CHIEF EXECUTIVE PROGRAM
Chief Executive Program: Community & Culture COHORT IV 2016–17
Abdullah AlkafriEttijahat - Independent
Culture
Phillip BaharChicago Humanities
Festival
Neil BeddowACTA Community
Theatre
Becky Bell BallardRosie’s House: A Music Academy for Children
Jenny BilfieldWashington Performing
Arts
Priscilla BlockSt. Louis ArtWorks
Lynn ClementsSlover Library
Julie DeckerAnchorage Museum
Ruth DickeySeattle Arts & Lectures
Laurie de KochSeattle JazzED
Erika DildayMaysles Documentary
Center
Zenetta DrewDallas Black Dance
Theatre
Silvia Duarte Neenah EllisWYSO Public Radio
Leanne FerrerPacific Islanders in Communications
Matthew FluhartyArt of the Rural
Peggy FogelmanIsabella Stewart Gardner
Museum
Alexander GibsonAppalshop
Mina GirgisThe Nile Project
Steven Raider-Ginsburg
Autorino Center for the Arts and Humanities
Esther Grisham Grimm3Arts
Scott HarrisonLos Angeles Chamber
Orchestra
Lane HarwellFord Foundation
Ro Nita Hawes-Saunders
Dayton Contemporary Dance Company
Anjee Helstrup-AlvarezMovimiento de Arte y
Cultura Latino Americana
Rachel JacobsonFilm Streams
Suzan JenkinsArts and Humanities
Council of Montgomery County
Shahina JohnsonCreate Studios Digital
Media
Sally KaneNational Federation of
Community Broadcasters
Lisa LucasNational Book Foundation
Julia Marciari-Alexander
Walters Art Museum
Jennifer McEwenHilton Head Island
Ayisha Morgan-LeeHill Dance Academy
Theatre
Adrienne NakashimaSouth Coast Botanic Garden Foundation
Drew OgleRose Center Council for
the Arts
Maria PariasFundación Nacional Batuta
Vandana RamBankstown Arts Centre
Tiffany Rea-FisherElisa Monte Dance
Lynn ScarffScience Gallery Dublin
Alissa NovoselickLiving Arts
J. Deacon StoneCoalfield Development
Kelli StricklandThe Hypocrites
Beth TakekawaWing Luke Museum of the
Asian Pacific American Experience
Teal ThibaudGlass House Collective
Britt UdesenThe Loft Literary Center
Jonna WardThe Seattle Public Library
Foundation
Matthew WilsonMASSCreative
Sylvia WolfHenry Art Gallery
Jenni WolfsonChicken & Egg Pictures
Angel YsaguirreCourt Theatre at
University of Chicago
Chief Executive Program: Community & Culture COHORT III 2014–15
Neil BarclayContemporary Arts Center
Jim BeirneLive Theatre
Michael BobbittAdventure Theatre
Jennifer BoomgaardenOmaha Symphony
Orchestra
Tony ButlerDerby Museums Trust
P. CarlHowlRound: A Center for
Theater Commons
Tim CarrollBankstown Youth
Development Service
Uli Sailer DasAmerican Airlines C.R.
Smith Museum
Bob DavidsonSeattle Aquarium
Gretchen DietrichUtah Museum of
Fine Arts
Cindy EinhouseBeck Center for the Arts
Ahmed El AttarStudio Emad Eddin
Foundation
Patricia FinneranStory Matters
Gary GinstlingNational Symphony
Orchestra
Daniel GormanShubbak Festival
Brent HastyMINDPOP
Jeffreen HayesThreewalls
Cristy Johnston LimonYouth Speaks
Anne KatzArts Wisconsin
Geoffrey Kershner Academy of Fine Arts
Karen KienzlePalo Alto Art Center
Scott Kratz11th Street Bridge Park
Lex LeifheitCity and County of San
Francisco
Sheila LewandowskiChocolate Factory
Theater
Frank LittleCity of Edinburgh
Council
Maria Claudia LopezCity of Bogota
Karen MackLA Commons
Jeff McCarterFree Spirit Media
Lynne McCormackLISC NYC
Hope McMathYellow House
Tanner MethvinAfrica Centre
Andreas MitisekLong Beach Opera & Chica-
go Opera Theater
Donna NeuwirthWormfarm Institute
Kelly PollockCenter of Creative Arts
Michael RohdSojourn Theatre; Center for Performance & Civic Practice; Arizona State
University
Abe RybeckThe Theater Offensive
Sue Schardt Roger SchmidtSitka Fine Arts Camp
Michael SeiwerathCapitol Hill Housing
Foundation
Adam PhilipsonCount Basie Theatre
Michael ShanklinKidspace Children’s
Museum
Scott ShowalterOregon Symphony
Orchestra
Connie SpreenExperimental Station
Tracy StrausCelebrate the Beat
Alicia SuttonFree Arts for Abused Children of Arizona
Clyde ValentinSMU Meadows Arts +
Urbanism Initiative
Carol VarneyArts Foundation of Tucson
and Southern Arizona
Gerd WuestemannScottsdale Arts
David BaileInternational Society for
the Performing Arts
Sara Bon-HarperAsh Lawn-Highland
Rowan BrownAlfred Gillett Trust
Katy ClarkBrooklyn Academy of
Music
Juan Antonio Cuellar Saenz
Pontificia Universidad Javeriana
David DowerArtsEmerson: The World
on Stage
Kristy EdmundsCenter for the Art of
Performance at UCLA
David FlatleyCenter for Community
Arts Partnerships at Columbia College
Vallejo GantnerPerformance Space 122
Sarah GeorgeNatural History Museum
of Utah
Michael John GormanScience Gallery
International
Maria HaneMuseum of Science &
History
Wier HarmanTown Hall Seattle
Corinne HillChattanooga Public
Library
Linda Jackson Kathleen JamesonMichener Art Museum
James Kass David KorenFigment Project
Veronique Le MelleJoan Mitchell Foundation
Monique le Conge Ziesenhenne
Palo Alto City Library
Helen LeggSpike Island
Jeffrey LependorfThe Flow Chart
Foundation
Christina LittlejohnArkansas Symphony
Orchestra
Angel Igor Loada Rivera Melo
Universidad de Guadalajara
Anne Meier BakerNational Endowment for
the Arts
Kevin MillsSouth Carolina Aquarium
Stephen MillsBallet Austin
Jonathan MosconeYerba Buena Center for
the Arts
Justine NaganAmerican Documentary,
Inc.
Christina OlsenUniversity of Michigan
Museum of Art
Elaina RichardsonThe Corporation of
Yaddo
Jessica Robinson LoveArabella Advisors
Ane Rodriguez Armendariz
Tabakalera
Art RotchPerserverance Theatre
Kirsten SchafferWomen in Film
Diomar SilveiraThe Philharmonic Cultural
Institute
Jill SnyderMuseum of Contemporary
Art Cleveland
janera solomonKelly Strayhorn Theater
Susan TaylorNew Orleans Museum
of Art
Kelly TweeddaleVancouver Symphony
Orchestra
Linus TunstömUppsala Stadsteater
Kristina Van Dyke Tony VecchioJacksonville Zoo and
Gardens
Joana VicenteToronto International
Film Festival
Mark WenderSoulsville Foundation
Kim WhitenerHERE Arts Center
C. Brian WilliamsStep Afrika!
Simon WoodsLos Angeles
Philharmonic
Chief Executive Program COHORT II 2013–14
Mike YankovichChildren’s Museum of
Denver
Daniel GallantNuyorican Poets Cafe
Ayden Adler Mary Lou AleskieDartmouth College
Torrie AllenOregon Shakespeare
Festival
Gigi AntoniWallace Foundation
Neil BallantyneKelvingrove Art Gallery
and Museum
Steven BassOregon Public Broadcasting
Pablo BerásteguiDonostia/San Sebastián
2016
Jennifer BielsteinAmerican Conservatory
Theatre
Betsy BradleyMississippi Museum of Art
Eve BridburgGrub Street
Celina ChinHong Kong Chinese
Orchestra
Deborah CullinanYerba Buena Center for
the Arts
Charles DesmaraisSan Francisco Chronicle
Aaron DworkinUniversity of Michigan
School of Music
Terry Dwyer Basma El HusseinyAction for Hope
Mikel EllcessorLimina House
Adrian EllisAEA Consulting
Brian FerrisoThe Portland Art
Museum
Kaywin FeldmanNational Gallery of Art
Sally Jo FiferIndependent Television
Service
Chris FischbachCoffee House Press
Laura Foster Evalyn Gates Leslie Greene Bowman
Thomas Jefferson Foundation
Madeleine GrynsztejnMuseum of Contemporary
Art Chicago
Jocelyn HaleMillerHale Associates
Michael Henson Jeffrey HerrmannSeattle Repertory Theatre
Tisa HoHong Kong Arts Festival
Kathleen HoweLudlow Assembly
Rooms
David HowseArtsEmerson: The World
On Stage
Adam HuttlerExponential Creativity
Ventures
Vaughan JudgeThe School of Art,
Montana State University
Brian KennedyToledo Museum of Art
Jeffrey KimptonInterlochen Center for
the Arts
Robert LambCanadian Opera Company
Jana La SorteAMBASSADORA
Cathy Leff
Kate LorenzHyde Park Art Center
Sarah LutmanLutman & Associates
Sean Malone Kate MarkertHillwood Estate, Museum
& Gardens
Steve MartinChildsplay
Terence McFarlandValley Performing Arts
Center
Patrick McIntyreSydney Theatre Company
Jean McLaughlinPenland School of Crafts
Steve Moffitt A New Direction
Chief Executive Program COHORT I 2011–13
Rachel MooreThe Music Center
Linda BillmanWDVX
Ken NeufeldVictoria Theatre
Association
Laurie Norton MoffattNorman Rockwell
Museum
Alex NyergesVirginia Museum of Fine
Arts
Timothy O’LearyWashington National
Opera
Graham ParkerWQXR
Anne ParsonsDetroit Symphony
Orchestra
Anne PasternakBrooklyn Museum of Art
Richard PennyWatershed
Craig PiperWildlife Conservation
Society
Andrew ProctorLiterary Arts
Dorothy PughBallet Memphis
Greg ReinerNational Endowment for
the Arts
Mike RossKrannert Center for the
Performing Arts
Jeffrey RudolphCalifornia Science Center
Cookie RuizBallet Austin
Sebastian RuthCommunity MusicWorks
Deborah RutterThe Kennedy Center for
the Performing Arts
Kim SajetNational Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution
Anthony SargentLuminato Festival
Jane SaksProject&
Ken SchutzDesert Botanical Garden
Ab SenguptaBaltimore Symphony
Orchestra
Patricia SimmonsNorth Carolina Zoo
Nina SimonSanta Cruz Museum of
Art & History
Peggy SloanShedd Aquarium
Shirley SneveThe Association of American Cultures
David SniderHubbard Hall Center for
the Arts
George SparksDenver Museum of Nature
& Science
Joan SquiresOmaha Performing Arts
Janneke Staarinkde Doelen
James StewardPrinceton University
Art Museum
Matías TarnopolskyPhiladelphia Orchestra
Bob TaylorGreat Lakes Theater
Festival
Carlton TurnerSipp Culture
Matthew VanBesienUniversal Musical Society
Robert van LeerThe Kennedy Center for
the Performing Arts
Gary Vikan Eduardo VilaroBallet Hispanico
Marc VoglVogl Consulting Services
Paulo Von-ZubenSanta Marcelina Cultura
Megan WanlassCornerstone Theater
Company
John WetenhallTextile Museum
Keith WinstenBrevard Zoo
Laura ZabelSpringboard for the Arts
Chief Executive Program COHORT I - CONTINUED 2011–13
Sally PerryNOCCA Institute