Join Yale Alumni LIVE for a conversation with Regina Bain ’98, ’01 MFA.
Bain now serves as the executive director of the Louis Armstrong House Museum (LAHM). She is an artist, leader, facilitator and program designer with over 16 years of experience building nonprofit capacity for organizational growth.
Previous to her appointment at LAHM, Bain served as associate vice president of the Posse Foundation. Posse is a national leadership and college access program which helps to send teams of students or “Posses” to top colleges and universities. At Posse, she was deputy to the COO, helping to onboard and provide oversight for executive directors in Posse’s 10 site offices – Atlanta, Boston, Chicago, Houston, Los Angeles, Miami, New Orleans, New York, Washington, D.C., and The San Francisco Bay Area. As the organization developed, she helped to establish the offices in Atlanta, New Orleans, and Miami and double Posse’s STEM initiative. She also helmed Posse’s Training and Evaluation department, which works with human resources to onboard all new staff, provide skill training and professional development, and design curriculum. Bain’s efforts helped to increase Posse's national student graduation rates for four consecutive years.
Bain is committed to social justice. She facilitates and trains others to facilitate conversations on social identity, leadership and group dynamics. She is currently the co-chair of Culture @3’s anti-racism subcommittee.
Bain also serves on the national advisory council of Urban Bush Women (UBW). UBW is a dance company that galvanizes artists, activists and audiences through performances, artist development and community involvement. She produces The Drama Podcast, leads the Yale Black Alumni Association and serves on the Yale Board of Governors. She earned her BA in African-American Studies and Theater from Yale and her MFA from the Yale School of Drama.
As part of the Louis Armstrong House Museum, Bain looks forward to joining a team that has fiercely shepherded and shared the story of Louis Armstrong for decades. The new Louis Armstrong Center will provide the space needed to expand his legacy of excellence in art, education, and community.
