Board of Directors

The Hewnoaks Artist Residency Board is composed of community members, arts and business leaders and former Hewnoaks residents.

Diana Greenwold (she/her), Co-Chair
Associate Director for Curatorial Affairs and Lunder Curator of American Art, National Museum of Asian Art, Smithsonian
Hewnoaks Resident, 2017
Washington D.C.

Christi Lumiere (she/her), Co-Chair
Executive Director of Annual Giving, Bowdoin College
Brunswick, Maine

Samaa Abdurraqib (she/her), Treasurer
Poet & Writer
Executive Director, Maine Humanities Council
Hewnoaks Resident, 2021
Brunswick, Maine

Louisa Donelson (she/her), Secretary
Director of Programming and Events, Portland Museum of Art
Visual Artist
Co-Producer, Maine Outdoor Film Festival
Portland, Maine

Kate Burch (she/her)
Senior Planner, CommunityScale
Cumberland, ME

Gibson Fay-LeBlanc (he/him)
Writer
Executive Director, Maine Writers & Publishers Alliance
Hewnoaks Resident, 2015
Portland, Maine

Will Garcia (he/him)
Creative Director, The VIA Agency

Cumberland Foreside, ME

Isaac Kestenbaum (he/him)
Director, Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
Co-Founder, Future Projects
Portland, Maine

Emily Sano (she/her)
Asian Art Museum of San Francisco
Director Emerita
Senior Advisor for Asian Art and Co-Interim Director, San Antonio Museum of Art (retired)
Lovell, Maine / San Antonio, TX

Dan Willett (he/him)
University of Maine Foundation (Retired)
Gorham, Maine