{"id":5730,"date":"2026-03-09T12:52:18","date_gmt":"2026-03-09T19:52:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/miceregithaemugofoundation.org\/team\/chiwoniso-kaitano\/"},"modified":"2026-03-12T15:31:06","modified_gmt":"2026-03-12T22:31:06","slug":"chiwoniso-kaitano","status":"publish","type":"team","link":"https:\/\/miceregithaemugofoundation.fluid22.dev\/?team=chiwoniso-kaitano","title":{"rendered":"Chiwoniso Kaitano"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Chiwoniso Kaitano (she\/her\/hers) is a champion of artists everywhere and joined <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.macdowell.org\/\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">MacDowell <\/a>in 2023 to oversee the creative mission as well as the financial well-being of the nation\u2019s first multidisciplinary residency program.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cChi\u201d came to MacDowell from <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/girlbeheard.org\/\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Girl Be Heard (GBH)<\/a> where she served as the executive director for four years. GBH is a global NGO that advocates for social change through performing arts and storytelling in all of its forms. Prior to GBH she served as executive director of Ifetayo Cultural Arts Academy, a 30-year-old Brooklyn-based arts and culture organization.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Chi is an avid traveler, having lived on three continents. She holds a law degree from the London School of Economics and a master\u2019s in international affairs from Columbia University\u2019s School for International and Public Affairs. She also serves on the Board of Directors of three New York City-based nonprofits: the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/iceorg.org\/\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">International Contemporary Ensemble<\/a>, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/centerforfiction.org\/\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">The Center for Fiction<\/a> (formerly The Mercantile Library), and <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/bkcm.org\/jlf\/\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">The Jazz Leaders Fellowship of Brooklyn Conservatory of Music<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":5742,"template":"","team-category":[87],"class_list":["post-5730","team","type-team","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","team-category-board-of-trustees"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/miceregithaemugofoundation.fluid22.dev\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/team\/5730","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/miceregithaemugofoundation.fluid22.dev\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/team"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/miceregithaemugofoundation.fluid22.dev\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/team"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/miceregithaemugofoundation.fluid22.dev\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/5742"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/miceregithaemugofoundation.fluid22.dev\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5730"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"team-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/miceregithaemugofoundation.fluid22.dev\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fteam-category&post=5730"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}