IPAY

Our Board

The IPAY Board meets in person twice a year, in June and at the annual Showcase Conference in January. Additionally, board members are expected to serve on committees, which provide them many hands-on tasks in the operation of the organization as well as up to 12 hours of their time per month. The board is comprised of experts in the field of performing arts for youth, including accomplished artists and artistic or programming directors, arts marketers and administrators, arts education directors, children's festival directors, and artist managers. Board members typically serve two three-year terms. Should you be interested in becoming a part of the IPAY Board, we invite you to apply by filling out our nomination application [199K Microsoft Word Document].

See members of our Honorary Board

Executive Committee

President
Ms. Mary Kate Barley-Jenkins*
Chair, Executive Committee
Director, Programming
Chicago Humanities Festival
Chicago, IL
United States
Biography
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Vice President of Programming
Ms. Pamela K. Lieberman*
Executive Director
Pittsburgh International Children's Theater and Festival
Pittsburgh, PA
United States
Biography
E-Mail Pam
Vice President of Communications
Ms. Lian Farrer*
Vice President for Education
State Theatre
New Brunswick, NJ
United States
Biography
E-Mail Lian

Vice President of Development
Whit MacLaughlin
Artistic Director
New Paradise Laboratories
Philadelphia, PA
United States
Biography
E-Mail Whit

Treasurer
Ms. Peg Schuler-Armstrong
Production General Manager
Lincoln Center Institute for the Arts in Education
New York, NY
United States
Biography
E-mail Peg

Secretary
Ms. Sherri Leathers*
Director of Program Services for Education
Tennessee Performing Arts Center
Nashville, TN
United States
Biography
E-Mail Sherri


Immediate Past President
Mr. Jeremy "Boomer" Stacey*
Creative Director
peasoup*Creative
Toronto, Ontario
Canada
Biography
E-Mail Boomer
 

Board Members At Large

   
Ms. Betsy DuBois
Founder and CEO
Betsy DuBois Agency
Milford, PA
United States
Biography
E-Mail Betsy
Ms. Laura Goodwin
VP, Learning and Engagement
Walton Arts Center
Fayetteville, AR
United States
Biography
E-Mail Laura

Ms. Karla Hartley
Independent Artist
Associate Producing Artistic Director
Stageworks Theatre
Tampa, FL
United States
Biography
E-Mail Karla

Mr. Henk Schoute*
Executive Manager
Theaterproductiehuis Zeelandia
Middleburg
The Netherlands
Biography
E-Mail Henk
Ms. Shelley Quiala
Director of Arts Education & Engagement
Ordway Center for the Performing Arts
St. Paul, MN
United States
Biography
E-Mail Shelley
Mr. Kent Martin
General Manager
Axis Theatre Company
Vancouver, BC
Canada
Biography
E-Mail Kent
Mr. Kim Peter Kovac
Producing Director
Theater for Young Audiences
John F. Kennedy Center
for the Performing Arts
Arlington, VA
United States
Biography
E-Mail Kim
Mr. Michael Holden
Co-Director
Holden & Arts Associates
Austin, TX
United States
Biography
E-Mail Michael
   
   

*Denotes 2011 Showcase Selection Committee

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