Board of Directors
Newly Elected Board of Directors
- President: Mike Lubin, S&C Electric
- Vice President: Mary Winn Heider, Author of “The Losers at the Center of the Galaxy” and “The Mortification of Fovea Munson”
- Secretary: Allison Sokolowski, Chicago Playback Theatre
- Treasurer: Steve Crothers, 1847Financial & Penn Mutual
- Jen Allman, City Colleges of Chicago
- Ashley Bland, CCIM Institute
- Deanna Myers, Multi-Disciplinary Theatre Artist & Arts Administrator
- Dori Scallet, Social Worker & Therapist with Presence Psychotherapy
- Mike Schuppe, Professional Theatre Resources
- Harrison Wayne Smith, SAGO Market Research
If you are interested in learning about Board membership, please visit our “Get Involved” page.
Emeritus Board Members
Merissa Stewart, Lifeline Theatre & Wellness for Everyone; Jack Reich, The Magis Group; Tamiko Casteel, Ldt Branded Solutions LLC; Victoria Golden, Bubbles Academy; Jillian Abbinanti, 826Chi; Kate Staiger, Interactions; Joan Figarella, Masters Candidate UW Madison; John Gilmour, Hamilton the Musical; Mandy Jones, The Theraplay Institute; David Borowski, CarePort Health; Maurizio “Mo” Sardisco, Ernst & Young, LLP; Tom Cuevas, ABN AMRO; Mary Fisher, Wintrust Financial; Joe Levering, Fast Radius; Liz Joynt Sandberg, DePaul University; Beth Bullock, Athenaeum Theater; Amanda Allen, Museum of Science and Industry; Imron Bhatti, U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development; Christopher Rapisarda, Evanston Public Schools; Edwindra Johnson, Intrinsic Schools; Michelle Gansle, Mars Wrigley; Cara Clifford, Ounce of Prevention Fund; Kim Dunlap Nagy, Wintrust Financial; Erica Rose Halverson, UW Madison; Aileen Wright Bacon, Ernst & Young; Talha Basit, Chicago Public Schools; Matt Blakely, Motorola Inc.; Jennifer Bowser, Allstate Insurance Company; Sara Braun, Kraft Foods; Karen Bundy, Mercer; Anne Cole, Community Investment Corporation; Erick Deshaun Dorris, Academy for Urban School Leadership; Katie Ellis, agencyEA; Caroline Grossman, University of Chicago Booth School of Business; Angela Guido, Boston Consulting Group; Chloe Johnston, Neo-Futurists; Daniel Lange, Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP; Molly McCarthy, Ogilvy & Mather; Maureen Mizwicki, Northwestern University School of Medicine; Paul Neary, Boeing; Heather O’Keefe, Paris Presents; Danielli Oliver, Self-Employed; Greg Peterson, Keystone Alliance; Jon Ryan Quinn, Rockefeller Philanthropy Partners; Nancy Rosenfeld, NYU Stern School of Business; Amy Szostak, Northern Trust; Heidi Thompson Saunders, Court Theatre
Do you want to join the PML Board of Directors?
Email Brandon Cloyd, PlayMakers Laboratory’s Program Director, at bcloyd@playmakerslab.org, to find out how you can join!
“I loved acting even though I am shy. [PlayMakers Laboratory] really helped me learn how not to be shy but fun and creative.”
–Kaela W., Avondale Elementary