Charlie Lucas (Chair)
Charlotte, NC |
Rob King (Vice Chair)
Winston-Salem, NC
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Christine McArdle McGuire (Secretary)
Asheville, NC |
Michael A. Almond
Piney Creek, NC |
Lee Chaden
Winston-Salem, NC
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Claire Christopher
Winston-Salem, NC |
Nicholas Correa (ex officio)
President, Student Government Association
Tybee Island, GA |
John Crumpler
Raleigh, NC |
Donald E. Flow
Winston-Salem, NC |
Barbara Goodmon
Raleigh, NC
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Mariana Qubein
High Point, NC
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John Williams
Lewisville, NC
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Linda A. Carlisle
Secretary,
Department of Cultural Resources
Greensboro, NC |
Sandi Macdonald
President & CEO, NC Symphony
Raleigh, NC |
Amy Blumenthal
UNCSA Board of Visitors
Liaison to the Board of Trustees |
Bill Watson
UNCSA Foundation Board Liaison to Board of Trustees |
John Mangan
Alumni
Representative to the Board of Trustees
Philadelphia, PA |
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Michael A. Almond
Michael A. Almond is an attorney and a lifelong resident of North Carolina. His career in global business and international economic development spans more than 35 years, with an emphasis on Germany and Western Europe. In 2005 the President of the Federal Republic of Germany awarded Mr. Almond the prestigious Bundesverdienstkreuz for “outstanding commitment in fostering the relations between the United States and the Federal Republic of Germany.”
While a partner at Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein LLP, Almond was the founder and chairman of the firm’s international business division; he currently serves as Counsel to the Firm for international business issues.
From 1999 to 2005, Almond was President and CEO of the Charlotte Regional Partnership, a nonprofit regional North Carolina/South Carolina economic development consortium. During this time Almond also served as member and chairman of the board of directors of the Charlotte Branch of the Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond.
Almond was recently elected to the Board of Trustees of the University of North Carolina School of the Arts in Winston-Salem. From 2005 through 2009, Almond served as Director of the Appalachian Regional Development Institute and Special Assistant to the Chancellor for Economic Development at Appalachian State University in Boone, N.C. He currently serves as a member of the Senior Advisory Board, Deutsche Bank Private Wealth Management (German/American Business) in New York. He is also a certified commercial arbitration judge for the American Arbitration Association.
Almond is CEO of Antaeus Consulting, LLC, an international business and economic development consulting firm active in Europe and the United States, with an emphasis on German-American business.
Almond has been a member of the Council on Foreign Relations (New York/Washington) since 1995, and currently serves as a member of the board of directors of the Atlantic Council of the United States in Washington, D.C.
Almond is a graduate of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (Morehead Scholar, highest honors, 1971) and the UNC School of Law (Morehead Law Fellow, honors, 1975), and was a Fulbright Fellow in political science at the University of Mannheim (1972).
Beth Bostic
Beth Bostic is a native of Winston-Salem, N.C. She graduated from high school at the University of North Carolina School of the Arts in 1976, having studied the harp with Patricia Pence-Sokoloff in the School of Music. She received a Bachelor of Fine Arts from the School of Drama and was a member of the class of 1980.
After an internship in performance and stage management with the Minneapolis Children's Theatre, she returned to Winston-Salem and worked as an administrative assistant at the Children's Theatre Board. In 1983 she was commissioned by the board to form a theatrical company and produced Goldilocks and the Three Bears which was followed by The Emperor's Nightengale. These shows were performed in Winston-Salem and toured to Virginia and throughout the schools of North Carolina through the N.C. Department of Education.
In 1987 she joined the faculties of the Schools of Drama and Design & Production as an adjunct to create and administer the Theatre Arts Program, a special preparatory program for North Carolina students interested in drama and design and production.
In 1990 she attended the University of London and Royal Academy of Dramatic Art joint program and received a Master of Arts in text and performance studies in 1993.
She has appeared as a performer over the years in several theatrical productions for both established and independent groups in the Winston-Salem area. Feature film work includes small roles in THE ROAD TO WELLVILLE with Anthony Hopkins and Mathew Broderick, NELL with Natasha Richardson and Jodi Foster, and most recently JUNEBUG with Amy Adams and fellow alumna Celia Weston.
She is also recognized in some quarters for her performance as Doris in the cult classic short film TATER TOMATER.
Lee Chaden
Lee Chaden is the retired chairman of Hanesbrands Inc (NYSE: HBI). Chaden led the spin-off of HBI, formerly the branded apparel division of Sara Lee Corporation, in 2006. He joined Sara Lee Corporation in1991 and has held senior leadership positions within several of the company’s divisions. In 2003, Chaden was named to lead global marketing and sales for Sara Lee Corporation and was elected an executive vice president. He became CEO of Sara Lee Branded Apparel in 2004.
Prior to Sara Lee Corporation, Chaden held a number of management positions with Procter & Gamble, Playtex, and led several entreprenurial start-ups. He also served as a managing partner of Marketcorp Ventures, a venture capital firm based in Westport, Ct.
Chaden currently serves on the board of directors of Hanesbrands Inc, RR Donnelley Company (NASDAQ: RRD), and the privately held Carlson Companies Inc. He also is active in a number of civic endeavors, including serving on the board of the Reynolda House Museum of American Art and co-chairing--with his wife Shelby-- the Renaissance Society of the Winston Salem/Forsyth County Arts Council.
Claire Christopher
Claire Christopher joined the UNCSA Board of Trustees in July 2007. She also currently serves on the Board of Directors of the North Carolina Botanical Garden in Chapel Hill. She is a former member of the UNCSA Foundation Board, the Weatherspoon Arts Foundation Board of UNC-G, an Emerita member of the North Carolina Botanical Garden Board. Ms. Christopher just completed a term as a member of the Reynolda House Museum of American Art Advisory Board
Christopher received an Honorary Degree from UNCSA in 2006. She and husband, Hudnall, were Giannini Chairmen for four years and brought that membership to an historic high of 500 members. Wherever travels take Christopher she is an ambassador for NCSA. She enjoys reading, writing, tennis, mountain gardening, the performing arts and the visual arts, her children and grandchildren. She lives in Winston Salem with her husband, Hudnall Christopher.
Nicholas Correa
Nicholas Correa is UNCSA’s Student Government Association president for the 2011-2012 academic year. He is currently a third-year student studying for his Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in sound design and engineering. During his time at UNCSA, Correa has had the opportunity to work with a Tony Award-winning Broadway sound designer on the all-school production of Oklahoma! He also worked with Disney and Broadway composer Alan Menken, who spoke at the 2011 Commencement ceremony.
As UNCSA’s student body president, Correa serves as a delegate on UNC’s Association of Student Governments. For the past two years, he has also served as a student mentor in the School of Design & Production and a student orientation leader working hard to improve the quality of college life on campus. Correa enjoys working with students on extracurricular activities including dance showcases, MLK Jr. Tribute and Project Love, a student-produced showcase that benefits charities in the community. This year he plans to continue his involvement on campus and in the community by working with Twin City Theatre, Triad Stage and Cirque du Soleil.
John Crumpler
John Crumpler co-founded Hatteras Venture Partners in 2000 after a successful career as a technology entrepreneur. At Hatteras, Crumpler is responsible for the firm's investments in health care and life science information technology, and overall fund operations. Prior to Hatteras he was founder and CEO of E-Comm, Inc., a software development and services firm specializing in remote and mobile computing.
Before his career as an entrepreneur and investor Crumpler served in various roles in government, including Chief of Staff to Lt. Governor Robert Jordan and Executive Assistant to Congressman James McClure Clarke. John served on the North Carolina Economic Development Board, the state's Clean Water Management Trust Fund board of directors, and currently serves on the board of the Council for Entrepreneurial Development. He holds a Bachelor of Arts in history from Harvard University.
Donald E. Flow
Donald E. Flow received a Bachelor of Science in Commerce from the University of Virginia, where he was a varsity athlete and member of the All-Academic Atlantic Coast Conference Team. At U.Va., he received the Arthur Gray Scholarship, presented to the student who exhibited outstanding scholarship and leadership. He also received a Diploma in Christian Studies from Regent College in Vancouver, British Columbia. He holds a Master of Business Administration from Wake Forest University, where he graduated first in his class and received the Judson DeRamus Award for outstanding leadership.
Chairman and CEO of Flow Companies, Inc., Flow is a franchised automobile dealer for Chevrolet, Buick (three locations), Cadillac, Hummer (two locations), Saab (two locations), Honda, BMW, Mini, Saturn (two locations), Volkswagen (two locations), Audi (two locations), Acura, Subaru, Mazda, Suzuki and Isuzu (two locations).
Automotive awards he has received include BMW “Center for Excellence,” Honda “President’s Council,” Buick “Select” and “Best in Class,” Oldsmobile “Elite,” Cadillac “Master Dealer,” Chevrolet “Genuine Leader,” Audi “Magna Society” and Acura “Precision Team.”
Flow has been active in the local community and beyond. He has served or is serving as chairman of the Board of Visitors at Wake Forest University Graduate School of Business, Board of Trustees of Wake Forest University, chairman of the Board of Directors of the University of Virginia’s Institute in Advanced Studies, chairman of the Board of Trustees of Summit School, and chairman of the Board of Directors of Winston-Salem Business, Inc. He has served or is serving on the boards of the McIntire School of Commerce at the University of Virginia; Regent College in Vancouver; the Winston-Salem Symphony; Best Choice Center; Piedmont Craftsmen; Forsyth Medical Center Foundation; Winston-Salem Alliance, Inc.; and the Millennium Fund of Winston-Salem. In addition, he has served or is serving on the cabinet for the United Way of Forsyth County and as an elder at First Presbyterian Church.
An avid tennis player, skier and reader, Flow is married to the former Robbin Bartlett and has three children. He joined the UNCSA Board of Trustees in 2004.
Barbara Goodmon
Barbara Goodmon is president and executive director of the A.J. Fletcher Foundation. She graduated from St. Joseph's School of Nursing in Memphis, Tennessee in 1965. She is a 1994 graduate of Meredith College in Raleigh and completed the master of liberal studies program at North Carolina State University in 2000. She has served on a number of community boards and has brought a wealth of experience to the Fletcher Foundation. With primary interests in the field of human service, she has served as chairman of the Salvation Army, vice chairman of The Healing Place of Wake County, and chairman of Wake County Human Services. She has received the William Booth Award from the Salvation Army and was inducted into the Academy of Women of the Raleigh YWCA.
Jennifer Haire
Jennifer Haire earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts in the producing discipline from the School of Filmmaking at UNCSA. Her professional filmmaking experience spans from line producer to production coordinator in feature films, television, music videos, commercials and short films. She served as unit production manager on independent features such as MARCUS, MONTCLAIR, YEARDLEY and the short film THE SHIMMERING; all of which were collaborations with UNCSA alumni. Haire was given associate producer credit for her work on the feature documentary TREKKIES 2. As a production coordinator, she was a part of the independent feature films BOTTOMS UP, HEAVY PETTING and THE STONING OF SORAYA M., filmed in the Middle East. Her television experience includes the Travel Channel’s World Poker Tour “Hollywood Home Games;” ABC’S The Bachelor; and seven seasons of TNT’s The Closer; along with various pilots for Lifetime, TBS, TNT and FX. In 2001, Haire had the opportunity to work as the second assistant director on the 2004 Academy Award-winning short film TWO SOLDIERS, a UNCSA School of Film professional collaboration.
She is also an instructor and collaborator for PA Bootcamp, which trains production assistants for the film and television industry. When her schedule allows, she stage manages for some of the smaller Los Angeles theatres. She became an IATSE Union member in 2005 and is a member of Local 871 and 161.
Haire holds many leadership roles. She serves on the board of directors for Local 871 in Los Angeles, and as the chair of its events committee, she manages monthly events. She is on the AP Council board of directors for the Producers Guild of America and currently co-chairs the FilmUSA committee. Through the Producers Guild, she has co-chaired the creation of new internal events as well as premiered a new sponsored event at the 2011 Produced By Conference, “On the Ground With.”
Haire assisted in the creation of the UNCSA Alumni West group in Los Angeles and continues to manage its development. She is thrilled to be the 2011-2013 School of Film representative for the UNCSA Board of Trustees.
Robert (Rob) L. King III
Rob King is CEO of Bob King Automotive Group, a franchised automobile dealer holding Hyundai, Kia, Mazda, and Mitsubishi franchises. King serves on the Mitsubishi National Dealer Advisory Council, one of five dealers appointed to represent 400 automobile dealers. King most recently completed service on the Hyundai National Dealer Council and the Mazda National Dealer Council as well. Three of King’s franchises lead total volume sales in the state of North Carolina and have won numerous national awards.
King just completed two terms on The North Carolina School of the Arts Foundation, Inc. King most recently ended a 2 ½ year term as President of the NCSA Foundation, as well as the NCSA Foundation Board liaison to the Board of Trustees, serving on the Audit and Advancement Committees. King has served on the Chancellor’s Search Committee, the Chief Advancement Officer’s Search Committee, as well as Chairman of the Business Friends of UNCSA. King and his wife, Robyn, both serve on the Giannini Advisory Committee. King most recently served briefly on the Board of Visitors.
King, a Winston-Salem residence, continues to be active in the North Carolina Arts Community.
Charlie Lucas
Charlie Lucas is a native Charlottean, a 1980 graduate of Woodberry Forest School, and a 1984 graduate of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where he was a Morehead Scholar. He attended Duke University School of Law where he served as Editor-in-Chief of The Alaska Law Review and obtained his law degree in 1990. Lucas is currently general counsel for Elevation LLC, an institutional broker dealer based in Charlotte. Prior to joining Elevation, he was a partner with The McAulay Firm, a retained executive search firm based in Charlotte. In additional to his professional work, Lucas is active in civic and community affairs. He currently serves as a trustee of The Duke Endowment, a member of the Board of Visitors of Duke Law School, a member of the Board of Advisors of the Thomas S. Kenan Institute for the Arts, and a member of the Board of Advisors of the Institute for the Arts and Humanities at UNC-Chapel Hill. He is a former member of the Board of Visitors at UNC-Chapel Hill and has served as a trustee and/or director of Woodberry Forest School, the Mint Museum of Art, Communities in Schools and several other not-for-profit organizations. Lucas previously served on the UNCSA Board of Trustees from 1997 to 2005.
Sandi M. A. Macdonald
Sandi M. A. Macdonald joined the North Carolina Symphony as President and Chief Executive Officer in June 2011. In this role she oversees the operations of the $12 million professional orchestra of 67 musicians, 38 administrative staff, and 175 annual performances across the state of North Carolina. Macdonald’s responsibilities support the mission of the North Carolina Symphony to perform at the highest artistic quality and embrace the dual legacy of statewide service and music education.
Prior to joining the North Carolina Symphony, Macdonald worked for The Cleveland Orchestra most recently as Miami Residency Director from 2007 to 2011 and from 2003 to 2007 as its Director of Marketing and Public Relations. From 1998 to 2003, Macdonald served as Senior Director, Strategic Planning and Audience Development of the Seattle Symphony. Prior to that she was Marketing and Communications Director for the Toronto Symphony.
Macdonald was born and grew up in Toronto, Canada and has a Bachelor’s degree in business marketing and Master of Business Administration degree. She studied music at the Royal Conservatory of Music in Toronto and arts management at the Banff School of Management and George Brown College. She began her career as Income Manager for the Canadian Opera Company and the National Ballet of Canada after which she held marketing and communications positions in the opera and orchestra field in Toronto and Detroit, Mich.
Christine McArdle McGuire
Tina McGuire is a native of Toledo, Ohio, and received her Bachelor of Arts degree from Briarcliff College in Briarcliff Manor, New York. She is involved as a community volunteer primarily in the arts in Buncombe County and the city of Asheville.
Within the past fifteen years she has served as Interim Executive Director of the Asheville Area Arts Council and Pack Place Performing Arts, an organization that serves the Diana Wortham Theatre. She has also served on the Asheville Symphony Board of Directors, the North Carolina Shakespeare Festival Board in High Point, N.C., the city-appointed Public Art Board, the Asheville City Parks and Greenways Foundation, the Pack Square Conservancy Arts Task Force, the Warren Wilson College Board of Trustees, the St. Genevieve/Gibbons Hall School Board and the Carolina Day School Board. She also spearheaded the inaugural event of First Night Asheville, the New Year's Eve celebration in downtown Asheville.
Currently she serves on the Board of Directors for Pack Place Education, Arts and Science Center, The Asheville Merchants Association Foundation, the board for the Asheville Area Arts Council as an Emeritus Director, the Diana Wortham Theatre board as co-chairman of the capital campaign, the B B & T Board of Advisors, the Community Foundation of Western North Carolina Board of Directors and chairs the Steering Committee of the Women For Women Giving Circle - an intiative of the Community Foundation. She is a member of the French Broad River Garden Club and also a member of Trinity Episcopal Church where she is a lector, a member of the Altar Guild and head of the Trinity Flower Guild.
McGuire joined the UNCSA Board of Trustees in 2002 as an appointee of the UNC Board of Governors. She has been a long-time supporter of the University of North Carolina School of the Arts by serving on the Foundation board beginning in 1994 and the Thomas S. Kenan Institute for the Arts in 2005. She also has a son who graduated from the School of Drama. McGuire and her husband, John, live in Asheville.
Mariana Qubein
Mariana Qubein, of High Point, graduated from High Point University (HPU) after leaving her homeland of Lebanon, where she studied at the American University of Beirut. She is an active community leader and has served on the boards of Family Services of the Piedmont, the High Point Arts Council, Piedmont School, High Point Community Concerts and Westchester Country Day School, where her children attended. She is involved in Wesley Memorial United Methodist Church, Alexis De Toquville of the United Way, a sustainer in the Junior League, Literary League and active in two garden clubs.
She and her husband, Dr. Nido Qubein, president of HPU, have four children and are avid supporters of the arts in the Triad and across the state. She has always had an interest in the arts and grew up as a ballet dancer, pianist and a folk dance instructor while in college. She loves to travel and has visited 50 countries around the world with her family.
Since she assumed her role as the first lady of High Point University, she has dedicated most of her time to the interior design of the new buildings and placements of the donated gifts to the University. She is the founder of the botanical gardens and arboretum, which the board of trustees later named The Mariana H. Qubein Arboretum and Botanical Gardens at High Point University.
Mrs. Qubein is the recipient of the N.C. Outstanding Urban Forestry Award from the N.C. Department of Environment and Natural Resources. She helped HPU become one of only five “Tree Campus USA” universities in the state.
Through the Qubein Foundation, she and her family have supported scholarship programs at numerous universities, providing some 700 scholarships over the last three decades. The foundation also sponsors the annual YMCA Lenten breakfast and the annual Thanksgiving Luncheon which is attended by 600 Triad leaders.
John Williams
John Williams is an alumnus of the School of Music at UNCSA where he was the first recipient of the Vittorio Giannini Music Award. He began his professional career at Wachovia Bank and is currently the Vice President of Human Resources and Community Affairs at Allegacy Federal Credit Union in Winston-Salem. He also is a concert singer (bass baritone) and has performed in professional concerts throughout Western Europe and the Eastern United States.
He has serves on the board of the North Carolina Museum of Art. Williams has been a volunteer for the Big Brothers and Big Sisters organization since 1999.
He is married to P.J. Williams and they have two children, Michael (Toni) and Valarie; one grandson, Justin; and one granddaughter, Laney.
Thomas S. Kenan, III (emeritus)
Born in Durham, N.C., Tom Kenan received his B.A. in Economics from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where his family has a long and enduring history of connections.
He is currently a vice chairman and director of Flagler System, Inc. He was formerly chairman of the board of Kenan Transport Company, a petroleum transport business, until the company’s sale in 2001.
In addition to his extensive business operations, Kenan is active with a number of civic and philanthropic organizations. He serves as a trustee or officer for the Kenan Family Foundation; William R. Kenan, Jr. Charitable Trust; William R. Kenan, Jr. Fund for the Arts; William Kenan, Jr. Fund; William R. Kenan, Jr. Fund for Engineering, Technology and Science; William R. Kenan, Jr. Fund for Ethics; Randleigh Foundation Trusts; Mary Duke Biddle Foundation; Semans Art Fund; Duke Endowment; UNC-CH’s Kenan-Flagler Business School Board of Visitors and Meadowmont Advisory Board (site of the business school’s Paul J. Rizzo Conference Center); and ARTS North Carolina. Mr. Kenan has recently been appointed as the Chairman of the Thomas S. Kenan Foundation (2007).
He has also been active with the National Trust for Historic Preservation; North Carolina Museum of Art and its foundation boards; North Carolina Dance Theatre; the Sarah Graham Kenan Foundation board; Flagler College (FL) President’s Council; Liberty Hall Restoration Committee, the Executive Mansion Fine Arts Commission; Durham Academy; Duke University’s Comprehensive Cancer Center; and Old Salem.
Kenan has been actively engaged in the life of UNCSA since the 1960s. A founder of UNCSA, he served on the Board of Trustees from 1969-85 and is now an honorary trustee. He was on the UNCSA Foundation board from 1974-90, and has been on the Board of Visitors since 1985. He is a member of the Giannini Society as well as the Founders Society. Kenan resides in Chapel Hill.
Mary D.B.T. Semans (emeritus)
A member of Duke University’s founding family, Mary D.B.T. Semans received her bachelor’s degree from Duke, where she majored in history. She is chairman of the board of trustees of The Duke Endowment, vice chairman of The Mary Duke Biddle Foundation, and trustee emeritus of Duke University and the North Carolina Museum of Art. She is chairman of the Executive Mansion Fine Arts Committee, board member of the Kenan Institute in Ethics at Duke University and the North Carolina Blumenthal Performing Arts Center, and member of the founding committee for the N.C. Performing Arts Center created by the late Sen. Terry Sanford. Mrs. Semans served as a trustee of the University of North Carolina School of the Arts for more than 20 years. On the national level, she has served as a trustee of the National Humanities Center, an associate of the Council on Foundations, and a member of the National Advisory Council on Vocational Rehabilitation. She has won numerous awards for her work, including the National Governors’ Association Distinguished Service Award, for service to the arts in North Carolina and the nation; the University of North Carolina’s University Award, for her contributions to higher education, health care and the fine arts; and, most recently, the Caldwell Award for her contributions to the humanities in North Carolina.
Mrs. Semans resides in Durham. She currently serves as honorary member of the UNCSA Board of Trustees, and on the School’s Board of Visitors. The Semanses have been the single largest contributors each year to the School’s International Music Program, and have traveled with the participants annually since 1967 on the European tours. The couple also established an endowment fund for the School’s library, which was named for them, as well as three grant programs for students. They funded the UNCSA Oral History Project, compiled by Douglas Zinn, which is part of the book, “A Passionate Preference: The Story of the University of North Carolina School of the Arts,” by Leslie Banner. In 1990, the couple received the first Giannini Society Medallion ever awarded by the University of North Carolina School of the Arts, in honor of their service to the School. Together they have also received the North Carolina Award, for their contributions to the arts and to the state, in 1971 and 1986; the Morrison Award, for their contribution to the arts in North Carolina, in 1973; and the North Carolina Philanthropy Award, in 1997.
Dr. Phil Nelson (emeritus)
Phil Nelson, a graduate of Grinnell College, is a choral conductor and musicologist whose doctoral work was completed as a Fulbright Scholar in Paris and at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
His academic career has included senior professorial and leadership responsibilities in several state universities, in addition to his lengthy and distinguished tenure as Professor and Dean of Yale’s Graduate School of Music.
Upon returning to North Carolina in 1989, Dr. Nelson has served the UNC system as Interim Chancellor of the University of North Carolina School of the Arts, and as Interim Director of the N.C. School of Science and Mathematics, as well as Interim Vice Chancellor of the University at Chapel Hill.
Dr. Nelson joined the UNCSA Board of Trustees in 2005 as an appointee of the Board of Governors of the University of North Carolina. He and his wife, Georgia, live in Chapel Hill.
Lynn Baber (Honorary Member)
Lynn Baber is a graduate of UNCSA’s School of Drama. Originally from Battle
Creek, Michigan, she has lived in Chicago since graduating in 1981. She has worked professionally as an actor, administrator, casting director, costume designer, teacher, and producer. She is the artistic administrator at Northlight Theatre in the Chicago area, where her duties include casting, internships, and assisting the artistic director. For the past thirteen years she has served as the theatre arts director of the National High School Institute (affectionately known as "the Cherub program") at Northwestern University; and as director of the Musical Theatre extension program. In her thirty years on the faculty of the Cherub program, she has taught acting, voice and movement, improvisation, text analysis and performance theory; and has directed ten productions.
She was the co-founder/artistic director of the Econo-Art Theatre Company (1983-90), along with UNCSA alum Marc Silvia (Drama ’82). At Econo-Art she was seen in an array of world premieres and obscure plays, including several world premieres by Joel Drake Johnson and
The Age of Pie, by Peter Hedges (Drama ‘85). She played Starveling in the Chicago Shakespeare Theatre’s wildly successful Midsummer Night’s Dream directed by Guthrie Theatre Artistic Director Joe Dowling. Elsewhere around Chicago, Baber has performed at the Goodman Theatre, Chicago Dramatists, Practical Theatre (years of improvisational and sketch comedy), among others. She has recently worked on casting projects for the Humana Festival at Actors Theatre of Louisville, Theatreworks in Palo Alto, and Arizona Theatre Company. She is cited in Richard Christiansen’s book A Theater of Our Own: A History and a Memoir of 1,001 Nights in Chicago. She is married to actor Jeff Parker and they have two daughters, Grace (14) and Constance (8).
Suri Bieler (Honorary Member)
Suri Bieler (UNCSA School of Design and Production'71) founded Eclectic/Encore Properties, Inc., a prop rental company specializing in antique, period and theatrical furnishings and accessories, in 1986. Prior to establishing her business, Bieler was a free-lance prop master for Broadway, off-Broadway and television with credits including The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas, Da, On Golden Pond, Sugar Babies and others. She served on the Board of Directors of Statewide Zone Capitol Corporation, a private, for-profit corporation established in 1999 to assist small and minority-owned businesses locating or expanding in New York's Empire Zones, from 2001-2005. Bieler established the Set Decorator's Endowed Scholarship in Design and Production in 1990 and hosted the New York kick-off event in 2002 to announce the fund-raising campaign for the John A. Sneden Endowed Scholarship. In March 2008, Bieler was honored at the Giannini Society/Board of Trustees cocktail reception in New York, where she received the UNCSA Alumni Achievement Award. Bieler is also a new member of the Board of Advisors of The Thomas S. Kenan Institute for the Arts. Originally from Roanoke, Va., she now lives in New York City with her husband, Eliot Brodsky, and son, Jack.
Kirstie Tice Spadie (Honorary Member)
Kirstie Tice Spadie is artistic director of the North Carolina Dance Institute in Raleigh. She received a Bachelor of Fine Arts from the University of North Carolina School of the Arts, where she received the Chancellor’s Award for Excellence. At UNCSA, Spadie was coached by Agnes de Mille as the Lead Cowgirl in Rodeo and played the role of Ado Annie in Oklahoma! Spadie performed in Milton Myers Full Moon Rising at Jacobs Pillow. Numerous musical theatre productions include the national company of Cats, as the White Cat; Victoria; and the national/international company of West Side Story in Paris, Rome, Amsterdam, Munich, and Glasgow, Scotland. She has served as the assistant director for the original Jerome Robbins choreography for West Side Story. In 2007, Spadie assisted with the UNCSA production of West Side Story, for the 50th anniversary of the musical theatre masterpiece.
Spadie actively teaches master classes and choreographs for the North Carolina Children's Dance Festival, Carolina Arts Festival and television projects. Her contemporary choreography was presented at the 2009 Youth Grand Prix Ballet Competition. She was awarded "Community Dance Educator of the Year" by the Dance Association for North Carolina Educators (DANCE). She trained with the National Dance Institute Teacher Training Program in New York City, and believes highly in its teaching methodologies: that dance promotes confidence, discipline and sparks artistic dreams for the future.
Spadie was appointed by National Dance Institute founder Jacques d'Amboise as the artistic director for North Carolina Arts In Action from 2005-07. As the founding NCAIA artistic director, she conceived, choreographed and directed Moving to the Masters and Got Jazz! Spadie was featured in the books “Career Ideas for Kids Who like Music and Dance” and “Firestarters: 100 Job Profiles to Inspire Young Women.” She lives in Raleigh with her husband and enthusiastically teaches the value of dance education to many young artists of North Carolina.
Daniel DeVany
Daniel “Dan” C. DeVany, Vice President and FM General Manager WETA, has more than 20 years experience in public broadcasting. DeVany oversees the overall management of WETA 90.9 FM's daily operations with specific responsibilities in radio programming and production. Prior to his appointment to head WETA 90.9 FM, DeVany served for three years as program director. Since joining the station in 1986, he has held other positions including morning and evening drive-time announcer and producer. Before coming to WETA, DeVany worked for the National Symphony Orchestra as head of local corporate development. He also served for two years as manager of the Fine Arts Network of Minnesota Public Radio. From 1984 to 1986, DeVany worked for the Station Independence Program of the Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) as a fund-raising consultant to public television stations across the United States. DeVany started his career in public broadcasting 1980 at the Maine Public Broadcasting Network, where he served as a reporter and producer for both radio and television. He grew up in his family's newspaper business in Massachusetts, serving in a variety of areas, from circulation to production to editorial. DeVany earned a bachelor's degree in music from the (University of) North Carolina School of the Arts in Winston-Salem and a master's degree in business in arts administration from the University of Wisconsin in Madison. He lives with his wife in Northern Virginia.
Linda A. Carlisle (ex officio)
Linda A. Carlisle was named Secretary of the North Carolina Department of Cultural Resources by Gov. Bev Perdue on Jan. 5, 2009.
Carlisle is an experienced corporate executive, entrepreneur and community activist. In each role, she has excelled and shown extraordinary leadership and professional competence. Out of college, she worked for what is now Bank of America, and rapidly progressed through a broad range of positions to eventually become a vice president/metropolitan director in Charlotte.
In 1979, she left Bank of America to start her own business, Copier Consultants, Inc., headquartered in Greensboro. After developing the multi-million-dollar business with multiple offices in the Triad and western North Carolina, she and her husband sold the business in 1989. She remained as president of the wholly-owned subsidiary until 1997, at which time she retired to focus on her community and educational interests.
Carlisle has been extensively involved in leadership roles in the nonprofit sector, providing leadership, strategic planning, financial expertise and key resource development. Her community work has included serving on the boards of the Chamber of Commerce, Community Foundation of Greater Greensboro, UNC-G Board of Trustees and various roles with United Way, United Arts Council, Piedmont Craftsmen, Inc., and the Girl Scouts. She served as co-chair of the UNC-G Students First Capital Campaign, surpassing the $100 million goal one year early.
Carlisle has been a strong supporter of various community arts organizations including Triad Stage, Community Theater of Greensboro and the Greensboro Symphony. She is a strong proponent of the arts as an economic development driver, downtown rejuvenator, and small-town catalyst.
Bill Watson
Bill Watson grew up in eastern North Carolina, and, after graduating from
N.C. State University and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, has lived
most of his adult life in Winston-Salem.
Currently and, for most of the past 30 years, he has been chairman
of the board and a principle in Salem Investment Counselors, a registered
investment adviser. He and his wife, Judy, have been active in a number of
arts organizations and Watson has served as president of Piedmont Craftsmen,
Penland School of Crafts, the Winston-Salem Symphony, and, currently, the
University of North Carolina School of the Arts Foundation.
Amy Blumenthal (BOV representative)
Amy Rice Blumenthal has been a supporter of the University of North Carolina School of the Arts
since the early 1990s. She is an accomplished flutist and teamed with
former UNCSA faculty member Jim Houlik to teach a summer
music camp at Wildacres Retreat. Blumenthal holds a bachelor’s
degree from the University of Colorado and a master’s degree from
the University of Michigan. Both are in flute performance. She is
the owner and president of ALRY Publications in Charlotte,
N.C, a company that produces sheet music for flutes
and woodwind instruments.
Blumenthal was appointed to the UNCSA Board
of Visitors in 1997 and later became the vice-chair. She and
her husband, Philip, also joined the Giannini Society in 1997. In
spring 2009, Blumenthal was appointed chair of the Board of Visitors. During
the past 10 years, she has committed both time and resources to
support UNCSA, including having established a scholarship
in the School of Music for flute. Blumenthal and her husband have hosted a
number of receptions and salons to support the school’s efforts,
including a reception at Spoleto Festival USA that featured UNCSA student
performances. The Blumenthal Performing Arts Center offers
summer internships to UNCSA students each year. Having launched
many philanthropic projects to support UNCSA, Blumenthal is actively
engaged in the growth of the School—and, during the past year,
her leadership has helped to appoint 14 new members to the
Board of Visitors to raise both friends and funds for UNCSA.
John Mangan (alumni representative)
In March 2009, UNCSA alumnus John Mangan was appointed vice president and dean of The Curtis Institute of Music by Curtis President and Chief Executive Officer Roberto Díaz. Mangan oversees the academic, musical studies, and performance curricula, as well as all areas relating to students and faculty.
Prior to his appointment at Curtis, Mangan has held administrative and teaching posts at Yale University, most recently as assistant dean of the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences and lecturer in the Department of History.
From 2002 to 2006, he worked in undergraduate academic and student affairs at Yale as dean of Jonathan Edwards College, long regarded as Yale’s music and arts residential college.
In addition to his major administrative and teaching positions at Yale, Dr. Mangan also worked in student affairs at Middlebury College as dean of Ross Commons and held posts in Yale’s Undergraduate Career Services and International Education offices and in its Music Library. He taught classical guitar at the Hartt School, community division, and at New Haven’s Neighborhood Music School. As music critic for the daily New Haven Register for several years, he penned both classical music and theatre reviews; and he served as music librarian and program annotator for the Norfolk Chamber Music Festival.
His articles have been published in “Notes: Journal of the Music Library Association,” “American Arts Quarterly,” and the “Encyclopedia of Children and Childhood: In History and Society.”
Dr. Mangan holds a Ph.D. in History and Education from Columbia University. A classical guitarist with extensive performing experience, he earned a Master of Music from the Yale School of Music and a Bachelor of Music from the University of North Carolina School of the Arts.
Felix Ventouras
Felix Ventouras, born in New York City but raised in Dallas, Texas, has had his music performed at the Meyerson Symphony Center, the McKinney Avenue Contemporary, and Mercyhurst College. His music has been premiered at the Music Festival of the Hamptons, National Arts Club, Clark Studio Theater at Lincoln Center, and Joyce SoHo, and in August 2008 a piece he helped compose and arrange for the 2008 U.S. Olympic Synchronized Swimming Team was played during the Beijing Summer Olympic Games.
He has enjoyed the honor of performing as keyboardist with the late Texas blues guitarist Jack Morgan, and most recently at the Bluemont Concert Series with "Boogie Man" Daryl Davis. As a dance accompanist, he has played for the Dallas Black Dance Theater, Morris Dance Center, UNC School of the Arts School of Dance, Ballet Adriatico in Ascoli Piceno, Italy, School at Jacob's Pillow, Los Angeles Ballet, California Dance Institute, National Dance Institute, Manhattan Youth Ballet, and Bolshoi Ballet Academy. In October 2009, his first full-length ballet Dracula was premiered in Belcourt Castle of Newport, R. I., by the Island Moving Co., and in May 2010, his ballet Cinderella was premiered in Palos Verdes, Calif. by the Peninsula School of Performing Arts.
He holds a Bachelor of Arts from UNCSA and currently resides in New York City. |
