Alyssa Nitchun is Executive Director of The Leslie-Lohman Museum of Art (LLMA), where she oversees the Museum's many initiatives and long-term growth. Alyssa was the first queer woman to be selected by the Board to lead LLMA and in her five years as Director, she is ushering the Museum into the future, building a queer, revelatory, radically affirming art Museum, that centers people and collective meaning making.

Prior to her appointment at LLMA, Alyssa had a career in cultural consulting and nonprofits, spending time advising artists and cultural institutions on realizing thought-provoking projects in the Middle East and Europe. She also served as Acting Executive Director at the public art organization Creative Time, where she spent nearly seven years working in development, communications, and team management. Alyssa previously oversaw Institutional Giving for the public media organization, StoryCorps and was the Director of Development for the CUNY Graduate Center’s Center for Lesbian and Gay Studies. She holds an MA in Gender Politics with a focus in Queer theory from New York University.