National Advisory Board
Paul Schadewald
Chair
Paul Schadewald is the Senior Project Manager for Bringing Theory to Practice. He has two decades of experience …more.
Milmon F. Harrison
Vice Chair
Dr. Milmon F. Harrison is Associate Vice Provost for Academic Programs in Undergraduate Education at UC Davis. …more.
Mari Castañeda
Board Member
Dr. Mari Castañeda is Dean of Commonwealth Honors College and Professor of Communication at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. …more.
Denise Frazier
Board Member
Denise Frazier is an educator, musician, and interdisciplinary artist from Houston, who has lived and worked in New Orleans since 2002. …more.
Lizzy Cooper Davis
Board Member
Dr. Lizzy Cooper Davis (She/They), Associate Professor and Graduate Program Director at Emerson College, is an artist and scholar …more.
Sylvia Gale
Board Member
Dr. Sylvia Gale is the executive director of the Bonner Center for Civic Engagement (CCE) at the University of Richmond. …more.
Kayhan Irani
Board Member
Kayhan Irani is an Emmy-award winning writer, a cultural activist, and a Theater of the Oppressed trainer. She creates and leads …more.
Carlos Francisco Jackson
Board Member
Carlos Francisco Jackson is dean of the Penny W. Stamps School of Art & Design. He is also a tenured professor of art and design at the …more.
Victor Omni
Board Member & PAGE Co-Director
Victor Ultra Omni (They/Them) is a PhD Candidate in Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies (WGSS) at Emory University. …more.
Judy Pryor-Ramirez
Board Member
Judy Pryor-Ramirez is a Clinical Associate Professor of Public Service at the Robert F. Wagner Graduate School of Public Service at New York University …more.
Sylvia C. Spears
Board Member
Dr. Sylvia Spears (She/Her/Hers) is currently serving as Provost & Vice President for Lifelong at College Unbound in Providence, …more.
David King
Board Member
David King is a passionate advocate for prolonged investment in the arts and education, and he is fundamentally committed to sustaining …more.
Michaele Pride
Board Member
Michaele Pride, Assoc. AIA, NOMA, is a Professor of Architecture at the University of New Mexico, and co-Director of the UNM Design and Planning Assistance Center (DPAC). …more.
Darby Ray
Board Member
Darby Ray is the Donald W. and Ann M. Harward Professor of Civic Engagement at Bates College in Lewiston, Maine, where she also …more.
Gabby Wen
Board Member & PAGE Co-Director
Gabby Wen (she/her/hers) is a PhD candidate in the Applied Intercultural Arts Research program at the University of Arizona …more.
Winoka Yepa
Board Member
Winoka Yepa (she/her/asdzaan), is Diné originally from Shiprock, New Mexico, which is located on the Navajo Nation, also known as Dinétah. …more.
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