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Board of Directors
Liesl Tommy
AFOZM Co-President and Founding Board member
Liesl is a South African American film director well known for her direction of Aretha Franklin’s biopic Respect. She became the first woman of color to be nominated for the Tony Award for Best Direction of a Play.
Naledi K. Khabo
AFOZM Co-President
Naledi is the Chief Executive Officer of Africa Tourism Association in New York. Her 25 years of strategy leadership includes serving as Chief of Staff at the United States Small Business Administration My Brothers Keeper Millennial Entrepreneurial Initiative.
Roger Ross Williams
AFOZM Secretary and Founding Board member
Roger is an American director, producer and writer and the first African American director to win an Academy Award.
Rosalind Batheja
AFOZM Treasurer
Rosalind is a South African based in New York. She is the Senior Vice President of Operations and New Business at Novita Communications.
Mariane Ibrahim
Mariane is a Somali-French art dealer. Her gallery program is focused on showcasing artists from underrepresented regions such as Africa and the Middle East. In addition to her Chicago gallery, in 2023 she opened an immense new space in Mexico City.
Photo by Sofia Giner
Monetta White
Monetta is the Executive Director of The Museum of the African Diaspora (MoAD) in San Francisco. She has previously served as Vice President of the Small Business Commission for the City of San Francisco and sits on the board of several non-profit and business organizations.
10 x 10 Founding Patrons
Sarah Arison
Sarah de Blasio
Allison Berg
Deborah Calmeyer
Shari Sant
Erina Pindar
AFOZM Patrons
2024-2025
Patrons
The Arison Arts Foundation
Diane and Charles Frankel
Dave Ross
Emma Menell
Julie Mehretu
Michael Silver
ROAR AFRICA LLC
Simone Leigh
SmartFlyer
Tracey and Phillip Riese
Wangechi Mutu
Yinka Shonibare
Past
Patrons
Jochen Zeitz
The Jorge M. Pérez Family Foundation at The Miami Foundation
Adam Sheffer
Unfinished
Untapped Global
AFOZM
Ambassador
Ellen Port
New York Ambassador
Members
in 2025
Amanda Maples
Anneliese Klein
Catalina Maria Escobar Restrepo
Catherine Terc Owens
Cindy Schwarzstein
Dana Beth Ardi
Ellen Port
Graham Steele
Joan Malliband
Joy Simmons
Kate Fellens
Maile Gamez
Maria Olga Ochoa Sierra
Michelle Rose Seydel
Montague Hermann
Nikol Popovská
Niv Alexander
Patricia Mitchell Seydel
Ramiro Escobar Aristizabal
Scott O’Sullivan Seydel
Stephanie Manasseh
Susan Mathisen
Trevyn McGowan
Vincent Magagula
Past
Members
Past Members include:
Barbara Shuster, Christa Clarke, Dave Ross (now Global Council member) Fiona Mackay, Halim Flowers, Jim Chu, Jose Carlos Díaz, Cecile Raubenheimer, Robin Rankin, Yona Backer
Individual
Supporters
Chris Abbate
Stephanie Wagner
2025 Technology Grant
Sarah De Blasio
2025
Sponsors
Past
Patrons
The Whitney Museum of Art
The Brooklyn Museum of Art
The Bass Museum of Art
1:54 Contemporary African Art Fair
Independent New York
Southern Guild
The Armory Show
Montague Contemporary
Nicola Vassel
2023-2024
Sponsors
2023 Activation Partners
The Queens Museum
The Armory Show
PhotoFairs New York
Our Team
Claire Breukel
Arison Arts Foundation Head of American Friends of Zeitz MOCAA
Claire is a South African- born contemporary arts professional who has worked in the non-profit, foundation and private collection sector for two decades, primarily in Miami and New York.
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