Risa Shoup, Ownership Panelist

Risa Shoup is the Executive Director of Fourth Arts Block (FAB) in Manhattan. She has worked as an administrator, curator and leader in the NYC arts community since 2005.

In recent years, she has done extensive consulting work on the intrinsic and instrumental impact of the arts on community development. Most recently, she became a lead-facilitator of the NYC Real Estate Investment Cooperative. She has a masters in City & Regional Planning from Pratt Institute and is on the board of The Invisible Dog Art Center.