board of directors

Immediate Past Chair
William Lehr, Jr.
Chairman, President and CEO, Capital Blue Cross
Hershey, PA

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

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

Abel Lopez
Associate Producing Director, GALA Hispanic Theatre
Washington, DC

Julie C. Muraco
Managing Partner, Praeditis Group LLC
New York, NY

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
Chairman, NBC Oklahoma
Altus, OK

At Large
Ramona Baker
Consultant, Ramona Baker Consulting, and Director, Master of Arts in Arts Administration Program, Goucher College
Indianapolis, IN

Madeleine Berman
Arts Patron
Franklin, MI

Susan S. Goode
Arts Patron
Norfolk, VA

Glen S. Howard
Gerneral Counsel, The Pew Charitable Trusts
Washington, DC

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

Nolen V. Bivens
Brigadier General. U.S. Army (ret)
Arlington, VA

Chuck Block 
President, Bedrock Group, LLC 
Washington, DC

Susan Coliton 
Vice President, Paul G. Allen Family Foundation
Seattle, WA 

Theodor Dalenson

Chairman, Nove Capital

New York, NY

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

J. Barry Griswell
Retired Chairman and CEO, The Principal Financial Group
President, The Community Foundation of Greater Des Moines
Des Moines, IA

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

Margie Johnson Reese
Principal Consultant, MJR Partners, LLC
Irving, Texas

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 Pierce McSweeny
Chair Emeritus, DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities
Washington, DC

Kathleen A. Pavlick
Arts Consultant
Bronx, NY

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

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

Harriet Sanford
President and CEO, The NEA Foundation
Washington, DC

Anne E. Sheffer
Westport, CT

Ty Stiklorius
Partner, The Artists Organization
New York, NY

Charmaine Warmenhoven
Arts Patron
Saratoga, CA

Shirley P. Wilhite
Arts Patron
Shreveport, LA

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

In Memoriam
Peggy Amsterdam
President
Greater Philadelphia Cultural Alliance
Philadelphia, PA

Peter Donnelly 
Arts Consultant 
Seattle, WA