2020-2021 Board of Directors

John Abodeely
President & CEO
Houston Arts Alliance
Houston, Texas

Dr. Agustin Arteaga
The Eugene McDermott Director
Dallas Museum of Art
Dallas, Texas

Lynn Barnett
Executive Director
Abilene Cultural Affairs Council
Abilene, Texas

Amy W. Baskin
Executive Director
Young Audiences of Northeast Texas
Tyler, Texas

Fiona Bond
Executive Director
Creative Waco
Waco, TX

Cathy Neece Brown, CFRE, Secretary
Vice President for Development
James L. West Alzheimer's Center
Fort Worth, Texas

Lily Cabatu Weiss
Executive Director
Dallas Arts District
Dallas, Texas

Mary Grace Galván Carroll, DMA
Vidal M. Trevino School of Communications and Fine Arts – LISD
Laredo Theatre Guild International
Laredo, Texas

Wendie Cook
Executive Director
The Citadel Art Foundation
Canadian, Texas

Cissy Segall Davis
Managing Director
Miller Theatre Advisory Board, Inc.
Houston, Texas

Nicholas Dragga
Executive Director
Ballet LubbocK
Lubbock, Texas

Ben Fyffe
Director
Department of Cultural Affairs & Recreation
City of El Paso
El Paso, Texas

Sammetria Goodson
Founder & Managing Attorney
Goodson Law
Dallas, Texas

Randy Ham
Executive Director
Odessa Arts
Odessa, Texas

Todd Eric Hawkins
Executive Director
Department of Arts & Culture
Irving, Texas

Chris Heinbaugh
Vice President of External Affairs
AT&T Performing Arts Center
Dallas, Texas

Jon Hinojosa
Executive Director
Say Si
San Antonio, Texas

Danny Holeva
Executive Director
Arts Council of Midland
Midland, Texas

Brandon Lamb, Treasurer
CPA, Lawyer
Maxwell Locke & Ritter
Austin, Texas

Perryn Leech
Managing Director
Houston Grand Opera
Houston, Texas

Sara Morgan
Director
Art Museum of South Texas
Corpus Christi, Texas

Kathryn McNiel
Independent Consultant
Houston, Texas

Mary Padgett, Parliamentarian
Community Arts Advocate
Austin, Texas

Dr. Michael Quantz
CEO 
Brownsville Society for Performing Arts
Brownsville, Texas

Debbie Racca-Sittre
Director
Department of Arts & Culture, City of San Antonio
San Antonio, Texas

Jim Ritts, Vice President
President and CEO
Austin Theatre Alliance
Austin, Texas

Cookie Ruiz, CFRE, President
Executive Director
Ballet Austin
Austin, Texas

Jennifer Scripps
Executive Director
City of Dallas, Office of Cultural Affairs
Dallas, Texas

John Kerr Smither
The Smither Company
Huntsville, Texas

Joanna St. Angelo
Executive Director
The Sammons Art Center
President
Dallas Area Cultural Advocacy Coalition
Dallas, Texas

Amanda Still
Arts & Culture Coordinator, City of Georgetown
Georgetown Arts & Culture Board
Georgetown, Texas

Ginny Tigue
Independent Fundraising Professional
Fort Worth, Texas

Clyde Valentin
Director
Ignite Arts Dallas
Southern Methodist University
School of the Arts
Dallas, Texas

Alison Weaver
Susan Deal Booth Executive Director
Rice University's Moody Center for the Arts
Houston, Texas

Meghan Wells
Cultural Arts Division Manager
Economic Development, City of Austin
Austin, Texas

Karen Wiley
President
Arts Council of Fort Worth
Fort Worth, Texas

In Memory of:

George Ramirez (2019)
President and Chairman
Brownsville Society for the Performing Arts
Brownsville, Texas