The Byrd Hoffman Water Mill Foundation owns and operates The Watermill Center. Its mission aims to develop new approaches to the arts, provide young artists with opportunities for professional growth, and document the work of its Artistic Director, Robert Wilson. The Foundation pursues this mission in the spirit of innovation exemplified by Robert Wilson’s work, an approach that encourages interdisciplinary collaboration. The Foundation’s programs include workshops, educational programs, and residencies at The Watermill Center; The Robert Wilson Archive, a collection of photographs, papers, and video recordings that document the artistic careers of Wilson and his collaborators; and The Watermill Collection, a vast and continuously expanding inventory of drawings, texts, sculpture, furniture, and artifacts.

The Byrd Hoffman Water Mill Foundation is a not-for-profit, tax-exempt corporation chartered in 1969 in the State of New York. Activities of the Foundation are supported by contributions from individuals, foundations, corporate donors, and government agencies. Contributions are tax-deductible under section 501(c)3 of the Internal Revenue Code. The Foundation is governed by a Board of Directors and administered by a professional staff.

STAFF

Robert Wilson, Founder & Artistic Director
Elise Herget, Managing Director

Clifford Allen, Director of Archives
Opal Cavalier, Grant Writer
Charles Chemin, Summer Program Director
Shoshana Fisher, Communications Manager
Stuart Foster, Caretaker
Ron Harrison, Finance & Operations Director
Dana Kautto, Assistant Archivist
Noah Khoshbin, Curator
Maryann Leone, Facilities Assistant
Ava Locks, Education & Public Programs Manager
Nicole Martorana, Director of Programming
Jillian Maxwell, Director of External Affairs
Mila McKey, Facilities Assistant
Sasha Okshteyn, Exhibitions and Residency Manager
Sasha Plotnitskaya, Development Assistant
Amanda Race, Development Manager
Matauqus Tarrant, Facilities Director

External Companies
Nawrocki Smith LLP, Accounting Firm

BOARD OF TRUSTEES

William Campbell, Chairman, President of Sanoch Management
Roger Ferris, Secretary, Founder of Roger Ferris + Partners

Karolina Blaberg, The Karolina Blaberg Foundation
Nicolas Bos, Van Cleef & Arpels
Lisa Ehrenkranz, Photographer, Patron of the Arts
Stephan Farber, CEO, Sound Post Capital
Stein Erik Hagen, Orkla Group
Enric Ruiz-Geli, Principal, Cloud 9 Architects
Anastasiya Siro, Curator and Impact Investor
Helen Lee Warren, Chairman, American Foundation for the Courtauld Institute of Art

In Memoriam:
Giancarla Berti, Patron of the Arts
Gabriele Henkel, Henkel Industries
Stephen D. Susman, Susman Godfrey

ADVISORY COMMITTEE

Alexandra Munroe (Chair), Charles Fabius (Vice-Chair), Jörn Weisbrodt (Vice-Chair), Giorgio Armani, Christophe de Menil, Simon de Pury, Christoph Eschenbach, Philip Glass, Rhoda Grauer, Donna Karan, Lummi U. Kieren, Thomas Krens, Annie Leibovitz, Inga Maren Otto, Michael Otto, Isabella Rossellini, Richard Serra, Cindy Sherman, Tom Waits

In Memoriam:
Irving Benson, Pierre Bergé, Jessye Norman

SELECTION COMMITTEE

Marina Abramovic, Marie-Claude Beaud, Kristy Edmunds, Jonathan Safran Foer, RoseLee Goldberg, Alanna Heiss, Jürgen Kluge, Michael Morris, Ida Nicolaisen, Carla Peterson, Jose Roca, John Rockwell, Jay Sanders, Dr. Thomas F. Schutte, Richard Sennett, Taryn Simon, Elisabeth Sussman, Nike Wagner, Carrie Mae Weems, Jorn Weisbrodt, Robert Wilson

COMMUNITY FELLOWS

Josh Halsey, Sylvia Hommert, Kimberly Goff, Stephanie Joyce, Laurie Krupp, Hope Sandrow, Isabel Sepulveda, Susan Lazarus-Reimen, Mae Mougin, Irene Tully, Shane Weeks

FINANCES

Copies of the Byrd Hoffman Water Mill Foundation’s most recent and previous audited financial statements can be obtained by contacting us at info@watermillcenter.org. Form 990 available upon request. For more information about The Byrd Hoffman Water Mill Foundation’s finances and operations, please visit our GuideStar profile.

CAREERS

Our dedicated team of talented professionals share a passion for the arts, and help us continue our mission of providing artists with the time, space and freedom to create and inspire.

Photos © Chloe Bellemere, Maria Baranova-Suzuki, Laura Brichta, Kristian Kruuser. Please note that all copyrights for the images of the works on this site remain with the individual copyright holders. Reproduction, including downloading of the works, is strictly prohibited without written permission from the rights-holders or The Watermill Center.