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