Arts Extension Institute Board Members

The Arts Extension Institute, a 501(c)(3)nonprofit, is run by former AES Directors, staff, and others who work to bring the news from the field to AES to support our research and awareness of current trends.

Senator Stan Rosenberg

Board President

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Stan Rosenberg, former Massachusetts State Representative and then State Senator, is the founding director of the Arts Extension Service.
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Barbara Schaffer-Bacon

Board Treasurer

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Barbara Schaffer-Bacon, former director of the Arts Extension Service, serves as Treasurer of the Board for the Arts Extension Institute.
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Pam Korza

Board Secretary

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Pam Korz, former co-director of Animating Democracy, managed a national grant program supporting arts-based civic dialogue projects across the country.
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Craig Dreeszen, Ph.D.
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Craig Dreeszen, former director of the Arts Extension Service, is an expert on regional planning with a focus on strategic and cultural planning.
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Dorothy Chen-Courtin, Ph.D.
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Dorothy Chen-Courtin is a management consultant to nonprofits where she adapts and applies best practices from the for-profit sector to the benefit of non-profit organizations
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Robert L. Lynch
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Robert L. Lynch is the former president and CEO of Americans for the Arts and former director of the Arts Extension Service.
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Shirley Sneve
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Shirley Sneve, an enrolled member of the Ponca Tribe in Nebraska, is the former director of both the Arts Extension Service and Vision Maker Media, the largest funder of Indigenous media for PBS stations.
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