Michal Raz-Russo is a distinguished arts administrator, curator, and writer, currently serving as the Programs Director at The Gordon Parks Foundation, where she oversees grants, fellowships, exhibitions, and publications, including editing the Gordon Parks Foundation/Steidl Book Prize publications. Previously, Raz-Russo was the Associate Curator of Photography at the Art Institute of Chicago, where she curated exhibitions such as Invisible Man: Gordon Parks and Ralph Ellison in Harlem. She holds MAs in Arts Administration and Policy, and Modern Art History and Criticism from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, and a BA in Architecture from The Cooper Union.