Kristina Newman-Scott is an award-winning, purpose-driven leader with over 20 years of experience in contemporary visual and performing arts, entertainment, and media. She is the inaugural Executive Director for The Jerome L. Greene Performance Space at New York Public Radio/WNYC, the company’s multi-platform and live studio performance space.
Newman-Scott’s awards and recognitions include being named one of the City and State New York’s, Telecommunications Power 50 individuals shaping New York’s digital future, an Observer’s NYC Arts Power 50, and a Next City Urban Vanguard. She is a recipient of the Selina Roberts Ottum award from Americans for the Arts and was conferred an Honorary Doctor of Fine Arts by the University of New Haven, Lyme Academy of Fine Arts in 2018.
Her past leadership positions include serving as President of BRIC, an art, and media organization in Brooklyn, the Director of Culture for the State of Connecticut, and Director of Programs at the Boston Center for the Arts. Kristina currently serves as the Chair for the NYC Department of Cultural Affairs Advisory Commission, and on the boards of National Arts Strategies (NAS) as Chair, Americans for the Arts as Secretary, and the Brooklyn Arts Council.
Kristina was born and raised in Kingston, Jamaica and worked as a practicing artist and TV/radio host and producer in her home country before moving to the US in 2005. She currently lives in Brooklyn with her husband and two children.