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 Matt Martin to learn more about joining the Arts Alliance Illinois Board of Directors.

Officers

O. VICTORIA LAKES-BATTLE

IFF
Board Chair

MARK RODRIGUEZ

LOHENGRIN FOUNDATION
Vice Chair

CHRISTINE DUDLEY

ILLINOIS PRODUCTION ALLIANCE
Treasurer

Directors

MICHELLE T. BOONE

THE POETRY FOUNDATION

LISA DUARTE

CROKE FAIRCHILD DUARTE & BERES/POINT OF DIFFERENCE

BRENDAN FERNANDES
INDEPENDENT ARTIST

E. Brooke Flanagan

Steppenwolf Theatre Company

JOSHUA D. GIBB

GALESBURG COMMUNITY FOUNDATION

 

MICHAEL HERNANDEZ

FRANCZEK P.C.

ERICA HUBBARD

OBAMA FOUNDATION

LEAH ISRAEL

LILETTE ADVISORS

KATHRYN M. LIPUMA

WRITERS THEATRE

MARY MCNAMARA BERNSTEN

ROCKFORD AREA ARTS COUNCIL

ABBY PUCKER

GERTIE

ROCHE SCHULFER

GOODMAN THEATRE

VIVIAN LEE STANDIFIRD

PEORIA, IL & CHICAGO, IL

SAM THOUSAND

CHIBRATIONS

DIA S. WEIL

CIVIC LEADER, RETIRED CEO

ALISA WOLFSON

LEO BURNETT CHICAGO

ANGEL YSAGUIRRE

COURT THEATRE

Arts Leadership Council

Contact Kacie Smith to learn more about joining the Arts Leadership Council. Know someone who should join? Submit a nomination form for yourself or someone you know.

Mary McNamara Bernsten

Rockford Area Arts Council
CO-CHAIR

Sam Thousand

CHIBRATIONS
CO-CHAIR

QUINN ADAMOWSKI

LANDMARKS ILLINOIS

CHUCK BENYA

ARTSPACE SOUTHERN ILLINOIS

CHRISTINA BOURNÉ

FORWARD MOMENTUM DANCE

Doug Johnson

McLean County Arts Center

PAUL KASSEL

Northern Illinois University

LYNN LAPLANTE

CHICAGO JAZZ PHILHARMONIC

Elizabeth Neukirch

Elizabeth Neukirch PR Consulting LLC

Courtney Rowe

Museum of Contemporary Art

SCOTT SILBERSTEIN

HMS MEDIA

Jorge Silva

Wirtz Center for the Performing Arts

Jorge Valdivia

Chicago Latino Theater Alliance

Deborah Venezia

Arts DuPage

Camille Wilson White

Oak Park Area Arts Council

HENRY WISHCAMPER

BUSTLING SPACES

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For every dollar donated to Arts Alliance over the last four years, we helped create over $280 in funding for the Illinois creative sector.