University
Roberta Uno
Arts in a Changing America
Zannie Voss
Southern Methodist University National Center for Arts Research
Carrie Mae Weems
Photographer
Damian Woetzel
The Juilliard School
Jay Xu
Asian Art Museum of San Francisco
Kevin Young
National Museum of African American History and Culture, Smithsonian Institution
Laura Zabel
Springboard for the Arts