WESTAF Welcomes the 2021 Emerging Leaders of Color Cohort

Since 2010, WESTAF’s Emerging Leaders of Color program has convened nearly 100 racially and ethnically diverse leaders working in the arts in the western United States for high-level leadership seminars that have impacted the field of arts administration. Due to the ongoing pandemic and necessary program modifications, we moved our 2021 ELC program online. The virtual convening is currently underway, taking place March 18-19 and 22-24, 2021.

We are pleased to announce that the following participants have been selected for WESTAF’s 2021 Emerging Leaders of Color program.

2021 Emerging Leaders of Color Cohort

Delbert Anderson, Artist/Educator, DDAT Management | San Juan College, Farmington, New Mexico

Dayo Ayodele, Producing Artistic Director, Global Lounge Incorporated, Boise, Idaho

Ruby Barrientos, Customer Service Associate, ANIMARTERENO Collective Program Coordinator, Reno, Nevada

Cameron Green, Art Show Coordinator, Cheyenne Frontier Days Old West Museum, Cheyenne, WY

Grace Gutierrez, Curatorial and Administrative Assistant, Firehouse Art Center, Longmont, Colorado

neelam ibrahim, Art Education Coordinator, Kodiak Arts Council, Kodiak, AK

Stacey Mei Kelly, Conservator, Utah Museum of Fine Arts, Salt Lake City, UT

Kamakani Konia, Project Manager, The Hawaii State Foundation on Culture and the Arts, Honolulu, HI

Jessica Lagunas, Arts And Culture Coordinator, Latino Network, Portland, Oregon

Nawahine Lanzilotti, Program Assistant, East-West Center Arts Program, Honolulu, HI

Janissa Martinez, Graduate Teaching Assistant, University of Wyoming, Laramie, WY

Luis Tomas Martinez, Chief Entertainment Officer, CASA ALTA LLC, Los Angeles, CA

Monique Michel, Director/Owner/Teacher, Ballet Folklorico Mexico Lindo, Nampa, Idaho

China Reevers, Event Coordinator, Arts Council of Big Sky, Bozeman, MT

Rosie Saldana, Program Associate/ Volunteer Coordinator, Tieton Arts and Humanities, Yakima, WA

Tatiana Ticknor, Unguwat Program Coordinator, Alaska Native Heritage Center, Anchorage, AK

Herbert Washington, Artistic Director, Phoenix Boys Choir, Phoenix, AZ

Learn more about WESTAF’s Emerging Leaders of Color program and view the seven other cohorts here.