Melinda Wang is an independent curator and Founder and Principal of MW Projects, a cultural production and art advisory firm dedicated to bringing contemporary art to historic sites, non-traditional venues and liminal spaces. Large-scale projects include contemporary art exhibitions on Roosevelt Island, aboard the S.S. Lilac (a 1933 steamship) and in an 1897 French Gothic building in midtown Manhattan. She was previously the Executive Director of New York Artists Equity Association, a non-profit organization founded in 1947 to promote opportunities for artists, and founded Equity Gallery (Artists Equity’s art space on the Lower East Side) in 2015. Melinda has curated or produced over 30 contemporary art exhibitions since 2010, with a focus on emerging artists and socially-engaged projects.

Melinda is also a corporate and securities lawyer, and through her boutique law firm, serves as outside general counsel to emerging and established businesses and non-profit organizations, at every stage of their life-cycle. Melinda was previously Senior Vice President at XL Group (NYSE: XL), where she was the lead attorney on capital markets, mergers & acquisitions and corporate finance matters, and prior to XL, was associated with Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP in New York and London.

In addition, she is a Lecturer at Glasgow Caledonian New York College, which offers Master of Science degrees in social impact, sustainable fashion and DEI Leadership.

Melinda graduated from Princeton University summa cum laude and received her JD from the University of Pennsylvania Law School. She serves on the Board of Governors of the Princeton Association of New York City and is Chair of the Association’s Arts & Culture Committee. She is the co-founder of Collective Show/ABCyz and served on the boards of Art in General (NY) and Silvershed. In addition, she is active in the Junior Associates of the Museum of Modern Art, NEW INC at the New Museum, French-American Foundation, Dreamers & Doers, Women Who Tech, She(256) and several mentoring programs for entrepreneurs.