BOARD RELATIONS

Meet the Board Of Directors powering The Hudson Eye & JBAF:

Founding Director
Jonah Bokaer | Choreographer

Chair Emerita
Patsy Tarr

General Counsel
Barbara Hoffman, Esq.

Officers
Vice Chair, Governance: Tallie Carter, Esq.
Vice Chair, Programs: Aaron Levi Garvey
Vice Chair, Real Estate: Peggy Polenberg
Treasury: Samir Bitar
Treasury: Benjamin Coffin
Secretary: Brandon McNamee, Esq.

Directors
Mary Barone
Samir Bitar
Jonah Bokaer
Tsvi Bokaer
Tiombe Tallie Carter, Esq.
Benjamin Coffin
Aaron Levi Garvey
Barbara T. Hoffman, Esq.
Jeffrey H. James
Michèle Gerber Klein
Bert De Liefde
Brandon McNamee, Esq.
Lawrence Moss, Esq.
Peggy Polenberg
Patsy Tarr

International Advisory Board
Youness Anzane
Nicole Birmann Bloom
Wayne S. Blank
Lili Chopra
Anthony Roth Costanzo
Alexander Gorlin
Claude Grunitzky
Karen Brooks Hopkins
Julius James
Susan Kessler
Elbrun Kimmelman
Denise Kuschewski
Dr. Anne Leonard, Ph.D.
John Lithgow
Jonathan Mintzer, Esq.
Lorcan O’Neill
Dr. Ignacio Prado, Ph.D.
Sheela Raj
Ron Rudolph
Marie-Monique Steckel
Rachel Tretter

Honorary Directors
Marina Abramovic´
Daniel Arsham
Frederick W. Beinecke
Diana Widmaier Picasso

RECESS Young Patrons
MMS
Ernesto Estrella Cózar

Founding Board Members
Jonah Bokaer
Keith Butler
Christopher Eamon
Andrew Evans
Meredith Glisson
Phyllis Herschenfeld
Erica L. Marks
Elaine Nicholas
Maika Pollock
Keith Recker
Brent SIkkema
Micki Wesson
Greg Worley
David Vaughan
Patsy Tarr

Prior Board Chairs & Leadership
Christopher Eamon, Founding Chair
Erica L. Marks, 2006-2009
Patsy Tarr, 2009-2013
Paul McCann, 2014-2022
CPR Liaison: Maika Pollock, 2009-2012
CPR Liaison: P. Herschenfeld, 2012-2017
CPR Liaison: Melania Sherman, 2017-2018
CPR Liaison: Steven Johnson, 2018-2022

In Loving Memory 
† Christophe De Menil
† Dorothy Tapper Goldman
† Elaine Nicholas
† Bénédicte Pesle
† Brent Sikkema
† David Vaughan
† Micki Wesson
† Robert Wilson

(† Indicates In Loving Memory)