Board President, Groundcover News
Creative: arts + creative leader, educator, evaluator, advocate
Lives in Ann Arbor and works in Washtenaw County
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OUR PEOPLE
ABOUT THE CW TEAM
Creative Washtenaw’s Professional Team is made up 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.
Anna Gersh, Ph. D.
(she/her)
Interim Director
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.
Interested in supporting our community
by becoming a Creative Washtenaw Board Member?
Abby Fanelli
Board Member
CEO & Co-Founder
WAABEL StartUp Studio
Creative: Writer
Lives and works in Ann Arbor
Asha Jordan
Board Member
Jordan Nik Art
Creative: Visual Artist & Curator
Lives in Detroit and works in Detroit & Ann Arbor
Amy Karbo
Board Member
Director of Communications & Community Engagement
Destination Ann Arbor
Creative: Communications
Lives and works in Ann Arbor
Michael McCarthy
Board Member
Co-founder & CEO
Neville Wealth Management
Creative: arts consumer
Lives and works in Frankfort
Deb Polich
(She/Her/Them/Theirs)
Treasurer
Creative: Retired Arts and Creative Executive, Advocate, & Radio Host
Lives in Ann Arbor
David Snyder
President
Managing Member
Wabash & Main, LLC
Creative: historic preservation
Lives and works in Washtenaw/Monroe County
Tina Walther
Secretary
Owner
Rapport Innovative Marketing LLC
Creative: communication design
Lives and works in Washtenaw/Monroe County