Profile: Susan K. Freedman, President

Susan K. Freedman is internationally recognized for her vision and ongoing leadership in the field of contemporary public art. As President of the Public Art Fund since 1986, Susan has led the organization in bringing some of the most ambitious and engaging public art initiatives to the people of New York City. She is a recipient of the 1999 Associates of the Art Commission Annual Award , and in 1994, was selected as one of four finalists for the North American Mont Blanc de la Culture award, honoring leading supporters of the arts worldwide. Susan graduated from Brown University in 1982 with a B.A. in Studio Art and American Civilization, and was Assistant to Mayor Edward I. Koch, and Director of Special Projects and Events for the Art Commission of the City of New York from 1983 to 1986. Susan currently serves as Mayor Bloomberg's Representative on the Board of Trustees at the Museum of Modern Art, as well as on the Boards of the Municipal Art Society, the Eldridge Street Project, WNYC Radio, and as Vice President of the Board for the City Parks Foundation. Most recently, Susan has joined the City of New York Department of Cultural Affairs Advisory Commission, and was a jury member for the Lower Manhattan Development Corporation's World Trade Center Memorial competition. She received the Municipal Art Society's Evangeline Blashfield Award in 2005.

Profile: Rochelle Steiner, Director

Rochelle Steiner joined the Public Art Fund in 2006. During her tenure as Chief Curator at the Serpentine Gallery in London (2001-06), she curated numerous one-person and group exhibitions with internationally acclaimed artists, both established and emerging, including Ellsworth Kelly (2006), Michael Elmgreen and Ingar Dragset: The Welfare Show (2006) ,   Ilya and Emilia Kabakov : The House of Dreams (2005), Rirkrit Tiravanija: A Retrospective (2005), Nick Relph and Oliver Payne (2005), Gabriel Orozco (2004), Glenn Brown (2004), Monika Sosnowska (2004), State of Play (2004), Hiroshi Sugimoto (2003), John Currin (2003), Cindy Sherman (2003), Kutlug Ataman (2003), and Takashi Murakami: Kaikai Kiki (2002).

A native of Los Angeles, Rochelle graduated summa cum laude with honors from Syracuse University. She earned a master's degree and  PhD in Visual and Cultural Studies from the University of Rochester. From 1996 to 2001, she served as Assistant Curator of Contemporary Art and then as Associate Curator of Contemporary Art at the Saint Louis Art Museum, where she organized the large-scale group exhibition Wonderland (2000), as well as the Museum's Currents series; and from 1994 to 1996 she was an NEA Intern at Walker Art Center in Minneapolis. Rochelle has written and produced many exhibition catalogues. Her essays and interviews with artists have appeared in Parkett, Modern Painters, and elsewhere, and she was a contributing writer for Art Now (Taschen , 2002).