The Team
New England Foundation for the Arts (NEFA) Creative Economy/CreativeGround Team
Hello! We’re the faces on the other side of your phone calls and emails and helping you to make the most of your CreativeGround experience.
Contact Us or Schedule a phone call - we love to hear from you.
Morganna Becker
Community Engagement Coordinator
She/Her/Hers
Morganna focuses on promoting CreativeGround and building community with workshops and events, contributing to the CreativeGround blog and social media, and general site support.
Morganna is a practicing freelance theater and dance artist/techie/stage manager/writer/designer. Prior to NEFA she served as a business coordinator for a dance rehearsal/performance venue, and as a manager for several high-volume cafes. She teaches painting to self-described “non-artists” of all ages. Morganna also enjoys reading about anthropology and biology, watching live performance multiple times a week, and spending time with her two feline best friends.
Natalya Tausanovitch
Program Administrator She/Her/Hers
Natalya drives the CreativeGround team's technical project management - she's here if you need support with your profile, have dreams of a new CreativeGround functionality, or are experiencing any technical difficulties.
Prior to NEFA, Natalya served as the programs and database manager at community-based nonprofit, where she supported ESL programs for adult English language learners, and in a client-facing role at a Boston retail tech startup. Pursuing her intersecting interests in language and teaching, she earned her CELTA credential in teaching adult ESL in 2019. Natalya has a lifelong love for the arts and humanities and is passionate about the central role of the arts in creating thriving communities.
Dee Schneidman
Senior Program Director
She/Her/Hers
Dee is our creative economy expert and is your point of contact about CreativeGround data or partnership opportunities.
Dee oversees NEFA’s data collection, documentation, and creative economy activities. These include commissioned reports; CreativeGround: New England’s online directory of creative enterprises and artists; regional events and convenings such as the Creative Communities Exchange, and knowledge-sharing projects. Dee holds a master’s degree in Educational Psychology with a focus on empirical research in the fields of creativity, human development and assessment.
More About NEFA’s Creative Economy
NEFA’s Creative Economy program strengthens New England's creative community by supporting its visibility (for individual artists and collectively as a community) as well as its connection and knowledge building (both internally among artists and externally with the broader community). This is in service of the vision of a visible, inclusive, and connected New England creative economy that can strengthen and sustain itself.
CreativeGround enables NEFA to continue compiling important data to add to its over 40 years of research quantifying and demonstrating the impact of the New England creative economy. It also complements other program activities such as peer learning events that focus on creative economy community initiatives. Go to NEFA's website for more info.