The Vera List Center for Art and Politics is a research center and a public forum for art, culture, and politics.

The Board of the Vera List Center for Art and Politics is an integral part of the New School community. Members of the board advise the chair and counsel the director of the Vera List Center, develop expertise on ways to support the academic enterprise, offer insight and guidance on programs, provide significant financial support, and serve as links to the communities in which they live and work.

Current Members

Chair
James Keith (JK) Brown
Board of Governors, Schools of Public Engagement, The New School
President, New Museum
New York City

Vice Chair
Linda Earle

Emerita Professor of Practice, Art History/Arts Management
Tyler School of Art +Architecture, Temple University
New York City

Vice Chair
Alan Michelson
Artist
New York City

Vice Chair
Megan E. Noh, Esq.
Partner and Co-Chair, Art Law, Pryor Cashman LLP
New York City

Danny Altabef
Attorney, Brigade Capital Management, LP
New York City

Frances F. L. Beatty, PhD
Chairman, Adler Beatty
Director, Ray Johnson Estate
New York City

Christoph Cox
Executive Dean, Eugene Lang College, The New School
New York City
ex officio

Marilyn Greene
New York City and Boca Raton, Florida

Susan Hapgood
Executive Director, International Studio and Curatorial Program
Founder and Trustee, Mumbai Art Room
VLC Fellow, 1999
New York City

Suzanne Kite, PhD
Artist
Bard College, Director, Wihanble S’a Lab
Ancram, New York

Norman L. Kleeblatt
Independent Curator and Critic
Board Member, AICA-USA
New York City

Carin Kuoni
Senior Director/Chief Curator, Vera List Center
Assistant Professor of Visual Studies, The New School
New York City
ex officio

Jane Lombard
Jane Lombard Gallery
CEC Artslink
New York City

Louise Neri
Founder and Artistic Director, Extraterritorial Inc.
New York City

Mendi + Keith Obadike
Artists, Musicians, Poets
Mendi Obadike: Associate Professor, Department of Humanities and Media Studies, Pratt Institute
Keith Obadike: Professor, Department of Art, Cornell University
Montclair, New Jersey

Sadaf Padder
Founder, Alpha Arts Alliance 
New York City

Nancy Delman Portnoy
Independent Fine Arts Advisor
New York City

Silvia Rocciolo
Mellon Grant Project Director/Collection Advisor, The New School Art Collection
New York City

Ellen Taubman
Independent curator, collector, and philanthropist
New York City

Board Alumni
Ujju Aggarwal, PhD, Mariana Amatullo, Carlos Basualdo, Sunny Bates, Koan-Jeff Baysa, Michael Brenson, Susan Elizabeth Cahan, Michelle Coffey, Janet Cohen, Michael Danoff, Donna De Salvo, Linda Dunne, Karen Durbin, Anne Ehrenkranz, Ronald Feldman, Andrew Francis, Mildred Friedman, Anthony Grant, Ken Grossinger and Micheline Klagsbrun, Agnes Gund, Henry Hacker, Willis Hartshorn, Tom Healy, Paul Hechinger, Aryana Ghazi Hessami, Marieluise Hessel, Elizabeth R. Hilpman, Pia Infante, Lisa Ivorian-Jones, Jenette Kahn, Verlyn Klinkenborg, Charlotta Kotik, Nicole Klagsbrun, Prem Krishnamurthy, Barbara Kruger, Tony Kushner, Alexia Lalli, Joan Lane, Nancy Lane, Thomas J. Lax, David Levinthal, Jo List, Vera G. List, Robert Looker, Sr., Joshua Mack, Irvine MacManus, Jr., Ann Marlowe, Louis Massiah, Victor Mathews,  Lydia Matthews, Susan Meiselas, Meryl Meltzer, Naeem Mohaiemen, Werner Muensterberger, Sina Najafi, Peter Norton, Ann Philbin, Sylvia Riskin, Martha Rosler, Betsy Ross, Catherine Saalfield, Ingrid Schaffner, David Scobey, Lise Scott, Barake Sele, Joel Shapiro, Lowery Sims, Jon D. Smith, Pari Stave, Pat Steir, Nato Thompson, Shirley Verrett, Margo Viscusi, Michele Wallace, Mary Watson, Simon Watson, Reba Williams, Fred Wilson