2017 Americans for the Arts Board of Directors
Chair
Abel Lopez
Associate Producing Director, GALA Hispanic Theatre
Washington, DC
Secretary
Michael Spring
Director, Miami-Dade County Department of Cultural Affairs
Miami, FL
Chair-Elect/Treasurer
Julie Muraco
Managing Partner, Praeditis Group LLC
New York, NY
Vice Chairs
Alessandra DiGiusto
Head of Corporate Social Responsibility Americas,
Deutsche Bank Americas Foundation
New York, New York
John Haworth
Senior Executive Emeritus,
National Museum of the American Indian
Brooklyn, NY
William Lehr, Jr.
Community Volunteer
Hershey, PA
Timothy McClimon
President,
American Express Foundation
New York, NY
Margie Johnson Reese
Executive Director,
Wichita Falls Alliance for Arts and Culture
Wichita Falls, TX
Steven D. Spiess
Chief Operating Officer,
Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck Denver, CO
At Large
Susan S. Goode
Arts Patron
Norfolk, VA
Floyd W. Green, III
Vice President & Head of Community Relations & Urban Marketing,
Aetna, Inc.
Hartford, CT
Glen S. Howard
Retired General Counsel,
The Pew Charitable Trust
Washington, DC
Dorothy Pierce McSweeny
Chair Emeritus,
DC Commission on the Arts & Humanities
Washington, DC
Edgar L. Smith, Jr.
Chairman and CEO,
World Pac Paper, LLC
Cincinnati, OH
Charmaine Warmenhoven
President,
Warmenhoven Foundation
Monte Sereno, CA
Directors
Marty Albertson
Arts Patron
Ketchum, ID
Sarah Arison
President, Arison Arts Foundation
New York, NY
Ramona Baker
Arts Consultant, Ramona Baker Consulting, Director, Master of Arts in Arts Administration Program, Goucher College
Indianapolis, IN
Maria Arena Bell
President/Founder,
Vitameatavegamin Productions
Los Angeles, CA
Leslie Blanton
Arts Patron
Houston, TX
Charles Block
Director, Tamaqua Foundation
Pacific Palisades, CA
Michelle T. Boone
Chief Program and Civic Engagement Officer,
Navy Pier, Inc.
Chicago, IL
Danielle Brazell
General Manager,
City of Los Angeles Cultural Affairs Department
Los Angeles, CA
Jen Cole
Executive Director,
Metro Nashville Arts Commission
Nashville, TN
Debra Garcia y Griego
Executive Director,
City of Santa Fe Arts Commission
Santa Fe, NM
Vijay Gupta
First Violinist,
LA Philharmonic
Los Angeles, CA
Deborah Jordy
Executive Director,
Scientific and Cultural Facilities District
Denver, CO
Brian Stokes Mitchell
Chairman of the Board,
The Actors Fund
New York, NY
Charles B. Ortner
Partner,
Proskauer Rose LLP
Los Angeles, CA
Felix N. Padrón
Arts Patron
San Antonio, TX
Carolyn Powers
Arts Patron
Manhattan Beach, CA
Tommy Sowers
CEO and Founder,
Solo
Chapel Hill, NC
Nancy Stephens
Actor and Activist
255 N. Saltair Ave
Los Angeles, CA
Ty Stiklorius
Founder & CEO,
Friends At Work
Venice, CA
Ann S. Stock
Chair,
Women in Foreign Policy
Alexandria, VA 22314
Michael S. Verruto
Managing Director,
HPI Capital LLC
Charlotte, NC
Andrew Zolli
Z+ Partners
St. Paul, MN
Ex-officio
Robert L. Lynch
President and CEO, Americans for the Arts
Washington, DC
In Memoriam
Peggy Amsterdam
Peter Donnelly
Emeritus
Madeleine H. Berman
Ken Fergeson
Fred Lazarus