We are deeply grateful to our Board of Directors, who help us achieve our mission though their passion for our artistic work, dedicated service, tireless advocacy, and committed financial support. To learn more about Board Membership, please contact Semra Ercin, Director of Development.
Board
Robin Shelby Arditi
Board President
Robin Arditi was a corporate and securities lawyer with the New York law firm of Debevoise & Plimpton until 1987. From 1987-1996 she was with Credit Suisse First Boston, where…
Laura Jean Wilson
Board Vice President
Laura Jean Wilson joined the HVSF Board in 2007. As a member of the board of Faith at Work (a liberal ecumenical national Christian organization), for over 20 years she…
Edward B. Whitney
Board Secretary
Ned Whitney joined the Hudson Valley Shakespeare Festival board in 2015. A retired investment banker, Ned spent 33 years at Dillon, Read & Co. Inc. and successor companies, where he…
Heather Hopkins
Board Treasurer
Suzanne Baker
Board Member
Suzanne Baker was a partner and head of the appellate litigation team in the Houston law firm of Beirne, Maynard and Parsons and a member of the firm’s executive committee…
Mary Elizabeth Bunzel
Board Member
Mary Elizabeth Bunzel is a former journalist who worked for newspapers and magazines around the world including The Los Angeles Times, The Boston Globe, The St. Louis Post-Dispatch, The Daily…
Luis Castro
Board Member
Luis is an independent producer and consultant whose mission is to fuse storytelling and social impact. He brings stories by women and diverse creators to multiple platforms and advises entertainment…
Heidi Ettinger
Board Member
Heidi Ettinger is a graduate of Occidental College and the Yale School of Drama who has worked in New York City as a theatrical set designer and producer for many…
Pepper Evans
Board Member
Pepper Evans is a senior marketing executive at Capital One. She has experience leading marketing for large-scale partnerships and new brand and marketing initiatives. She spent 12 years at American…
Marie Fabian
Board Member
Marie is Director of The Brick Church School, a preschool in Manhattan, and has close to 30 years’ experience as an early childhood educator and administrator. She received her BA…
Randy Florke
Board Member
Randy Florke is a Cold Spring resident, Real Estate Broker, interior designer, and owner of The Rural Connection. He has a real estate office in Greenwich Village and honed his…
Krystal Ford
Board Member
Krystal is a writer and climate champion. She currently writes a monthly column, Living Green, for the Highlands Current. Previously she was the Climate Smart Coordinator for the Town of…
Sandra Goldmark
Board Member
Sandra Goldmark joined the Hudson Valley Shakespeare Festival Board in 2020. Sandra is the Director for Campus Sustainability and Climate Action and an Associate Professor of Professional Practice at Barnard…
Steven L. Holley
Board Member
Steven Holley is a member of S&C’s Litigation Group. His practice focuses on antitrust counseling and litigation, but also includes bankruptcy, securities and tax litigation, as well as complex commercial…
Patricia King
Board Member
Patricia King was, for ten years, the CEO of a successful direct marketing firm, and for twenty-five years, a management consultant to Fortune Fifty companies. She is the author of…
Daniel J. Kramer
Board Member
Daniel Kramer is co-chair of the Securities Litigation and Enforcement Group at the law firm Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP. He has handled complex litigations for some of…
Chip Loewenson
Board Member
Chip Loewenson is a partner in the New York office of Morrison & Foerster LLP. He was a member of the NY State Ethics Commission from 2001-2007 and served as…
Nat Prentice
Board Member
Nat Prentice is the Principal of Prentice Investment Management LLC, a Registered Investment Advisor in Garrison, NY. He has worked in the Financial Services industry ever since his graduation from…
Frederic C. Rich
Board Member
Frederic C. Rich was for many years a partner of Sullivan & Cromwell LLP in New York, where he was co-head of the corporate practice and head of the Global…
James Stanford
Board Member
James Stanford is a Founder and Managing Director of Fitzroy Health, a New York-based company that builds new tech-enabled health care businesses and is also Executive-in-Residence in the Innovation Department…
Byron Stinson
Board Member
Byron Stinson is the founder-president of Hudson Financial Group, Inc., a Garrison-based financial advisory firm, and its SEC-registered affiliate, Hudson Portfolio Management, LLC, whose clients include private individuals, families and…
Sarena Straus
Board Member
Sarena Straus is a writer and attorney. She specializes in work as an outside general counsel with a focus on supporting small to mid-sized companies and startups. Sarena has written…
Elliott Sumers
Board Member
Dr. Elliott Sumers was formerly a Diagnostic and Interventional Radiologist at New York Presbyterian-Hudson Valley Hospital. He is a former member of the Board of Trustees of The Horace Mann…
Lauri Washington Sawyer
Board Member
Lauri Washington Sawyer is an attorney with Jones Day in New York City, with a focus on the litigation of financial products, derivatives and international disputes. Prior to joining Jones…
Vernon Wilson
Board Member
Vernon Wilson currently chairs the Upper Division English Department at Horace Mann School in the Bronx, NY, where he has taught with great pleasure since 2011. Prior to his arrival…
Christine Wong Lent
Board Member
Christine Wong Lent was involved with Sales as Vice President of Sure Fit, Inc and Senior Account Executive at Coach Leatherware. She was also a Buyer at B. Altman &…
Advisory Board
Lee Balter
Sarah Griffin Banker
Nancy Meiselas Berner
Patricia M. Cloherty
Mary Beth Cresci
Patrick J. Driscoll, Ph.D.
Elizabeth Flinn
Don Foster, Ph.D.
Sarah Geer
Peter Gergely, M.D.
Jerry Gretzinger
Marit Kulleseid
Susan Landstreet
Melissa Stern Lourie
Carol Marquand
Jason D. McManus
Belle Blanchard Newton
Anne Todd Osborn
Katharine Plummer
Sheila Rauch
Betsy Simons
Kristin Sorenson
Jennifer Stebbins
Carolyn Clark Tenney
Terrence O’Brien, Founding Artistic Director