Women's Board members volunteer at Family Day
Photo: Ellen Chu © MCA ChicagoWomen’s Board
About
Since the MCA's founding in 1967, the members of the Women's Board have collaborated with each other and with the museum to create dynamic programs and projects that have helped establish the MCA as an important and vibrant cultural institution. These programs have included: a lecture and film series, an art travel program (both foreign and domestic), the docent program, the community affiliate program, the MCA Store, an MCA restaurant, the opening night celebration of EXPO CHICAGO (Vernissage), Family Days, and, most recently, artsmart.
The Women’s Board also plays the important role of ambassador for the MCA. Board members focus considerable effort on staying abreast of what is going on at the museum. In this way, the Board is better able to raise awareness of the MCA throughout the greater Chicago area.
Women’s Board Members
Officers
- President
- Rachel Grund
- Vice President
- Paula Fuller Tobin
- Secretary
- Tonya Geesman
- Treasurer
- Cheryl Seder
Women’s Board Members
- Micaelle Alexis
- Janet Anixter
- Jennifer Armetta
- Tammi Bedolla
- Marlene Breslow-Blitstein
- Jennifer Brown
- Susan Brunstrum
- Rada Burdeen
- Helen Cesarik
- Lori A. Crosley
- Andrea K. DeMar
- Kelly Drew-Townsel
- Nneka Dunham
- Marcia Fraerman 1
- Robin Gallardi
- Jeri N. Henoch
- Katie Hutchens
- Loren Nicol Johnson
- Diane Kahan
- Susie L. Karkomi
- Caitlynde Langer
- Laura Lester
- Lisa Marick
- Elizabeth Mollen
- Rebecca Daniel Mottley
- Nadia Murad
- Christina Ochs
- Amy W. Olswang
- Lauren Peterson
- Patricia Prince
- Cathy Ross
- Yumi Shilowitz Ross
- Catheryn Rotstein
- Barbara Rouse
- Gabby Sainati
- Yolanda Stemer
- Rena Sternberg 1
- Robyn Tavel
- Mary Kay Touhy
- Natasha Sawlani Vuppuluri
- Natalie Waechter
- Ellen B. Wallace 1
Sustaining Women’s Board Members
- Gale Fischer
- Loren Friend
- Margot Greig
- Marilyn Kushen
- Linda Meyer
Honorary Women’s Board Members
- Meta S. Berger 1
- Leslie Douglass 1
- Diane Drabkin 1
- Marilyn Fields 1
- Suzette Flood 1
- Helyn D. Goldenberg 1
- Rhona Hoffman
- Sally Meyers Kovler 1
- Pat Kubicek
- Betsy Rosenfield
- Carol Selle 1
- Marjorie K. Staples 1
- Bea Steponate
- Dorie Sternberg
- Patty Sternberg
- Kristin Binder Stevens 1
- Robin Loewenberg Tebbe 1
- Dana Shepard Treister 1
- Helen Zell 1
- Past President
Membership and Dues
Membership
Membership on the Women's Board is by invitation only. In order to be eligible for membership on the Women’s Board, you must be an MCA Circle Donor. Read about our Circle Membership levels and benefits or renew your Circle Membership.
For more information, email womensboard@mcachicago.org.
Vernissage, 2023.
Photo: Jeremy Lawson Photography.Dues
If you are a current Women’s Board member, you may contribute your dues with this form: