Miami-Dade County | Department of Cultural Affairs
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The Miami-Dade County Cultural Affairs Council serves as Board to the Department of Cultural Affairs and is comprised of fifteen volunteer members appointed by the Board of County Commissioners.
The Tourist Development Council (TDC) is a nine-member volunteer board whose members are appointed by the County Commissioners and have backgrounds in the tourism industry.
Staff listing
Cultural Programs Manager
(305) 375-2547
Gisella Rivas-Diaz is an arts administrator with fifteen years of experience in arts marketing, communications, and nonprofit management. Currently she serves as a Cultural Programs Manager for the Miami-Dade County Department of Cultural Affairs. ... More
Chief, Art in Public Places Program
(305) 375-5920
Patricia Romeu serves as Program Chief of the Miami-Dade County Department of Cultural Affairs - Art in Public Places. In this capacity, Patricia manages the program’s strategic planning, its multi-million-dollar operating budget, and oversees the... More
Curator and Artist Manager
(305) 375-5436
Amanda Sanfilippo Long (b. 1984 Minneola, NY), holds an MA in Contemporary Art History, Sotheby’s Institute of Art, London UK (2012), and a BA Art History, University of Vermont, Burlington, VT (2007). Her background encompasses curating,... More
Chief of Arts Education, Access, and Engagement
(305) 375-4986
Christina Tassy is the Miami-Dade County Department of Cultural Affairs' Chief of Arts Education, Access, and Engagement. She joined the Department in July 1997 and holds an Executive Master of Public Administration, a Bachelor of Arts in... More
Cultural Projects Administrator
(305) 849-4463
Jane Thayer, is a Cultural Projects Administrator with over 15 years of expertise in arts administration and art-making. She manages Miami Individual Artists (MIA) grants program, which provides non-matching awards to individual artists of all... More
Senior Executive Secretary
(305) 375-4936
Andrea joined the Department of Cultural Affairs in 2024 and serves as the senior executive secretary to the director. She earned a bachelor’s degree in psychology, with double minors in horticulture and Middle Eastern studies, from Brigham Young... More