Our Board
Jack Waters
Peter Cramer
Lucia Maria Minervini
Co-Founder/Director
Artist, Film Maker, Curator, Administrator. Jack has exhibited at the Whitney Museum and The National Gallery of Art. He is a subject of an Oral history by the Smithsonian Institution and is archived at the Fales Collection of the NYU Bobst Library.
Co-Founder/Project Director
Peter Cramer is known for cross-disciplinary multimedia works that encompass experimental film, documentary, and diaristic approach. Through photography, film/video, installation and performance, his practice often addresses socio-political engagement and issues of sexual/gender identity, AIDS activism and archival histories.
Board Chair
Lucia Maria Minervini is a visual artist, an arts administrator and literacy educator. A curious innovator by nature, she pushes and blurs the boundaries of these disciplines with creative approaches to practice and problem solving. She is honored to to assist in providing community and cultural opportunities for the Allied Productions family.
Susan C. Brown
Sur Rodney (Sur)
Maya Suess
Founder/Board Director
Susan is a Research Regulatory Specialist. For 21 years her field of expertise was in research of AIDS treatment and care. Since then, Susan’s work has included biomedical as well as social and behavioral research.
Board Member
Sur Rodney (Sur) is a writer, curator and archivist who works collaboratively, drawing variously on performance, his writing, and community archives.
Board Member
Maya Suess is an artist and arts administrator. Currently the Director of Fellowship and Public Programs at apexart in lower Manhattan, she served as Managing Director of Flux Factory –an artist-run residency space in Long Island City Queens– from 2016 to 2021.
Our Staff
Ethan Shoshan
Rodrigo Chazaro
Felix Reyes
Technical Consultant and Board Advisory Member
Ethan is an artist, community activist, and non-profit computer a/v technical consultant committed to building communities and support around social justice, art and activism. Ethan has been helping with Allied Productions for years and has been a staff member since 2016.
Development Coordinator
Rodrigo is a longtime New Yorker and multidisciplinary designer with experience in graphic and product design for both non-profits and corporations. He has been a participant in events at Le Petit Versailles for over a decade and has served as Development Coordinator since 2020.
Grant Writer
Born in Brentwood, New York, Felix Reyes is a freelance grant writer, manager, and percussionist living in Brooklyn, NY. As a performer he has performed all over the United States and abroad, including various countries such as El Salvador, Germany, Poland, Spain, Switzerland, and Japan.