
Darnell Pierre Benjamin
Vice President & DEIA Ambassador
- AEA Actor, Performing Artist, Multidisciplinary Artist and Movement Specialist Professor – Northern Kentucky University School of the Arts
- Board Member since September 2016

Laura Berkemeier
President
- Associate Vice President, Non-Profit Services — Ignite Philanthropy
- Board Member since December 2023

Ayauna Goodwin
- Founder – Goodwin Talent & Strategy
- Board Member since September 2025

Daryl Harris
- Professor Emeritus — Northern Kentucky University School of the Arts Theatre and Dance Program
- Board Member since September 2016

Alexandra Kesman
Secretary
- Salesforce Solutions Architect — Perficient
- Board Member since June 2021

Gina Kleesattel
- Retired Artist Educator (School for the Creative and Performing Arts)
- Freelance theatrical director; focus on Shadow Interpreted shows for the Deaf
- Board Member since September 2025

Whitney Maxson
- Attorney At Law — Katz, Teller, Brant & Hild, LPA
- Board Member since February 2012

Josh Neumeyer
Treasurer
- Director, Project Management — Woxi, Inc.
- Freelance Stage Manager
- Board Member since January 2008

Kyrié Eleison Owen
- Community and Events Coordinator — Rhinegeist
- MFA Creative Writing Nonfiction, UC Riverside
- Publications: Lunch Ticket, The Nasiona, Waxing & Waning, and others.
- Board Member since November 2023
Thomas Popa, M.D.
- Internist – The Christ Hospital (retired)
- Board Member since January 2008

Derek J. Snow
- Founder/Writer — Missing Front Plate Productions
- Company Member — The Performance Gallery
- SAG-AFTRA Film and Voiceover Actor
- Board Member since November 2020

Travis Speice, Ph.D.
- Applied Research Director, Women’s Fund of Greater Cincinnati Foundation
- Board member since September 2025

Shanda Sugg
- Artist, Photographer, Storyteller
- Architect of Surrender, Kinetic Surrender, LLC
- Board Member since December 2023
