2014 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 and CEO, NBC Oklahoma
Altus, OK
Secretary
Michael Spring
Director, Miami-Dade County Department of Cultural Affairs
Miami, FL
Treasurer
Julie Muraco
Managing Partner, Praeditis LLC
New York, NY
Vice Chairs
Ramona Baker
Arts Consultant, Director, Master of Arts in Arts Administration Program, Goucher College
Indianapolis, IN
Maria Arena Bell
Arts Patron, Founder, Vitameatavegamin Productions
Los Angeles, CA
John Haworth
Director, George Gustav Heye Center, National Museum of the American Indian
New York, NY
William Lehr, Jr.
Chairman of the Board, 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
Senior Fellow, Paul G. Allen Family Foundation
Seattle, WA
Susan S. Goode
Arts Patron
Norfolk, VA
Timothy McClimon
President, American Express Foundation
New York, NY
Dorothy Pierce McSweeny
Chair Emeritus, DC Commission on the Arts & Humanities
Washington, DC
Margie Johnson Reese
Vice President of Programs, Big Thought
Dallas, TX
Directors
Nolen V. Bivens
U.S. Army (ret)
Arlington, VA
Leslie Blanton
Arts Patron
Houston, TX
Charles X Block
Bedrock Group, LLC
Philadelphia, PA
Theodor Dalenson
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
Board Chair, Cultural Data Project
Washington, DC
Sheila C. Johnson
Founder and CEO, Salamander Hospitality
Middleburg, VA
Deborah Jordy
Executive Director, Colorado Business Committee for the Arts
Denver, CO
William T. Kerr
Partner, Eaglepoint Advisors, LLC
New York, NY
Liz Lerman
Choreographer
Baltimore, MD
Mary McCullough-Hudson
President and CEO, ArtsWave
Cincinnati, OH
Felix Padrón
Director, City of San Antonio Department for Culture & Creative Development
San Antonio, TX
Barbara S. Robinson
Chair Emeritus, Arts Midwest
Cleveland, OH
Edgar L. Smith, Jr.
Chairman and CEO, World Pac Paper, LLC
Cincinnati, OH
Nancy Stephens
Actor and Activist
Los Angeles, CA
Ty Stiklorius
Partner, Get Lift'd
Santa Monica, CA
Ann Stock
Former Assistant Secretary of State for Educational and Cultural Affairs
Alexandria, VA
Charmaine Warmenhoven
Trustee, Montalvo Arts Center
Monte Sereno, CA
Ex-officio
Robert L. Lynch
Americans for the Arts
Washington, DC
In Memoriam
Peggy Amsterdam
Peter Donnelly
Emeritus
Fred Lazarus
Former President, Maryland Institute College of Art
Baltimore, MD