board
leadership
Community Arts Councils, Inc./ Arts Councils of America/ Associated Councils on the Arts/ American Council for the Arts (founded in 1960) George Irwin, 1960-73 R. Philip Hanes, 1964-66
Barbara Zinn Krieger, 1995-99 Stephen C. Kutler, 1995-99 Warren Bodow, 1999-2001 Kathleen A. Pavlick, 2001-05 Billy Taylor and Celeste Holm served in honorary roles as longtime chair and vice chair, respectively.
John H. MacFadyen, 1966-68
Ronald Caya, 1971-73 Winnie Scott, 1971-73 Mark Ross, 1973-75
Business Committee for the Arts
John Everitt, 1975-77
David Rockefeller, Jr., 1973-75
Milton Rhodes, 1977-78
Louis Harris, 1975-1983
(founded in 1967; merged with Americans for the Arts in 2008)
Marshall Cogan, 1983-84
C. Douglas Dillon, 1967-70
Lee Howard, 1980-82
Donald G. Conrad, 1984-87
Robert O. Anderson, 1970-72
Robert Canon, 1982-83
Eugene C. Dorsey, 1987-89
Frank Stanton, 1972-74
Nicholas Van Hevelingen, 1983-84
Gerald Blatherwick, 1989-91
Robert Sarnoff, 1974-77
Selina Roberts, 1984-86
Laura Lee Blanton, 1991-94
Gavin P. MacBain, 1977-79
Gregory Geissler, 1986-88
Donald R. Greene, 1994-96
W.H. Krome George, 1979-80
Cindy Kiebitz, 1988-90
Rawleigh Warner, Jr., 1980-82
Bruce Rossley, 1990-92
Arts & Business Council, Inc.
Ralph P. Davidson, 1982-85
Michael Marsicano, 1992-94
(founded in 1965; merged with Americans for the Arts in 2005)
Winton M. Blount, 1985-87
Harriet Sanford, 1994-96
Edward Loeb, 1970-73 Robert E. Kingsley, 1974-77 Billy Taylor, 1978-80 Leonard Fleischer, 1981-83 Edward W. Livingston, 1984-86 Dominick B. Attansio, 1987-88 Erwin L. Corwin, 1989-91 Robert N. Sellar, 1992-94
(founded in 1971 as part of ACA; incorporated in 1978)
Nancy Hanks, 1968-69
Arnold Gingrich, 1965-69
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National Assembly of Community Arts Agencies/National Assembly of Local Arts Agencies
Americans for the Arts
John Blaine, 1978-80
Willard C. Butcher, 1987-89 John H. Bryan, 1989-91
Americans for the Arts
John D. Ong, 1991-93
Fred Lazarus IV, 1996-99
A. Thomas Young, 1993-96
William Lehr, Jr., 2000-03
David R. Goode, 1996-99
Steven D. Spiess, 2003-2010
Henry T. Segerstrom, 1999-2002
C. Kendric Fergeson 2011-present
Raymond D. Nasher, 2002-04 Thomas P. Putnam, 2005-07 J. Barry Griswell, 2007-09 Joseph C. Dilg 2009-present