2016 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
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 Arena Bell
President/Founder, Vitameatavegamin Productions
Los Angeles, CA
John Haworth
Director, George Gustav Heye Center, National Museum of the American Indian
Brooklyn, NY
William Lehr, Jr.
Chairman of the Board, Capital Blue Cross
Hershey, PA
Timothy McClimon
President, American Express Foundation, Vice President, Corporate Social Responsibility, American Express
New York, NY
Steven D. Spiess
Arts Patron
Englewood Cliffs, NJ
At Large
Susan Coliton
Consultant, Luma Consulting, LLC
Seattle, WA
Susan S. Goode
Arts Patron
Norfolk, VA
Dorothy Pierce McSweeny
Chair Emeritus, DC Commission on the Arts & Humanities
Washington, DC
Margie Johnson Reese
Executive Director, Wichita Falls Alliance for Arts and Culture
Wichita Falls, TX
Charmaine Warmenhoven
President, Warmenhoven Foundation
Monte Sereno, CA
Directors
Sarah Arison
President Arison Arts Foundation
New York, NY
Leslie Blanton
Arts Patron
Houston, TX
Charles X. Block
President, Bedrock Group LLC
Pacific Palisades, CA
Michelle T. Boone
Commissioner, City of Chicago, Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events
Chicago, IL
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, DataArts
Washington, DC
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
Felix Padrón
Director, City of San Antonio Department for Culture & Creative Development
San Antonio, TX
Carolyn Powers
Arts Patron
Manhattan Beach, CA
Barbara S. Robinson
Arts Patron
Cleveland, OH
Edgar L. Smith, Jr.
Chairman and CEO, World Pac Paper, LLC
Cincinnati, OH
Tommy Sowers, Ph.D
CEO and Founder, Solo
Chapel Hill, NC
Nancy Stephens
Actor and Activist
Los Angeles, CA
Ty Stiklorius
Santa Monica, CA
Ann Stock
Alexandria, VA
Michael S. Verruto
Managing Director, HPI Capital LLC
Charlotte, NC
Ex-officio
Robert L. Lynch
President and CEO, Americans for the Arts
Washington, DC
In Memoriam
Peggy Amsterdam
Peter Donnelly
Emeritus
Madeleine H. Berman
C. Kendric Fergeson
Fred Lazarus