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
Erina Pindar
AMERICAN FRIENDS OF ZEITZ MOCAA AMBASSADOR
Ellen Port/ New York Ambassador
AMERICAN FRIENDS OF ZEITZ MOCAA PATRONS
2024-2025 PATRONS
Diane and Charles Frankel
Dave Ross
Emma Menell
Julie Mehretu
Michael Silver
ROAR AFRICA LLC
Simone Leigh
Tracey and Phillip Riese
Wangechi Mutu
Yinka Shonibare
PAST PATRONS
Jochen Zeitz
The Jorge M. Pérez Family Foundation at The Miami Foundation
Adam Sheffer
Unfinished
Untapped Global
AMERICAN FRIENDS OF ZEITZ MOCAA MEMBERS IN 2025
Amanda Maples
Anneliese Klein
Catalina Maria Escobar Restrepo
Catherine Terc Owens
Dana Beth Ardi
David Ross
Ellen Port
Graham Steele
Halim Flowers
Joan Malliband
Joy Simmons
Kate Fellens
Maile Gamez
Maria Olga Ochoa Sierra
Michelle Rose Seydel
Montague Hermann
Niv Alexander
Patricia Mitchell Seydel
Ramiro Escobar Aristizabal
Robin Rankin
Scott O’Sullivan Seydel
Stephanie Manasseh
Susan Mathisen
Trevyn McGowan
Vincent Magagula
Past member include: Barbara Shuster, Christa Clarke, Fiona Mackay, Jim Chu, Jose Carlos Díaz, Cecile Raubenheimer, Yona Backer
INDIVIDUAL SUPPORTERS
Chris Abbate
Stephanie Wagner
2025 SPONSORS
2024 ACTIVATION PARTNERS
The Whitney Museum of Art
The Brooklyn Museum of Art
The Bass 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