New York – The Wright-Ingraham Institute (WII) is delighted to announce the appointment of Tal C. Beery as Executive Director. Tal brings over fifteen years of experience in the environmental, arts, and educational sectors, and a distinguished career in nonprofit leadership, development, and strategic planning. Tal will be instrumental in implementing WII’s strategic plan and raising funds to fulfill the Institute’s mission, which fosters integrated studies and multifaceted research to bear on our understanding of complex environmental, ecological, and cultural systems.
Tal is joining a talented staff that includes Dylan Gauthier and Frida Foberg. Having served as Managing Director over the past year, Dylan will move into a new role as Director of Research, supporting the Institute’s research wing, StudyTank, by guiding research priorities and goals. He will also continue to advise the Institute’s grantmaking initiatives. Frida will continue in her role as Program Manager of Field Studies, facilitating the Institute’s groundbreaking field study initiatives, including the 2024 program “Nexus of Land and Water: Southwest Initiative on Land Health and Water Resources.”
“Tal’s extensive experience in fundraising, nonprofit operations, and his passion for interdisciplinary education make him the perfect leader for the WII in our next phase of growth,” said Catherine Ingraham, President of the Board of Directors. “I am confident that under his leadership and with the continued dedication of Dylan, Frida, and our Board, the Institute will make significant strides in expanding our impact and ensuring our longevity.”
Prior to joining the WII, Tal served as Chief Development Officer and Interim Co-Executive Director at the Hurleyville Performing Arts Centre, managing a staff of twenty-two and significantly increasing the Centre’s budget over three years. As co-founder and managing director of Arts and Ecology Incorporated, Tal created experiential education programs for undergraduate students, and is a frequent public speaker on place-based adult learning. Additionally, Tal has served as a consultant to more than sixty New York City community groups and social service organizations, successfully delivering impact evaluations, strategic plans, and grant awards that exceeded twenty million dollars. Tal’s independent and collaborative works as an artist and curator have been exhibited in the Whitney Museum Biennial and the Brooklyn Museum, and he has lectured on art and social change at the Museum of Modern Art and numerous other venues.
“I’m deeply gratified by the opportunity to join this amazing team,” said Tal C. Beery. “The Wright-Ingraham Institute has been tackling – through interdisciplinary research and education – some of the most difficult questions facing us today, both locally and globally. This is truly an exciting time to contribute to the Institute’s future.”
For more information about the full team at the Wright-Ingraham Institute, please visit https://wright-ingraham.org/about/#our-team
About the Wright-Ingraham Institute
Today, more than ever, our understanding of interfaces between environmental and ecological systems in relation to human cultures requires integrated inquiry, diverse forms of knowledge, and new problem solving techniques. To begin meeting these challenges, the Wright-Ingraham Institute conducts and applies multifaceted research to diverse site-specific field study programs. Our goal is to model ways of understanding and interpreting complex systems that contribute to meaningful solutions in the service of society.