{"id":115762,"date":"2023-01-25T21:53:08","date_gmt":"2023-01-26T02:53:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/?p=115762"},"modified":"2023-01-25T21:53:08","modified_gmt":"2023-01-26T02:53:08","slug":"artsquest-announces-elected-board-officers-for-2023","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/?p=115762","title":{"rendered":"ARTSQUEST ANNOUNCES ELECTED BOARD OFFICERS FOR 2023"},"content":{"rendered":"<p align=\"center\"><em>Board Chairs, Vice Chairs and Officers are elected and reappointed for\u00a02023<\/em><\/p>\n<p>BETHLEHEM, Pa.\u2014\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.artsquest.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www.artsquest.org\/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1674785997879000&amp;usg=AOvVaw0ZHiqih9zcDRDODIw1CBI_\">ArtsQuest<\/a>\u00a0is pleased to announce new and returning officers to its Board of Trustees, the ArtsQuest Foundation Board of Trustees, ArtsQuest Performing and Visual Arts Boards and the Friends of\u00a0the\u00a0Levitt Pavilion\u00a0at\u00a0SteelStacks Board of Directors for 2023. As a nonprofit organization, ArtsQuest is led by volunteers who serve in a variety of capacities on the Boards and Committees that support the organization\u2019s mission.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.artsquest.org\/who-we-are\/boards-and-committees\/artsquest-board-of-trustees-and-committees\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www.artsquest.org\/who-we-are\/boards-and-committees\/artsquest-board-of-trustees-and-committees\/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1674785997879000&amp;usg=AOvVaw3UuGzeiSt2txpBg4Y5FN3K\">ArtsQuest Board of\u00a0Trustees<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>This Board is responsible for the overall governance of the\u00a0organization.<\/p>\n<p>Orville Trout has been elected for his first one-year term as Chair of the ArtsQuest Board of Trustees. Trout, Executive Vice President of Human Resources, Corporate Affairs and Administration at Crayola, has been a member of ArtsQuest\u2019s volunteer leadership for the past four years, serving as a member of the Board of Trustees since 2019. Trout was appointed Vice Chair of the Trustees and Chair of the Governance Committee in 2022 and has served on the ArtsQuest Human Resources Committee since 2020.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Additional elected ArtsQuest Board of Trustees Officers\u00a0include:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Vice Chair: Joseph\u00a0P.\u00a0Bergstein, Jr., Executive Vice President\u00a0and\u00a0Chief Financial Officer of PPL\u00a0Corporation<\/li>\n<li>Secretary: Robert Begliomini, RPh, PharmD, MBA, FASHP, Senior Vice President, Lehigh Valley Health Network and President, Lehigh Valley Hospital-Muhlenberg<\/li>\n<li>Treasurer: Michael Vinci, Vice President of Finance, Wind Creek Bethlehem<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>In addition, Ryan Dunn, Partner, Dunn Twiggar Co. LLC has been elected to serve on ArtsQuest Board of Trustees.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.artsquest.org\/who-we-are\/boards-and-committees\/artsquest-foundation\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ArtsQuest\u00a0Foundation<u>\u00a0Board of Trustees<\/u><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The ArtsQuest Foundation is responsible for the strategic plan and goals for the ArtsQuest endowment fund and assisting in the long-term sustainability of the nonprofit community arts\u00a0organization.<\/p>\n<p>The ArtsQuest Foundation is pleased to announce that Jason Cort, CPWA, President and Founding Partner at Quadrant Private Wealth, has been elected Chair of the Foundation\u2019s Board of Trustees. Cort, a resident of Center Valley, has served on the Foundation Board since 2019, most recently as Secretary.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Additional elected and reelected ArtsQuest Foundation\u00a0Board\u00a0Officers\u00a0include:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Vice Chair: Robert Oster, Retired CEO for Concannon Miller Certified Public Accountants<\/li>\n<li>Secretary:\u00a0John Gagge, Vice President Battery Operations, Americas for EnerSys<\/li>\n<li>Treasurer: Joe Pietrantonio, Retired Vice President of Environmental, Health, Safety and Quality for Air Products<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>In addition, Sonya Marie, Vice Chairwoman of the Robert Randolph Foundation and Director, Strategic Partnerships at W.W. Grainger, Inc. has been elected to serve on the ArtsQuest Foundation Board of Trustees.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.artsquest.org\/who-we-are\/boards-and-committees\/artsquest-program-boards-and-committees\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ArtsQuest Performing\u00a0Arts\u00a0and Visual Arts\u00a0Board<u>s<\/u><\/a><\/p>\n<p>ArtsQuest\u2019s Performing Arts Board is responsible for assisting in the development and evaluation of diverse performing arts programs including music, dance, film, theatre, comedy and multi-disciplinary programs. The Visual Arts Board is responsible for assisting the development and evaluation of diverse visual arts programs in both tangible and non-tangible mediums including but not limited to glass, ceramics and photography. This Board also oversees public art on all the nonprofit\u2019s properties and outreach of public art programs, visual arts education and exhibits in any gallery or exhibit space operated by ArtsQuest.<\/p>\n<p>ArtsQuest is pleased to announce Richard Liu, Associate Director, Global Marketing for Merck &amp; Co., has been reelected Chair of the Performing Arts Board, with Deborah Sacarakis, Retired Artistic Director of Zoellner Arts Center, reelected as the board\u2019s Vice Chair. Both Liu and Sacarakis are serving their second one-year term.<\/p>\n<p>In addition, Janear Hankerson, Senior Accountant at Valley Youth House, Jenny Founds, Director and Educator at School of Rock and international touring musician and Hilary Brown, Director of E-Commerce, Direct-to-Consumer and Channel Programs at C.F. Martin &amp; Co. have been elected to serve on the ArtsQuest Performing Arts Board.<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Lee Riley,\u00a0Medical Director of Cancer at St. Luke&#8217;s Hospital and Owner, Cancer Immunotherapies, LLC\u00a0has been elected Chair of the ArtsQuest Visual Arts Board and Melissa Siegfried, Physician Liaison at St. Luke\u2019s University Health Network, has been elected the Board\u2019s Vice Chair. Both Riley and Siegfried are serving their first one-year term.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.levittsteelstacks.org\/friends-of-the-levitt-pavilion-steelstacks-boards-committees\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=http:\/\/www.levittsteelstacks.org\/friends-of-the-levitt-pavilion-steelstacks-boards-committees\/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1674785997879000&amp;usg=AOvVaw1FQi0VRPdCSjTh6puROED_\">Friends of\u00a0the\u00a0Levitt\u00a0Pavilion<\/a><u>\u00a0at SteelStacks Board of Directors<\/u><\/p>\n<p>The Friends of the Levitt Pavilion\u00a0at\u00a0SteelStacks\u00a0Board\u00a0is responsible for the overall governance and programing direction of the Levitt Pavilion SteelStacks.<\/p>\n<p>The Friends of\u00a0the\u00a0Levitt Pavilion at SteelStacks is pleased to announce Erin Zebertavage, Downtown Manager of the Bethlehem SouthSide Arts District has been elected as Chair of its Board. Zebertavage is serving her first one-year term.<\/p>\n<h1>Additional elected\u00a0Board\u00a0Officers\u00a0include:<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li>Vice Chair: Kevin Janus, Regional Vice President, Ameritus<\/li>\n<li>Treasurer: Daniel Miller, Retired Unit Manager for Mack Trucks\u00a0Inc<\/li>\n<li>Secretary: Philip Gauffreau, Principal &amp; Discipline Leader, Geotechnical Engineering Services, Colliers Engineering &amp; Design<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>In addition, Dawn Cressman, Special Education Teacher at Salisbury High School; Keith Micucci, CRNP, Vice President Operations, Lehigh Valley Hospital-Muhlenberg; Daniel Torres, M.D., Orthopedic Hand and Upper Extremity Surgeon at Lehigh Valley Health Network; and Cuong Tran, DDS at Tran Dental, LLC have all been elected to serve on the Friends of\u00a0the\u00a0Levitt Pavilion at SteelStacks Board of Directors.<\/p>\n<p>For more information on ArtsQuest and its volunteer leadership, please visit\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.artsquest.org\/who-we-are\/boards-and-committees\/current-members-of-artsquest-boards\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www.artsquest.org\/who-we-are\/boards-and-committees\/current-members-of-artsquest-boards\/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1674785997879000&amp;usg=AOvVaw0CfXl11diAW2Nx-kcP3y-e\">ArtsQuest.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>About ArtsQuest<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>ArtsQuest\u2019s mission is to provide access to exceptional artistic, cultural and educational experiences using arts and culture as key elements of economic development for our urban communities. ArtsQuest\u2122 supports this mission via the presentation of performing and visual arts, film, arts education classes and outreach, youth programming and cultural events. Through festivals such as its flagship event, Musikfest; the Banana Factory Arts Center; and the ArtsQuest Center at SteelStacks arts and cultural campus, ArtsQuest\u2019s programming reaches more than 1.9 million people annually. The organization\u2019s programs and events, approximately 50% of which are free to attend, have a combined economic impact of more than $136 million annually in the region.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Information provided to TVL by:<br \/>\nKelley Andrade, ArtsQuest<br \/>\nPublic Relations Coordinator<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.artsquest.org\/\">http:\/\/www.artsquest.org\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Board Chairs, Vice Chairs and Officers are elected and reappointed for\u00a02023 BETHLEHEM, Pa.\u2014\u00a0ArtsQuest\u00a0is pleased to announce new and returning officers to its Board of Trustees, the ArtsQuest Foundation Board of &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/?p=115762\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">ARTSQUEST ANNOUNCES ELECTED BOARD OFFICERS FOR 2023<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":106999,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[69,482],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-115762","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-in-the-valley","category-press-release-2"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/artsquest.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/115762"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=115762"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/115762\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/106999"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=115762"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=115762"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=115762"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}