Yvonne Simons, Executive Director
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Yvonne Simons has been the Executive Director since 2005 after a seven-year tenure as the Deputy Executive Director at the South Street Seaport Museum. Ms. Simons has extensive experience in programming growth, development and grant writing, program conceptualization and implementation, as well as management. Her fund raising abilities are a key factor in the AFC expansion of its programming base. In addition, she was program director for Studio in a School, the Arts Evaluation Coordinator at the NYC Board of Education, and continues to be an exhibiting painter. She is a Fulbright recipient and holds an MFA equivalent from the Royal Art Academy in ‘s Hertogenbosch, the Netherlands.

Maureen McNeil, Director of Education

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Maureen McNeil, the Director of Education at AFC, has created curriculum based on Anne Frank’s diary and writes grants for educational purposes. She was previously the Director of The Lee Strasberg Theatre and Film Institute, overseeing multiple programs, accreditation, certification with Homeland Security, and a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities to preserve Lee Strasberg’s archives. In the 1990s Ms. McNeil worked in education and development at the South Street Seaport Museum. She has taught writing in New York Public Schools and has trained in the Department of Education Mentoring Program. Her short stories and poetry have been published in literary journals. She holds a B.A. in English literature from the University of Western Ontario, Canada.

Hilary Eddy Stipelman, Program Manager

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Hilary Eddy Stipelman, Program Manager, is responsible for traveling to AFC exhibition sites to provide docent training and workshops to local educators. In addition she manages on-site school programs at the AFC and a recently awarded Teaching American History grant that provides ongoing professional development to teachers in Brooklyn. Previously she worked for six years at South Street Seaport Museum, as well as at the Brooklyn Historical Society, The Morgan Library, and the New Jersey Historical Society. Hilary serves as Treasurer on the Board of Trustees of the New York City Museum Educator’s Roundtable. She holds a B.A. in Art History from Smith College and an M.S.Ed. in Museum Education from Bank Street College.

Kacey Bayles, Exhibits Manager

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Kacey Bayles, Exhibits Manager, is responsible for the AFC’s traveling exhibits program and on-site exhibitions. Specifically, Kacey oversees the Center’s exhibits that tour across the United States and Canada and travels to the host venues to administer the set-up and de-installation processes. She also manages the Center's gallery space in SoHo. Previously, Kacey held various positions at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, the National Museum of American Jewish History, and the National Portrait Gallery. She holds a B.A. in History from the University of Pennsylvania and an M.A in Art Business from the Sotheby's Institute of Art – New York.

Alan G. Moore, Financial Administrator
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Alan G. Moore, CPA, is the AFC's Accountant. He has held financial and business operations positions for many nonprofit organizations in his career, including the Federal Music Society, the American Recorder Society, Theater Communications Group, Circle in the Square Theater, Garden State Philharmonic Symphony Society, and the Westfield Symphony Orchestra. He also served as Director of Business Operations for Impact Workflow Solutions, where he was responsible for all finance, accounting and business operations. Alan holds an M.B.A. in finance from Florida Atlantic University, as well as a degree in music history from Eastman School of Music and an A.M. in musicology and a D.M.A. in historical performance practice, both from Stanford University.