Rebecca Cardwell joined LMCC as Director of Development in 2018, after working across New York City’s cultural scene for more than a decade. Previously, Rebecca served as Associate Vice President at DUNCH, a leading management firm focused on the long-term sustainability of the cultural sector. At DUNCH, Rebecca spearheaded and implemented fundraising campaigns and strategic plans for the Alliance of Resident Theatres/New York, American Composers Orchestra, ART21, BRIC, Dance/NYC, Dance Theatre of Harlem, Harlem School of the Arts, Houston Symphony, Jacob’s Pillow Dance, The Joyce Theater, the London Philharmonic Orchestra, Madison Square Park Conservancy, Municipal Art Society of New York, Museum of Arts and Design, Mark Morris Dance Group, National Gallery of Australia, Playwrights Horizons, SITI Company, Skowhegan School of Painting & Sculpture, and UrbanGlass, among others. She received her MFA in Performing Arts Management from Brooklyn College, where she is currently an Adjunct Professor, and her BA in Liberal Arts with a concentration in Dance from The New School.

William Lynch is director of leadership gifts at BAM where he is responsible for raising gifts ranging from $10,000 to more than $1 million. Previously, he has served as Vice President of Development at BAM and was head of its institutional fundraising. He has been employed in fundraising at BAM for more than 15 years.
He served as director of development for seven years at New York City’s Symphony Space, as deputy director for development at Bailey House, New York City’s first provider of housing and services for people with AIDS, and consulted for numerous cultural and human services organizations including Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, American Dance Festival, Irish Repertory Theater, Film Forum, Pathways to Housing, and the Poetry Society of America.
Born and raised in upstate New York, he received a BA from Hamilton College and an MBA from the State University of New York at Binghamton. He has lectured on fundraising as an adjunct faculty member at New School University and at the Business School of Columbia University’s Senior Leaders Program for Nonprofit Professionals. He has served on numerous award panels for New York City’s Department of Cultural Affairs.