The ArtsRising Steering Committee is an advisory body that includes a powerful array of individuals from the arts, cultural, education, civic, business, and funding communities who together, will guide, support, and ensure the success of ArtsRising.
2010-2011 Steering Committee Members
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Natalye Paquin (Chair)
Kimmel Center -
Candace Bell
William Penn Foundation - Beth Feldman Brandt
Stockton Rush Bartol Foundation
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Pamela Brown
School District of Philadelphia -
Linda Chen
School District of Philadelphia -
Raye Cohen
Philadelphia Arts Education Partnership -
Dennis Creedon
School District of Philadelphia - Helen Cunningham
Samuel S. Fels Fund
- Diane Dalto
Pennsylvania Council on the Arts
- Karen Davis
Arts & Business Council of Greater Philadelphia
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Allan Edmunds
Brandywine Workshop - Happy Fernandez
Moore College of Art and Design
- Valerie Gay
Temple University, College of Education
- Carole Haas Gravagno
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Julie Hawkins
Greater Philadelphia Cultural Alliance - Feather Houstoun
William Penn Foundation
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Girija Kaimal
Temple University, College of Education - Mellanie Lassiter
PECO Energy
- Meg Long
OMG Center for Collaborative Learning
- Bruce Melgary
Lenfest Foundation
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Jo-Anna Moore
Temple University, Tyler School of Art - Linda Munich
6 ABC
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Jan Norman
Young Audiences, Inc. - Deborah O'Brien
Bank of America
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Helen Davis Picher
William Penn Foundation - Gregory Rowe
The Pew Charitable Trusts
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Susan Segal
Lincoln Financial Foundation -
Susan Sherman
Independence Foundation -
Lori Shorr
City of Philadelphia, Mayor’s Office of Education -
Gary Steuer
City of Philadelphia, Office of Arts, Culture and the Creative Economy -
Beatriz Vieira
Philadelphia Foundation -
Courtenay Wilson
William Penn Foundation -
Kelly Woodland
William Penn Foundation
Ex Officio
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Varissa McMickens
ArtsRising Director -
Matt Braun
Fleisher Art Memorial - Carol Fixman
Philadelphia Education Fund
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Shelly Yanoff
Public Citizens for Children and Youth