Our People

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 Volunteering with Creative Washtenaw?

Please reach out! We'd love to meet with you.

David Snyder

Chair

Managing Member
Wabash & Main LLC

Creative: Historic Preservation

Lives and works in Milan

Tina Walther

Secretary

Owner
Rapport Innovative Marketing LLC

Creative: Communication Design

Lives and works in Washtenaw/Monroe County

Nan Plummer

Treasurer

22 North Gallery
22 North Consulting

Creative: Art Gallery Director

Lives and Works in Ypsilanti

Matt Bower

Board Member

Partner
Varnum LLP

Creative: Arts Champion and Advocate

Lives and works in Ann Arbor

Felicia Brabec

Board Member

Psychologist, Educator,
and Political Leader

Creative: Arts Advocate

Lives and Works in Pittsfield Twp

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

Mary Bevans Gillett

Board Member

Sparks & Starts LLC

Retired Executive Director

Northwest Michigan Arts & Culture Network

Creative: Writer, Arts Advocate, Consultant

Lives & works in Ann Arbor + Traverse City, MI

Jennifer Chizek

Board Member

Destination Ann Arbor
Director of Community Engagement

Creative: Creative Writing and Art Advocate

Lives and works in Ann Arbor

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.