Kristina Newman-Scott is an award-winning, purpose-driven leader with

over 20 years of experience in public and nonprofit sectors with a focus on

arts, culture and media. She is the inaugural Executive Director for The

Jerome L. Greene Performance Space at New York Public Radio/WNYC,

the company’s multi-platform and live studio space.

Newman-Scott's awards and recognitions include being named one of the

City and State New York’s, Telecommunications Power 50 individuals

shaping New York’s digital future, an Observer’s NYC Arts Power 50, and a

Next City Urban Vanguard. She is a recipient of the Selina Roberts Ottum

award from Americans for the Arts and was conferred an Honorary Doctor

of Fine Arts by the University of New Haven, Lyme Academy of Fine Arts

in 2018.

Her past leadership positions include serving as President of BRIC, an art,

and media organization in Brooklyn; the Director of Culture for the State

of Connecticut; Director of Programs at the Boston Center for the Arts;

and Director of Visual Arts at Real Art Ways.

She currently serves as the Secretary of the Board for Americans for the

Arts, the Chair of National Arts Strategies (NAS) and the Chair of the

Department of Cultural Affairs Advisory Commission for the City of New

York.

Kristina was born and raised in Kingston, Jamaica and worked as a

practicing artist and TV/radio host and producer in her home country

before moving to the US in 2005. She currently lives in Brooklyn with her

husband and two children.