Renae Williams Niles has worked in the nonprofit sector for over 25 years serving in many capacities including executive director, associate dean of administration, dance company manager, grantmaker, dance presenter, adjunct professor, grant panelist/nominator, diversity liaison, consultant, moderator and guest curator. She is currently the chief content and engagement officer for the Los Angeles Philharmonic. She continues to serve as a guest curator, consultant, and moderator nationally. Renae will guest curate The Joyce Theater’s American Dance Platform for January 2022 in New York. She is also known for moderating conversations with renowned artists including the film La La Land’s creative team, award-winning choreographers Camille A. Brown and Sir Matthew Bourne, and the legendary Yo-Yo Ma to name a few. Renae has served as a panelist for the James Irvine Foundation, the National Endowment for the Arts, United States Artists, among others and also as an anonymous nominator for national foundations. She served as board president of the Western Arts Alliance (WAA), on the board of trustees for Dance/USA and as a three-year advisor for the New England Foundation for the Arts’ National Dance Project. Renae is currently board chair of the Association of Performing Arts Professionals and board member of American Dance Movement. In 2017, she received the WAA Service to the Field Award and in 2021, Renae was an Unsung Hero honoree of the California Legislative Black Caucus.