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
Julie Moller
Civic Leader
Kristy Moran
Civic Leader
Jes Sherborne, Development Chair
Chief Technology Officer, Truss
Jordan Shields, Treasurer
Managing Director, Juniper Advisory
John Supera
CEO, Supera Asset Management
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
Rosemary “Ro” Zalewski
Chief Product Officer, MH3
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
Finance Committee
Jordan Shields (Finance Chair)
John Lewandowski
Kim Ohms
Curatorial Advisory Committee
Andrew Kim
Puppet maker and performer; co-artistic director of Thingumajig Theatre (England)
Ana Díaz Barriga
Ph.D. Candidate, Interdisciplinary Ph.D. in Theatre & Drama, Northwestern University
Paulette Richards
Independent Researcher
Doreen Sayegh
Theatre Producer/Tour Manager
Tom Lee
Director, designer, puppet artist
Yolanda Cesta Cursach Montilla
Artistic Director of High Concept Labs
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
