board members

Board members and friends in the Granada Theater, 2022; photo by Zach Mendez

Board of Directors

Officers of the Board

Nicholas Burlett
Chair

Sandra L. Urquhart
1st Vice Chair

Robert Weinman
2nd Vice Chair

Monica Williams
Treasurer

Daniel Reicker, Esq.
Member at Large

Patricia Dixon
Secretary

Mary Tonetti Dorra
Member at Large

Members of the Board

Rodney Baker
Barbara Burger
Tanner Cassidy
Sarah Chrisman
Josepha DiRado
Brian Galura

Christine Holland
Dan Hone
Karen Knight
Gregory McMurray
Duncan Mellichamp
Joan Rutkowski

Eric Small
Judith F. Smith
Torben Von Staden
Simon Williams

**Denotes Honorary Member

Board Emeritus

Richard Aberle +
Pat Andersons
Rodney Baker
James Ballantine *
Britt Beauvoix
Marlyn Bernard Bernstein +
Sue Birch
Cynthia Brittain
Jim Burkemper +
Bonnie Corman *
Marilyn Crawford
Roger Davidson
Denise DeBellefeuille
George DeRado +
Nick DiNapoli

Jon DuPrau
Léni Fé Bland +
Kenneth Fitzpatrick
Louise Gaylord
Steve Gilbar
Nancy Golden*
Mary Hampson
William Jones
Herb Kendall**
Sarah Jane Lind**
Jayne Menkemeller
Carolina Montgomery
A.C. Moore
Martin Moskovits
Eric Oltmann

Christina Omdahl
Mary Penny
David Peri
Paksy Plackis-Cheng
William Ramsay +
Ida Rickborn
Jean Rogers
J. Gordon Schontzler *
Fred Sidon**
Linda Van Buren
Joann Younger

*  Denotes Former Chair
+ Deceased

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