Knighton Tapped for Arts & Culture Program by Nathan Cummings Foundation
The Nathan Cummings Foundation has named Maurine D. Knighton as Program Director for the foundation's Arts & Culture Program.
For the past 6 years, Ms. Knighton has served as Senior Vice President at the Upper Manhattan Empowerment Zone where she developed, structured, managed and successfully refined the $40 million Cultural Industry Investment Fund portfolio. She introduced approaches and programs to leverage arts and culture that stimulated local economic revitalization. This appointment is a reflection of our strong commitment to social justice in the arts.
Ms. Knighton graduated from the University of Southern Mississippi, Hattiesburg, MS with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Journalism in 1981. She has served as an advisor, presenter, panelist and facilitator to many institutions, including the National Endowment for the Arts and the Ford Foundation.