Theater: FY 2025 Grants Panelists

Grants for Arts Projects I - Panel A
July 9, 2024

Melissa Fortune (Layperson)
Loan Signing Agent/Web Designer
Atlanta, GA

M.J. Kang
Freelance Actor, Playwright, Director, Storyteller
Venice, CA

David Kanter
Donor Services Officer
Baltimore Community Foundation
Ticket Services Associate
Center Stage Associates, Inc.
Baltimore, MD

Kimberly Senior
Freelance Director
Springfield Township, NJ

Kristen van Ginhoven
Consultant
Lenox, MA

Grants for Arts Projects I - Panel B
July 11, 2024

Dawn Chiang
Lighting Designer
Bridgeport, CT

Nora DeVeau-Rosen
Managing Director
Two River Theater Company
Freehold, NJ

Eldonna Loraine May
Certified Online Professor
Music
Wayne State University, Music Department
Honors College
Grosse Pointe Woods, MI

Sherry Shephard-Massat
Playwright
Sandy Springs, GA

Steven Sorenson (Layperson)
Physician and Arts Board Member
Radiology
Loma Linda University
Laguna Beach, CA

Grants for Arts Projects I - Panel C
July 11, 2024

Belinda Lanier (Layperson)
Senior Accountant 
City of Charlotte-Aviation Department
Charlotte, NC

Neena Massey
Artist
Highlands Ranch, CO

Michael Mercier
Deputy Director of Advancement
Olney Theatre Corporation
Reston, VA

Andrew Park
Artistic Director of Aquatic Presentations 
Shedd Aquarium
Associate Professor, Head of Directing
University of Southern Mississippi
Hattiesburg, MS

Jonathan B. Walters
International Programs Director
Hand2Mouth
Portland, OR

Grants for Arts Projects I - Panel D
July 16, 2024

Emma Bohmann
Development Officer
Arts Midwest
St. Paul, MN

Nurten Hasdemir (Layperson)
Pharmacist
Bethel, CT

Jeni Mahoney
Freelance Playwright/Dramaturg/Teacher/Director
Guest Teacher
Stonecoast, Low Residency Creative Writing Program
University of Southern Maine
Merrimack, NH

Judith Scott
Professional Actor/Fabric Artist
Las Vegas, NV

Grants for Arts Projects I - Panel E
July 16, 2024

Dennis L. Bolin (Layperson)
Retired
Dallas, TX

Sarah Hinz
Executive Director
Good Luck Macbeth Theatre Company
Reno, NV

Leah Maddrie
Institutional Giving Associate 
Vivian Beaumont Theater, Inc.
Bronx, NY

Mario Telles
Writer/Actor
Socorro, NM

Jill Underwood
Associate Director of Development
Children's Theater Company and School
Minneapolis, MN