board of directors

Chair
Steven D. Spiess
Executive Director Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP
New York, NY

Immediate Past Chair
William Lehr, Jr.
Former Executive Hershey Foods Corporation
Hershey, PA

Vice Chairs
Maria Bell
Arts Patron and Writer
Los Angeles, CA

Peter Donnelly
Former President/CEO ArtsFund
Seattle, WA

Abel Lopez
Associate Producing Director GALA Hispanic Theatre
Washington, DC

Michael S. Verruto
Managing Director HPI Capital LLC
Charlotte, NC

Secretary
Michael Spring
Director Miami-Dade County Department of Cultural Affairs
Miami, FL

Treasurer
C. Kendric Fergeson
Chief Executive Officer NBanC
Altus, OK

At Large
Ramona Baker
Consultant
Ramona Baker and Associates
Indianapolis, IN

Madeleine Berman
Arts Patron
Franklin, MI

Nancy Glaze
Formerly with David and Lucile Packard Foundation
Los Altos, CA

Susan S. Goode
Arts Patron
Norfolk, VA

Margie Johnson Reese
Program Officer, Media, Arts and Culture
The Ford Foundation
Lagos, Nigeria

Directors
Alejandro J. Aguirre
Deputy Editor and Publisher
Diario Las Américas
Miami, FL

Naomi Barry-Perez
Chief of the Office of Enforcement Civil Rights Center, U.S. Department of Labor
Washington, DC

Chuck Block 
Bedrock Group, LLC 
Washington, DC

Nancy Boskoff
Executive Director
Salt Lake City Arts Council
Salt Lake City, UT

Betsy Bradley
Director Mississippi Museum of Art
Jackson, MS

Arthur Cohen
CEO LaPlaca Cohen
New York, NY

Elizabeth Cohen
Formerly with American Express
New York, NY

Susan Coliton
Senior Director
The Paul G. Allen Family Foundation
Seattle, WA

James Early
Director Center for Folklife Programs and Cultural Studies, Smithsonian Institution
Washington, DC

Marc Halsema
Integration Capital & Trade, Inc.
New York, NY

John Haworth
Director, George Gustav Heye Center National Museum of the American Indian
New York, NY

Glen Howard
President Strategic Philanthropy Advisors
Washington, DC

Sheila C. Johnson
CEO, Salamander Hospitality President & Managing Partner, Washington Mystics
Middleburg, VA

Fred Lazarus, IV
President The Maryland Institute, College of Art
Baltimore, MD

Liz Lerman
Founding Artistic Director Liz Lerman Dance Exchange
Takoma Park, MD

Timothy McClimon
President American Express Foundation
New York, NY

Mary McCullough-Hudson
President and CEO Fine Arts Fund
Cincinnati, OH

Dorothy McSweeney
Arts Patron
Washington, DC

Julie C. Muraco
Senior Managing Director
The NASDAQ Stock Market
New York, NY

Kathleen A. Pavlick
Formerly with JPMorgan Chase
Bronx, NY

Noemi Pollack
President and CEO Pollack PR Marketing Group
Los Angeles, CA

Barbara S. Robinson
Chairman Emeritus, Ohio Arts Council
Cleveland, OH

Barbara Rubin
Arts Patron
Stamford, CT and New York, NY

Harriet Sanford
President and CEO National Education Association Foundation
Washington, DC

Ann E. Sheffer
Secretary/Treasurer Betty R. Sheffer Foundation
Westport, CT

Joan F. Small
Arts Management Consultant
Chicago, IL

Charmaine Warmenhoven
Arts Patron
Monte Sereno, CA

Shirley P. Wilhite
Arts Patron
Shreveport, LA

Ex officio
Robert L. Lynch
President and CEO
Americans for the Arts
Washington, DC