Board of Directors and Council of Advisors

Board of Directors

Ruth Rieffanaugh – Board Member and past President (Original Founding Member)

Susan Loomis-Wing – Board Member and Treasurer (Original Founding Member)

Madeline Lee – Board Member (elected November, 2021), Clerk

Diane Sheridan – Board Member and past Clerk (elected December, 2017)

John Quatrale – Board member and past Executive Director (Original Founding Member)

Jeanne Lin – Board Member (elected December, 2018)

Emelia Misail – Board Member (elected November, 2023)

Claudia Starkey – Board Member (elected June, 2024)

Council of Advisors

Louise Bonar – (Original Founding Member)

Tsun Ming Chmielinski (elected August, 2014)

Francis Gardino (elected August, 2014)

Marcie Laden (elected October, 2014)

Brenda Gael McSweeney, (PhD, Original Founding Member)

Andrea Newman (elected December, 2014)

Ira Iliana Papadopoulou, (PhD, elected December, 2014)

Karen Smigliani (Original Founding Member)

Jennifer Turpin (elected May, 2022)

Ex-officio

Heidi Lee  – Board Member and Vice-President (October 2013 – November 2020)

Sarah Berry  (Original Founding Member and member of the Council of Advisors through July, 2015)

Other Founding Members of Unbound Visual Arts

Ronni Komarow (Original Founding Member and member of the Board of Directors through November, 2013)

Other Board Members

Christine Winship – Board Member (Original Founding Member) (service ended 2022)

Ava Chan – (resigned October, 2019)

Tony Carmoega (resigned February, 2022)

Other Council of Advisors’ Members

Bob Greene (term ended 2022)

Are you interested in being considered for the Board of Directors or the Council of Advisors? Send an email and your resume or your LinkedIn profile link to info@UnboundVisualArts.org

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