2016 Conference Committee

Vickie Benson, The McKnight Foundation (Co-Chair)
Glyn Northington, Nonprofits Assistance Fund (Co-Chair)
Teresa Bonner, Aroha Philanthropies
Sharon DeMark, The Saint Paul Foundation
Sue Gens, Minnesota State Arts Board
Robyn Hollingshead, Margaret A. Cargill Philanthropies
Kate Lawson, Target
Leslie LeCuyer, Central Minnesota Arts Board
Arleta Little, The McKnight Foundation
Eleanor Savage, Jerome Foundation
Erik Takeshita, Bush Foundation
Janet Brown, Grantmakers in the Arts
Jim McDonald, Grantmakers in the Arts

GIA Board of Directors

Officers and Executive Committee

Robert Booker, chair

Arizona Commission on the Arts

Kristen Madsen, vice-chair

Creative Sonoma

Maurine Knighton, secretary

Doris Duke Charitable Foundation

Glyn Northington, treasurer

Nonprofits Assistance Fund

Laura Aden Packer

The Howard Gilman Foundation

Angelique Power

The Field Foundation of Illinois

Directors

T. Lulani Arquette

Native Arts & Cultures Foundation

Denise Brown

Leeway Foundation

Anita Contini

Bloomberg Philanthropies

Randy Engstrom

Seattle Office of Arts & Culture

Susan Feder

The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation

Arlynn Fishbaugh

Montana Arts Council

Ken Grossinger

CrossCurrents Foundation

Tatiana Hernandez

Hemera Foundation

Amy Kitchener

Alliance for California Traditional Arts

Arleta Little

The McKnight Foundation

Kerry McCarthy

The New York Community Trust

Margaret Conant Reiser

John H. & Wilhelmina D. Harland Charitable Foundation, Inc.

Ted Russell
Felicia Shaw

Regional Arts Commission of St. Louis

Gary Steuer

Bonfils-Stanton Foundation

Caitlin Strokosch

National Performance Network

Edwin Torres

New York City Department of Cultural Affairs

F. Javier Torres

ArtPlace America

San San Wong

Barr Foundation

Laura Zucker

Los Angeles County Arts Commission

GIA Staff

Jan Bailie, Director of Finance & Operations
Noah Barnes, Membership Manager
Janet Brown, President & CEO
Steve Cline, Web & Knowledge Manager
SuJ’n Chon, Program Manager
Kathy Lindenmayer, Director of Development & Membership
Jim McDonald, Deputy Director & Director of Programs
Linda Mikkelsen, Conference Planning Consultant
Monica Thomas, Communications & Publications Manager