E. San San Wong is a Special Advisor to Barr’s Arts & Creativity portfolio, a role focusing on the opportunities and challenges facing the arts sector and arts philanthropy nationally. She stepped into this role in 2025 after directing the Arts + Creativity program for 8 years. She currently serves on the board of Grantmakers in the Arts, a national leadership and service organization that supports the growth of arts and culture.
Prior to joining Barr in 2012 as a Senior Program Officer, San San served as director of grants at the San Francisco Arts Commission, executive director of the National Performance Network, director of development and special initiatives at Theatre Artaud, and as a performing arts producer and presenter. As an international arts consultant, her clients included the Ford Foundation, Doris Duke Charitable Foundation, New England Foundation for the Arts, and Res Artis, among many others.
San San earned a master’s degree in community psychology from New York University and a bachelor’s degree in clinical psychology from Smith College. Her life feels incomplete if she averages fewer than five cultural events a week.
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