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Ramona Baker
Director and 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.
Janet L. Brown
Adjunct Lecturer, Seattle, Washington
Executive Director, Grantmakers in the Arts; former chair, Department of Performing and Visual Arts, Augustana College, Sioux Falls, South Dakota; national arts consultant, speaker, and facilitator; former executive director of South Dakotans for the Arts; former assistant to the general manager of New York Shakespeare Festival; worked with the American Conservatory Theatre in San Francisco, and the Minneapolis Society of Fine Arts; recipient of the Selina Roberts Ottum Award from the Americans for the Arts, for which she has served as a member of the Board of Directors, and of the Inaugural Robert Gard Award from the University of Massachusetts Arts Extension Service; director, Prairie Arts Management Institute; evaluator and panelist, National Endowment for the Arts B.F.A., University of South Dakota; M.P.A., University of South Dakota.
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
Former education advisor, Harris Theater Chicago; art and foreign language specialist, Illinois Arts Council; 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
Vice president, 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.
Lendre R. Kearns
Adjunct Lecturer, San Diego, California
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
Gallery owner in Indianapolis which represents artists from all parts of the United States as well as the estates of several prominent Hoosier painters; former marketing professional for a major Midwestern bank, now part of JP Morgan Chase, where he was senior vice president of external affairs; board member for WFYI, a public broadcasting organization; treasurer and board member of Old Northside historic neighborhood association; board president, Arts Council of Indianapolis. B.S., Purdue University; MBA, Indiana University.
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, Performing Arts Management program, North Carolina School of the Arts;former managing director, Connecticut Repertory Theatre; former interim manager,Eugene O'Neill Theater Center; former board member, Arts Council of Greater New Haven; board member, The Adam Foundation; 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; consultant and panelist. B.A., Stanford University; M.F.A., Yale School of Drama.
Paul Jan Zdunek
Adjunct Lecturer, Los Angeles, California
Chief executive officer, Pasadena Symphony Association; resource consultant/partner, Decision Support Partners, Inc.; former president and chief executive officer, Modesto Symphony Orchestra Association; former chief operating officer, State Theatre of Modesto, Inc.; former director of professional relations and business development, Mankato Kasota Stone, Inc; former artistic director, the Greater Twin Cities Youth Symphonies; former executive director and artistic director of the Greater Baltimore Youth Orchestra; arts critic for Stage Right, a Baltimore-based arts magazine. Certificate of Studies, Composition and Conducting, American Conservatory, France; M.M., Music (orchestral conducting), Cleveland Institute of Music; B.M., Composition, Peabody Institute of The Johns Hopkins University.
Richard F. Zellner
Adjunct Lecturer, Evergreen, Colorado
Nonprofit management consultant; trustee and board chairman, The Harmony Project, Denver; former president and CEO, East County Performing Arts Center, El Cajon, CA; former president/executive director, National Repertory Orchestra, Breckenridge, CO; former development director, Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra; former president, Institute for Advanced Musical Studies, Montreux, Switzerland; former program director, Western States Arts Federation; former executive director, Greater Twin Cities Youth Symphonies, Minneapolis, MN. B.A.,St. Norbert College; M.M. University of Wisconsin, Madison.
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