WCA Current Board

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WCA Current Board

Executive Committee

President
Priscilla Otani, Artist, Partner Arc Studios & Gallery, San Francisco, CA
President-Elect & WCA Chapter Community Initiative
Brenda Oelbaum, Artist, Independent Curator, Ann Arbor, MI
Treasurer/Secretary
Margaret Lutze, Adjunct Faculty, Northwestern, DePaul, and Loyola Universities, Chicago, IL
Vice President & Chair WCA National Exhibitions Initiative
Karen Gutfreund, Curator, Art Consultant, Artist, San Jose, CA
Past President & Chair WCA Legacy Initiative
Janice Nesser-Chu, Professor, Dir. of the Galleries & Perm. Collection, Florissant Valley College, St. Louis, MO
VP for Chapter Relations
Ulla Barr, Artist, San Clemente, CA
VP for Organizational Outreach
Ally Richter, Artist, Chair Palo Alto Public Art Commission
VP for Development
Fay Grajower, Artist, Indep.Curator, Member of Dreyfus Foundation Board of Advisors, Univ. of Pennsylvania
VP Special Events
Position Open

Regional Vice Presidents

Regional VP Northeast
OPEN
Regional VP Southeast
Ann Rowles, Artist, Atlanta, GA
Regional VP Midwest
Rebecca Kramer, Artist, Missoula, MT
Regional VP Southwest
OPEN
Regional VP Pacific/Northwest
Sandra Mueller, Founder, Zest Collaborations; Community Artist, A Window Between Worlds, Venice, CA

Standing Committee Chairs

Honor Awards Chair
Susan King, PhD Candidate, Teaching Assistant UC Irvine, Irvine, CA

Nominations Chair
Yuriko Takata, Artist, San Francisco, CA

Directors

2013
Sherri Cornett, Artist, Billings, MT
Krista Jiannacopoulos, Artist, Los Angeles, CA
Stefani Rossi, Artist, Crawfordsville, IN
Alli Berman, Artist, Woodmere, NY
Elizabeth Sowell-Zak, Artist, Lincroft, NJ
2012
Avinger Nelson, Artist, Pasadena, CA
Helen Poole, Artist, Berkeley, CA
Rona Lesser, JWAN Caucus, Artist, Houston, TX
Cherie Redlinger, Artist, Alexandria, VA
2011
NIku Kashef, Pacific Palisades, CA
Helen Obermeyer-Simmons, Lunenberg, MA
Dale Osterle, Artist, DeKalb, IL
Barbara M. Carson, Ann Arbor, MI
Linda Gilbert-Schneider, Photographer, Brooklyn, NY
Amanda Moyer, Artist, Dearborn Heights, MI

Caucus Chairs

Eco-art Caucus
OPEN
International Caucus
Sherri Cornett, Artist, Billings, MT
Jewish Women Artists Network (JWAN)
Jeane Vogel, Artist, St. Louis, MO
Young Women's Caucus (YWC)
Amanda Moyer, Artist, Dearborn, MI

Board Appointed Advisors

Board Appointed Advisor
Marilyn Hayes, Artist, Arlington, VA
CAA Liaison
Rachel Epp Buller, Asst Professor-Bethel College, Newton, KS
Gallery/Museum Liaison
Patter Hellstrom, Artist, San Francisco, CA

Staff

Director of Operations
Karin Luner, Artist, NYC

See WCA Committees

WCA Donors

Benefactor

The Estate of Sylvia S. Alloway, NY
Priscilla H. Otani & Micheal Yochum/
Philanthropic Ventures Foundation, Oakland, CA
Judith K. Brodsky, Center for Innovations and Prints,
Rutgers University, NJ
Brenda Oelbaum, Michigan
National Congress of Black Women, Inc, Washington, DC
Clark Atlanta University , Georgia

Patron

Beverly Buchanan, Michigan
Ofelia Garcia, Philadelphia

Supporter

Bonnie Askowitz
A Window Between Worlds
Ulla and Ronald Barr
Judy Bemis
Chris Bradley, Instant Publishers
Sherri Cornett
Judy Chicago
Nancy Coleman
Noreen Dean Dresser
Rosalie Friis-Ross
GAP, Inc.
Margaret Garces
Geoffrey Geist
Golden Artist Colors, Inc.
Janice Gossman
Maeve Grogan
Karen Gutfreund
Ann Sutherland Harris
Marilyn J. Hayes
Hilla Hueber
Sharon Irish
Meg M. King
Susan M. King
Karen Kunc
Rona Lesser
Muriel Magenta
Diane J. Mayer
Sandra and Stephen Mueller
Janice Nesser-Chu
Ferris Olin
Elizabeth Pozen
Project Sentinel
Nora Raggio
Barbara Rehg
Ally Richter
Cathy Salser
Ellen Schillace
Yuriko Takata
Irma Velasquez
Scott D. Vouri
Silvia Wagensberg
Helen Williams
Tanya Wilkinson
Ellen Wilt
Barbara Wolanin
WCA Peninsula Chapter
Judy Yochum

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