We are grateful to the many dedicated artists, arts professionals and community members who have volunteered to serve on the board for a three-year term, renewable for a second three-year term. The current roster of board members is included below.
President
Independent consultant, formerly Director of Human Resources, Quality and Safety, Weyerhaeuser Homebuilding Division. Background includes teaching on the elementary and college levels, social work, restaurant work and ownership of catering business. Former facilitator, American Leadership Forum. MA in counseling, Seattle University; BA in Education, West Liberty State College, WV.
Vice President
Architect, Principal, Olson Kundig Architects. Project Architect/Manager, Sun Valley Center for the Arts; Project Manager, Chapel in the Woods. Former Project Manager, House of Light, awarded a 2007 American Architecture Award. AIA Associate. Bachelor of Architecture, University of Arizona.
Vice President
Board member, University of Washington School of Nursing Campaign Advisory Board, University of Washington Alumni Board. Former President, Interracial Family Association, University of Washington School of Nursing Alumni Association; former chair, University of Washington School of Nursing Visiting Committee; former Registered Nurse. Docent, Seattle Art Museum, chair tour and trainer at Olympic Sculpture Park. 43rd District Precinct Committee Officer.
Vice President
Financial Advisor, Merrill Lynch Wealth Management. Formerly of Morgan Stanley Smith Barney; Key Private Bank and US Bank Private Banking, Seattle. Participant, ArtsFund Board Leadership Training Program; Graduate of Bank Management and Leadership course, Pacific Coast Banking School; BS in International Economics, Texas Tech University.
Treasurer
Counsel, Safeco Insurance Companies; chief organizer, Safeco/Street Law Corporate Diversity Pipeline Program; former Vice President and Secretary, Association of Corporate Counsel, Washington State Chapter, President; former Vice President, Jet City Velo/Byrne Specialty Gases cycling team.
Secretary
Founding Member, Prism Law Group. Former Vice President, Secretary, Associate General Counsel, Safeco Corporation; Former Counsel, Perkins Coie LLP. J.D., 1990, University of Denver, Sturm College of Law; BA, Political Science, Washington State University. Avid art collector.
Board member
Owner, Tinman Gallery and Tinman Too, Spokane. Former Board President and Trustee, Museum of Northwest Art; Former Board Member, Spokane Art School, Eastern Washington State Historical Society, Spokane Parks Foundation. Former Director, 1990 Goodwill Games, Spokane; Former trial attorney, Lukins & Annis, PLLC. JD, University of Minnesota Law School, Magna Cum Laude. BA, University of Michigan. Visual artist.
Board member
Vice-President and Senior Loan Officer at Evergreen Business Capital; Previously on the board of the Port Townsend Film Festival, Treasurer and Chair of Artist Trust Finance committee from 2002-2008; Photographer.
Board member
Senior Estimator, Merit Construction Northwest; Organizational Development and Cost Consultant, Haley Consulting Group. Former Cost Consultant, Davis Langdon; Leadership Tomorrow alum. MS, Organizational Development, Pepperdine University. BA, Organizational Behavior and Change, Seattle Pacific University. Avid opera fan.
Board member
Communications Manager, Puget Sound Affiliate of Susan G. Komen for the Cure; former Director of Marketing, Washington CEO Magazine; former Communications Director, Housing Development Consortium of Seattle-King County; former Corporate Communications Editor, The Seattle Times. Seattle Art Museum Volunteer Association Chair; Mayor’s Task Force to Revitalize Broadway; ArtsFund Board Leadership; Owner, Girl in a Hat creative services; painter and jewelry designer. National Women’s Championship soccer team. Business Administration, Washington State University.
Board member
Previous Chair Washington Women’s Foundation’s Arts Committee; Previous member Assessment Committee; Previous board member of Childhaven; On the board of Seattle Arts & Lectures.
Board member
Attorney, Lasher, Holzapfel, Sperry & Ebberson, PLLC; Board Member, Lenny Wilkens Foundation. Former Army lawyer, Judge Advocate General’s Corps; Former art gallery owner; Former Board Member of Pratt Fine Arts Center. Art collector.
Board member
Senior Urban Planner, City of Seattle. Attorney, photographer, published art and food critic. Board Member, American Planning Association (Washington chapter and International Division), AIA Forum Editorial Board. Fulbright scholar, Fellow in urban planning (Northwest Institute for Architecture and Urban Studies in Italy) Fellow in science education, Pacific Science Center. University of Washington Law School, J.D.; Reed College, graduate with honors. Board and staff member, numerous Seattle non profits.
Board member
Owner and resident appraiser, Facèré Jewelry Art Gallery. Former Executive Committee member, Pratt Fine Arts; former board member, Leadership Tomorrow, Northwest Chamber Orchestra, Artists Unlimited, Art Table, American Society of Jewelry Historians.
Board member
Owner MacPherson Construction; Former Board President Pratt Fine Arts Center, Certificate in Non-Profit Leadership from the University of Washington, glass and metal sculptor.
Board member
Attorney, Graham & Dunn PC. Alumni, ArtsFund Board Leadership training. Former Events & Marketing Director, Seattle Arts & Lectures. JD, Seattle University. BA, Columbia University.
Board member
HR Director, Starbucks Coffee Company. Former Director, Cunningham Gallery, University of Washington; Former visual arts venue assessor, King County Arts Commission; Former Gallery Assistant, Fuel Gallery. BA, Art History, University of Washington.
Board member
Former Design & Technology Lead, NBBJ Architects; former instructor, SFSU Multimedia Studies Program; former board member, Art and Film for Teenagers, Marketing Committee of Cal Performances, Zero1::Network. BA, Architecture, U.C. Berkeley; MDesS Digital Media, Harvard University.
Board member
Partner, Perkins Coie: firmwide chair of intellectual property litigation practice group; additional focus on securities and corporate governance litigation and election law.
Board member
Human Resources Professional/Consultant, The Boeing Company. Member, National Society of Human Resources Management, The Professional Women of Color Network; former member, fundraising event committee chair, California Society of Human Resources Management. Graduate of United Way Project Lead. BA, Central Washington University; MBA, California State University. Multi-media artist, photographer.
Board member
Arts Consultant/Community Activisit; Washington State Arts Commissioner; Member, City of Seattle Museum Development Authority Council; Co-Founder/Life Member, Mujeres of the Northwest; Co-Founder, Viva la Música Club; Co-Founder, Latinos Unidos por los Niños - Seattle Children’s Hospital Guild. Visiting Committee Member, Women Studies University of WA. Docent, Seattle Art Museum, Seattle Conservatory; Steering Committee Member, Casa Latina. Master in Education.
Board member
Founder, Meta Arte consultancy company. Former Director of Art Collections, Vulcan, Inc. Former Director of the Microsoft Art Collection. Former leader of the Art in Public Places program, Washington State Arts Commission. Former program officer, New York State Council on the Arts. Member of the collections committee, Henry Art Gallery. Former member of the Seattle Art Museum’s collections committee and Olympic Sculpture Park advisory committee. Artist Trust board member from 1997-2000. Former board member for the Henry Art Gallery, the Foundation for Art Resources, and Northwest Film Forum.
Board member
Associate, Criterion Health Inc.; Partner, Peer Partners LLC. Board Secretary, Westlake Health Foundation (Chicago). Expertise includes board policy governance and leadership development.
Board member
Director, Intellectual Property, Exbiblio; former patent agent, Perkins Coie law firm; MS in Electrical Engineering, University of Twente, Enschede, The Netherlands; BS in Physics, George Washington University.
Board member
Director, Traver Gallery, Vetri (Tacoma). Teaching assistant, ArtsCorps. Guest speaker, juror, advisor, Pratt Fine Arts Center, The Museum of Northwest Art, Hilltop Artists in Residence, Museum of Glass, Tacoma Art Museum, Pilchuck Glass School, Tacoma Art Council, PONCHO, Artist Trust’s EDGE Professional Development Program Program. BA, Fine Art and Art History, University of Washington; MS, Education, Bank Street College of Education (New York).