Anne Pasternak, President and Artistic Director

During Pasternak's tenure, since the Fall of 1994, the organization has increased its commitment to artists working with untried media and has offered established artists fresh opportunities to experiment and engage new audiences. Renowned projects under her artistic direction range from exhibitions and performances in the historic Brooklyn Bridge Anchorage, new sculptures in Grand Central Station, paintings in Coney Island and skywriting over Manhattan to the Tribute in Light, the twin beacons of light that illuminated the former World Trade Center site six months after 9/11, in honor of the lives lost there. Pasternak has been committed to initiating projects that give artists the opportunity to innovate their practice, celebrate New York life, and reflect on contemporary society while engaging millions of people with art that permeates everyday urban life.

In addition to her work at Creative Time, Pasternak curates independent exhibitions and contributes essays to cultural publications. She lectures extensively throughout the United States and Europe.

SHANE BRENNAN, CURATORIAL ASSISTANT

Shane Brennan left his aquatic home in the Pacific Northwest to complete an honors BA in art, critical theory and media studies at Brown University. During a sojourn in London, he took courses in curating and contemporary art at Goldsmiths College, furthering a discontinuous solo practice as a writer, curator, and artist. Experiences at a variety of art institutions—including the Whitney Museum, Rhizome.org, and the Lisson Gallery—prepared him for a migration to the New York City art nexus. He joined Creative Time in 2007 as its first ever Curatorial Assistant.

Sarah Burkhart, MemberSHIP and Events Assistant

Sarah Burkhart arrived in New York City from the fervid streets of Boston to attend NYU, from which she received an honors BA in art history, architecture, and studio art. Her passion for art and design led her through experiences at Andrea Rosen Gallery, Judd Foundation, the Grey Art Gallery, and in architectural firms and artist studios. She first arrived at Creative Time as an intern in the Development Department and joined the staff full time in 2008 as the first-ever Membership and Events Assistant.

BRENDAN GRIFFITHS, MARKETING PRODUCER

Brendan Griffiths crashed his escape capsule in the East River in 2005. He emerged unscathed, but remembered little of his home planet. Having been frozen in cryogenic stasis for 4,000 years, he decided to attend the University of Oregon to refresh his aesthetic skills and successfully earned a BFA degree in Multimedia Design. He went on to work for Apple Computer, TODA, ROOM Studio, and other notable human institutions. When he's not designing flashing pop-up banner ads for Creative Time, he enjoys trips to the zoo, eating falafel sandwiches, and putting himself into a state of sensory deprivation in an attempt to recover his millennias-old memory.

Liz Gwinn, Director of Membership and Individual Giving

After three years as a star volunteer, Liz Gwinn officially joined Creative Time in November 2008. Born and raised in upstate New York, she holds a BA in Human Ecology from the College of the Atlantic and an MA in Museum Studies from New York University. She has worked in arts administration at organizations including The Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston; the office of the artist-in-residence at the New York City Department of
Sanitation; the Whitney Museum of American Art; and most recently The Studio Museum in Harlem. You can often find her museum- or bar-tending at the City Reliquary Museum and Civic Organization in Williamsburgh, Brooklyn. Liz enjoys knitting and riding her bicycle, though, unfortunately, not at once.

KATIE HOLLANDER, Deputy Director

Katie has worked in the nonprofit community for almost 15 years and has experience both as an executive director and development director, with a focus on special events, fundraising and financial management. Most recently she was the Director of Development at the Support Center for Nonprofit Management; and prior to that she served as the Executive Director at ArtTable, Inc. a nonprofit association for 1,600+ women professionals in the visual arts.  Katie launched her career at the College Art Association serving as Assistant to the Executive Director, Manager of Governance and Advocacy and Director of Development and Special Projects. Katie received her BS in Business Management from Ithaca College, an MA in Art History from The Victoria University of Manchester, England, as well as an MA in Arts Administration from New York University.

MEREDITH JOHNSON, Curator and Producer, Consulting Program

Originally hailing from St. Louis, MO, Meredith Johnson came to Creative Time in 2007 to lead the organization’s Consulting Program. Prior to Creative Time, Meredith was the Assistant Director at Minetta Brook, a New York based public arts organization that presented projects like Robert Smithson’s Floating Island to Travel Around Manhattan Island and Watershed: The Hudson Valley Art Project. Meredith has worked as an independent curator and for a number of non-profit institutions in San Francisco, CA and Washington, D.C. She received her BA in Art from St. Mary’s College of Maryland and her MA in Curatorial Practice from the California College of the Arts. In addition to her work at Creative Time, Meredith is also a curator at Artists Space in New York.

Gavin Kroeber, PRODUCER

Originally from the new-age-hippie-surfer-skate-punk mecca of Santa Cruz, CA, Gavin's work in public and processional art began as a theater student at Reed College (Portland, OR, B.A. '00) and continued in Oakland, CA, where he worked heavily with the Idiot Machine event-production collective. A jack-of-all-trades, Gavin brings extensive production experience to Creative Time, having worked variously as production manager, stage designer, video editor, technician and producer for Velocity Circus, Dodeska Performance Ensemble, Lunatique Fantastique and the American Circus Festival, among others. He is a founding member of the Bushwick Department of Public Works, who warmly invite you over for dinner (seriously).

Cynthia PRINGLE, Manager, Executive Office and Operations

Cynthia officially joined Creative Time in January 2007 after interning and working on short-term special projects in various departments since 2005. Born in San Francisco, Cynthia moved to New York in 1999 to attend New York University with a concentration in Studio Art. Currently, as Manager of the Executive Office and Operations, Cynthia supports both the President and the Deputy Director.

Brett Rollins, Director of Development

Brett Rollins was born and raised in Oberlin, Ohio. With a BFA in photography from Ohio Wesleyan University and five years of arts-related work experience in the Buckeye State, he came to New York in 2001 to pursue his MA in Visual Arts Administration from NYU and never looked back. With his MA completed, he began his arts career as the entire Development, Marketing, and Special Events Departments for the Rotunda Gallery in Brooklyn Heights. He followed that with several years as the Grants Manager for the New Museum of Contemporary Art, where he also provided fundraising for the museum's affiliate organization Rhizome.org. Most recently, Brett was the Director of Development at The Horticultural Society of New York for two years. On his own time, Brett pursues varied creative projects; he is curator of several independent exhibitions at non-profit spaces in the Bronx and Bed-Stuy, and he hosts a monthly live game show on the Lower East Side, among other things.

Nato Thompson, Chief Curator

Since January 2007, Nato has organized major projects for Creative Time such as Democracy in America: The National Campaign (2008), Paul Chan’s acclaimed Waiting for Godot in New Orleans (2007) and Mike Nelson’s A Psychic Vacuum. Previous to Creative Time, he worked as Curator at MASS MoCA where he completed numerous large-scale exhibitions such as The Interventionists: Art in the Social Sphere (2004), a survey of political art of the 1990s with a catalogue distributed by MIT Press. His writings have appeared in numerous publications including BookForum, Art Journal, tema celeste, Parkett, Cabinet and The Journal of Aesthetics and Protest. The College Art Association awarded him for distinguished writing in Art Journal in 2004. He recently curated an exhibition for Independent Curators International titled Experimental Geography with a book available by Melville House Publishing. His book on art and activism is due out by Autonomedia in October 2009.

G. Douglas Wagner, Financial Management Consultant

G. Douglas Wagner has been affiliated with Creative Time since its founding in 1973.  Working for the NY Cultural Council Foundation throughout the 70s, he assisted with financial matters and fundraising for such diverse organizations as Playwrights Horizons, Production Company, Cabin Creek Films (Harlen County USA), Cityarts Workshops, Art Without Walls, International Women's Writing Guild, Off Off Broadway Alliance, and the Theatre Development Fund (TKTS and voucher program).  He assumed the job of Financial Management Consultant at Creative Time in 1980.  His other non-profit clients included NYC Landmarks Preservation Foundation, Visual Aids for the Arts, and Clark Center for the Performing Arts.  Douglas is Business Manager for lighting designer Ken Billington and spent many years doing the same for playwright John Guare. He oversees budgets, grant reports, cash flow, and many other tasks pertaining to the finances at Creative Time.

NICHOLAS WEIST, MARKETING AND COMMUNICATIONS

Nicholas Weist was born in Manhattan and reared variously in the city and its surrounding environs. He comes to Creative Time from a past life as a curator, writer and editor, and producer of books by visual artists. His writing and projects have been featured in V, i-D, Arena Homme +, L’Uomo Vogue, The New York Times, Book Forum, Tokion, Useless, The Fader, and many others; and his promotional events have frequently had as many strippers as celebrities. Weist is a founding director of Why + Wherefore, an online art fanzine and theoretical show space.