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Ewa Bartos
Ewa Bartos was born in Poland and raised in the Soviet Union. She received a science degree from Warsaw University and came to the United States in 1968 where she received a degree in Psychology from Hunter College. Ewa has volunteered at the Whitney Museum and Asia Society, and works as a consultant to her husband Armand Bartos, a contemporary and modern art dealer.

Stefany Anne Golberg
Stefany Anne Golberg is co-founder and Executive Director of Flux Factory. An artist and musician, Stefany holds a BA in Philosophy from the New School for Social Research and received her MFA in Music/Sound at Bard College.

Nicholas Griffin
Nicholas Griffin holds a BA in history from UCLA and an MBA from Ohio State University. Mr. Griffin worked in Hollywood from the mid ’80’s to the early ’90’s, primarily in development and marketing. He was also involved in a number of entrepreneurial ventures of his own including nightclub events, entertainment projects, political organizations, internet cafes, and interactive media. Mr. Griffin currently brokers real estate, specializing in office and retail spaces in Manhattan. Lately he is focusing on development projects involving arts and culture organizations. A supporter, enjoyer, and collector of the arts – particularly modern dance, multimedia performance, and abstract photography – Mr. Griffin is also interested in architecture, design, and urban planning and is involved with several organizations in this realm, including Friends of the Highline, Transportation Alternatives, the Center for Urban Pedagogy, and Julia Mandle Performance.

Scott Hirst is a consulting attorney, and a research fellow at the Harvard Law School Program on Corporate Governance.  His areas of interest include start-up and business development consulting, and non-profit law.  Before joining Harvard Law School he was as an attorney in the mergers and acquisitions group of Shearman & Sterling LLP.  He is a member of the New York Bar, and holds a Master of Laws from Harvard Law School and a Bachelor of Law and a Bachelor of Commerce from the University of Queensland.

Doreen Jakob holds a PhD from Humboldt University Berlin in Sociology.  Previously, she studied Geography, Urban Planning, Politics and Economics at Humboldt University Berlin, the CUNY Graduate Center and New York University. Doreen has been a Research Associate for the Center for an Urban Future in New York City, the Urban Research Program in Brisbane and the Center for Metropolitan Studies in Berlin where she worked on creative industries and their role within urban and economic development. She is currently a Visiting Professor at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Robert Kostrzewa
Robert Kostrzewa is the Assistant Dean of Academic Affairs and Scholarships for the Graduate Faculty at the New School University. Mr. Kostrzewa studied Sociology at the University of Warsaw and Intellectual History at the Graduate Center of the City University of New York. Before joining the GF, Mr. Kostrzewa was a senior staff member at The Commonwealth Fund, a national foundation devoted to health care and other social issues. Mr. Kostrzewa is the editor of Between East and West: Writings from Kultura, a volume of essays and short stories by East European writers, which Farrar, Straus & Giroux published in 1990.

Morgan Meis
Morgan Meis is co-founder and President of Flux Factory. Morgan Meis is the editor-in-chief of the Graduate Faculty Philosophy Journal, an internationally recognized philosophy journal, as well as the founder and publisher of Little Room Press, which specializes in the history of philosophy. He holds a PhD in Philosophy from New School University.

Rado Petkov
Rado Petkov is Vice President at the New York investment banking firm Westwood Capital. Mr. Petkov’s professional experience encompasses the fields of policy analysis, business development, and investment advisory work. As Deputy Director of the Economic and Regional Development Program of the EastWest Institute, an international think-tank specializing in the problems of post-socialist transition, Mr. Petkov led a number of economic research and policy advisory projects in Central and Eastern Europe. His current work involves supporting companies in the renewable energy sector, including solar energy.

S. Abbas Raza
S. Abbas Raza was born and raised in Karachi, Pakistan. He obtained a degree in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science from Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, Maryland, and worked in the United States as a Software Engineer and C Programmer for eight years, while also lecturing in English Literature at various colleges including Yale University and the United States Naval Academy. Abbas is the founding editor of 3QuarksDaily.com.

Stephen S. Santo, Esq.
Stephen S. Santo, Esq. is a solo practicioner in private practice of law. General practice with specialization in immigration and asylum law 16 years, including representation of artists visas (O-1 and immigrant) in a variety of artistic fields. He is a member of American Immigration Lawyers Association, New York and U.S. District Court (NY) Bars.