Salem Tsegaye

Salem Tsegaye is a senior program associate for Humanities in Place.

Prior to joining Mellon, Salem managed grantmaking in arts, culture, and historic preservation at The New York Community Trust, where she supported fellowships, awards, and services for working artists, capacity building for small nonprofits, social issue documentary filmmaking, cultural heritage preservation, and research, advocacy, and other efforts to foster equity and inclusion. She also has managed collaborative funds, including the Mosaic Network and Fund and New York City Cultural Agenda Fund. Salem previously worked as a research administrator at Virginia Commonwealth University, in development at the Queens Museum, and as a technical assistance provider to government agencies and small and midsize nonprofits in Washington D.C.

She holds a BA in cultural anthropology from Duke University and an MA in design studies from The New School.