Anne Delaney is a visual artist and a leader in feminist philanthropy. As Lambent Foundation’s co-founder, Anne champions artists’ vital role in public life and believes in the power of cultural expression to drive social movements for progressive change. Anne began grantmaking by founding the Starry Night Fund in 2002 and deepened this commitment by co-creating the Lambent Foundation in 2008.

Anne is a proud cooperative member of New York City’s Bowery Gallery. She uses her drawing and painting to explore and address contemporary socio-political issues. Her contributions to women’s empowerment and philanthropy have been widely recognized, earning her numerous accolades, including the Ms. Foundation for Women’s 2005 Gloria Award, the New York Women’s Foundation’s 2005 Philanthropic Vision Award, and the Citizens Committee for Children’s 2015 Eleanor B. Roosevelt Award. Finally, Anne served as a board member for Peace is Loud, the Ms. Foundation, The New York Women’s Foundation, Little Red Elizabeth Irwin School, and Big Dance Theater.

Michelle Coffey leads the strategy and drives the vision of Lambent Foundation while mindfully honoring complexity. By nurturing emergent ideas and welcoming uncertainty, Michelle works as an advocate and partner to imagine and build more just and equitable societies.

While working at the Walker Arts Center during the 1990s American culture wars, Michelle learned to fuse her work with her personal and political values and respect the interconnections between art, location, and community. Michelle has built on her background in human rights advocacy and philanthropy to develop Lambent’s approach. She served as Director of Starry Night Fund and Senior Philanthropic Advisor at Tides Foundation. Her portfolio spanned global human rights, women and girls, criminal justice reform, arts and culture, and HIV/AIDS. This challenging work alerted Michelle to the vital role of arts and culture in progressive movements. Michelle serves on the boards of Socrates Sculpture Park, Grantmakers in the Arts, and the Robert Rauschenberg Foundation.

Franklin has always been fascinated with emergent systems and how things work. An internationally recognized artist and designer, Franklin has channeled this curiosity into a wide-ranging career at the intersection of creativity, technology, and social innovation.

Franklin’s penchant for analysis has fueled professional experiences that include stewarding a learning network at Mozilla, developing curricula and digital products at Girls Who Code, opening a public school inspired by game design at Institute of Play, and serving as a tenured professor in electronic arts at Bard College. 

At Lambent, Franklin functions as a strategic adviser and designer-at-large. Franklin helps chart organizational direction through research and assessment and designs and fine-tunes processes and practices, so they are more transparent and values-aligned. Franklin is the former Vice President for Education, Strategy & Innovation at Girls Who Code and is a board member of Out in Tech, a 50,000-strong volunteer community uniting LGBTQIA+ techies.

Vince’s interests in creativity and organization have influenced his design of tactical solutions and administrative processes that free others to pursue their most rewarding work. As a creative, he enjoys finding beauty in unfamiliar environments. As an organizer, he enjoys coordinating with people and developing systems. He has studied architecture, engaged in customer relationship management, and trained managers.

Vince is Vice President of the Cebu City Progressive Uptown Movement, a non-government organization that advocates for community volunteerism and private-public partnership in Cebu Island, Philippines. Vince also serves as the Club President of Habagat Hong Butuan Eagles Club and a National Assemblyman of The Fraternal Order of Eagles—Philippine Eagles, Inc., a socio-civic organization that organizes community leaders to promote social development programs in Butuan City, Mindanao Island, Philippines.