The Arsht Angel Award Adrienne Arsht

Business leader and impact philanthropist Adrienne Arsht is focused on artistic, business, and civic growth. In 2008, her $30 million contribution secured Miami’s Performing Arts Center’s financial footing, later renamed the Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts of Miami-Dade County.   

In 2022, Arsht announced an $11 million endowment gift in support of the Center’s mission-driven arts education and community engagement programs and the relaunch of its internship program.  

In addition to Arsht Center, Adrienne’s gifts to arts institutions include a $10 million contribution to Lincoln Center which was recognized with the dedication of the Adrienne Arsht Stage in Alice Tully Hall. A donation of $5 million to fund The Metropolitan Museum of Art’s first ever paid internship program and $10 million for METLIVE Arts programming.  

In 2022, The Chronicle of Philanthropy ranked Arsht number 32 on its America’s biggest donors list and was named one of the Worth Magazine’s Worthy 100.   

In 2021, she was awarded the Lifetime Achievement Award from the South Florida Hispanic Chamber of Commerce and was the recipient of an honorary Doctor of Arts degree from Barry University. Adrienne is trustee emerita of the University of Miami and an honorary board member of Amigos for Kids.  

She is the daughter of the Honorable Roxana Cannon Arsht, the first female judge in the State of Delaware, and Samuel Arsht, a prominent Wilmington attorney. Upon graduation from Villanova Law School, Arsht was the 11th woman admitted to the Delaware bar – her mother having been the 5th. A graduate of Mount Holyoke College, Arsht is a member of the Delaware Bar.