About Us

Board

Board Officers

David B. Devan Chair General Director & President, Opera Company of Philadelphia	Virginia P. Sikes, Esq. Secretary Partner, Montgomery, McCracken, Walker & Rhoads
Sean T. Buffington Vice Chair President and CEO, The University of the Arts	Michael Scolamiero Treasurer Executive Director, Pennsylvania Ballet Association
Valerie Gay Vice Chair Executive Director, Art Sanctuary

Board Members

Drew Becher President, The Pennsylvania Horticultural Society	Peter Intermaggio Senior Vice President for Marketing Communications, Comcast Cable
Ingrid E. Bogel Executive Director, Conservation Center for Art and Historic Artifacts	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	Glen Knapp Executive Producing Director, Philadelphia Young Playwrights
Catherine M. Cahill President & CEO, The Mann Center for the Performing Arts	Kelly Lee Associate Principal - Community and Project Finance, Seslia & Company
Verónica Castillo-Pérez	Virginia Logan Executive Director, Brandywine Conservancy
Danielle Cohn Vice President of Marketing & Communications, Philadelphia Convention & Visitors Bureau	Sharmain Matlock-Turner President and CEO, Urban Affairs Coalition
Gregory Corbin Founder/Executive Director, Philly Youth Poetry Movement	Leslie Anne Miller, Esq. Principal, Leslie Anne Miller, Esq., LLC
Kevin Dow Chief Operating Officer, Commerce Department, City of Philadelphia	Amy Murphy Managing Director, Arden Theatre Company
The Honorable Dwight Evans Ex-Officio Member, Pennsylvania House of Representatives	Elizabeth Murphy Vice President, Governmental and External Affairs, PECO
Laura Foster President and CEO, Please Touch Museum	Natalye Paquin, Esq. Chief Executive Officer, Girl Scouts of Eastern Pennsylvania
Eric Fraint President, Your Part-Time Controller	Siobhan Reardon President and Director, Free Library of Philadelphia
Kathy Hanrahan Coach, Ed Snider Youth Hockey Foundation	Gary Steuer Ex-Officio Chief Cultural Officer, Office of Arts, Culture and the Creative Economy, City of Philadelphia
Gail Harrity President and Chief Operating Officer, Philadelphia Museum of Art	Ed Tettemer
Helen E. Haynes Director of Cultural Affairs, Montgomery County Community College	Thomas C. Woodward Chair Emeritus Pennsylvania State President and Philadelphia Market President, Bank of America
Steve Highsmith Director of Community Relations, Phl17