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We’re pleased to share important cultural news from the White House. President Biden announced today the appointment of a dedicated group of high-profile artists and arts policy leaders to the newly re-established President’s Committee on the Arts and the Humanities (PCAH). Americans for the Arts is especially proud to share that its longtime Vice President of Leadership Alliances Nora Halpern has been appointed, as well as Americans for the Arts' Artists Committee members Anna Deavere Smith and Kerry Washington, 2015 National Arts Awards honoree Lady Gaga (committee co-chair), and two-time National Arts Awards presenter Jon Batiste.
Please join us in congratulating all the new committee members, who will serve in this prestigious advisory body that will advise the president on cultural policy @PCAHgov. Please visit imls.gov/pcah for bios and photos of the full list of committee members.
PCAH committee members include:
- Bruce Cohen, co-chair
- Lady Gaga, co-chair
- Jon Batiste
- Constance M. Carroll
- George Clooney
- Philip J. Deloria
- Angélica Garcia
- Jennifer Garner
- Nora Halpern
- Steve Israel
- Marta Kauffman
- Ricky Kirshner
- Troy Kotsur
- Katie McGrath
- Laura Penn
- Amanda Phingbodhipakkiya
- Arnold Rampersad
- Shonda Rhimes
- Kimberly Richter Shirley
- Horacio Sierra
- Anna Deavere Smith
- Joe Walsh
- Kerry Washington
- Pauline Yu
Additional members of the PCAH represent the heads of key federal agencies and institutions with a role in culture, including:
- NEA Chair Maria Rosario Jackson, PhD
- IMLS Director Crosby Kemper
- NEH Chair Shelly C. Lowe (Navajo)
Ex officio members of the PCAH include:
- Secretary of the Smithsonian Lonnie Bunch
- National Gallery of Art Director Kaywin Feldman
- Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden
- Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts David M. Rubenstein
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Nina Ozlu Tunceli
Executive Director