LIAA LEADERSHIP
Long Island Arts Alliance Board of Directors

Hon. Roger Tilles
Founder & Advisory Board Chair

Dr. Marian Conway
Chair
Executive Director, NY Community Bank Foundation

Dale Lewis
Vice Chair
Founder, Arts Reach Fund at LI Community Foundation

Michael Bordengo
Treasurer
Vice President, TD Bank

Dr. Judith Chen Applewhite
Secretary
Director of Art, Plainview-Old Bethpage Schools (Ret.)

Donald Boomgaarden, Ph. D
President, St. Joseph's University

Lucinda Hurley
Executive Director, Nassau BOCES Strategic Initiatives (Ret.)

Dr. James Lentini
President, Molloy University

Maggie Martinez Malito
Chief Deputy Town Clerk of North Hempstead

Susan Poser
President, Hofstra University

John Racanelli
Partner, Farrell Fritz,P.C.

Napoleon Revels-Bey
President and Founder, Nassau Performing Arts

Laura Savini
Principal, Untamed Hair Productions

Dr. Robert Scott
President Emeritus, Adelphi University

Marc Wong
Sr. Vice President Wealth Management, UBS
STAFF

Lauren Wagner
Executive Director
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Lauren Wagner is the Executive Director of Long Island Arts Alliance (LIAA), a non-profit arts organization servicing the creative sector island-wide. With 16 years of administrative, development, marketing, programmatic, and sales experience in both for-profit and non-profit arts organizations, she brings a diverse set of skills and perspectives to her position with LIAA in order to support a culture where artists and arts organizations can thrive on Long Island. Her passion for the arts, in its many forms, stems from her appreciation and respect for those who create, as well as the fundamental belief that the arts are essential to community and connection. She uses her positive attitude and tireless energy to advocate for the arts and support the work of the Island’s world-class arts institutions, creatives, arts educators, and cultural spaces.
Lauren holds a master’s degree in Museum Studies from Johns Hopkins University and earned her Bachelor of Science degree in Arts Administration from Wagner College in 2006. She serves as the Long Island Representative on the Board of ArtsNYS.