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-President
Lunder Curator of American Art (Hewnoaks 2017)
Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution
Portland, Maine / Washington D.C.

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

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

Louisa Donelson (she/her), Secretary
Visual Artist, Organizational Director
Side X Side
Portland, Maine

Kate Burch (she/her)
Senior Planner, North Star Planning

Cumberland, ME

Gibson Fay-LeBlanc (he/him)
Executive Director (Hewnoaks 2015)
Maine Writers & Publishers Alliance
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)
Senior Advisor for Asian Art and Co-Interim Director
San Antonio Museum of Art
Lovell, Maine / San Antonio, TX

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