Board of Directors + Committees
The Board of Directors & Committees
Volunteer leadership is key to the success of all not for profits and The Chicago International Puppet Theater Festival is no exception. It is with gratitude that we acknowledge the contributions of the following civic leaders who so generously share their time, talents, treasure, expertise, networks, insights, ideas and energy. Please see list below.
Board of Directors
Kimberly L. Ohms, Chair
President & CEO, Ohms Designs, Inc.
Alicia Bird
Founder, The Spoke & Bird Hospitality Group
Cheryl Lynn Bruce
Ensemble Member, Teatro Vista
Jin Ivacic
VP of Global Talent, Hyatt Corporation
Maureen Mizwicki
UChicago, Medicine & Biological Sciences Development
Julie Moller
Civic Leader
Kristy Moran
Civic Leader
Jes Sherborne
Chief Technology Officer, Truss
Jordan Shields, Treasurer
Managing Director, Juniper Advisory
Blair Thomas, Artistic Director & Founder
Adjunct Assoc. Professor, School of the Art Institute of Chicago
Pat Yuzawa-Rubin
Former Program Director, Circle of Service Foundation
Finance Committee
Jordan Shields (Finance Chair)
John Lewandowski
Kim Ohms
Development Committee
Maureen Mizwicki (Development Chair)
Julie Moller
Kristy Moran
Kim Ohms
Pat Yuzawa-Rubin
Jackie Zydeck
Advisory Board
Michelle T. Boone
President, The Poetry Foundation
Cheryl Henson
President, Jim Henson Foundation
Justine Jentes
Community Engagement Manager, Exelon
Ydalmi Noriega
Director of Programs and Community Engagement, The Poetry Foundation
Andrea Saenz
Chief Operations Officer, The Chicago Community Trust
Jane Nicholl Sahlins
Founder & Formerly Executive Director, International Theatre Festival of Chicago
Eva Silverman
Project Director, Art Design Chicago
Chuck Thurow
Architecture & Planning Professional
Formerly Executive Director, Hyde Park Art Center
Christy Uchida
President, The Brinson Foundation
Angel Ysaguirre
Executive Director, Court Theatre
Strategic Planning Committee
Christy Uchida, Chair
President, The Brinson Foundation
Michelle T. Boone
Chief Program & Civic Engagement Officer, Navy Pier
Marcia Festen
Director, Arts Work Fund for Organizational Development
Robin Frohardt
Artist
Esther Grisham Grimm
Executive Director, 3Arts
Justine Jentes
Community Engagement, Exelon
Louise Lapointe
Co-General Manager and Artistic Director, Casteliers
Tom Lee
Artist & Co-Director, Chicago Puppet Studio
Ydalmi Noriega
Community and Foundation Relations Director, The Poetry Foundation
Kim Ohms
Board Chair & President of Ohms Designs, Inc.
Paulette Richards
Atlanta-based Independent Scholar/Curator
Jes Sherborne
Chief Technology Officer, Truss
Myra Su
Puppeteer
Maria Tri Sulistyani
Co-Director, Paper Moon Theater, Indonesia
Omar Torres-Kortright
Executive Director, Segundo Belvis Ruiz Cultural Center
