Our Staff and Volunteers

Randy brings to each project an academic and professional background as an international exhibiting artist, art therapist, educator and curator. She has provided curatorial and art consulting services worldwide for more than 30 years to a range of international and cultural organizations, including The World Bank, International Finance Corporation and the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. She holds both Master’s in Art Therapy and Master of Fine Arts degrees.

Al is leading the build out of our online platforms and development of grassroots partnerships and programming.  He is a multi-media artist whose work addresses a variety of social and environmental issues. From 1996 through 2010, Al lived in New York City and worked as a lawyer, Wall Street executive and asset management professional.

Passionate in the intersectionality between art and activism, Angelina seeks to promote exhibitions and artists who address human rights, social justice, and sustainability. She is a current undergraduate at UC Berkeley studying art history and economics. Through translating visuals into powerful stories, she is avidly interested in inserting the voices and asserting the presence of marginalized populations into historical representations and spaces.

Alex is part of the social media team working to increase AWFC’s outreach. She is a current undergraduate at Columbia University studying art history and philosophy, with a particular focus on modern and contemporary art. She is interested in the relationship between art and social critique and has previously worked for the San Francisco Frozen Film Festival.

New Zealand born Alayna studied photography and film making on full-scholarship at the San Francisco Art Institute and Bard College. She is the Co-Founder and Artistic Director of Human Factor, a visual story-telling communications company. During her 9+ years with Maja Hoffmann and the LUMA Foundation as Artist Relations Director, Project Manager and Photographer, she worked extensively with hundreds of acclaimed international artists. Her work is published in countless industry magazines and twelve books.

Sudeshna is a scientist, an environmental engineer and a microbiologist. She has an avid interest in the arts, society and culture, and how they relate to technology and development. She enjoys traveling and is passionate about wildlife conservation. Sudeshna holds a PhD in Civil Engineering from the University of Minnesota.

Louise is an educator, writer, and activist. She is particularly interested in using the arts to inspire creative solutions to social, political, and climate issues. Louise earned her BA in Anthropology from Vassar College and her MA in Social Studies Education from Teachers College, Columbia University.

Chelsea Paul has been working in the art and design industry for a number of years with experience not only in graphic design but in branding, marketing and working as a front-end developer for web applications. In her free time Chelsea enjoys reading sci-fi novels as well as cooking new and interesting vegetarian dishes. She also volunteers at a local animal shelter as an adoption counselor and caretaker.

Phil Marshall is a freelance web developer living in Madison, Wisconsin who is interested in open source software and civic hacking. In his free time he enjoys playing guitar, cooking, and spending time with friends and family. A former ESL teacher in East Asia, he takes any chance he gets to brush up on his (rusty) Chinese.