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Phyllis Hollis, SCAD deFINE ART 2025 guest

Phyllis Hollis


Phyllis Hollis is a patron of the arts and an advocate for underrepresented artists, women artists, and art professionals. Launched in January 2020, her podcast and social media platform @Cerebral_Women offers unique content created to promote visual artists. Hollis is a trustee of GuildHall of East Hampton, N.Y., and formerly a trustee of Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture and ArtTable. She is a member of the MoMA Black Arts Council executive committee and the American Friends of the Louvre. She has a proven track record successfully driving DEI initiatives and programs for nonprofits. Hollis has more than 30 years of experience in institutional investment banking and is the former CEO of a boutique broker-dealer in New York. She is an independent trustee of Diversified Healthcare Trust (DHC), a NASDAQ traded REIT.