Meet the Team
Zoë Mckenzie
Board President 2025-2026
Zoe McKenzie is an enthusiastic, servant-style leader with over 20 years of experience driving impactful growth and philanthropic initiatives across various sectors. Zoe excels in fostering corporate engagement and developing meaningful partnerships that align with organizational goals. Her expertise in civic engagement, strategic planning, and relationship management has established her as a key influencer in the corporate philanthropy space.
Throughout her career, Zoe has demonstrated a strong commitment to transparency, inclusivity, and innovative growth strategies. At CECP, she leads efforts to enhance corporate social responsibility by driving initiatives that integrate business objectives with community impact. Her role involves not only managing philanthropic investments but also facilitating collaborations that encourage companies to adopt sustainable and equitable practices.
A proud first-generation immigrant, Zoe brings a unique perspective to her work, drawing from her personal experiences to inspire others. Her academic background in International/Global Studies from the University of South Florida has equipped her with a broad understanding of global issues, further enhancing her ability to foster impactful initiatives.
Zoe’s mission is to create meaningful change by leveraging her extensive network and expertise to empower communities and individuals alike. She is passionate about the arts, education, and social equity, believing that everyone deserves access to opportunities that foster personal and professional growth.
Zoe has served as a Board Member of AIRIE since 2024.
Cornelius Tulloch
Global Artistic Director
Cornelius Tulloch is a Miami, Florida-based interdisciplinary artist and designer. With work transcending the barriers of architecture, visual art, and photography, Tulloch focuses on how creative mediums can be combined to tell powerful stories. With inspiration from his Jamaican and African American heritage, his work expresses how bodies exist between cultures, borders, and characteristics to create spatial impact.
His work has been exhibited in fairs and museums, including The Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, Washington D.C., Faena Miami, Pulse Art Fair, Miami, Florida, and the Museo Nazionale Delle Arti Del XXI Secolo, Rome, Italy. Tulloch is a graduate of Cornell University School of Architecture.
Cornelius is an AIRIE Alumni and has served as a Global Artistic Director since 2022.
Riyaad Seecharan
Former Board President + Co-Chair 2023 - 2024
Strategic Committee Chair 2025
Riyaad Seecharan has served as President & Board Co-Chair at AIRIE since 2023, and currently continues to serve as Strategic Board Committee Chair bringing his expertise and passion for preserving the Everglades' unique biodiversity to the organization.
A graduate of Florida International University, Riyaad is a serial entrepreneur and technologist with multiple exits in healthcare technology, Riyaad has built a reputation for driving innovation and change. His consulting work has taken him from Fortune 500 companies like Wal-Mart, American Express, and Tradestation to Dell, IBM, and NASA.
With his strong background in systems management and commitment to diversity, Riyaad is dedicated to making a positive impact at AIRIE. When he's not working on preserving the Everglades ecosystem, you can find him practicing martial arts or exploring new destinations—he even reached the Everest Advanced Base Camp!
Riyaad has served as a Board Member of AIRIE since 2022.
T. Robertson Carter
Acting Director 2025 - 2026
Former Board Co-Chair 2020 -2022
Tracey Robertson Carter is a philanthropic leader, advocate, and strategist with a deep passion for building community, advancing equity, and—as a proud first-generation child of immigrants—amplifying the voices and contributions of the African and Jamaican diasporas. Her journey spans business, education, the arts, and nonprofit leadership—all rooted in a lifelong commitment to service, social justice, and meaningful impact.
After holding leadership roles in brand management and marketing at companies such as Levi Strauss & Co. and Hal Riney & Partners, Tracey shifted her focus to work that bridges creativity, culture, the environment, and spirituality. She recently began studies at Harvard Divinity School to further explore the intersections of faith, environmental stewardship, and liberation.
She currently serves as a trustee of the New World Symphony, Locust Projects (Miami), and AIRIE (Artists in Residence in Everglades + Environment Everywhere), where she has served since 2018. Tracey co-chairs the Art & Soul Gala, which supports the Fund for Black Art at Pérez Art Museum Miami (PAMM), and is actively involved with the American Friends of Jamaica (AFJ) South Florida Chapter, WOVEN (We Oppose Violence Everywhere Now), the Museum of Contemporary Art North Miami (MOCA), and the Black Trustee Alliance.
Her past board and advisory roles include Shelburne Farms in Vermont, the Greater Miami Chapter of The Links, Incorporated, South Florida CARES Mentoring Movement, the Chicago Sinfonietta, and Harvard Divinity School’s Harambee Committee for the 2023 Black Religion, Spirituality & Culture Conference.
Through her role at AIRIE, Tracey has helped produce major exhibitions including the film Elements of Being, which premiered in Venice adjacent to the Venice Biennale (2024), and most recently, the installation Ebb + Flow as part of the Cooper Hewitt Smithsonian Design Triennial (2025).
In 2025, Tracey and her husband Christopher Carter were honored with the Inaugural Philanthropic Champion Award at the Miami Foundation’s 10th Annual Blacks in Philanthropy celebration.
Her work is guided by love—for people, the planet, and possibility—and she remains committed to creating spaces where art, justice, and community thrive.
Tracey has served as a Board Member of AIRIE since 2018.
Heike Dempster
Consultant
Heike Dempster is a curator, art writer, arts administrator and artist collaborator based Miami and Munich. She is currently a Consultant and Creative Producer at AIRIE (Artists in Residence in Everglades + Environments Everywhere), works in international artist management with Amir Shariat, and maintains a freelance curatorial practice. Curatorial projects include exhibitions, performances, and talks at Baker—Hall Gallery in Miami, Locust Projects in Miami, All Street Gallery in New York, NKR in Düsseldorf, Soho Beach House in Miami Beach, and Untitled Art Fair, to name a few. Her articles and essays have been published in various art magazines as well as numerous exhibition catalogs and books.
Heike has been with AIRIE since 2024.
Givanete Castillo
Creative Assistant
Givanete Castillo is a creative based in miami. She is currently a creative assistant to the Artistic Director at AIRIE (Artists in Residence in Everglades + Environments Everywhere), and works extensively in the field supporting leading artists and galleries in Miami and formerly New York. She has helped to produce major exhibitions for AIRIE including the film “Elements of Being” that premiered in Venice and most recently the installation for “Ebb + Flow” on view at the Cooper Hewitt Smithsonian Design Triennial through August 2025.
Givanette has been with AIRIE since 2024.
Jessica Kaschube
Grants Manager
Jessica Kaschube is a creative thinker who loves working in authentic and enriching environments specializing in grant funding and arts admin. She has managed over $11 million in funds for small to medium sized arts nonprofits and has produced and contracted over 100 live theater productions and dozen more workshops & special projects including A WONDERFUL WORLD A Louis Armstrong musical opening at Miami New Drama and coming to Broadway in Fall 2024 and 7 DEADLY SINS from November 2020 to January 2021 in storefronts on Lincoln Rd, Miami Beach which received a 2021 Drama League Award and was featured in the New York Times and PBS NewsHour.
Jessica believes in “figuring it out” moments and finds it an adventure to keep learning and solving new challenges or improving upon current modes of operations.
Jessica has been with AIRIE since 2023.
Heather Roy
Collection Archivist and
Alumni Affairs
Heather Roy is a Charleston-based entrepreneur who specializes in AIRIE’s Artwork Collection. With a BS in Environmental Science from Western Carolina University, she is passionate about protecting the environment for future generations. A self-taught techie, she’s merged her expertise in project management, website design, and software systems with her love for the outdoors to serve AIRIE’s purpose in various ways since 2021. When not at her desk, you can find Heather exploring the parks with her dog, Remi, at a concert, or practicing her watercolors.
Heather has been with AIRIE since 2021.
Dharma Creativ
Marketing Team
Dharma Creativ is a full-service digital marketing agency dedicated to crafting impactful, thoughtful content that resonates with audiences and drives meaningful change. Rooted in the art of storytelling, they create work that not only educates but inspires genuine connection and engagement. With a multicultural team based in Miami and Bogotá, they blend creativity and industry insights to bring brands to life digitally.
Dharma has been with AIRIE since 2024.
“By looking at how our human habits relate to the environment, we can begin to create an inclusive space and dialogue with the environment that fosters a culture of ecological consciousness and social equity”
- Cornelius Tulloch
Image courtesy of Rebecca Reeve
Header Image courtesy of James Jackman