Nimat Lawal

Jun 25, 2026 | BAX Board

Nimat Lawal BAX Board Member Nimat Lawal is a corporate counsel in the New York office of O’Melveny & Myers LLP with a focus on mergers and acquisitions, and prior to joining O’Melveny, she was an associate at Cleary Gottlieb LLP. In addition to representing...

Maia Wechsler

Sep 27, 2024 | BAX Board

Maia Wechsler BAX Board Member Maia Wechsler (she/her) is a documentary filmmaker whose work has focused on both the arts and social justice. Prior to filmmaking, she was a journalist in France and the U.S. Maia became a certified yoga instructor a decade ago and...

Mariana Valencia

Sep 27, 2024 | BAX Board

Mariana Valencia BAX Board Member Artist in Residence (2016-2018) Choreographer and performer Mariana Valencia (she/her), is an LMCC Extended Life grantee (2020), a Whitney Biennial artist (2019), a Bessie Award recipient for Outstanding Breakout Choreographer (2018),...

Amy Sumner

Sep 27, 2024 | BAX Board

Amy Sumner BAX Board Member & Secretary Amy Sumner (she/her) is a retired public school staff member at the Brooklyn New School, an elementary school enjoying a 30 year partnership with BAX. She is an advocate for arts education for all...

george emilio sánchez

Sep 27, 2024 | Artist Advisors, BAX Advisors, BAX Board

george emilio sánchez BAX Board Member & Chair Emeritus george emilio sánchez (he/him) is a writer, performance artist and social justice activist. He was born in Los Angeles, raised in Orange County, California, and became a New York transplant in 1978. He began...

Sara Palmer

Sep 27, 2024 | BAX Board

Sara Palmer BAX Board Member Sara Palmer is a long-time Brooklyn resident and has been part of the BAX family since her children started taking classes here in the aughts. She is a clinical psychologist with a private practice virtually and in Brooklyn Heights. Sara...