Leadership
Leadership
Thelma Golden
Director and Chief Curator
Chakshu Patel
Chief Advancement and External Affairs Officer
Debra White
General Counsel & Chief Operating Officer
Terrence Phearse
Chief of Staff
Board of Trustees
As of July 1, 2023
Raymond J. McGuire, Chairman
Carol Sutton Lewis, Vice-Chair
Rodney M. Miller, Sr., Treasurer
Jacqueline L. Bradley, Secretary
Nicholas Antoine
Laura Day Baker
Dr. Anita Blanchard
Peter A. Boyce, II
Kathryn C. Chenault
Joan S. Davidson
Gordon J. Davis, Esq.
Damien R. Dwin
Dr. Henry Louis Gates, Jr.
Sandra Grymes
Arthur J. Humphrey Jr.
Russ Hutchinson
C. C. Melvin Ike
George L. Knox
Nancy Lane*
Dr. Michael L. Lomax
Bernard I. Lumpkin
Suzanne McFayden
Dr. Amelia Ogunlesi
Holly Peterson
Victoria Rogers
Troy Taylor
Ann G. Tenenbaum
Reginald Van Lee
Lise Wilks
Danielle Cooper Williams
*In memoriam
Ex-Officio
Hon. Eric Adams, Mayor of New York City
Hon. Laurie Cumbo, Commissioner of the Department of Cultural Affairs
Thelma Golden, Director and Chief Curator