Shayna Schlosberg (she/her)

Portland, Oregon

Shayna Schlosberg is the inaugural Equity Leader at Oregon Public Broadcasting (OPB), where she leads the strategy, vision, and implementation of OPB’s work towards becoming an inclusive and equitable media organization. Prior to joining OPB she was the Director of Operations + Strategy at Women of Color in the Arts, a national, grassroots service organization dedicated to creating racial and cultural equity in the performing arts field.

From 2017 to 2021 Shayna was the managing director of The Catastrophic Theatre, a highly acclaimed experimental theatre company in Houston, TX. Prior to her work at The Catastrophic Theatre, Shayna was the Associate General Manager at the Alley Theatre, where she played an integral part in expanding the theatre’s international programming, with a focus on Latin American theatre. Ms. Schlosberg has a BFA in Drama from New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts and an MM in International Arts Management from Southern Methodist University and HEC Montreal.

She has served on grant panels for organizations including the National Endowment for the Arts (2018) and Houston Arts Alliance (2017)(2019). She is a graduate of the National Association of Latino Arts and Culture’s Advocacy Leadership Institute, Women of Color in the Arts’ Leadership Through Mentorship program, and a 2020 New Leaders Council Fellow. She was a founding Advisory Committee member for the Houston BIPOC Arts Network Fund. Ms. Schlosberg served in the Peace Corps in Armenia from 2010-2012.