BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Liesl Tommy
AFOZM Co-President and Founding Board member
Liesl is a South African American film director well known for her direction of Aretha Franklin’s biopic Respect. She became the first woman of color to be nominated for the Tony Award for Best Direction of a Play.
AFOZM Co-President
Naledi is the Chief Executive Officer of Africa Tourism Association in New York. Her 25 years of strategy leadership includes serving as Chief of Staff at the United States Small Business Administration My Brothers Keeper Millennial Entrepreneurial Initiative.
Naledi K. Khabo
Roger Ross Williams
AFOZM Secretary and Founding Board member
Roger is an American director, producer and writer and the first African American director to win an Academy Award.
Rosalind Batheja
AFOZM Treasurer
Rosalind is a South African based in New York. She is the Senior Vice President of Operations and New Business at Novita Communications.
Monetta is the Executive Director of The Museum of the African Diaspora (MoAD) in San Francisco. She has previously served as Vice President of the Small Business Commission for the City of San Francisco and sits on the board of several non-profit and business organizations.
Monetta White
Mariane Ibrahim
Mariane is a Somali-French art dealer. Her gallery program is focused on showcasing artists from underrepresented regions such as Africa and the Middle East. In addition to her Chicago gallery, in 2023 she opened an immense new space in Mexico City.
Photo by Sofia Giner
10 x 10 FOUNDING PATRONS
Sarah Arison
Allison Berg
Sarah de Blasio
Shari Sant
Deborah Calmeyer
AMERICAN FRIENDS OF ZEITZ MOCAA AMBASSADOR
Ellen Port
New York Ambassador
AMERICAN FRIENDS OF ZEITZ MOCAA PATRONS
Jochen Zeitz
The Jorge M. Pérez Family Foundation at The Miami Foundation
Adam Sheffer
Emma Menell
Julie Mehretu
Michael Silver
Simone Leigh
Tracey and Phillip Riese
Unfinished
Untapped Global
Wangechi Mutu
Yinka Shonibare
AMERICAN FRIENDS OF ZEITZ MOCAA MEMBERS IN 2024
Graham Steele
Kate Fellens
Montague Hermann
Joan Malliband
Vincent Magagula
Anneliese Klein
Joy Simmons
Halim Flowers
Niv Alexander
Barbara Shuster
Christa Clarke
Ellen Port
David Ross
Trevyn McGowan
Fiona Mackay
Jim Chu
Maile Gamez
Robin Rankin
Susan Mathisen
Yona Backer
Amanda Maples
Past member include : Jose Carlos Díaz, Cecile Raubenheimer
AMERICAN FRIENDS OF ZEITZ MOCAA CONTRIBUTORS IN 2024
Chris Abbate and Novità PR
Stephanie Wagner
2024 SPONSORS
Erina Pindar
2024 ACTIVATION PARTNERS
The Whitney Museum of Art
The Brooklyn Museum of Art
1:54 Contemporary African Art Fair
Independent New York
Southern Guild
The Armory Show
Montague Contemporary
Nicola Vassel
2023 SPONSORS
The Queens Museum
The Armory Show
PhotoFairs New York
2023 ACTIVATION PARTNERS
OUR TEAM
Head of AFOZM
Claire is a South African- born contemporary arts professional who has worked in the non-profit, foundation and private collection sector for two decades, primarily in Miami and New York.
Claire Breukel