Staff List

Adam Forest Huttler, Executive Director
Adam Forest Huttler is Fractured Atlas's founder and Executive Director. He has a B.A. from Sarah Lawrence College and an M.B.A. from New York University. Since forming Fractured Atlas in 1998, he has grown the organization from a one-man-band housed in an East Harlem studio apartment to a broad-based national service organization with an annual budget of $3.7 million. These days Adam is mainly responsible for Fractured Atlas's organizational leadership and strategy. He also manages the company's growing advocacy work, along with the design and implementation of its information technology systems. Outside of Fractured Atlas, Adam serves on the Board of Directors for Misnomer Dance Theater and is an enthusiastic organic gardener.

Arwen Lowbridge, Managing Director
As Managing Director of Fractured Atlas, Arwen oversees the organization's daily operations and financial matters. Previously, she served as the Program Director of Fiscal Sponsorship and developed what is now the largest fiscal sponsorship program in the nation. She received her B.F.A. from NYU's Tisch School of the Arts and is an alumna of The Woodhull Institute. She has participated in panels and discussions on arts management and fiscal sponsorship at The Foundation Center, Dance Theater Workshop, The Atlantic Theater Company, Chamber Music of America, Opera America, Stellar Network NY, Columbia University, Pratt Institute and New York University. She is a regular yoga practitioner and enjoys making traditional swiss fondue, apartment gardening and crafty projects involving sparkly things and hot glue.

Alexandra Gray, Director of Development
Alexandra Gray is Fractured Atlas' Director of Development and has been working for Fractured Atlas since 2002. She designs and implements all direct fundraising activities, including requests to individual donors, government agencies, foundations, and corporations. Her background is in theatre, having trained at New York University's Tisch School of the Arts. Alex began her development career at Brooklyn's Target Margin Theater, and served Fractured Atlas previously as Deputy Director and Program Director for Fiscal Sponsorship. In her parallel life, she is a writer and performer with the multimedia slapstick theatre group, Six Characters.

Adam Natale, Director of Member Services
With Fractured Atlas, Adam has created innovative audience development and arts insurance programs, formed partnerships with over 30 arts organizations, presented at multiple national conferences, and has helped the organization grow immensely, with over 2000 artists joining in the past year. A graduate of American University with a degree in Directing for Theatre & Film, he is an Associate Producer with the New York Musical Theatre Festival as well as a freelance director. Formerly, he served the Theater & Musical Theater disciplines at the NEA. Adam currently serves as the Chair of Americans for the Arts' Emerging Leader Council.

Marie Ortiz, Program Director, Healthcare
As Fractured Atlas' Program Director for Healthcare, Marie Ortiz manages healthcare options for a national community of artists. She develops broad strategies to increase access to low-cost quality healthcare by educating health insurance providers about artists' needs and securing improved benefits through innovative plan design. Marie assists artists directly by providing customer service and expert guidance in navigating the healthcare enrollment process. Marie grew up in Northern NJ and will receive her Masters of Professional Studies for Arts and Cultural Management at Pratt Institute in spring 2008.

Dianne Debicella, Program Director, Fiscal Sponsorship
As Fractured Atlas' Program Director for Fiscal Sponsorship, Dianne oversees over 1,000 sponsored artists and emerging organizations representing all artistic disciplines. She received her B.F.A. in photography from Massachusetts College of Art and is an alumna of The Woodhull Institute. Dianne will receive her Masters of Professional Studies for Arts and Cultural Management from Pratt Institute in May of 2008. She is also an avid photographer, cook and gardener and is planting her first rooftop garden.

Emily Watts, Program Associate
At Fractured Atlas, Emily provides support to the Fiscal Sponsorship program. A graduate of the Wesleyan University Dance Department, Emily is actively involved in the New York City dance community in addition to performing for many years with inDANCE a Toronto-based South Indian classical and modern dance company. When not providing support or dancing, she cooks complicated meals, does yoga, and knits strange and amorphous things (as well as the occasional sock for structure).