Researchers, community builders, fundraisers, and communicators — led by the conviction that the color of our shared spaces shapes our shared lives.
MPA, the Wagner School. Former deputy commissioner, NYC Dept. of Cultural Affairs. Former program officer, Aldrich Foundation. Under her leadership the Society has tripled its budget, grown from 11 to 34 staff, launched Color Works, and published The Pink Paper. Lives in Fort Greene, Brooklyn. “Nobody ever changed a neighborhood with a literature review.”
PhD, Environmental Psychology, City University Graduate Center. Leads the Chromatic Research Lab. Oversees all research partnerships, the Annual Chromatic Survey, and the Willard Fellowship. Principal investigator on the Central Park Pathways Study. Lead author of The Pink Paper. Previously faculty at the Gramercy School of Design.
BA, Urban Studies, Morningside College. Grew up in Brooklyn, where she remembers the 1991 Chromatic Intervention Pilot as a kid. Has run Color Works since its founding in 2014. Manages community partnerships, project selection, staffing, and the artist residency program. Employs 8 full-time and 40–60 seasonal staff.
Previously major gifts officer at the Greenway. Responsible for all fundraising: foundation relations, individual major gifts, corporate partnerships, events, and the Central Park Pathways capital campaign.
Former digital director at the NYC Design Alliance. Manages brand, media, digital presence, and social channels. Designed the Society’s 2019 rebrand — the pink bar was her idea. The board debated it for three months.
CPA. Previously controller at NYC Parks Alliance. Manages finance, HR, IT, office operations, and compliance. The person who makes sure the visionaries can actually do their jobs.
22 members drawn from architecture, urban planning, public health, law, real estate, finance, and the arts.
Partner, Alcott & Crane. Art collector. Expertise in public-private partnerships.
Professor of Architectural Colorimetry, Kessler School of Design. Developed measurement protocols for the Brooklyn Housing Study.
CFO, Greystone Properties. Real estate development perspective.
Executive Director, CityWide Schools Initiative. Education policy perspective.
Former ED and architect of the modern Society. Led the Brooklyn Housing Study. 87 years old. Attends every meeting. Still corrects people’s pronunciation of “chromatic.”
Senior VP, Hartwell Paints. Corporate partnership anchor. Co-funds the Willard Fellowship.
Managing Director, Whitmore Capital. Major individual donor.
Deputy Commissioner, NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene. Government liaison.
President, Prospect Gardens Tenants Association. Brings neighborhood perspective to every project decision.
Retired. Former president, Fine Arts Federation. Institutional memory and civic network connector.
Dept. of Environmental Medicine, Breitman Institute. Research partnership steward.
Founder, Whitfield-Patel Design Studio. Age 31. Design-world credibility. Pro bono rebrand in 2019.
Program Director, New York Civic Foundation. Foundation perspective. Recuses on grantmaking votes.
President, Building Engineers Local 412. Organized labor interests. Connected Society to building maintenance workers.
Director, National Design Museum education programs. Museum partnership anchor.
Senior Pastor, Emmanuel Baptist Church, Clinton Hill. Faith and civic leader.
The Society employs 34 full-time staff across six departments, plus 12 part-time and 40–60 seasonal employees during Color Works projects. Our volunteer network of approximately 200 active New Yorkers supports the Annual Chromatic Survey, Color Works painting days, and public programs.
We’re always looking for researchers, community builders, and people who believe color matters.
This is a fictional nonprofit.
The New York Chromatic Society is a fictional nonprofit used as a teaching aid in the How to Raise Money fundraising workshop.