Advisory Boards
Arts Everywhere is advised by three distinguished leadership groups that include UNC-Chapel Hill alumni and supporters, campus arts faculty and senior administrators, and student arts leaders. The initiative is grateful to the individuals below who volunteer their time to shape the future of the arts at UNC.
Carolina Arts Leadership Council
JK Brown, Chair
New York, NY
Richard L. Chilton Jr.
New York, NY
Deborah Gerhardt
Chapel Hill, NC
Ruby Lerner
New York, NY
Shannon Kete
New York, NY
John Powell
New Orleans, LA
Charlotte Wickham
Charlotte, NC
Campus Arts Council
Renee Alexander Craft
Chair | Department of Communication
Vivienne Benesch
Producing Artistic Director | PlayMakers Repertory Co.
Elizabeth Engelhardt
Senior Associate Dean | Fine Arts and Humanities
Professor | Department of American Studies
Maria Estorino
Director | Wilson Library
Alison Friedman
Executive and Artistic Director | Carolina Performing Arts
David Garcia
Chair and Professor | Department of Music
Joseph Jordan
Director | Sonja H. Stone Center
Carol Magee
Chair and Associate Professor | Department of Art & Art History
Peter Nisbet
Deputy Director for Curatorial Affairs | Ackland Art Museum
Patricia Parker
Director | Institute for the Arts and Humanities
Amy Russell
Director of Programming | Carolina Performing Arts
Kathryn Wagner
Associate Director | Arts Everywhere
Ron Strauss
Executive Vice Provost and Chief International Officer
Adam Versenyi
Professor and Chair | Department of Dramatic Art
Daniel Wallace
Director | Creative Writing Program
Rick Warner
Director | Film Studies
Katie Ziglar
Director | Ackland Art Museum