Board of Directors

Advisory Board

MPA Staff

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MPA Board of Directors

Pamela Danner, Chair

Jane Imperatore, Vice-Chair

Helen Frederick, Secretary

Alicia Bond, Treasurer

Ken Avis
Bruce L. Berlage
Michelle Bernard
Laura Bryce
Ian Brzezinski
Joe Coleman
Lizzy Conroy
Richard Dana
Pamela Danner
Mary Davis
Rustom Desai
Fizzah Gocke
Kitty González
Carolyn Gore

Bobby Han

Barbara Hawthorn

Jacqueline Henry

Kim Keating

Marla Kim

Traudel Lange

Bari Levingston

June Linowitz

Debra Lindsay

Cynthia Miller

Virginia Milton

Marsha Muawwad

Marianne Prendergast

Chelsea Rao

Silvia Sagari

Carla Seebald

John Simms

Cindy Smith

Silvija Strikis

Delia Swigart

George D. Swygert, Jr.

Joe Wetzel

Piper Yerks

Jill Young

Paul Young

MPA Advisory Board

Sally Simms, Chair

Guillermo Almada

Ginny Brzezinski

Charlotte Cameron

David Carlson

Michelle Crone

Delna Dastur

Elsabé Johnson Dixon

Bill DuBose

Karen DuVal

Dennis Findley

Howard Forman

John Foust

Matt Frank

Rachel Georgelas

Julie Gerstel

Pamela Gwaltney

Douglas Haynes

Betsy Huffman

Leslie Kerman

Zain Khan

Ray Kimsey

Amy King

Paul Kohlenberger

Anne Marie Marenburg

Renato Miracco

Jon Monett

Scott Monett

Kathleen Murphy

Bob Nelson

Brittany Root

Ellen Rosenblum

Tony Rounds

Sushma Shenoy

John Simms

Alice Starr

Nathalie Sullivan

Rip Sullivan

Derrick Swaak

Margi Vanderhye

Robin Walker

Julie Lansaw Warin

Jack Wilbern

Lori Wiseman

Vance Zavela

MPA Staff

Lori Carbonneau

Executive Director

lcarbonneau@mpaart.org

Falayi Adu

Director of Operations & Finance

fadu@mpaart.org

Sharon Fishel

ArtReach Director

sfishel@mpaart.org

Nancy Sausser

Artistic Director and Curator

nsausser@mpaart.org

Jennifer Wormser

Director of Development

jwormser@mpaart.org

Deb Bissen

Director of Communications & Public Affairs

dbissen@mpaart.org

Jennifer Jeannot

Director of Governance & Grants

jjeannot@mpaart.org

Elizabeth Murphy

Director of Community Engagement

emurphy@mpaart.org

Chris Usher

Director of Design

cusher@mpaart.org

Briana Clorey

Education & ArtReach Operations Manager

bclorey@mpaart.org

Jennifer Lillis

Assistant Curator and Gallery Manager

jlillis@mpaart.org

Phyllis Riley

Operations & Events Manager

priley@mpaart.org

Tom Edwards

Database & IT Manager

tedwards@mpaart.org

Bethany Nguyen

Marketing Consultant

bnguyen@mpaart.org

Amy Chillemi

Gallery Assistant

achillemi@mpaart.org

Join Our Team

Community and art are at the heart of everything we do at McLean Project for the Arts. If you’re passionate about connecting people with creativity, we invite you to join our team of dedicated educators, gallerists, creatives, leaders, and arts professionals.

Discover open opportunities at MPA.

Ceramics Studio Manager

MPA seeks a part-time Ceramics Studio Manager (15-20 hours per week) to support and help shape MPA Clay, a new ceramics studio at the MPA Berlage Arts & Education Center. The Ceramics Studio Manager is responsible fort the day-to-day operation and maintenance of MPA Clay. This includes kiln operation, materials management, studio organization, and support of classes and studio use.


This is a part-time, non-exempt position for approximately 15-20 hours per week. Compensation $22-26/hour, commensurate with experience.