Acknowledgements and Leadership Committees

Adam Tafoya, Arts Program Support Specialist
Aisha Leverret, Data Strategist
Alicia Kopec, Visual Arts Professional Learning Specialist
Amanda Suckow, Music Professional Learning Specialist
Audrey Catalano, Program Coordinator, Student Programs
Becca Hall, Events Planner
Cebe Loomis, Events and Exhibition Support
César Torruella, Executive Director of Arts Education
Danielle Holtz, Director of Student Programs
Frank Cademartori, Arts Program Support Specialist
Jeneca Onikoyi, Program Manager, Student Programs
Jeff Waraksa, Manager of Arts Education Strategy
Jessica Rodrigue, Public Art and Partnership Support Specialist
Layne Netrefa-Drinkwater, Theatre Professional Learning Specialist
Lilian Blaser, Professional Learning Manager
M.K. Victorson, Dance Professional Learning Specialist
Mitch Davis, Manager of Fine and Performing Arts Schools
Rebecca Baruc, Events and Exhibition Support
Sara Simon, Arts Program Support Specialist
Yaritza Serrano, Program Coordinator, Student Programs
Yousif Alzayed, Arts + Tech Coordinator

Angela Lin, Director of Data and Research
Carey Kogol, Director of Development
Christine Ng, Data Analyst
Kalena Chevalier, Director of the Creative Schools Fund
Lilly Cruz, Director of Partnerships and Learning
Lupe Jimenez Pinto, Chief of Staff
Mercedes Alvear, Senior Manager of Development
Nicole Upton, Executive Director
Tashia Fouch, Operations Manager

Claire Rice, Executive Director - Arts Alliance Illinois
Jen Johnson, Deputy Mayor EDYHS
Lauren Secatore, Senior Advisor to CPS Chief Education Officer
Lynn Pace Green, ArtsEd Chi
Macquline King, Senior Director of Education Policy
Mark Potter, Provost - City Colleges Chicago
Nora Daley, Board Chair - Illinois Art Council

Abhi Shrestha, Steppenwolf Theatre Company
Afton Battle, Lyric Opera of Chicago
Amy Rasmussen, Chicago Arts Partnerships in Education
Christine Taylor, Ravinia Festival
Jared Bellot, Goodman Theatre
Jonathan McCormick, Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Kimberly Motes, Chicago Shakespeare Theater
Kurt Gildow, Merit School of Music
Linda Swayze, Joffrey Ballet
Robin Schnur, Arts Institute of Chicago

Alice Costas, Visual Arts Teacher
Anita Hill, MTSS Interventionist and Arts Liaison
David Smith, Visual Arts Teacher
Diana Muhammad, Dance Teacher
Erik Juhl, Music Teacher
Gina Szulkowski, Chair CTU Arts Committee
Katrina Barge, Visual Arts Teacher

Joe Panganiban, Program Officer, Lloyd A. Fry Foundation
Mark Rodriguez, Chief Executive Officer, Lohengrin Foundation
Nedra Lucas, Program Officer, Crown Family Philanthropies

Tina Boyer Brown, Executive Director, ChiArts High School
Vicki Brown, Principal, South Shore Fine Arts Academy

Andrea Merello, Visual Arts
Heidi Stirling, Music
Jason Fahrenbach, Music
Krystal Grover-Webb, Visual Arts
Lisa Siciliano, Theatre
Luewilla Muhammad, Dance
Nadine M. Smith, Music
Venise Keys, Visual Arts

Anya Tanyavutti, Changing Worlds (formerly)
B. Metzger Sampson, Poetry Center
Brandon Cloyd, Playmakers Lab
Drew Smith, Uniting Voices Chicago
Eboné Harden, Hubbard Street Dance
Isaac Sinnett, Ravinia Festival
Kelly Christiel, SkyArts
Kristen Wykret, ChiCat
Leslé Honoré, Urban Gateways
Lydia Ross, DCASE
Meida McNeal, DCASE
Natalie Butler, People’s Music School
Pierre Lockett, Forward Momentum
Rebecca Zemans, Remy Bumppo Theatre
Tanner Woodford, Design Museum

Hal Woods, Chief of Policy

Alexandra Brown, Vice President Corporate Affairs
Joanna Kruppa, Executive Vice President Head of Corporate Affairs
Maeve Spears, Account Supervisor

Melissa Stratton, Chief Communications Officer
Quan Vu, Press Secretary, Arts Education

Amanda Karhuse, Assistant Executive Director, National Association for Music Education
Susan McGreevy-Nichols, Executive Director, National Dance Education Organization
Dain Olsen, President and CEO, National Association for Media Arts Education
Jennifer Katona, Executive Director, Educational Theatre Association
Mario Rossero, former Executive Director, National Art Education Association