New Board Members for the Massachusetts Cultural Council
In Mid May of this year, Governor Baker appointed new board members for the Massachusetts Cultural Council.
From the MCC:
Governor Baker Appoints New Chair & Members to MCC
(Boston, MA) – Governor Charlie Baker has appointed Nina Fialkow as Chair of the Massachusetts Cultural Council (MCC). The Governor also appointed six additional new members to the MCC, and reappointed its Vice Chair and three longstanding members to the Council.
Nina Fialkow is an Emmy Award-winning producer and an independent filmmaker who worked for many years at WGBH. Currently she is a member of the film partnership, Impact Partners, which focuses on social justice themed-documentaries. Mrs. Fialkow is on the National Committee for the Performing Arts at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C., Trustee and Past Chair of the Board of Overseers of the Boston Ballet, an Overseer of the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, and member of the Fashion Council of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. She and her husband, David Fialkow, live in Boston and are parents of two adult children.
“I am honored and delighted to serve as Chair of the Massachusetts Cultural Council,” said Mrs. Fialkow. “I am deeply grateful to the Governor for giving me an opportunity to put my passion for the arts and culture to service on behalf of the citizens of the Commonwealth.”
The statute that created the MCC established a governing body, “consisting of nineteen members to be appointed by the Governor from among qualified private citizens of the Commonwealth who have demonstrated scholarship or creativity in, or distinguished service to, the arts, humanities, interpretive sciences, or local arts.” The members serve staggered, three-year terms. The new MCC members are listed:
Paul Goodnight of Boston
Matthew Keator of Lenox
Susan Winston Leff of Boston
Victoria Marsh of Arlington
Allyce Najimy of Boston
Inez Stewart of Boston
Governor Baker reappointed Barbara Wallace Grossman, Ph.D., as MCC Vice Chair. A Professor of Drama in the Department of Drama and Dance at Tufts University, Dr. Grossman is a resident of Newton who has served as MCC Vice Chair since 2008.
The Governor also reappointed the following members: Malcolm Sherman of Wellesley, Belchertown resident Barbara Schaffer Bacon, and Troy Siebels of Shrewsbury.
The Governor thanked the Council members whose terms recently expired for their many years of service to the MCC and the Commonwealth: former Chair Dr. Ira Lapidus of Williamstown, Kevin Howard of Barnstable, Joyce Kressler of Worcester, Patricia Lorsch of Cambridge, Katherine Sloan of Boston, Zakiya Thomas of Boston, and Lisa Wong of Newton.
About the Massachusetts Cultural Council
The MCC is a state agency supporting the arts, sciences, and humanities, to improve the quality of life in Massachusetts and its communities. It pursues its mission through a combination of grants, services, and advocacy for nonprofit cultural organizations, schools, communities, and artists. The MCC’s total budget for this fiscal year is $15.7 million, which includes a $14 million state appropriation and grants from the National Endowment for the Arts. The MCC also runs the Massachusetts Cultural Facilities Fund in partnership with MassDevelopment.