ADC Consulting LLC

ADC Consulting is a boutique arts consultancy that equips mission-driven organizations to create long-term cultural impact through research, grant making, advocacy, project management, and organizational change. ADC Consulting’s approach is anchored in building a just world where individuals and their communities can thrive. All of our work begins by recognizing where the world is and where our clients are. Through that lens, we chart steps that support their efforts while ensuring care is being exercised for their workers and communities. That means acknowledging the role that white supremacy and systems of oppression play in the problems we aim to solve, providing tools to identify those roots, and addressing solutions that move our clients towards justice in their work and outcomes. Alejandra Duque Cifuentes is a nonprofit leader and advocate working to advance a more just, equitable, and inclusive arts and cultural ecology. She has 15+ years of experience in strategy, general management, fund development, community organizing, arts education, professional development, and artistic production. Alejandra’s leadership is adaptive, empathetic, and multifaceted, and she moves with ease and intelligence among sectors, issues, and stakeholders. She is known for her ability to get results and draws on her deep relationships to drive accountable collaborations. As the former Executive Director of Dance/NYC, Alejandra acted as a leading voice advocating for dance workers and organizations—expanding the organization’s grantmaking portfolio, increasing the annual budget by 245%, and tripling staffing capacity. She sits on the boards of Nonprofit New York and New Yorkers for Culture and Arts and is a member of the leadership council of Creatives Rebuild New York, a $125 million program established by the Mellon Foundation, the Ford Foundation and the Stavros Niarchos Foundation.