2013 Americans for the Arts 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
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 Heyes Center, National Museum of the American Indian
New York, NY
William Lehr, Jr.
Chairman, 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 H. 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 Emeritus, Mid-Atlantic Arts Foundation
Chair Emeritus, DC Commission on the Arts & Humanities
Washington, DC
Margie Johnson Reese
Vice President, Programs, Big Thought
Dallas, TX
Directors
Nolen V. Bivens
Brigadier General, U.S. Army (ret)
Arlington, VA
Leslie Blanton
Arts Patron
Houston, TX
Charles X Block
President, Bedrock Group, LLC
Washington, DC
Michelle Boone
Commissioner, City of Chicago, Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events
Chicago, IL
Theodor Dalenson
Chairman, Nove Capital
New York, NY
Alessandra DiGiusto
Chief Administrative Officer, Deutsche Bank Americas Foundation
New York, NY
Floyd W. Green, III
Vice President & Head of Community Relations & Urban Marketing
Aetna, Inc.
Hartford, CT
Glen S. Howard
General Counsel, The Pew Charitable Trusts
Board Chair, Cultural Data Project
Washington, DC
Sheila Johnson
CEO, Salamander Hospitality
Middleburg, VA
Vice Chairman, Monumental Sports & Entertainment
President and Managing Partner, Washington Mystics
Washington, DC
Deborah Jordy
Executive Director, Colorado Business Committee for the Arts
Denver, CO
William T. Kerr
Chairman, MiBa Holdings LLC
President & CEO, Arbitron Inc. (retired)
Columbia, MD
Fred Lazarus
President, The Maryland Institute, College of Arts
Baltimore, MD
Liz Lerman
Choreographer
Baltimore, MD
Mary McCullough-Hudson
President and CEO, ArtsWave
Cincinnati, OH
Barbara S. Robinson
Chairman Emeritus, Ohio Arts Council and Arts Midwest
Cleveland, OH
Edgar L. Smith, Jr.
Chief Executive Officer, World Pac Paper
Cincinnati, OH
Nancy Stephens
Actor and Activist
Los Angeles, CA
Ty Stiklorius
Partner, The Artists Organization
Get Lift’d
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