Colleen E. Hughes...

is a Brooklyn based nonprofit & arts attorney. She is admitted to practice in NY (2026).

Colleen received her J.D. from New York Law School and currently works at Tovella Dowling, PC where she specializes in nonprofit law.

As an administrator and manager, Colleen previously worked with nonprofit arts organizations such as Fractured Atlas, Signature Theatre, St. Ann’s Warehouse, The Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Berkshire Theatre Group, and Orchard House Museum. She has volunteered with Volunteer Lawyers for the Arts and CO/LAB Theater Group, was the creator of Podcast and storytelling project, You Sound Like a Girl, and served two terms on the Brooklyn Democratic County Committee.

Photo of Colleen E. Hughes by Brit Worgan.