About

Board & Arts Leadership Council

Our Board includes creative leaders and advocates from across Illinois. The Arts Leadership Council (ALC) advises the Alliance on strategy, programs, and membership development.

Board of Directors

Contact Kaitlin Donnelly to learn more about joining the Arts Alliance Illinois Board of Directors.

Officers

O. VICTORIA LAKES-BATTLE

IFF
Board Chair

JOHN STREMSTERFER

COMMUNITY FOUNDATION FOR THE LAND OF LINCOLN
Vice Chair

CHRISTINE DUDLEY

ILLINOIS PRODUCTION ALLIANCE
Treasurer

Directors

ABBY PUCKER

GERTIE

ALISA WOLFSON

LEO BURNETT CHICAGO

ANGEL YSAGUIRRE

COURT THEATRE

BRENDAN FERNANDES
INDEPENDENT ARTIST

E. Brooke Flanagan

Steppenwolf Theatre Company

CORY JOBE

GREAT RIVERS & ROUTES TOURISM BUREAU

ERICA HUBBARD

OBAMA FOUNDATION

KATHRYN M. LIPUMA

WRITERS THEATRE

LEAH ISRAEL

LILETTE ADVISORS

LISA DUARTE

CROAKE, FAIRCHILD, DUARTE, & BERES

MARK RODRIGUEZ

LOHENGRIN FOUNDATION

MARY MCNAMARA BERNSTEN

ROCKFORD AREA ARTS COUNCIL

MICHAEL HERNANDEZ

FRANCZEK P.C.

MICHELLE BOONE

THE POETRY FOUNDATION

PHILLIP BAHAR

CHICAGO HUMANITIES FESTIVAL

ROCHE SCHULFER

GOODMAN THEATRE

VIVIAN LEE STANDIFIRD

PEORIA, IL & CHICAGO, IL

SAM THOUSAND

MUSICIAN, CURATOR, DIRECTOR

Arts Leadership Council

Contact Bindu Poroori to learn more about joining the Arts Leadership Council.

Mary McNamara Bernsten

Rockford Area Arts Council
CO-CHAIR

Sam Thousand

Musician, Curator, Director
CO-CHAIR

Camille Wilson White

Oak Park Area Arts Council

CHRISTINA BOURNÉ

FORWARD MOMENTUM DANCE

CHUCK BENYA

ARTSPACE 304

Deborah Venezia

Arts DuPage

Doug Johnson

McLean County Arts Center

Elizabeth Neukirch

Elizabeth Neukirch PR Consulting LLC

HENRY WISHCAMPER

BUSTLING SPACES

Jorge Silva

Wirtz Center for the Performing Arts

Jorge Valdivia

Chicago Latino Theater Alliance

LYNN LAPLANTE

CHICAGO JAZZ PHILHARMONIC

PAUL KASSEL

Northern Illinois University

QUINN ADAMOWSKI

LANDMARKS ILLINOIS

SCOTT SILBERSTEIN

HMS MEDIA

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