united states urban arts federation

USUAF Agency Contacts

US Urban Arts Federation members are the CEOs of full-service arts councils representing one of the 60 largest cities by population size. 

Membership Criteria:

• The arts council must represent one of the 60 largest cities by population size
• The arts council must be a full service agency providing an array of the following: competitive grant-making; public art, technical assistance, facilities management, arts education programs, cultural tourism programs and other services.
• The representative to USUAF must be the arts council executive.

Current Members:
*members are listed alphabetical by city

Veronica Njoku, Executive Director
Fulton County Arts Council
Atlanta, GA

Camille Russell Love, Executive Director
City of Atlanta, Bureau of Cultural Affairs
Atlanta, GA

Alice Lee Main, Division Manager
City of Aurora, Cultural Services Division
Aurora, CO

Vincent Kitch, Cultural Arts Program Manager
City of Austin Cultural Arts Division
Austin, TX

Jeanette Richardson Parks, Executive Director
The Arts Council of Kern
Bakersfield, CA

William B. Gilmore, Executive Director
Baltimore Office of Promotion and the Arts
Baltimore, MD

Julie A. Burns, Director
Mayor's Office of Arts, Tourism & Special Events
Boston, MA

Scott Provancher, President & CEO
Arts & Science Council of Charlotte/Mecklenburg, Inc.
Charlotte, NC

Tim Thomas, First Deputy Commissioner
City of Chicago, Department of Cultural Affairs
Chicago, IL

Carolyn Gutjahr, Arts Grant Programs Manager
City of Cincinnati Recreation Commission
Cincinnati, OH

Thomas B. Schorgl, President & CEO
Community Partnership for Arts and Culture
Cleveland, OH

Meg Harris, Interim Executive Director
Cuyahoga Arts and Culture
Cleveland, OH

Bettina Swigger, Executive Director
COPPeR (Cultural Office of the Pike's Peak Region)
Colorado Springs, CO

Milt Baughman, Interim President
Greater Columbus Arts Council
Columbus, OH

Maria Munoz-Blanco, Director of Cultural Affairs
City of Dallas Office of Cultural Affairs
Dallas, TX

Erin Trapp, Director
Denver Office of Cultural Affairs
Denver, CO

Sean McGlynn, Director
City of El Paso Museums and Cultural Affairs Department
El Paso, TX

Mary A. Becht, Director
Broward County Commission's Cultural Division
Fort Lauderdale, FL

Jody Ulich, President
Arts Council of Fort Worth & Tarrant County
Fort Worth, TX

Carol Hartman, Executive Director
Fresno Arts Council
Fresno, CA

Michael Pang, Director
City of Honolulu Mayor's Office of Culture and the Arts
Honolulu, HI

Jonathon Glus, Chief Executive Officer
Houston Arts Alliance
Houston, TX

Dave Lawrence, Acting President 
Arts Council of Indianapolis
Indianapolis, IN

Robert Arleigh White, Executive Director
Cultural Council of Greater Jacksonville
Jacksonville, FL

Harlan Brownlee, President
The Arts Council of Metropolitan Kansas City
Kansas City, MO

Nancy Deaner, Cultural Affairs Division Manager
City of Las Vegas Office of Cultural Affairs
Las Vegas, NV

Craig Watson, Executive Director
Arts Council for Long Beach
Long Beach, CA

Olga Garay, Executive Director
City of Los Angeles Cultural Affairs Department
Los Angeles, CA

Laura Zucker, Executive Director
Los Angeles County Arts Commission
Los Angeles, CA

Allan Cowen, President and CEO
Fund for the Arts
Louisville, KY

Susan Schadt, President & CEO
Greater Memphis Arts Council
Memphis, TN

Johann Zeitsman, Executive Director
City of Mesa Arts & Cultural Division
Mesa, AZ

Michael Spring, Director
Miami-Dade County Department of Cultural Affairs
Miami, FL

Christine Harris, President
Cultural Alliance of Greater Milwaukee
Milwaukee, WI

Matthew James, Cultural Arts Coordinator
Minneapolis Arts Commission, Minneapolis, MN

Sandra D. Duncan, Interim Executive Director
Metropolitan Nashville Arts Commission
Nashville, TN

Kate D. Levin, Commissioner
City of New York Department of Cultural Affairs
New York, NY

Steven Huss,  Cultural Arts Programs Coordinator
City of Oakland, Cultural Arts & Marketing Department
Oakland, CA

Peter Dolese, Executive Director
Arts Council of Oklahoma City
Oklahoma City, OK

Peggy Amsterdam, President
Greater Philadelphia Cultural Alliance
Philadelphia, PA

Gary Steuer, Chief Cultural Officer
Office of Arts, Culture and the Creative Economy
Philadelphia, PA

Phil Jones, Executive Director
Phoenix Office of Arts & Culture
Phoenix, AZ

Mitch Swain, Chief Executive Officer
Greater Pittsburgh Arts Council
Pittsburgh, PA

Eloise Damrosch, Executive Director
Regional Arts and Culture Council
Portland, OR

June Guralnick, Executive Director
City of Raleigh Arts Commission
Raleigh, NC

Rhyena Halpern, Executive Director
Sacramento Metropolitan Arts Commission
Sacramento, CA

Jill A. McGuire, Executive Director
St. Louis Regional Arts Commission
Saint Louis, MO

Felix N. Padron, Executive Director
City of San Antonio, Office of Cultural Affairs
San Antonio, TX

Victoria L. Hamilton, Executive Director
City of San Diego Commission for Arts and Culture
San Diego, CA

Luis R. Cancel, Director of Cultural Affairs
San Francisco Arts Commission
San Francisco, CA

Bruce W. Davis, Executive Director
Arts Council Silicon Valley
San Jose, CA

Kerry Adams Hapner, Director
City of San Jose Office Cultural Affairs/Economic Development
San Jose, CA

Michael Killoren, Director
City of Seattle, Office of Arts & Cultural Affairs
Seattle, WA

Arthur Keeble, Executive Director
Arts Council of Hillsborough County
Tampa, FL

Marc D. Folk, Executive Director
Arts Commission of Greater Toledo
Toledo, OH

Roberto Bedoya, Executive Director
Tucson Pima Arts Council
Tucson, AZ

Ken Busby, Executive Director & CEO
Arts & Humanities Council of Tulsa
Tulsa, OK

Emily Spruill, Director
Office of Cultural Affairs, City of Virginia Beach
Virginia Beach, VA

Gloria Nauden Executive Director
D.C. Commission on the Arts and Humanities
Washington, DC

John D'Angelo, Director of Arts & Cultural Services
Arts Council
Wichita, KS

Ex-Officio Members
Patrice Walker Powell, Director, Challenge America and Local Arts Agencies
National Endowment for the Arts
Washington, DC

Robert Lynch, President & CEO
Americans for the Arts
Washington, DC

Americans for the Arts Staff Coordinator
Mary Margaret Schoenfeld, Director, Local Arts Agency Services
Washington, DC

No Arts Agency or No Staffed Arts Agency
Anaheim, CA
Arlington, TX
Detroit, MI
Omaha, NE
Santa Ana, CA