Citizens’ Committee

The following leaders of Chicago’s many arts institutions have joined the ChiArts Citizens’ Committee to endorse the mission of offering talented teenagers a public school opportunity for pre-professional training in the arts in a pre-collegiate academic setting and increasing diversity in arts institutions and professions:

Maggie Daley, Chair
Kenneth P. Bergren, Urban Gateways
Norman R. Bobins, WTTW
Douglas R. Brown, Steppenwolf Theatre
Erika Bruhn, Chicago Opera Theater
John H. Bryan, Millennium Park, Inc.
Martin R. Castro, National Museum of Mexican Art
Ross Crampton, UIC College of Architecture and the Arts
James S. Crown, University of Chicago
Mary A. Dempsey, DePaul University
Shawn M. Donnelley, Goodman Theater
Kate Evert, The People's Music School
Robert Feitler, Smart Museum of Art
Leona B. Flowers, Muntu Dance Theatre
Lawrence J. Furnstahl, Hyde Park Art Center
C. Gary Gerst, Chicago Shakespeare Theater
Teresa Goodhue, Sones de Mexico Ensemble
Lisa Naparstek Green, Lookingglass Theatre Company
Tara Dowd Gurber, Chicago Sinfonietta
Mary Ann Hagerty, Pegasus Players
Joan W. Harris, Harris Theater for Music and Dance
Leland E. Hutchinson, Music of the Baroque
Mary Ittelson, Museum of Contemporary Art
Richard P. Kiphart, Lyric Opera of Chicago
Melissa Knoll, Chicago Children’s Choir
Libby Komaiko, Ensemble Español
Phil Lumpkin, River North Chicago Dance Company
Barry L. MacLean, The School of the Art Institute of Chicago
Donna Mavros, Lifeline Theatre
David Mekemson, Hubbard Street Dance Chicago
Juan Mendez, Puerto Rican Arts Alliance
James J. Mitchell III, Roosevelt University
Sharon Naidu, Natya Dance Theatre
Julie Nakagawa, DanceWorks Chicago
William A. Osborn, Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Gigi Pritzker, Chicago Children’s Museum
Thomas J. Pritzker, The Art Institute of Chicago
Michael R. Quinlan, Loyola University Chicago
Karen Randolph, Remy Bumppo Theatre Company
Jeffrey C. Rappin, Victory Gardens Theater
Earl J. Rusnak, Merit School of Music
Patrick G. Ryan, Northwestern University
Barry Sabloff, Sherwood Conservatory of Music
John Schladweiler, Chicago Youth Symphony Orchestras
Tom Sharp, Midwest Young Artists
Maureen D. Smith, Joffrey Ballet
Jorge A. Solis, Luna Negra Dance Theater
Venetia Stifler, Ruth Page Foundation
Pamela B. Strobel, Ravinia
Robert M. Swenson, Old Town School of Folk Music
Bryan S. Traubert, Marwen
Allen M. Turner, Columbia College Chicago
Pepe Vargas, International Latino Cultural Center
Charles von Weise, Redmoon Theater
Mark Watson, DuSable Museum of African American History
Tony Weisman, WBEZ/Chicago Public Radio