Amanda believes art is a tool to fight economic injustice. This belief is central to her work leading fundraising and other initiatives to unlock institutional resources for artists. She lives in Boston and is completing her PhD at Harvard University.

Ayodele Steward (she/her/hers) is a Los Angeles native with roots in Jamaica and Louisiana. Ayodele works as a grant writer for a large nonprofit where she advocates for the Black community and participates in working groups dedicated to diversity, equity, and inclusion. Before turning to grant writing, Ayodele spent almost a decade working with students with mild-to-moderate learning disabilities at Lindamood-Bell Learning Processes and the Frostig School. Ayodele has also volunteered with the nonprofit Give Her LIfe, working to improve life outcomes for girls around the world. In her free time, she enjoys reading post-colonial literature, doing embroidery or collage, and talking about the Enneagram. Ayodele holds a bachelor’s degree in English literature from Biola University, with emphases in writing and intercultural studies.

Eddie is an IT Consultant with 20+ of hands-on experience in IT technology, networking, and service delivery with extensive experience in managing on-premise and Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) solutions.

Josh (he/him/his) has been working in the non-profit sector in different capacities for the past 15 years. This includes as a board member for different non-profits and currently as a CFO for a NYS charter school. Josh holds a strong belief that non-profits provide the greatest diversity to the business world as well as the most interesting projects. As such, his life mission is to help non-profit entrepreneurs reach success by sharing his years of HR, finance, and start-up knowledge in the non-profit world as a mentor and coach to small business entrepreneurs.

Ravon Ruffin (she/her/they/them) is an arts worker and digital strategist activating the practices of contemporary artists and cultural workers through public programming and resource-sharing, in service to community IRL and URL. With care and criticality given to space, geographies, and BIQPOCs, she organizes around art and community to demystify contemporary art, deepen our relationships to artists, and toward place-keeping for marginalized peoples. Ravon has led digital engagement and public programming at The Studio Museum in Harlem, The Museum of Modern Art, and the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture. She continues to advocate for a sustainable arts ecosystem between artists, their communities, and their local institutions through her arts agency Brown Art Ink. Ravon is the Program and Communications Manager at NEW INC, New Museum’s cultural incubator.