Who We Are

CAEF is a network of arts administrators working together to provide professional development and networking opportunities to advance and invigorate the field of arts education.

The Forum is led by an advisory committee (see list at right). Northwestern University Settlement House is acting as the group’s fiscal agent. If you would like to get involved by serving on the advisory committee, please email or .


Advisory Board

Nicole Losurdo, Co-chair
Director of Education
The Auditorium Theater of Roosevelt University

Merissa Shunk, Co-chair
Director of Education
Adventure Stage Chicago

Molly Topper, project coordinator
Enrichment Partnership Specialist
Communities in Schools of Chicago

Arnold Aprill
Founding and Creative Director
Chicago Arts Partnerships in Education

Frank Baiocchi
Program Officer
Polk Bros. Foundation

Suzanne Connor
Senior Program Officer
The Chicago Community Trust

Robert Cornelius
Arts Education Director
Victory Gardens

David Flatley
Executive Director, School Partnerships/Project AIM
Columbia College Chicago Center for Community Arts Partnerships

Lynne Pace Green
Education Director
American Theatre Company

Carolina Jayaram
Independent Consultant

Jane Hudak
Professor
Governors State University

Emily Hooper Lansana
Theater and Literary Arts Curriculum Supervisor
CPS Office of Arts Education

Jordan LaSalle
Director of Community Partnerships
Urban Gateways

Shawn Lent
Arts Integration Program Specialist, Project AIM
Columbia College Chicago Center for Community Arts Partnerships

Pierre Lockett
Director of Education & Community Engagement
Joffrey Ballet

Giselle Mercier
Executive Director
Pros Arts Studio

Elizabeth Millman
Academy Managing Director
The Joffrey Ballet

Lizzie Perkins
Director of Education & Community Programs
Lookingglass Theatre

Amy Rasmussen
Executive Director
Chicago Arts Partnerships in Education

Mark Rodriguez
Executive Director
Changing Worlds

Sidney Sidwell
Senior Program Officer
The Lloyd A. Fry Foundation

Scott Sikkema
Education Director
Chicago Arts Partnerships in Education

Julie Simpson
Executive Director
Urban Gateways

Kate Thomas
Director, Arts at the Center
Chicago Teacher's Center

Cynthia Weiss
Associate Director, School Partnerships/Project AIM
Columbia College Chicago Center for Community Arts Partnerships

Many thanks to:






 

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