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Carolyn Yuen
Director of Operations

Carolyn Yuen has been with the Artist Pension Trust since April 2005, overseeing the launch of most of the 8 existing Trusts. She has been involved with the business development of an art advisory service APT Intelligence, and an exhibition and lending program APT Curatorial. As Director of Operations, Carolyn currently manages the corporate, legal, and day-to-day operations of the APT Central Office and oversees the performance of numerous APT consultants working for the trusts around the world.

Her prior experience includes Exeter Group, Boston; Museum of Fine Arts, Boston; and CDS Gallery, New York. While Ms. Yuen was at Exeter Group, she gained the IT experience that led to designing a customized online-database system for the Artist Pension Trust, the Logistics Management System, which manages the growing artwork collection of APT artists. She continues to improve on the existing website and database systems, while focusing on business management and corporate developments.

You may reach Carolyn Yuen at carolyn[at]aptglobal.org

Peter Emerick
Director of Art Collections

Peter Emerick joined the Artist Pension Trust in 2007 as an Art Collection Manager for APT Berlin, APT London and APT New York, working with the artists to make sure their works are collected, stored and cared for in a timely and professional way. As Director of Art Collections, he continues to work with these trusts along with managing the global storage and transportation facilities and overseeing the Registrars and Art Collection Managers.

His prior experience includes NY Projects, New York; Alan Klotz Gallery, New York; Steve Friedman Photography, New York; Institute of Fine Arts, New York and the Pratt Institute, Brooklyn. His numerous experiences within the art world have given him a good foundation to take on his current position with APT.

Chris Kasper
Art Collection Manager

Chris Kasper joined the Artist Pension Trust in the spring of 2008. He was hired as an Art Collection Manager, to work with artists in the Dubai, Los Angeles, Mexico City and Mumbai Trusts. As an art collection manager, Chris coordinates artists, galleries, shippers and storage facilities in these trusts to ensure the safe and timley shipment of artists' works into various APT storage facilities around the world.

Chris has worked for Pace Wildenstein Gallery, Virginia Commonwealth University, Krabbesholm Hojskole of Art, Architecture and Design in Skive, Denmark, The Fisher Landau Center for Art, The Guggenheim Museum, The Aldrich Museum, Wesleyan University, and the Yale University Art and Architecture Gallery.

Lissette Garcia
Assistant Director
Lissette Garcia was born and raised in Miami, FL and comes with a professional commercial and institutional background in the arts. She joined the Artist Pension Trust in February 2008 as Assistant Director, working closely with APT New York. As Director of Ingalls & Associates gallery and Assistant Director of Ambrosino Gallery, Ms. Garcia had the experience of working with important emerging and mid-career visual artists, as well established artists while at the Miami Art Museum. Ms. Garcia is a 2007-2008 panelist for the Miami-Dade County Department of Cultural Affairs Community Arts Grants Panel.
Cynthia Pelliccia
Senior Accountant
Cynthia Pelliccia has over ten years of extensive experience in accounting, financial controlling and office management. Her prior experience includes executing high-level financial, administrative and human resource management for a $28M company.
Yonni Walker
Administrative Assistant
Yonni Walker joined the Artist Pension Trust in 2007, focusing on the preparation and analysis of a broad range of information, including managing artist selections and APT artist exhibitions. She is also the Assistant to Pamela Auchincloss and serves as an Assistant on APT Insight, the Artist Pension Trust’s quarterly art publication.

Prior to joining APT, Yonni worked as Press Assistant at the James Cohan Gallery.

You may reach Yonni Walker at yonni[at]aptglobal.org