| New York 2020 ISPA Congress - Alicia Adams |
 Alicia AdamsJohn F Kennedy Center
Alicia B. Adams is the Vice President of International Programming and Dance at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts. She joined the Kennedy Center in 1992, first serving as Special Assistant to the Chairman, James Wolfensohn. She worked with him to articulate, coordinate and oversee implementation of the Center’s programs and policies. For almost two decades, Adams’ role at the Center has been producing and presenting in the international arena. In addition to major international festivals, Adams also curates the Center’s Contemporary Dance and the World Stages series. She has worked in the field of arts management in New York City for institutions including Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, Belafonte Enterprises, Inc., City Center Theater, Harlem School of the Arts and International Production Associates. She serves on the Board of Trustees of the Williamstown Theater Festival in Massachusetts, Advisory Board of The Laurel Fund(Washington, D.C.), Founding Council of the Caine Prize for African Writing( UK), Africa 95 Trustee (UK), Former Advisory Board member for the All Roads Project of National Geographic, Planning Committee for ISPA Congress, ISPA Congress Chair(2012) Advisory Conference Committee for Association of Performing Arts Presenters (APAP), and six years on the National Dance Panel of the New England Foundation on the Arts. In 2011 she received the APAP Fan Taylor Distinguished Service Award for exemplary service to the field of presenting. She is also an elected member of the Cosmos Club. In 2013, Adams was awarded the Insignia of Member First Class of the Royal Order of the Polar Star by the Swedish government. In 2014 Adams was awarded Insignia of Knight, First Class, of the Order of the Lion of Finland by the Finnish government. Adams has a Master of Arts degree from Columbia University and a Bachelor of Science degree from New York University. She holds a certificate in arts administration from Harvard University’s School of Business Administration. Watch a video about the Kennedy Center's REACH Opening Festival.
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