Our Board of Directors
As of December 2020
General Coordinator/Executive Director:
Professor Nestor Murray-Irizarry
Board of Directors of Casa Paoli
Dr. J. Emanuel Dufrasne González, president/project coordinator
musicologist and ethnomusicologist
Professor Mayra Robles, vice president/coordinator of educational projects
Professor Carmen I. Asencio López, secretary
Professor Roig Berrios, treasurer/coordinator of virtual projects
Néstor Murray-Ramos, Infrastructure Advisor
Staff / Administrative and volunteer
Jesus J. Barriera Bonilla, administrator
Ashley Rodríguez Robles, Clerk/Volunteer
Yesenia Malavé Notary, accountant
attorney Emiliano Irizarry, legal advisor
Arch. Ferdinand López-Valle, advisor
Consultants in communications / virtual projects
Jose Roberto Rodriguez
Digital producer/editor Wilfredo Echevarría
Advisors and collaborators in special projects on traditional Puerto Rican and Caribbean musical instruments
Luthier William Cumpiano
J. Emanuel Dufrasne González. PhD.
Noraliz Ruiz, PhD.
Advisors and collaborators in the Center's artistic projects
Leticia Weiss, Proposal Advisor
José R. Alicea, artist-painter
Rafael Rivera Rosa, artist-painter
Felipe Cuchi, graphic artist
Diana Micheli, graphic artist
Osvaldo De Jesús-Cruz, artist-engraver
Fernando Santiago, engraver artist
Camilo Carrión, engraver artist
Nitza Tufiño, artist-painter
Theodore Hendricks, musician
Yvonne Figueroa, musician
Nancy B. True [RIP], Friends of Casa Paoli coordinator in New York [
[ 2018-2020]
Oscar Martínez, artist-painter in Chicago
Jaime Vázquez, cultural manager
Coqui Santaliz, poet
Roxana Fernández Azizi, cultural manager
Martin García, artist-engraver
Rod Leigh, Historian -New Jersey
Elena Martínez, Cultural manager – New York
Julia Cristina Ortiz Lugo, PhD. Miradero virtual magazine
Professor Hilda Quintana, PhD. founder and organizer of the Colloquium of Art and
Children's literature
Ana Emmanuelli, artist-engraver
Collaborators /2020
John Gudino
Maureen Medina, teacher-guide
Ferdinand López Valle, architect
Omar Alfonso, journalist
Norma Colon Daleccio, journalist
Sandra Torres Guzmán, journalist
Reinaldo Millan, journalist
Armando Pacheco Matos, writer and composer
Dr. Mildred Allen, President Puerto Rican Family Institute
Dr. Hilda E. Quintana, university professor and writer
Dr. Gustavo Batista, musicologist
Rafael Rivera Rosa university professor and artist-painter
Prof. Luis Manuel Álvarez, musicologist
Luis Abraham Ortiz, artist-painter
Camilo Carrión, artist-painter
Julio Amir, Ponce Culture Director
Jaime Vázquez, filmmaker and cultural leader Ponce
Emilio Quintana Quiles, framer
Carlos Roberto Del Valle, photographer
Ruperto Chaparro, Director Sea Grant UPR-Mayagüez
Luz Negron Pérez, teacher and guide
Alexandra González Rivera, librarian and guide
Liz Serrano, teacher and guide
María del Carmen Vázquez Luciano, friend of Casa Pauli
Maddy Rivera Caraballo, journalist
Edder González Palacios, designer
Carlos Cruz Cruz, musician
Robert Ruiz, journalist
Ruben Rodriguez, musician
Nitza Tufiño, artist-painter
Rafaela Billini, filmmaker
William R. Cumpiano, string instrument luthier
Rossana Duchenne. teacher and researcher
Elena Martínez, cultural manager and folklorist
Bobby Sanabria, musician and educator
Juan Sotomayor, musician, researcher, photographer
Wilfredo Echevarría, media specialist
Ing. Francisco Pagán Santos, friend of Casa Paoli
Nelson García Santos, photographer and writer
Nancy B. True, friend of Casa Paoli
Suleika Cabrera Drinane, friend of the Paoli House
Dr. José Rabelo, physician
Fernando Santiago, artist-engraver
Amir Señeriz, Director of Ponce Museums
Eric Rodriguez Rivera, scholar of genealogy
James Cuebas, artist and photographer
Enríquez Pagán, construction worker
Dr. Myrna Nieves, university professor and writer
Dr. Pedro J. Mombille, friend of Casa Paoli
Dr. Juan González Lamela, university professor
Miguel Acevedo Flores, string instrument luthier
Theodore Hendricks, teacher and pianist
Sponsors (2019)
Department of Art Department of art and culture of
Management Municipal Autonomous of Ponce
Homeland and Culture, Inc.
Friends of Casa Paoli in New York
Sea Grant
Guilarte Publishers
Seagull Editions
Boricua Workshop - New York
Bronx Music Heritage Center New York
Miranda Casanas Foundation
Puerto Rican Family Institute
Puerto Rican Foundation for the Humanities
National Endowment For the Humanities
Background Flamboyan for the Arts
Society of Friends of Casa Paoli
Specialized School of Fine Arts of Ponce
University of Puerto Rico, Ponce Campus
The Cobblestone News
The Pearl of the South
Southern journalism workshop
WPAB AM
Radio UPR-Rio Piedras
The Pearl of the South
It's news
Ponce News
Clarity
The new day
The Puerto Rican Spokesperson