Team
Rick Rogers
Founding Executive Director Emeritus
Heather Meeker
Executive Director
McKenzie Beynon
Assistant to the Director
Katie Butler
Studios and Galleries Manager
Janet Renner
Marketing and Development Director
Theron Brown
Artists in Residency Program Manager
Taylor Clapp
Exhibitions Manager and Graphic Designer
Annie Wischmeyer
Chief Curator
Board of Directors
Board President, Shirley Smith
Chief Development Officer, Community Legal Aid Services
Board Secretary, Sandy K. Auburn
PhD, Director,
Auburn Associates
Chris Anderson
Executive Director,
OpenTone Music
Fred Bidwell
Founder, FRONT International
Past President, Cleveland Museum of Art
Charles Beneke
Professor,
The University of Akron,
Myers School of Art
Josh Green
Director,
National Council on Education
for the Ceramics Arts
Nora Lawrence
Executive Director,
Storm King Art Center
Steve Marks
Founder,
Akron Marathon Charitable Corporation and Main Street Gourmet
Dr. Sarah Rogers Morris
Smithsonian Institution
Christine Quil
Senior Director, Insights & Innovation
Post Consumer Brands
Jim Simon
Partner,
Amer Cunningham Co. LLC
John LaGuardia (Emeritus)
Vice President of Development,
Akron Children’s Hospital