Chennie Huang is a strategic advisor specializing in marketing, sales marketing, communications, and community engagement, with a career spanning both the art and corporate sectors. Since in February 2025, she currently serves as President of the Board of Directors at Artists Talk On Art (ATOA), where she is leading a full-scale revitalization of the 501(c)(3) legacy arts organization.

She began her career in art collection management at The Ronald S. Lauder Collection before transitioning to corporate roles at NBCUniversal, Warner Bros. Discovery, and Kantar, developing expertise in media strategy and audience insights.

While earning her master’s degree in art history, she led marketing initiatives at cultural institutions such as Lincoln Center and the New-York Historical Society. From 2011 to 2021, she founded and ran an international contemporary art magazine, which led to a sales and marketing role at Phaidon.

As President of Artists Talk On Art, her work includes recruiting senior-level board members, overhauling branding and communications, and launching a new community engagement strategy.

Founded in the 1970s, it has hosted over 1,000 public talks and panels, and maintains an essential archive in partnership with the Smithsonian Institution. Under her leadership, the organization is relaunching in Fall 2025 with new programming, a redesigned website, and a revised mission.

Under the mentorship of American philosopher and cognitive scientist Daniel Dennett, while a student at Tufts University, Chennie delved into the works of Hilary Putnam, illuminating the philosophical underpinnings related to the development of LLMs. 

She holds an Associate of Science (AS) in Architectural Studies from Boston Architectural College, a Bachelor of Fine Arts (BFA) from the School of the Museum of Fine Arts at Tufts University, and a Master of Arts (MA) in modern Chinese art historiography from the City University of New York. Additionally, she has studied Brand Management at London Business School and Logic for Economists at the University of Amsterdam.

Her family’s intellectual heritage and political history have shaped her curiosity and resilience.