Who We Are
Advisors & Ambassadors
We’re fortunate to have a robust coalition of arts, health, media, and policy luminaries that contribute to our organization’s mission and activate the health improving qualities of the arts.
GERMAUL BARNES
Choreographer, director, master educator, scholar, and designer
Stephanie Cacioppo
Assistant Professor, Psychiatry and Behavioral Neuroscience; Director, Brain Dynamics Laboratory, University of Chicago
Erica Curtis
Author, Marriage and Family Therapist, Curriculum Developer – UCLArts & Healing, Board of Behavioral Sciences – Loyola Marymount University
Renée Fleming
Singer, arts advocate, Winner of four Grammy awards and presented the U.S. National Medal of Arts
Edward Hirsch
President, Guggenheim Foundation
Julianne Holt-Lunstad
Associate Professor, Brigham Young University
Lewis Kazis
Professor, Boston University School of Public Health
Ji Lee
Creative Director, Facebook
Tali Lennox
Artist, model, actress
Robert L. Lynch
President and CEO, Americans for the Arts
Charles Marmar
Chairman, Department of Psychiatry NYU Langone Medical Center
Robbie McCauley
American playwright, director, performer, and teacher
Carla M. Perissinotto, MD, MHS
Geriatrician, palliative care physician; Associate Professor, Medicine, University of California, San Francisco
Eileen Rockefeller
Author, public speaker, and venture philanthropist
Kristin Russell
Physician, entrepreneur
Lisa Marsh Ryerson
President, AARP Foundation
Joshua M. Smyth
Distinguished Professor of Behavioral Health and of Medicine, Penn State
Susan Stith
Vice President, Diversity, Inclusion, Civic Affairs, Cigna Foundation
Lauren Thermos
Director, Global Integrated Media & Marketing Strategy, Revlon Inc.
Jennifer Weiss
Nonprofit Public Health Consultant and author
Michelle Williams
Dean of the Faculty, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
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Our Supporters
Review the supporting organizations that join us in advocating for the evidence-based improvements the arts impart upon personal and public health.
Our Board
Read about our Board members who inform our strategic vision and increase our capacity to improve health and well-being..Â