Michelle Coffey

As Executive Director, Michelle Coffey designs, implements and furthers the strategic agenda, leadership and vision of Lambent Foundation. Through innovative grant making, Lambent Foundation supports the intersections of arts and culture as critical strategies for social change. Prior to the creation of Lambent Foundation in January 2009, Ms. Coffey was Director of Starry Night Fund and Senior Philanthropic Advisor at Tides Foundation. With a global lens, her areas of focus included Human Rights, Women/Girls, Criminal Justice Reform, Arts and Culture and HIV/AIDS. Michelle Coffey joined Tides as a Program Officer in the New York Office in 2001. Prior to joining Tides, she worked on national cultural policy issues and served as a Program Officer for the New York Foundation for the Arts. In addition, she serves on the boards of The Culture Project, The Schott Foundation for Public Education and the Brownsville Multi-Service Family Health Care Center in East New York.