OUR BOARD OF DIRECTORS
The Board of Directors supports the professional team while guiding and advising on Creative Washtenaw initiatives. Its stated recruitment goals are to seat a board that reflects the breadth and depth of the population by assuring gender, age, cultural, socioeconomic and geographic diversity and includes artists, creative practitioners and creative profit, nonprofit and government entities in Washtenaw County.
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David Snyder
Chair
Managing Member
Wabash & Main LLC
Creative: Historic Preservation
Lives and works in Milan
Matt Boylan
Treasurer
Creative: Arts Advocate
Matt Bower
Vice Chair
Partner
Varnum LLP
Creative: Arts Champion and Advocate
Lives and works in Ann Arbor
Tina Walther
Past President
Owner
Rapport Innovative Marketing LLC
Creative: Communication Design
Lives and works in Washtenaw/Monroe County
Nan Plummer
Secretary
22 North Gallery
22 North Consulting
Creative: Art Gallery Director
Lives and Works in Ypsilanti
Mary Bevans Gillett
Board Member
Creative: Writer, Arts Advocate, Consultant
Felicia Brabec
Board Member
Psychologist, Educator,
and Political Leader
Creative: Arts Advocate
Lives and Works in Pittsfield Twp
Jennifer Chizek
Board Member
Destination Ann Arbor
Director of Community Engagement
Creative: Creative Writing and Art Advocate
Lives and works in Ann Arbor
Barron Evans
Board Member
Pro Bono
Not-for-Profit Change Advisor
Creative: Chronic Arts & Culture Volunteer across 8 US Cities
Lives in Scio Township
Emilio Rodriguez
Board Member
UM's School of Music, Theatre, Dance
Lecturer
Creative: Playwright, Composer and Theatre Maker
Lives and Works in Ypsilanti + Ann Arbor
Christopher Tiffany
Board Member
University of Michigan Institute for Social Research
Associate Director of Corporate and Foundation Relations
Creative: Theater Maker and Art Advocate
Lives and Works in Saline + Ann Arbor
Cheryl Willoughby
Board Member
The Encore Musical Theatre Company
Director of Development & Community Engagement
Creative: Art Advocate
Lives and works in Dexter
ABOUT THE CW TEAM
Creative Washtenaw’s Professional Team is made up of a pair of passionate individuals with strong backgrounds in the arts and creative industries, education, advocacy, and business. The team strives to remain current on industry trends, issues, and public policies impacting the creative sector to serve our communities with support and advocacy.
(she/her)
Executive Director
chloe.crowther@creativewashtenaw.org
(she/her)
Communications Director
jen.prouty@creativewashtenaw.org
