2012 Americans for the Arts Board of Directors
Chair
C. Kendric Fergeson
NBC Oklahoma
Altus, OK
Immediate Past Chair
Steven D. Spiess
Cravath, Swaine & Moore, LLP
New York, NY
Secretary
Michael Spring
Miami-Dade County Department of Cultural Affairs
Miami, FL
Treasurer
Julie Muraco
Praeditis Group LLC
New York, NY
Vice Chairs
Maria Bell
Arts Patron
Los Angeles, CA
John Haworth
National Museum of the American Indian
New York, NY
William Lehr, Jr.
Capital Blue Cross
Hershey, PA
Abel Lopez
GALA Hispanic Theatre
Washington, DC
Michael S. Verruto
HPI Capital LLC
Charlotte, NC
At Large
Madeleine Berman
Arts Patron
Franklin, MI
Susan Coliton
Paul G. Allen Family Foundation
Seattle, WA
Susan S. Goode
Arts Patron
Norfolk, VA
Dorothy Pierce McSweeny
Mid-Atlantic Arts Foundation
Washington, DC
Margie Johnson Reese
Big Thought
Dallas, TX
Directors
Ramona Baker
Master of Arts in Arts Administration Program, Goucher College
Indianapolis, IN
Nolen V. Bivens
U.S. Army (ret)
Arlington, VA
Leslie Blanton
Arts Patron
Houston, TX
Charles X Block
Bedrock Group, LLC
Washington, DC
Michelle T. Boone
City of Chicago, Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events
Chicago, IL
Theodor Dalenson
Nove Capital
New York, NY
Glen S. Howard
The Pew Charitable Trusts
Washington, DC
Sheila Johnson
Salamander Hospitality
Middleburg, VA
Deborah Jordy
Colorado Business Committee for the Arts
Denver, CO
William T. Kerr
Arbitron, Inc.
Columbia, MD
Fred Lazarus IV
The Maryland Institute, College of Art
Baltimore, MD
Liz Lerman
Choreographer
Baltimore, MD
Timothy McClimon
American Express Foundation
New York, NY
Mary McCullough-Hudson
ArtsWave
Cincinnati, OH
Barbara S. Robinson
Arts Midwest
Cleveland, OH
Ann E. Sheffer
The Betty R. and Ralph Sheffer Foundation
Westport, CT
Nancy Stephens
Actor and Activist
Los Angeles, CA
Ty Stiklorius
The Artists Organization
Santa Monica, CA
Charmaine Warmenhoven
Arts Patron
Monte Sereno, CA
Ex-officio
Robert L. Lynch
Americans for the Arts
Washington, DC
In Memoriam
Peggy Amsterdam
Peter Donnelly