Samantha Retamar

Samantha manages communications for the Foundation’s Creative Communities team. Her role focuses on sharing stories and highlighting the efforts of grantees working toward increasing access to the arts and developing high-quality public spaces for communities across the region.

Prior to joining the Foundation, Samantha served as public relations associate for Philabundance, one of the largest hunger relief organizations in the Delaware Valley. While there, she supported the organization’s communications efforts throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, led media relations during President Biden’s visit to the food bank and executed the communications strategy for the Philabundance Community Kitchen’s new state-of-the-art facility.

Samantha earned her B.A. in Mass Communications with a minor in International Studies from the University of South Florida.