Lenwood (Leni) Sloan serves as Executive Director of the Pennsylvania Commonwealth Monument Project which preserves, conserves, and rededicates historic and cultural monuments throughout the state. In that capacity, he spearheaded the placement of the first monument dedicated to the 15th and 19th amendments in the United States at Pennsylvania’s Capitol.

He is co-chair of the building committee for the Thaddeus Stevens and Lydia Smith Center for History and Democracy targeted to open in Lancaster in October, 2025.

Sloan served as Pennsylvania Governor Wolf’s appointee to the Commonwealth Capitol Preservation Committee (CPC). In addition, he was a founding board member for The African American Irish Diaspora Network (AAIDN),

In addition, he has provided stewardship as a member of the Mid Atlantic Arts Foundation (MAAFA, the Pennsylvania Downtown Association (PDA), the Lancaster (Pa.) Heritage Society (LHS), the Lancaster (Pa.) Public Arts Program. (LPAP), the Harrisburg Sprocket Mural Project, and co-convenor and moderator of Lancaster: ARTS TALK!

Sloan is well known across the U.S. as a catalytic agent, animator, and facilitator of cultural and heritage programs. His artistic credits include creating the “Art in the Marketplace” programs for the Rouse Corporation in New Orleans, St. Louis, Boston, and Baltimore. In addition, he participated as a movement specialist on the artistic team “12 Years A Slave”, and four national public television documentaries, Treme- Untold Story, Emmy award winning Ethnic Notions, Stephen Foster, and the Emmy award winning Dance Black America.

Sloan was guest artist with the International “Silk-Road” Project for PBS and Irish Public Television released in fall of 2024.

For over 30 years, he collaborated with the renowned late Dr. Mick Moloney presenting programs, concerts and masterclasses on the convergence, contributions, and conflicts of Black and Irish experiences in the United States. Their collaboration took the pair from New York to San Francisco and Cuba to Limerick, Ireland.

Two Roads Diverge, a film about their collaboration premiered October 28-29, 2024 at New York’s Irish Repertory Theater