BOARD AND STAFF

Board of Directors

Amy Andrieux, Executive Director and Chief Curator, MoCADA
Rose Crichton-White, Director of Marketing and Development, Brooklyn Conservatory of Music
Terry Greiss, Founder and Executive Director, Irondale Ensemble Project
Skye Kowaleski, Co-Director, Jack Arts, Inc.
Ellen Leszynski, Director of Institutional Advocacy, BAM
Sam Linden, Executive Director, Beth Morrison Projects
Devin Mathis, Executive Director, UrbanGlass
Charles Rasberry, University Director of Arts Advancement, LIU/Kumble Theater for the Performing Arts
Lisa Stein, Chief Financial and Administrative Officer, StoryCorps
Nancy Umanoff, Executive Director, Mark Morris Dance Group

Staff

Beth Allen, Executive Director
Beth Allen has served as Executive Director of Downtown Brooklyn Arts Alliance since 2017. Her career spans over 20 years in arts administration, starting out working for large museums including The Getty, The British Museum, and The Guggenheim before finding a passion for building organizational and fundraising capacity at entrepreneurial arts organizations combining artistic excellence with strong social missions. Her past work experience includes serving as chief development officer at Prospect New Orleans and Art21, and as a freelance development consultant for clients that have included Performa, Kyle Abraham/Abraham in Motion, Theatre for a New Audience, and UrbanGlass. She also teaches in the MA Arts Administration program at Baruch College. Allen holds a graduate certificate from the Institute for Curatorial Practice in Performance at Wesleyan University, C.Phil and MA in Art History from the University of California, Los Angeles, and BA in History from Northwestern University.

Melissa Caballero, Administrative Assistant
Melissa Caballero joined the staff of Downtown Brooklyn Arts Alliance in May 2023. She graduated from Baruch College in December 2022 with an MA in Arts Administration and earned a BA in Economics from Binghamton University. She previously held roles in Media Buying Activation for Proctor and Gamble with Publicis Media and Operations and Client Experience at Barry’s, LLC. Melissa is also a certified Reiki Master.