Felicia W. Shaw is executive director of San Diego ART Matters (formerly the San Diego Regional Arts and Culture Coalition), an advocacy and arts service provider to the region’s nonprofit arts and culture sector. With a career spanning over three decades, Felicia has served in several executive and director-level leadership positions, including the Women’s Museum of California, the Regional Arts Commission of St. Louis, the San Diego Foundation, and the City of San Diego Commission for Arts and Culture.

Felicia’s commitment to the arts extends to leadership within various cultural organizations, including an appointment with the San Diego County Commission for Arts and Culture and membership on the Mingei International Museum and Moxie Theatre boards.

A graduate of Northwestern University with a degree in Communications, Felicia completed additional undergraduate study at UC San Diego with a focus on art history, theory, and criticism. She is the recipient of many arts and civic leadership awards, most recently recognized by the San Diego Business Journal in 2022 as a Black Leader of Influence Honoree and the San Diego Metro 2022 “Woman of Accomplishment.”