The Advisory Council is COACOA’s philanthropic leadership group, developing and contributing vital resources to our mission and programming. The council is composed of committed members, dedicated to advancing COACOA work through leadership, strategy, and engagement.
The group's mission is to support COACOA's stewardship, while being composed of dedicated individuals who champion artistic excellence and provocation with their support. They are engaged with diverse Los Angeles cultural centers, readily share resources that empower and support COACOA, and seek to build long-term initiatives and collaborative planning efforts, laying the foundations for the organization’s development. In doing so, the council members contribute dues at a level that is meaningful to them, prioritizing COACOA with their generosity.
COACOA Advisory Council Members
Adam and Jessica Bandler, architects
Laura Creed, Director of Development, CalArts
Jessica Cusick, consultant, former Director of Cultural Affairs, Santa Monica
Esma Annemon Dil
Deniz Gamze Ergüven
Nancy Fareed Moreno
Elisabeth Forney, former Executive Director, FLAX
Raina Lampkins-Fielder, Curator, Souls Grown Deep Foundation
JC Gabel, founder, Hat & Beard Press
Olga Garay, Director, National Latinx Theater Initiative and OMGArts
Elizabeth Greenway, Chief Advancement Officer, Los Angeles Master Chorale
Laetitia Helouet, Présidente de l’observatoire national de la politique de la ville
Deborah Irmas, art collector and philanthropist
Akis Kokkinos
Shamim Momin, Director of Curatorial Affairs, Henry Art Gallery
Jay Ezra Nayssan, Founder of Del Vaz Projects
Alfred Pacquement, former Director of the MNAM, Centre Pompidou
Anaël Pigeat, art critic
Ronnie Rubin
Barbara & Robert Schwan
Hala Wardé, architect
Joan Weinstein, Director, Getty Foundation
Patricia Wyatt, President & CEO, Japanese American Cultural & Community Center