Paul Nagle – Executive Director at ICSCS at Demos

Paul is the founding Executive Director of the newly established ICSCS – Institute for Culture in the Service of Community Sustainability.  ICSCS is an affiliate program of Dēmos, the progressive policy institute.  The mission of ICSCS is to support policy that articulates and strengthens art and culture’s central role in civic life, and enhances cultural, community and environmental sustainability.

As Director of Cultural Policy for NYC Councilmember Alan Gerson (2002-2010), Paul crafted strategies to preserve the arts in Lower Manhattan in the wake of the 9/11 attacks.  He convened a consortium of 30 downtown arts leaders, which met monthly for two years and developed Campuses & Corridors, a community-based strategic plan that guided the Councilmember’s policies and investments in Lower Manhattan’s cultural redevelopment.  Originally a playwright, Paul became Founding Executive Director of All Out Arts and Founding Executive Producer for its first five festivals, as well as the Managing Director and Interim Executive Director of the Clemente Soto Vélez Cultural & Educational Center. He holds a B.A. in Arts Administration and an M.A. in Cultural Policy from NYU. He is a graduate of Coro Leadership XV.