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

PHILLIP BAHAR

CHICAGO HUMANITIES FESTIVAL
Treasurer

Directors

ABBY PUCKER

GERTIE

ALISA WOLFSON

LEO BURNETT CHICAGO

ANGEL YSAGUIRRE

COURT THEATRE

CHRISTINE DUDLEY
ILLINOIS PRODUCTION ALLIANCE

CORY JOBE

GREAT RIVERS & ROUTES TOURISM BUREAU

E. Brooke Flanagan

Steppenwolf Theatre Company

ERICA HUBBARD

OBAMA FOUNDATION

HENRY WISHCAMPER

BUSTLING SPACES

KATHRYN M. LIPUMA

WRITERS THEATRE

MARK RODRIGUEZ

LOHENGRIN FOUNDATION

MICHAEL HERNANDEZ

FRANCZEK P.C.

MICHELLE BOONE

THE POETRY FOUNDATION

ROCHE SCHULFER

GOODMAN THEATRE

SCOTT SILBERSTEIN

HMS MEDIA

VIVIAN LEE STANDIFIRD

PEORIA, IL & CHICAGO, IL

Arts Leadership Council

Contact Claire Rice to learn more about joining the Arts Leadership Council.

HENRY WISHCAMPER

BUSTLING SPACES
Co-Chair

SCOTT SILBERSTEIN

HMS MEDIA
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

Jorge Silva

Wirtz Center for the Performing Arts

Jorge Valdivia

Chicago Latino Theater Alliance

LYNN LAPLANTE

CHICAGO JAZZ PHILHARMONIC

LYNNE PACE GREEN

ARTIST AND EDUCATOR

Mary McNamara Bernsten

Rockford Area Arts Council

MATTHEW LEE ERLBACH

INDEPENDENT ARTIST

NORA CARROLL

INDEPENDENT ARTIST / CHICAGO SHAKESPEARE THEATRE

QUINN ADAMOWSKI

LANDMARKS ILLINOIS

PAUL KASSEL

Northern Illinois University

Sam Thousand

Musician, Curator, Director

TAILA HOWE

CHICAGO UNDERGROUND FILM FESTIVAL

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For every dollar donated to Arts Alliance over the last four years, we helped create over $278 in funding for the Illinois creative sector.