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Our Staff & Leadership

  • Janet Bloch

    Executive Director
  • Nelsy Marcano

    Education Director
  • Whitney Bradshaw

    Curator
  • Jessie Sexton

    Marketing Manager
  • Samantha Bean

    Marketing Coordinator
  • Leona Marshall

    Operations + Bookkeeping
  • Tim Rounds

    Facility Manager
  • Naomi Elson

    Directors’ Assistant and Gallery Shop Manager
  • Patricia Burtless

    Admin Assistant
  • Susan Pluto

    Database Administrator

Board of Directors

  • Steve DePalma

    President
  • Ish Muhammad Nieves

    Vice-President
  • Bill Peck

    Treasurer
  • Heidi Jaffee

    Secretary
  • Dale Cooper

  • Michael Hackett

  • Dwayne Hurt

  • Liz Kaminski

  • Janis Kanter

  • Betsy Kohn

  • Rod Lubeznik

  • Gigi McCabe-Miele

  • Abby Skwiat

  • Melissa Warneke

  • Crystal Williams-French

  • Skyler York

Partnerships

  • 1st Source Bank
  • Aon
  • Applegate & Company, PC
  • Arts Midwest
  • The Barker Welfare Foundation
  • BULK Equipment Corp
  • City of Michigan City
  • Cleveland-Cliffs Inc.
  • Current Electric
  • The Dolly Fund
  • Family Express
  • Farina's Supper Club
  • Four Winds Casinos
  • Gaylord and Dorothy Donnelley Foundation
  • General Insurance Services
  • Goblin and the Grocer
  • Graf Dairy
  • GreatNews.Life
  • Haas & Associates
  • Harbour Trust Investment Management Company
  • Health Foundation of La Porte
  • The Herald-Dispatch
  • Horizon Bank
  • Indiana Arts Commission
  • LOK Wishing Tree Foundation
  • McDonald's of LaPorte County
  • Michael Jefvert
  • Michigan City Community Enrichment Corporation
  • Michigan City Paper Box Company
  • Midwest Technology Group
  • MonoSol
  • National Endowment for the Arts
  • Network for Good
  • Nipsco
  • NiSource Charitable Foundation
  • Precision Maintenance Solutions, Inc.
  • Purdue University Northwest
  • Shoreline Brewery
  • SoLa
  • South Shore CVA
  • South Shore Line
  • Stranco
  • The Times Media Company
  • Vanair
  • Visit Michigan City/La Porte
  • WIMS/WHFB Radio
  • Winegar