Board 2009-2010

Adrian Salda?a

President

Michaella Holden

Vice President, Internal Affairs

Grace Lee

Vice President, External Affairs

Yvonne Shen

Webmaster

Ruth Ann Stewart

SNEAC Advisor and Clinical Professor of Public Policy

Professor Stewart joined the Wagner School faculty in September 2003 with a specialization in cultural policy and the role of the arts in urban revitalization. She came to Wagner from Rutgers University Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy where she held a joint appointment with the Center for Urban Policy Research. Prior to joining the academy, Professor Stewart was an associate director and the senior policy analyst in arts, humanities, and social legislation at the Congressional Research Service, the research and analysis arm of the U.S. Congress. She has also served in government as the Assistant Librarian of Congress for National Programs with responsibility for the library's education and cultural programs. Professor Stewart held senior management positions in New York at the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture and The New York Public Library. She is currently a member of the board of the Smithsonian Institution's Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum, Studio in a School and The Brooklyn Botanic Garden, and serves on advisory councils at the Museum of Modern Art and the Alvin Ailey School of American Dance. Her recent book, Understanding the Arts and Creative Sector in the United States, was published earlier this year by Rutgers University Press.