Leadership

 Esq. BA (hons), M.Sc., LL.M.

Anthony provides consulting and board advisory services to select for- and non-profit clients in areas of visioning, strategic and financial planning, succession management, operations systems, recruitment, special projects. Anthony provides legal advice to New York clients in areas including non-profit, art, estate planning, contract negotiation, legal strategy, and commercial transactions. As Board Chair of The Quilted Bear (UK) Ltd., Anthony is responsible for the international multi-brand, multi-channel online merchant’s sustainable growth strategies. Anthony is a co-founder of Broad Strokes Consulting Alliance (www.broadstrokes.us).

From 2011-22 Anthony was Director of Operations, Administration and Legal Affairs at Storm King Art Center, a 500-acre sculpture park in Cornwall, NY. As a driving force in the organization’s modernization, Anthony oversaw diverse areas including marketing and community re-engagement, developing earned revenue streams, landscape and ecology, finance, visitor operations, HR and DEI programs. Previously based in Washington DC, Anthony has also worked for satellite communications start-up TerreStar Networks, Verizon Business, and WilmerHale LLP.

Anthony serves on the boards of the Garde Arts Center, the Orange County (NY) Arts Council (Advisory Board), the Thornwillow Institute, The Quilted Bear (UK) Ltd, and Manitoga: the Russel Wright Museum (Finance Committee). Anthony has served in appointed positions on the New York State Tourism Advisory Committee (2021-23), the Town of Cornwall Economic Development Advisory Committee (2016-22), the Town of Cornwall Comprehensive Planning Committee (2017-19), and on the board of Land to Learn (formerly Hudson Valley Seed) (as Chair and Vice Chair). Anthony is managing trustee of three Connecticut-based trusts.

Anthony holds degrees from Pembroke College, Oxford (BA (hons) Jurisprudence); Bristol University (M.Sc. Development Administration and Planning); and Georgetown University Law Center (LL.M. International Law).

When not working or volunteering , Anthony enjoys long-distance hikes, running, cooking, fermenting, pickling, drone and computer geekery, restorative native landscaping, and renovating his 1940s home.

Former President

Garde Board of Trustees

Philip Michalowski has volunteered at the Garde Arts Center for over thirty-five years in a number of capacities.  He arrived in the City of New London in 1969 as its  Development Administrator and has been an active resident ever since. He chaired the Building Committee during the planning, property acquisition, and major renovation of the Garde Theater. The Campaign for the Garde 2000 transformed the facility into a performing arts center and its footprint grew to include 95% of a city block. During his tenure as President of the Garde Arts Center Board of Trustees, he accepted on behalf of the Garde the award for Outstanding Historic Theater of 2022 by the League of Historic American Theatres, largely due to the Garde’s unique approach to community engagement.

Using his training and experience as a professional city planning and economic development consultant with his own firm Harrall and Michalowski which merged with Milone and MacBroom, he brought an understanding of the synergy of the arts with community linkages, economic development generation, and community pride.  Ongoing Garde restoration, as one of Downtown’s iconic historic buildings, encouraged investments in other nearby historic structures. The Garde’s diverse programming and staff built bridges among many local and regional ethnic communities. Communication among community members has been stimulated because of the Garde’s efforts.  His planning assignments in numerous northeastern cities provided an opportunity to visit and observe the role of historic theaters in downtown revitalization. 

Mr. Michalowski received his education at Saint Michael’s College with a Bachelor of Arts in Business Administration and a Masters of Public Administration from the University of Pittsburgh, Graduate School of Public and International Affairs.  He was a Charter Member of the American Planning Association and the American Institute of Certified Planners and a member of the Urban Land Institute and the Connecticut Community Development Association.