The Byrd Hoffman Water Mill Foundation owns and operates The Watermill Center. Its mission aims to develop new approaches to the arts, provide young artists with opportunities for professional growth, and document the work of its Artistic Director, Robert Wilson. The Foundation pursues this mission in the spirit of innovation exemplified by Robert Wilson’s work, an approach that encourages interdisciplinary collaboration. The Foundation’s programs include workshops, educational programs, and residencies at The Watermill Center; The Robert Wilson Archive, a collection of photographs, papers, and video recordings that document the artistic careers of Wilson and his collaborators; and The Watermill Collection, a vast and continuously expanding inventory of drawings, texts, sculpture, furniture, and artifacts.
The Byrd Hoffman Water Mill Foundation is a not-for-profit, tax-exempt corporation chartered in 1969 in the State of New York. Activities of the Foundation are supported by contributions from individuals, foundations, corporate donors, and government agencies. Contributions are tax-deductible under section 501(c)3 of the Internal Revenue Code. The Foundation is governed by a Board of Directors and administered by a professional staff.
STAFF
Robert Wilson, Founder & Artistic Director
Elise Herget, Managing Director
Opal Cavalier, Grant Writer
Charles Chemin, Summer Program Director
Stuart Foster, Caretaker
Ron Harrison, Finance & Operations Director
Noah Khoshbin, Curator
Paige Laino, Archivist
Maryann Leone, Facilities Assistant
Nicole Martorana, Director of Programming
Jillian Maxwell, Director of External Affairs
Mila McKey, Facilities Assistant
Katie Meade, Education Manager
Sasha Okshteyn, Exhibitions and Residency Manager
Lily O’Neil, Content Coordinator
Amanda Race, Development Manager
Matauqus Tarrant, Facilities Director
External Companies
Nawrocki Smith LLP, Accounting Firm
BOARD OF TRUSTEES
William Campbell, Chairman, President of Sanoch Management
Roger Ferris, Secretary, Founder of Roger Ferris + Partners
Karolina Blaberg, The Karolina Blaberg Foundation
Nicolas Bos, Van Cleef & Arpels
Lisa Ehrenkranz, Photographer, Patron of the Arts
Stephan Farber, CEO, Sound Post Capital
Stein Erik Hagen, Orkla Group
Enric Ruiz-Geli, Principal, Cloud 9 Architects
Anastasiya Siro, Curator and Impact Investor
Helen Lee Warren, Chairman, American Foundation for the Courtauld Institute of Art
In Memoriam:
Giancarla Berti, Patron of the Arts
Gabriele Henkel, Henkel Industries
Stephen D. Susman, Susman Godfrey
ADVISORY COMMITTEE
Alexandra Munroe (Chair), Charles Fabius (Vice-Chair), Jörn Weisbrodt (Vice-Chair), Giorgio Armani, Christophe de Menil, Simon de Pury, Christoph Eschenbach, Philip Glass, Rhoda Grauer, Donna Karan, Lummi U. Kieren, Thomas Krens, Annie Leibovitz, Inga Maren Otto, Michael Otto, Isabella Rossellini, Richard Serra, Cindy Sherman, Tom Waits
In Memoriam:
Irving Benson, Pierre Bergé, Jessye Norman
SELECTION COMMITTEE
Marina Abramovic, Marie-Claude Beaud, Kristy Edmunds, Jonathan Safran Foer, RoseLee Goldberg, Alanna Heiss, Jürgen Kluge, Michael Morris, Ida Nicolaisen, Carla Peterson, Jose Roca, John Rockwell, Jay Sanders, Dr. Thomas F. Schutte, Richard Sennett, Taryn Simon, Elisabeth Sussman, Nike Wagner, Carrie Mae Weems, Jorn Weisbrodt, Robert Wilson
COMMUNITY FELLOWS
Thomas Anderson, Liz Bertsch, Kimberly Goff, Sylvia Hommert, Josh Halsey, Stephanie Joyce, Laurie Krupp, Susan Lazarus-Reimen, Mae Mougin, Isabel Sepulveda, Hope Sandrow, Irene Tully, Shane Weeks
FINANCES
Copies of the Byrd Hoffman Water Mill Foundation’s most recent and previous audited financial statements can be obtained by contacting us at info@watermillcenter.org. Form 990 available upon request. For more information about The Byrd Hoffman Water Mill Foundation’s finances and operations, please visit our GuideStar profile.