board of directors
Chair
Abel Lopez
Associate Producing Director, GALA Hispanic Theatre
Washington, DC
Immediate Past Chair
C. Kendric Fergeson
Chairman, NBC Oklahoma
Altus, OK
Secretary
Michael Spring
Director, Miami-Dade County Department of Cultural Affairs
Miami, FL
Treasurer
Julie Muraco
Managing Partner, Praeditis Group LLC
New York, NY
Vice Chairs
Ramona Baker
Arts Consultant, Ramona Baker Consulting;
Director, Master of Arts in Arts Administration Program, Goucher College
Indianapolis, IN
Maria Bell
Arts Patron
Los Angeles, CA
John Haworth
Director, George Gustav Heye Center, National Museum of the American Indian
New York, NY
William Lehr, Jr.
Chairman, President and CEO, Capital Blue Cross
Hershey, PA
Steven D. Spiess
Executive Director, Cravath, Swaine & Moore, LLP
New York, NY
Michael S. Verruto
Managing Director, HPI Capital LLC
Charlotte, NC
At Large
Madeleine Berman
Arts Patron
Franklin, MI
Susan Coliton
Vice President, Paul G. Allen Family Foundation
Seattle, WA
Susan S. Goode
Arts Patron
Norfolk, VA
Timothy McClimon
President, American Express Foundation;
Vice President, Corporate Social Responsibility, American Express
New York, NY
Dorothy Pierce McSweeny
Chair, Mid-Atlantic Arts Foundation;
Chair Emeritus, DC Commission on the Arts & Humanities
Washington, DC
Margie Johnson Reese
Vice President, Big Thought
Dallas, TX
Directors
Nolen V. Bivens
Brigadier General. U.S. Army (ret)
Arlington, VA
Leslie D. Blanton
Arts Patron
Houston, TX
Charles X Block
President, Bedrock Group, LLC
Washington, DC
Michelle T. Boone
Commissioner, City of Chicago, Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events
Chicago, IL
Theodor Dalenson
Chairman, Nove Capital
New York, NY
Floyd W. Green III
Vice President and Head of Community Relations, Aetna
Hartford, CT
Glen S. Howard
General Counsel, The Pew Charitable Trusts
Washington DC
Sheila Johnson
CEO, Salamander Hospitality LLC;
Vice Chairman Monumental Sports & Entertainment;
President and Managing Partner, Washington Mystics
Middleburg, VA
Deborah Jordy
Executive Director, Colorado Business Committee for the Arts
Denver, CO
William T. Kerr
Chairman, MiBa Holdings LLC
President & CEO (retired), Arbitron, Inc.
Columbia, MD
Fred Lazarus, IV
President, The Maryland Institute, College of Art
Baltimore, MD
Liz Lerman
Choreographer
Takoma Park, MD
Mary McCullough-Hudson
President and CEO, ArtsWave
Cincinnati, OH
Barbara S. Robinson
Chairman Emeritus, Ohio Arts Council and Chair, Arts Midwest
Cleveland, OH
Edgar L. Smith, Jr.
CEO, World Pac Paper, LLC
Cincinnati, OH
Nancy Stephens
Actor and Activist
Los Angeles, CA
Ty Stiklorius
Partner, The Artists Organization
Santa Monica, CA
Charmaine Warmenhoven
Arts Patron
Monte Sereno, CA
Ex officio
Robert L. Lynch
President and CEO, Americans for the Arts
Washington, DC
In Memoriam
Peggy Amsterdam
President
Greater Philadelphia Cultural Alliance
Philadelphia, PA
Peter Donnelly
Arts Consultant
Seattle, WA