
Damaris Dias
Projects & Operations Lead
Damaris is a native New Yorker who is dedicated to helping community-based organizations develop solutions to realize their strategic goals.
In her previous tenure, she specialized in grants management and donor services operations, where she facilitated millions of dollars in grants to nonprofits across the U.S. Damaris has a master’s in Urban Policy, Analysis, and Management from the New School and brings over 10 years of experience in nonprofit management and business operations to Red Olive Culture Commons.

Emily Lee Luan
Communications Editor
Emily Lee Luan is a Brooklyn-based poet and teacher. She brings her experience in nonprofit arts administration and copywriting to elevating Red Olive’s online platforms and external communications strategy. She received her MFA in Poetry from Rutgers–Newark and is the author of I Watch the Boughs, which won a Poetry Society of America Chapbook Fellowship.