Marietta Ulacia is an arts administrator who spent the past thirty years in executive leadership roles in both Washington, DC and New York City. Ms. Ulacia is currently the Executive Director of the Afro Latin Jazz Alliance.  In the past she has worked with several cultural nonprofits including Dance Theater Workshop (NY Live Arts), the Museum for African Art, and Cedar Lake Contemporary Ballet, among others. Prior to New York she was Executive Director of the Latin American Folk Institute in Washington, DC and worked in partnership with numerous cultural organizations such as the Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center of the University of Maryland, the Washington Performing Arts Society, the Washington Ballet, and the Smithsonian Institution. She is a graduate of the prestigious Amadeo Roldán Music Conservatory in Havana, Cuba. She holds a Bachelor’s degree and a Master’s Degree from American University in Washington, DC.