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Board

Board Officers

Thomas C. Woodward Chair Pennsylvania State President and Philadelphia Market President, Bank of America	Patricia Washington Vice Chair Vice President of Cultural Tourism, Greater Philadelphia Tourism Marketing Corporation
David B. Devan Vice Chair General Director, Opera Company of Philadelphia	Michael L. Norris Secretary Executive Director, Art-Reach
Virginia P. Sikes, Esq. Vice Chair Partner, Montgomery, McCracken, Walker & Rhoads	Michael Scolamiero Treasurer Executive Director, Pennsylvania Ballet Association

Board Members

Romona Riscoe Benson President and CEO, The African American Museum in Philadelphia	Gail Harrity President and Chief Operating Officer, Philadelphia Museum of Art
Ingrid E. Bogel Executive Director, Conservation Center for Art and Historic Artifacts	Steve Highsmith Director of Community Relations, PHL17
Matthew Braun Executive Director, Samuel S. Fleisher Art Memorial	The Honorable James F. Kenney Ex-Officio Councilman At-Large, Philadelphia City Council
The Honorable Blondell Reynolds Brown Ex-Officio Councilwoman At-Large, Philadelphia City Council	Kelly Lee
Sean T. Buffington President and CEO, The University of the Arts	Leslie Anne Miller, Esq. Principal, Leslie Anne Miller, Esq., LLC
Laura Burnham Executive Director, Abington Art Center	Amy Murphy Managing Director, Arden Theatre Company
Verónica Castillo-Pérez Executive Director, Raíces Culturales Latinoamericanas, Inc.	Hal Real Chair Emeritus President, World Cafe Live
John D. Conaway Senior Vice President - Managing Director, Philadelphia and Southern New Jersey, PNC Wealth Management, PNC	Kim Sajet President and CEO, Historical Society of Pennsylvania
Kevin Dow Chief Operating Officer, Commerce Department, City of Philadelphia	Karen A. Simmons Fiscal Administrator, Greater Brandywine Cultural Alliance
The Honorable Dwight Evans Ex-Officio Member, Pennsylvania House of Representatives	Gary P. Steuer Ex-Officio Chief Cultural Officer, Office of Arts, Culture and the Creative Economy, City of Philadelphia
Eric Fraint President, Your Part-Time Controller	Nick Stuccio Producing Director, Philadelphia Live Arts Festival & Philly Fringe
Valerie Gay Assistant Dean of Institutional Advancement, College of Education, Temple University	Ed Tettemer
Jane Golden Heriza Executive Director, City of Philadelphia Mural Arts Program	James Undercofler Professor, Drexel University, Arts Administration Graduate Program
Juliet Goodfriend President, Bryn Mawr Film Institute