Suhaly Bautista-Carolina
Suhaly Bautista-Carolina (she/they/we/us) is the director of public programs & partnerships at the American LGBTQ+ Museum in New York. Previously, Bautista-Carolina served as senior managing educator of audience development and engagement at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, where they were a steward of the Civic Practice Partnership Artist residency program. They organized the Afrofuturist Teen Council in collaboration with the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture and played an integral role in realizing MetFest, the Museum’s inaugural block party celebration. Prior to the Met, they held roles at Creative Time, Brooklyn Museum, and the Caribbean Cultural Center African Diaspora Institute (CCCADI).
Named a Women in Power Fellow with the 92Y Belfer Center for Innovation and Social Impact in 2021, Bautista-Carolina was one of 50 art world leaders profiled in Jasmin Hernandez’s 2021 book, “We Are Here: Visionaries of Color Transforming the Art World." Bautista-Carolina is a member of the inaugural class of NY Foundation for the Arts’ Incubator for Executive Leaders of Color, presents to audiences around the world, and serves on multiple boards.
Patrick Sammon
Patrick Sammon is an Emmy-nominated documentary filmmaker based in Washington, D.C. He is the co-director and co-producer (with Bennett Singer) of “CURED," an award-winning documentary chronicling the remarkable and little-known story of the LGBTQ activists who successfully battled the American Psychiatric Association to remove homosexuality from its manual of mental illnesses in 1973. Described as “fascinating” by Hollywood Reporter and “one of the best documentaries of this or any year” by the British Film Institute, “CURED” has attracted more than two million viewers around the globe. Broadcast nationally on PBS, the documentary has received more than 20 awards and accolades, including a 2022 Emmy Award nomination.
Previously, Sammon was the creator and executive producer of “CODEBREAKER,” an award-winning docudrama about the life and legacy of gay British codebreaker Alan Turing. Sammon turned his concept for “CODEBREAKER” into an acclaimed film that has attracted more than three million viewers worldwide. Reviewers described the film as “superb” and “imaginative.”
Sammon began his career as an award-winning television news reporter at CBS affiliates in northern New York and northeast Tennessee.
