Board

President
John Silberman is a lawyer in New York. His practice focuses on art law and estate planning for artists and collectors, and their families, estates and foundations. He is also a director of The Willem de Kooning Foundation and a trustee of the Ralph and Fanny Ellison Charitable Trust.
Treasurer
Joel Wachs currently serves as president of The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts. A former member and past President of the Los Angeles City Council, Wachs also served as acting chairman of the National League of Cities Task Force on the Arts, and as Vice-Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Los Angeles Museum of Contemporary Art.

Directors
A curator and art historian, Gary Garrels most recently served as Senior Curator of Painting and Sculpture at SFMOMA. Previous appointments include Hammer Museum, Los Angeles; The Museum of Modern Art, New York; Walker Art Center, Minneapolis; and Dia Art Foundation, New York. 
 
Kati Lovaas is a gallerist and art advisor in Munich. Previous board affiliations include Midway Contemporary Art Executive Committee and Whitney Museum of American Art Acquisitions Committee.

An author and curator, Yasmil Raymond is Rector of the Städelschule and Director of Portikus, Frankfurt. Previous appointments include The Museum of Modern Art, New York; Dia Art Foundation; and Walker Art Center, Minneapolis. 

Zoé Whitley is Director of Chisenhale Gallery, a contemporary art nonprofit in London. Previous curatorial appointments include Hayward Gallery at Southbank Centre, Tate Modern, and the Victoria and Albert Museum. In 2019, she curated Cathy Wilkes’ British Council commission in the British Pavilion at the 58th Venice Biennale. 

Staff

Executive Director
Larissa Harris joined Teiger Foundation in 2021 as its inaugural executive director. A curator who began her career at P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center (now MoMA P.S.1), she was most recently at Queens Museum, New York.

Assistant Program Manager 
Andrea Escobedo has an MA from Sotheby's in Art Business with a focus on contemporary art. She joined Teiger Foundation in 2021. 

Program Officer
Stephanie Koch is a researcher, facilitator, and curator who served as the Director of The Luminary in St. Louis and a Lead Organizer of the Chicago Arts Census. She joined Teiger Foundation in 2022. 
.Board & Staff.
Board

President
John Silberman is a lawyer in New York. His practice focuses on art law and estate planning for artists and collectors, and their families, estates and foundations. He is also a director of The Willem de Kooning Foundation and a trustee of the Ralph and Fanny Ellison Charitable Trust.
Treasurer
Joel Wachs currently serves as president of The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts. A former member and past President of the Los Angeles City Council, Wachs also served as acting chairman of the National League of Cities Task Force on the Arts, and as Vice-Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Los Angeles Museum of Contemporary Art.

Directors
A curator and art historian, Gary Garrels most recently served as Senior Curator of Painting and Sculpture at SFMOMA. Previous appointments include Hammer Museum, Los Angeles; The Museum of Modern Art, New York; Walker Art Center, Minneapolis; and Dia Art Foundation, New York. 
 
Kati Lovaas is a gallerist and art advisor in Munich. Previous board affiliations include Midway Contemporary Art Executive Committee and Whitney Museum of American Art Acquisitions Committee.

An author and curator, Yasmil Raymond is Rector of the Städelschule and Director of Portikus, Frankfurt. Previous appointments include The Museum of Modern Art, New York; Dia Art Foundation; and Walker Art Center, Minneapolis. 

Zoé Whitley is Director of Chisenhale Gallery, a contemporary art nonprofit in London. Previous curatorial appointments include Hayward Gallery at Southbank Centre, Tate Modern, and the Victoria and Albert Museum. In 2019, she curated Cathy Wilkes’ British Council commission in the British Pavilion at the 58th Venice Biennale. 

Staff

Executive Director
Larissa Harris joined Teiger Foundation in 2021 as its inaugural executive director. A curator who began her career at P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center (now MoMA P.S.1), she was most recently at Queens Museum, New York.

Assistant Program Manager 
Andrea Escobedo has an MA from Sotheby's in Art Business with a focus on contemporary art. She joined Teiger Foundation in 2021. 

Program Officer
Stephanie Koch is a researcher, facilitator, and curator who served as the Director of The Luminary in St. Louis and a Lead Organizer of the Chicago Arts Census. She joined Teiger Foundation in 2022. 
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