Meet the Team

  • Nazli Parvizi

    PRESIDENT

  • Catherine Piccoli

    CURATORIAL DIRECTOR

  • Jessica Messina

    EXECUTIVE TEAM ADMINISTRATOR

  • Peter Madsen

    OPERATIONS MANAGER

  • Nicole Sumner

    Visitor Services Associate

  • Dylan Blair

    Visitor Services Associate

  • Ali Domrongchai

    Digital Content Creator

Meet the Trustees

Meet our Advisors

  • Ahmir "Questlove" Thompson

  • Elizabeth Merritt

  • Harold McGee

  • Jessica Harris

  • Nicola Twilley

  • Rachel Laudan

  • Emma Boast

  • Leslie Koch


MOFAD relies on the support of volunteers. We are grateful for their donation of time and resources. If you would like to join MOFAD as a volunteer, please fill out our volunteer form and let us know how you would like to help.


Meet our Docents

  • Navdeep Kaur

  • Jewelle Trotman

  • Kyra James

  • Geo Peck

  • Dorian Carli-Jones

  • Una Zhang

  • Sal Siddiqui

  • Meri Haitkin

  • Matthew Poon

  • Cynthia Medina

  • Xuewei Tang

  • Sabrina Persaud

  • Sophie Warth

  • Kiran Sankar

  • Ryan Cioffi

  • Dean Siegal

  • Jessie Wesley

  • Mui Ying Kwan

  • Simón Brueggemann

  • Jessica Vaughn

MOFAD Supporters

MOFAD is grateful to the numerous individuals, foundations, corporations, government agencies and elected officials who have supported our organization since we first launched in 2013. Here we highlight those who have helped through the years to bring MOFAD to where it is today.


Foundation Support


Corporate Support


Government Support

Additional generous support provided by Bridgeman Charitable Group, Kitchings Family Foundation, Pinkerton Foundation, Solid Starts, Viacom, Stairway Fund, and MOFAD’s Board of Directors.