Young Audiences' Yo-Yo Ma appointed to President’s Committee on the Arts and Humanities

President Obama has appointed 25 new members to the President’s Committee on the Arts and Humanities. These include Yo-Yo Ma, a longtime member of Young Audiences National Board of Directors. Here is a classic photo of our former Executive Director, Helga MacKinnon, meeting Ma about fifteen years ago during a YA event.

    Complete list of appointees:
  • Edward Norton, New York NY
  • Forest Whitaker, Los Angeles, CA
  • George C. Wolfe, New York, NY
  • Alfre Woodard, Los Angeles, CA
  • Kerry Washington, Los Angeles, CA
  • Anna Wintour, New York, NY
  • Teresa Heinz Kerry, Washington, DC
  • Vicki Kennedy, Pacific Palisades, CA
  • Jill Udall, Santa Fe, NM
  • Thom Mayne, Los Angeles, CA
  • Damian Woetzel, New York, NY
  • Bryan Lourd, Los Angles, CA
  • Dick Cohen, St. Paul, MN
  • Ricky Arriola, Miami, FL
  • Alexa Wesner, Austin, TX
  • Liz Manne, New York, NY
  • Anne Luzzatto, New York, NY
  • Agnes Varis, New York, NY
  • Reggie Van Lee, Washington, DC
  • Paula Crown, Chicago, IL
  • Christine Forester, La Jolla, CA
  • Madeleine Berman, Franklin, MI
  • Sarah Jessica Parker, New York, NY
  • Yo Yo Ma, Boston, MA
  • Andy Spahn, Universal City, CA