Our Leadership

Staff

Ian Kennedy, Executive Director

Sharniece Bowens, Program Manager

Dave Simmons, Director of Programming

Megan Wills, Communications Manager

Randi Benesch, Director of Development & Strategy

Susan Galvin, Technical Director

Dale Rodefer, Technical Advisor

Fran Miller, Head Electrician 

Dominic Valente, Head Carpenter

Sam Brevard, Carpenter

Robert Nelson, Head Sound Engineer

Tyrone Parker, Sound Engineer

Jeff Everhart, Sound Engineer

Beau Seidel, Lakefront Stage Manager

Kelly Lennox, Head Props

Merriweather Arts and Culture Center Board Members

Board

Candace Dodson Reed, Chair

Kenneth Ulman, Vice Chair

Barry Curtis, Treasurer

Debbie Ellinghaus, Secretary

Maurice Bellan

Jeffrey Lavis

Greg Fitchitt

Elizabeth Kromm

Louis Ulman