Brianna is a writer, curator, and organizational design strategist based in Los Angeles, CA where she currently works for the Los Angeles County Department of Arts and Culture and Charlie James Gallery. She recently designed and is managing the launch of Public Artists in Development (PAiD), a County-led program which seeks to promote the career growth and economic empowerment of underrepresented artists across LA. Through a multi-year grant she received from the Mellon Foundation, the program will seek to dismantle structural barriers to participation and advancement in the public art field and private art market, offering artists apprenticeship-style training, mentorship, professional development, and new small-scale project opportunities through a mix of public and private partnerships. Most importantly, PAiD will seek to center artists’ perspectives in all areas of the program plans and priorities, with opportunities for artists to propose new policies and best practices, act as program ambassadors, and test out new project models to ensure the long-term sustainability of the arts industry in LA County is a place where all artists can truly thrive. Brianna is passionate about advancing diversity, access and inclusion; exposing constructions of value; and creatively rethinking traditional organizational structures and resource distribution models to achieve equity. She hopes to apply new economy tools to establish the framework for an artist cooperative platform as part of PAiD’s highest vision.