Leadership

Rena Kraut, Executive Director
Tim Zavadil, Operations Director; Clarinetist, Minnesota Orchestra
Daiana García, Artistic Director; conductor, Havana Chamber Orchestra Mariesa Sun-Saenz, Program Director; Director, Scenergy Agency

Board

Sam Bergman, Chair; Violist, Minnesota Orchestra
Megan Feeney, Vice-Chair; writer, cultural critic, educator Becca Cochrane, Treasurer; Accounting & Reporting Advisory Manager, Deloitte & Touche, LLP
Julie Gramolini Williams, Secretary; Oboist, Minnesota Orchestra Gary Burns, Owner, Burns Business Advisory LLC
Ephi Eyal, growth leader and global executive
Elise Gehrke, biology and educational studies student, Macalester College
Rick Gibson, Creative Director, GibsonGlobal LLC & McFarland Communications
Asaf Wachtel; VP of Strategic Accounts, NVIDIA

Advisory

Artistic
Orbert Davis, Chicago Jazz Philharmonic
Neeta Helms, Classical Movements, Inc.
Jessica Lustig, 21C Media Group
Melissa Kraut, Cleveland Institute of Music
Libby Larsen, composer
Fernando Meza, University of Minnesota Osmo Vänskä, Minnesota Orchestra (ret.)
Danielle Gonzalez, CAYO alumni
José Luis Rubio Reyes, CAYO alumni
Ninián Rodriguez Rego, CAYO alumni
Nathaniel Zeisler, Colburn School

Media
Bruce Falconer, The American Scholar
Alberto Monserrate, New Publica, LLC
Brian Newhouse, Minnesota Orchestra
Nate Ryan, Photographer

Public Affairs
Ric Herrero, Cuba Study Group
Edythe M. Holbrook, National Committee on American Foreign Policy
David Horwich, Beyond Advisers
Paul Johnson, U.S. Agriculture Coalition for Cuba

Business Advisors
Deborah Briggs, The Betsy Hotel Miami Beach
Michelle Miller Burns, Minnesota Orchestra
Joe Del Toro, Argand Partners
Randi Yoder, SVP Development and Chief Development Officer, Minnesota Public Radio (ret.)

Artistic and Digital Communications
Garin Ipsen, Brand Design Principal, 3M