NYWIFT Announces Associate Professor Neyda Martinez as New Board Member
New York Women in Film & Television (NYWIFT) announced the results of its 2023 Board of Directors elections, including the addition of new member Neyda Martinez, Associate Professor.
Board members serve on the organisation’s Development, Membership, Communications, Programming, Special Events, and Advocacy and Education committees. The accomplished group includes documentary and narrative filmmakers, producers, and educators joining the non-profit’s dynamic leadership team.
Neyda Martinez is a producer, strategist, writer, and long-time cultural worker who explores the role of art in public life while centering social justice and cultural equity. Selected in 2023 as a Sundance Woman to Watch x Adobe Fellow and a Faculty Fellow for the Mellon Initiative for Inclusive Faculty Excellence, her current documentaries in production include Bartolo and A Chasm in Chinatown. Presently, Martinez is an Associate Professor in the School of Media Studies, Director of the Media Management Graduate Program, and Co-Director of the Impact Entrepreneurship Initiative at The New School.
Read more about the annoucement HERE.