WHO WE Are

our team

Meet the ArtsKC team. For general information and inquiries, please email info@artskc.org

AMANDA ARANY

General Manager, Programs & Services 

ANNA FIORELLA

Senior Manager, Business Engagement

ANNE PALMER

Director, Audience Development Practice

BRANDEN HARALSON

Senior Manager, Public Policy & Government Relations

CARTER BRYANT

Associate, ArtsKC Programs

DANA KNAPP

President & CEO

KATHRYN WALKER

Vice President, Finance & Operations

KRISTI VASSAR

Senior Coordinator, Accounting & Operations

LINDA WILLIAMS

Manager, The Drop

NATALIA HERRERA

Director, Marketing & Communications

sARAH BREWER

Manager, Marketing & Communications

TARA KARAIM

Senior Manager, Grants

Board of Directors

Fiscal Year 2024

Madeline Romious

Board Chair,
AT&T

Shirley Bush Helzberg

Founding Chair

Michael Gonzales

Vice Board Chair,
Diversity & Inclusion Consortium

Chuck McCann

Treasurer

Dr. Derald Davis

Vice Chair,
Kansas City Public Schools

michael toombs

Artist Collective & The Storytellers Inc. 

Jon D. Stephens

PortKC

Miguel Rivera

Artist & Kansas City Art Institute

julie Robinson

Trozollo Communications Group

Tim MARCHESI

DeMarche Associates, Inc

Andrea Young

Grayson Capital & Monument Healthcare Development

Chris Migneron

JE Dunn Construction

Sharon Freese

Behavioral Health at University Health

James (Jim) Charlesworth

Charlesworth Consulting, LLC

david moore

The National Association of Asian American Professionals (NAAAP)

KATHERINE cARTTAR

Urban Land Institute-Kansas City

Dr. J. Camille Hall

UMKC

Patti Neuhold-Ravikumar

Schnake Turnbo Frank

ArtsKC diversity

ARTSKC IS COMMITTED TO INCLUSIVITY AND ACCESSIBILItY.

ArtsKC seeks to achieve diversity and cultural equity in its leadership, partnerships, grant making and programs. ArtsKC seeks to be a supporter and model for all arts organizations in the region, particularly in areas of board make-up, staffing, training and communications practices.

ArtsKC carries out its region-wide mission with proactive efforts to embrace differences of culture, ethnicity, race, religion, international origin, sexual orientation, physical abilities, socio-economic status, age and gender. Its goals will be achieved when:

All individuals and organizations that make up our region have fair access to the information, financial resources and opportunities vital to full cultural expression;

All share the opportunity to be represented in the development of arts policy and the distribution of arts resources;

All cultures are expressed in thriving, visible arts organizations of all sizes; and,

Programming reflects the experiences of all cultures, communities, age groups and abilities.

All counties, municipalities and arts genres have a proportional voice in region-wide arts planning and resource allocation.

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All staff photos by Travis Young

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