About
Board of Directors
The Board of Directors is charged with CAA’s long-term financial stability and strategic direction; it is also the association’s governing body. The board sets policy regarding all aspects of CAA’s activities, including publishing, the Annual Conference, awards and fellowships, advocacy, and committee procedures.
By-laws of the College Art Association inc.
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Jennifer Rissler President |
2022-2024 | VP & Dean of Academic Affairs, San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, CA |
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Scherezade Garcia-Vazquez Vice President for External Relations |
2020-2024 | Interdisciplinary Visual Artist & Assistant Professor, University of Texas-Austin, Austin, Texas |
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Lynne D. Allen Vice President for Committees |
2020-2023 | Professor, School of Visual Arts, Boston University, Boston, MA |
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Laura Anderson Barbata Vice President for Annual Conference and Programs |
2018-2022 | Transdisciplinary Artist, Author, Performer, Teacher, New York, NY & Mexico |
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Mora J. Beauchamp-Byrd Vice President for Publications |
2020-2024 | Visiting Assistant Professor of Art and Design, University of Tampa, Tampa, FL |
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Kelly Walters Vice President for Diversity and Inclusion |
2021-2025 | Assistant Professor, Communication Design, Parsons School of Design, The New School, New York, NY |
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Niku Kashef Secretary |
2019-2023 | Artist, Educator, Independent Curator, Los Angeles, CA |
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Georgia Harrell Treasurer |
2021-2025 | Managing Director, Kehinde Wiley Studios, New York, NY |
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Gregory V. Gooding Counsel |
2021-2025 | Debevoise & Plimpton, LLP, New York, NY |
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Meme Omogbai Executive Director and CEO |
CAA, New York, NY | |
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Roland Betancourt | 2021-2025 | Professor, Art History, University of California, Irvine, CA |
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Lara M. Evans, Ph.D. | 2021-2025 | Interim Director, Research Center for Contemporary Native Arts, Institute of American Indian Arts, Santa Fe, NM |
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Gregory Gilbert | 2022-2026 | Director of Art History & Art Museum Studies Programs, Knox College, Galesburg, Illinois |
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Tiffany Holmes | 2020-2024 | Vice-Provost for Undergraduate Studies, Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, MD |  |
Nazar Kozak | 2022-2026 | Senior Researcher, Department of Art Studies, Ethnography Institute, National Academy of Sciences & Associate Professor of Art History, Ivan Franko University of Lviv, Ukraine |  |
Karen Leader | 2022-2026 | Associate Professor, Art History & Faculty Associate, Center for Women, Gender and Sexuality Studies, Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, FL |
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Victoria McCraven | 2022-2024 | Programs Manager, NXTHVN, New Haven, CT |
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Ugochukwu-Smooth C. Nzewi | 2019-2023 | Steven and Lisa Tananbaum Curator, Dept. of Painting and Sculpture, the Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY |
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Kelvin Parnell, Jr. | 2021-2023 | Ph.D. Candidate, Art & Architectural History, McIntire Dept. of Art, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA |
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Wanda Raimundi-Ortiz | 2021-2025 | Associate Professor, Studio Art, School of Visual Arts & Design, University of Central Florida, FL |
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Katy Rogers | 2020-2024 | Vice President & Secretary, The Dedalus Foundation, New York, NY |
 | Adity Saxena | 2022-2026 | Dean, Woxsen School of Arts & Design, Hyderabad, India |
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Nada Shabout | 2020-2024 | Professor of Art History, University of North Texas, Denton, TX |
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Ken Wissoker | 2020-2024 | Duke University Press, Durham, NC |