MAD Board of Directors

Anne Bailey  

Anne Bailey (President, CEO) is co-owner of Bailey Pottery Equipment, an internationally renowned pottery supply company located in Midtown Kingston. She built the business from the ground up with her husband Jim Bailey starting in a small rented garage to over 40,000 square feet of factory space in Midtown. The business has been manufacturing ceramic artist tools and pottery equipment in Kingston for over 40 years.

Anne served as a Commissioner of the Empire Zone for the State of New York for six years and was a founding member of the Kingston Midtown Arts District and the City of Kingston Arts Commission. Currently she is on the boards of Bardavon/UPAC, The Kingston Arts Commission, and two Camphill Community Boards which serve New York’s IDD populations. She is an active NYS advocate for the rights of people with intellectual disabilities. She has served as an advisor to many NFPs, the City of Kingston and several Ulster County projects. Trained first as an artist with a degree in Art and Design from the University of Westminster in London she has work in the permanent collections of the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston, the Everson Museum in Syracuse, NY and the Los Angeles Folk Art Museum.

Bailey Pottery Equipment was chosen Small Business of the Year in 2019 for all of Ulster County by the Chamber of Commerce. Anne, along with fellow MAD Board member Frank Waters, was chosen Community Partner by RUPCO, an affordable housing developer, for their commitment to community in 2019.

Ray Curran  

Ray Curran (Vice President) is a founding member of the Board. He has had a career in urban and environmental planning and design in the USA as well as abroad including England and France. He has also taught in various colleges in New York, England, Mexico and Colombia SA. He has studied painting at Parsons School of Design, the Arts Student League and the Woodstock School of Art. Now essentially retired from professional work his current activities are largely focused on art making. He chairs the Events and Exhibitions committee and sits on the Development Committee.

Richard Frumess

Richard Frumess (Treasurer, CFO) is a manufacturer of artist paints and owner of R&F Handmade Paints in Midtown Kingston. He is one of the founders of MAD and the Kingston Arts Commission and is a Board member of Harambee. He sees MAD’s purpose as using the arts to bring together Kingston’s artists, businesses, and residents to work toward a common goal of creating an enriched and affordable community.

Liz Baker

Essie Elizabeth Baker has  been a presence in Kingston NY since 1980 and is the recipient of the Ben Wigfall award for her service and engagement in the community. She is one of four generations presently residing here in Kingston, her family dates back 5 plus generations. Presently on the Board for Midtown Arts District and Midtown Rising organization, working hard at making a difference in the community in which she was raised. Liz’s most joyous moments are spent with family and friends as well as in service to this community.

As director and owner of Broadway Arts Gallery in Midtown Kingston, Liz has worked hard to make available to all – a safe space and platform for creatives and community for over 4 years. She recently expanded the business by adding a juice bar with the goal to promote healthy eating.

Noé del Cid

Noé del Cid is a father, yogi, first generation immigrant, investor and entrepreneur. As an entrepreneur, Del Cid explores new business models that incorporate not just profit and loss statements but rather include real world stakeholders: people and the environment. He is the creative director and founder of Peace Nation Inc., a web based eco-apparel and event production company and also owned and operated “Peace Nation Cafe” a locally sourced community-oriented cafe in midtown Kingston until 2019. Del Cid is co-founder and president of Del Cid Real Estate LLC, a local real estate holding and development company that aims to repair and increase housing in the Hudson Valley region.

Having studied in both Guatemala and the US, Noé has a well established world view and holds a cosmic perspective of our place in the universe from which most of his morals and beliefs stem. He holds a business marketing degree of applied science from CUNY Westchester.

Since his youth, Noé has had a passion for the arts and creative self expression through drawing and music recording. He is one of the designers for Peace Nation Apparel, designing specific cuts and designs on the line. Noé received the Ulster County Hispanic Heritage Award in recognition of his cultural and economic impact on the community and was named one of the “40 under 40 rising Latino stars” by the Hispanic Coalition of NY in 2018.

Nina Dawson

Nina Dawson – Christina Dawson has served as an Alderwoman for Ward 4 in Kingston, New York and most recently as the Director of the Youth Bureau and Director of Human Rights for Ulster County under Mike Hein and Patrick Ryan. Nina, as she is known, is a passionate advocate for social justice and prison reform and has been an advisor to many community initiatives including My Brothers Keeper (MBK) and the Kingston Police Commission. Prior to her appointment with the County she worked in an administrative capacity at Heath Alliance Hospital in Kingston. Ms Dawson studied at the University of Albany and was born and raised in Kingston.  She is a recipient of the 2018 YWCA Women of the Year award.