COSACOSA - Staff and Board

Community members of different ages and ethnicities pose among colorful mosaics in a community garden.

COSACOSA Staff
Kimberly Niemela, Director
kim[at]cosacosa.org

GVGK Tang, Program Manager
gvgk[at]cosacosa.org

Shae Payne, Learning Specialist
shae[at]cosacosa.org

Carlos Aviles, Resource Coordinator
carlos[at]cosacosa.org

William Hilton, Sites Coordinator
william[at]cosacosa.org

COSACOSA Board
Ernie Bristow, Chair
Community Organizer

George Muller, Chair Emeritus
Retired Director of Artistic Administration, Philly Pops

William Deng, Secretary-Treasurer
Partner, Jadestone, Inc.

Cynthia Barnes
Manager, City of Philadelphia Mayor's Office
of Community Empowerment & Opportunityy

Manu Dutt
Proprietor, Laxmi's Restaurants

Sari Nussbaum Fogel, M.D.
Physician and Visual Artist

Jennifer Lemisch
Art Therapist, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia

Siomara Lopez
Writer and Community Organizer

Anne Smith
Educator, The Shipley School

Kimberly Niemela, President
Interdisciplinary Artist and COSACOSA Director

COSACOSA constituents, Board and staff at our Healing Garden in North Philadelphia.

Middle school students in a classroom raise their hands during a discussion with a resident artist. Middle school students in a classroom raise their hands during a discussion with a resident artist.

Liberty is Our Responsibility civics class writes a Bill of Responsibilities with teaching artist Sharnae Mask.

Detail of a mural paralleling foodstuffs and opportunity, including the phrases “toast to a better future” accompanying an image of toast slices on a yellow plate and “a piece of the pie” accompanying a pumpkin pie with a slice cut.etail of a mural paralleling foodstuffs and opportunity, including the phrases “toast to a better future” accompanying an image of toast slices on a yellow plate and “a piece of the pie” accompanying a pumpkin pie with a slice cut.

Detail of At the Table, a mural by COSACOSA's Youth Council with artist Hein Koh.