Giles is a Senior Program Officer for Arts & Creativity at the Barr Foundation. With assets of almost $2.5B, Barr is among the largest private foundations in New England and has contributed more than $1 billion to charitable causes since 1999. Prior to Barr, Giles spent fourteen years with the Boston Chinatown Neighborhood Center. Hired as BCNC’s first arts program coordinator in 2006, Giles was named CEO in 2013. Under his leadership, BCNC developed and opened the Pao Arts Center in 2017, Boston Chinatown’s first arts and cultural center. Giles is a published poet, spoken-word performance artist, and former cultural organizer.

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