Board 2007:

Tine Kindermann,
Tine joined the AAI Board in 2003 and was elected Chair that same year. Tine is a visual artist with a background in set design and set painting. Tine is also a professional mediator with Volunteer Lawyers for the Arts and Safe Horizons.

Teri Chan,
Teri joined the AAI Board in 2005. Teri is an arts manager and has worked with numerous not-for-profits arts organizations including Asian American Arts Center and the Lower Manhattan Cultural Council. Teri recently completed a Masters Program in Arts Administration at Teachers College, Columbia University.

Paul Clay,
Paul is a founding member of AAI and has served as a Board Member since 2000. Paul is an award-winning artist, curator, set designer and serves as Program Director for AAI. Paul’s artistic perspective comes from an early interest in anthropology and social change. Recent projects include “When We Came” The Hudson Valley Center For Contemporary Art, Peekskill New York.

Rebecca Guber,
Rebecca was Elected to the AAI Board in 2005. Rebecca is currently Program Director for Six Points Fellowship, a nonprofit created to support emerging artists to develop new projects with a Jewish focus, theme or element. Rebecca previously worked for Hazon, an innovative Jewish environmental organization that supports peace building and environmental work in the United States and the Middle East.

Bill Massey,
Bill joined the AAI Board in 2006. Bill attended the Lawrenceville School and graduated from New York University in 1985. Bill is a visual artist and has served as a visiting Instructor, at Rutgers University, Camden Campus, Summer Session.

Mark Power,
Mark is one of the founding members of AAI and has served a on and off as a Director since its inception in 1999. Mark is a visual artist and instructor, currently teaching sculpture to adults at the Educational Alliance.

Rick Streicker,
Rick joined the AAI Board in 2007. Following a 20-year career as Senior Vice President of Legal & Business Affairs for Warner Bros. Music, Rick, a graduate of Harvard law School, graduated with honors from the Columbia Graduate School of Journalism in 2004. Simultaneously, Rick attended the Columbia Business School and received his MBA in 2006.

Staff Members and Associates:

Shelly McGuinness - Executive Director
Paul Clay - Director of Programming & Development, Gallery Director for Cuchifritos
Suzanne Varni - Studio Program Director
Buxton Midyette - Associate Gallery Director for Cuchifritos
Zeina Assaf - Programs Associate and Intern Coordinator
Nicholas Constantakis - Accountant

Current and former AAI members

Committee Participants:

Studio Programs:
Nancy Friedemann, Chang-Jin Lee, Suzanne Varni, Lisa Hanson, Paul Clay, Maya Puchkoff, Shelly McGuinness, Nicole Parcher

Open Studios:
Melanie Vote, Mark Power, Sherman Sussman

Art(inter)Action:
Paul Clay, Maya Puchkoff

Matzo Files:
Mark Power, Rebecca Guber

Educational Initiatives:
Maya Puchkoff, Robert Grant, Nancy Muller, Patrizia Vignola, Doug Blanchard, Melanie Vote, Nicole Parcher

Cuchifritos:
Paul Clay, Mark Power, Buxton Midyette, Zeina Assaf, Edie Nadelhoff, plus rotating interns/volunteers.

Cuchifritos Curatorial Advisory Committee:
Paul Clay, Stephanie Diamond, Rachel Gugelberger, Christopher K. Ho, Omar Lopez-Chahoud, Mark Power, Mari Spirito