Speakers

Maria Cherry Rangel (LA), Director of Strategic Initiatives, Foundation for Louisiana Maria works towards resourcing and shaping FLL's future, and utilizes her expertise in arts and culture, racial justice, and LGBTQ organizing to inform FFL's programs. Maria Cherry Rangel is a New Orleans based cultural organizer, philanthropy strategist, equity coach, and organizational capacity building specialist. Her work focuses on interrupting systemic bias in philanthropy and support for grassroots arts ecologies, communities of color, LGBTQ communities, and artists who have faced significant disinvestment by the arts funding infrastructure.