Board of Directors
The Mid-America Arts Alliance Board of Directors includes representatives from each of our states: Arkansas, Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska, Oklahoma, and Texas.
Arkansas
Ed Clifford
CEO, The Jones Trust
Bentonville
Denise Garner
Founder, Board Chair, Feed Communities
Fayetteville
John Gaudin
Treasurer, M-AAA
President, Argenta Wealth Management
North Little Rock
Garbo Hearne
Owner, Hearne Fine Art
Little Rock
Patrick Ralston
Executive Director, Arkansas Arts Council
Little Rock
Sandi Sanders
Chair, Arkansas Arts Council
Fort Smith
Melissa Thoma
Principal, Thoma Thoma
Little Rock
Kansas
Stacey Dillon
Civic Leader
Lawrence
Joan Horan
Civic Leader
Leawood
Jane M. Gates
Executive Director, Stiefel Theatre
Salina
Peter Jasso
Director, Kansas Creative Arts Industries Commission
Topeka
Larry Meeker
Chair, Kansas Creative Arts Industries Commission
Lake Quivira
Daniel Sabatini
Sabatini Architects Inc.
Lawrence
Kate Van Steenhuyse
Founder and CEO, Harvester Arts
Wichita
Missouri
Susan Barrett
President, Barret Barrera Projects
St. Louis
Sharon Beshore
Chair, Missouri Arts Council
Joplin
Michael Donovan
Executive Director, Missouri Arts Council
St. Louis
Nancy Lee Kemper
Civic Leader
Kansas City
Nola Ruth
Civic Leader
Columbia
Susan Sherman
Civic Leader
St. Louis
Frank Uryasz
Civic Leader
Kansas City
Nebraska
J. Robert Duncan
Chairman Emeritus, Duncan Aviation
Lincoln
Candy Henning
Chair, Nebraska Arts Council
Lincoln
Ruth H. Keene
Civic Leader
Omaha
Rhonda Seacrest
Civic Leader
Lincoln, NE
Todd Simon
Sr. Vice President, Omaha Steaks
Omaha
Richard J. Vierk
Chairperson, M-AAA
Managing Partner, Vierk & Associates, LLC
Lincoln
Suzanne Wise
Executive Director, Nebraska Arts Council
Omaha
Oklahoma
Billie Barnett
Civic Leader
Tulsa
Lona Barrick
Executive Officer, Cultural Tourism, Department of Communications and Community Development, The Chickasaw Nation
Ada
Kendric Fergeson
President, NBC Oklahoma
Altus
Linda S. Frazier
Civic Leader
Tulsa
Holbrook Lawson, At-large member
Secretary, M-AAA
Holbrook Campbell Lawson, LLC
Tulsa, OK
Ann Neal
Chair, Oklahoma Arts Council
Miami
Amber Sharples
Vice Chairperson, M-AAA
Executive Director, Oklahoma Arts Council
Oklahoma City
Kym Koch Thompson
Principal, Koch Communications
Oklahoma City
Texas
Dale Brock
Chair, Texas Commission on the Arts
Owner, Visiting Angels
Fort Worth
Lillie Fontenot
Consultant, Accent Management/Chesterfield Engineering
Houston
Dr. Gary Gibbs
Executive Director, Texas Commission on the Arts
Austin
Linda Hatchel
Civic Leader
Waco
Gregory Perrin
Playwright & Associate Vice-President, St. Edward’s University
Austin
Margie Reese, At-large member
Executive Director, Wichita Falls Alliance for Arts and Culture
Wichita Falls, TX
Hector Villarreal
Co-Owner, LUCHO Inc.
Houston
Mildred Knape Witte
Civic Leader
Tyler
Ex Officio
Todd Stein
President and Chief Executive Officer, M-AAA
Kansas City, MO
Emeritus
Marian Andersen
Civic Leader
Omaha, NE
John Paul Batiste
Civic Leader
Dallas, TX
Carolyn Dillon
Artist
Hutchinson, KS
Ann Garvey
Civic Leader
Wichita, KS
Kay Goebel, PhD
Psychologist
Oklahoma City, OK
Donald A. Johnston
Executive (ret.), INTRUST Bank
Lawrence, KS
Dorothy Morris
President, Morris Foundation
Hot Springs, AR
Don Munro
Chairman/CEO, Munro Shoes
Hot Springs, AR
Betty Price
Civic Leader
Oklahoma City, OK
Wallace Richardson
Knudsen, Berkheimer, Richardson & Endacott (ret.)
Lincoln, NE
Judith Sabatini
Photographer
Topeka, KS
Art Thompson
President, Cooper Foundation
Lincoln, NE
James R. Tolbert, III
Chairman, First Oklahoma Corporation
Oklahoma City, OK