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Ramona Baker
Director, Master of Arts in Arts Administration, Adjunct Lecturer, Indianapolis, Indiana
Consultant, facilitator, and speaker with over 25 years experience as CEO of nonprofit/cultural organizations; currently works with nonprofit organizations around the country. Former executive director, Arts Council of Indianapolis; currently member of board and executive committee of Americans for the Arts; former board member of National Association of Local Arts Agencies, Nonprofit Advisory Board, and U.S. Urban Arts Federation; former executive director, Arts Council of Huntsville, Alabama; former managing director, Enterplay Theatre, New York; former director of audience development, Back Alley Theatre, Washington, D.C. Has produced arts festivals, managed theatre companies, presented workshops, published arts research, supervised capital construction, and served as evaluator and panelist for the National Endowment for the Arts. B.F.A., Theatre, University of Texas, Austin; M.F.A., Arts Management, Florida State University.
Rachelle V. Browne
Adjunct Lecturer, Washington, D.C.
Associate general counsel, Smithsonian Institution; chair, "Legal Issues in Museum Administration," course co-sponsored by Smithsonian, American Law Institute-American Bar Association, and American Association of Museums; former staff attorney and attorney-advisor, Federal Trade Commission; former counsel to U.S. Virgin Islands Port Authority; former board member, African Continuum Theatre, Washington, D.C., former adjunct professor, Howard University. B.S. Barnard College, J.D., Harvard Law School.Christine Dewalt Burdett
Adjunct Lecturer, Norman, Oklahoma
Grants program administrator, Kirkpatrick Family Fund; former development director, Center for Children and Families, Norman, Oklahoma City; president, Imagine the Possibilites, a consulting firm specializing in facilitation, planning and training; former executive director, Assembly of Community Arts Councils of Oklahoma, Inc.; former executive director, Assembly of Community Arts Councils of Oklahoma, Inc.; former director, Oklahoma Cultural Coalition; former board member and chair of committees, National Assembly of Local Arts Agencies; former board member and chair of committees, National Assembly of Local Arts Agencies; former member, Steering Committee of Mid-America Regional Arts Forum for the National Endowment for the Arts/NALAA; advisor and consultant, Greater Oklahoma City Cultural Plan; consultant in numerous states on organizational development and stabilization of arts organizations. B.S., Eastern Michigan University.
Robert E. Bush, Jr.
Adjunct Lecturer, Charlotte, North Carolina
Senior Vice President of Cultural & Community Investment, Arts & Science Council of Charlotte-Mecklenburg, direct oversight and management responsibility for grant making, planning, public art, program and service efforts including the agency’s community cultural planning, strategic planning agency planning and project planning efforts; policy formation; evaluation; community needs assessment; advocacy and special projects. Adjunct Lecturer, Davidson College. Consultant, facilitator, and speaker with over 25 years experience. Former President & CEO of United Arts Council of Raleigh & Wake County and Arts United of Greater Fort Wayne, Director of Development Mint Museum of Art and Executive Director Catawba County Council for the Arts. Former board member of National Association of Local Arts Agencies and Americans for the Arts. B.S., M.A., Appalachian State University.
Libby Lai-Bun Chiu
Adjunct Lecturer, Ogden Dunes, Indiana
Chief of Staff, Illinois Arts Council; Former education advisor, Harris Theater Chicago; former executive director, Urban Gateways: Center for Arts Education, Chicago, IL; former vice president for institutional advancement, The Boston Conservatory; former director of demonstration school, Lowell Campus, University of Massachusetts; former adjunct professor,University of Massachusetts; former acting executive director, Massachusetts Cultural Council/Council on the Arts and Humanities; numerous consultancies and board memberships including the Chicago Community Trust, Chen & Dancers, and the Asian American Arts Alliance. B.A., Wellesley College; M.Ed., Boston University.
E'Vonne Coleman Cook
Adjunct Lecturer, Durham, North Carolina
Chief Operating Officer, Durham Convention and Visitors Bureau; former assistant director, Duke University Office of Continuing Studies and Summer Session; arts consultant and motivational speaker; former executive director, Durham Arts Council; former special assistant to the chairman, National Endowment for the Arts; former assistant director, expansion arts program,National Endowment for the Arts; director, management services, Greater Philadelphia Cultural Alliance; director, Community Services, Arts and Science Council of Charlotte; recipient, Robert Gard Award from the University of Massachusetts Arts Extension Services; former board member, National Assembly of Local Arts Agencies, Grantmakers in the Arts; evaluator and panelist, National Endowment for the Arts. B.A., North Carolina Central University; M.A., Performing Arts Management,The American University.
Maryo Gard Ewell
Adjunct Lecturer, Gunnison, Colorado
Consultant and trainer, Colorado Council on the Arts and Commmunity Resource Center of Denver; former associate director, Colorado Council on the Arts; helped to create the Neighborhood Cultures of Denver, the Arts Education Equity Network, and a regionalized folk arts program. Board member, Gunnison Area Community Foundation, Gunnison Council for the Arts, the Robert Gard/Wisconsin Idea Foundation, and Arts for Colorado; former board member and Vice President of the National Assembly of Local Arts Agencies,and former board member, Colorado Alliance for Arts Education. Recent honors include the 2004 "Arts Advocate of the Year" from Gunnison Arts Center and 2001 Honorary Doctor of Humane Letters from Goucher College. In 1995 she received the Selina Roberts Ottum Award from Americans for the Arts for community arts development. B.A., Bryn Mawr College; M.A, Organizational Behavior,Yale University; M.A.,Urban and Regional Planning, University of Colorado-Denver.
Marcia H. James
Adjunct Lecturer, Scottsdale, Arizona
Fundraising consultant and freelance writer. Former director of development at the Heard Museum, an internationally celebrated museum of Native American arts and cultures; Arizona Theatre Company; and Audubon Arizona, the state office of the National Audubon Society. Former major gifts officer of the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra and director of the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra's $100 million Sustaining Greatness Campaign. One of 24 nonprofit leaders selected nationwide for the 2009-2010 American Express Nonprofit Leadership Academy. B.A., Mount Holyoke College. B.A., M.A. University of Oxford. M.A., M.Phil., Yale University.
Lendre R. Kearns
Adjunct Lecturer, Tuscon, Arizona
General Manager, Broadway on Tucson; consultant, guest speaker and workshop facilitator for arts organizations and arts agencies in the United States and Canada. Former communications director, La Jolla Playhouse; Guthrie Theatre and Royal Winnipeg Ballet. Former adjunct professor, University of Toronto, Scarborough Campus (Strategic Planning and Marketing); former general manager, Compass Entertainment; former executive director, Minnesota Dance Theatre. Former member of Canada Council Dance Advisory and Canada Council Touring Advisory; former board member, Minnesota Dance Theatre, Women's Repertory Theatre. Recent publication: www.artsontour.ca
Mary Lucinda (Cindy) Kelly
Adjunct Lecturer, Baltimore, Maryland and New York, New York
Art historian, art consultant and exhibition curator; former director of Evergreen Museum & Library and Homewood Museum, the two museums of Johns Hopkins University; former curator of Evergreen Museum & Library; former public art consultant for the Baltimore Mayor's Committee on Art and Culture, Maryland Art Place, Trust for Public Land and the Baltimore City Department of Recreation and Parks; former Visual Arts Program Director at the Maryland State Arts Council; Co-author of Homewood (Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press), 2004; and author of Baltimore's Outdoor Sculpture, to be published in 2010. B.A., Randolph-Macon Women's College; M.A.,Johns Hopkins University.
Gregory Lucas
Adjunct Lecturer, Indianapolis, Indiana
Greg Lucas is a
gallery owner from Indianapolis, Indiana. The gallery represents contemporary artists from all parts of the United States as well as the estates of several prominent Hoosier painters. He was director of marketing for a major Midwestern bank before entering the gallery business. His volunteer work has included board membership pf a public broadcasting organization; treasurer and board member of an historic neighborhood association; board president, Arts Council of Indianapolis. Lucas obtained a B.S. from Purdue University and an MBA from Indiana University.
Ellen Paxson
Adjunct Lecturer, Indianapolis, Indiana
Ellen has over 25 years of experience in art museum administration and management including strategic and institutional planning, project team management, policy/procedure development, program development and management, budget development and oversight, contract development and analysis, exhibition development and implementation. As the former Deputy Director of Collections and Programs at the Indianapolis Museum of Art she directed a 70+member Collections and Programs division that included Conservation, Registration, Exhibitions, Education, Public Programs, Design and Installation departments. She also oversaw the administration of eight curatorial collection areas. Ellen has received her B.A. from Ball State university and her M.A. from Herron School of Art with additional post grad work at Indiana University and Pratt Institute.
Randall F. Vega
Adjunct Lecturer, Baltimore, Maryland
Director of cultural affairs, Baltimore Office of Promotion and the Arts, which serves as the arts council for Baltimore City; programs include the Baltimore Mural Program; regranting to and coordination with community-based arts organizations;programs for children, and serving as a liaison between city government and the arts community; former executive director, Martha's Vineyard Chamber of Commerce,former reporter/news director, WMVY-FM, Vineyard Haven, Massachusetts. B.A., Connecticut College; M.A., Arts Administration, Goucher College.
Robert Wildman
Adjunct Lecturer, Winston-Salem, North Carolina
Director, Arts Management Program, Long Island University (C.W. Post); former Director, Performing Arts Management program, UNIVERSITY OF North Carolina School of the Arts; former managing director, Connecticut Repertory Theatre; former interim manager, Eugene O'Neill Theater Center; former director of press and marketing, Long Wharf Theatre; former director of institutional development, Yale Repertory Theatre/Yale School of Drama; former grants manager, Mark Taper Forum, Los Angeles; former grants writer, American Conservatory Theatre, San Francisco; board member, AAAE (Association Of Arts Administration Educators); former board member, North Carolina Theatre Conference; consultant and panelist. B.A., Stanford University; M.F.A., Yale School of Drama.
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