National Architecture and Arts Leader to Run Beverly Willis Architecture Foundation
BWAF names Tizziana Baldenebro new executive director — high-profile curator of US Pavilion and national arts nonprofit leader takes critical role elevating women in AEC field
Embarking on an important new chapter, the leading women’s advocacy organization Beverly Willis Architecture Foundation has announced the appointment of Tizziana Baldenebro to be its new executive director, following an extensive national search. A noted architecture writer, critic and curator as well an arts administrator and nonprofit leader, New York-based Baldenebro brings perspectives from her upbringing in Los Angeles as well as her activism while living in Chicago, Detroit and, most recently, in Cleveland as director of arts nonprofit SPACES.
The appointment comes at a significant time for the foundation, following the passing last year of its founder and namesake as well as the recent opening of its new headquarters and multipurpose space, The Bev. Recent successes have included the addition of six new board members and a new board chair, alongside expanded programming and BWAF’s popular and critically acclaimed audio documentary series New Angle: Voice.