WCA BOARD & COMMITTEES

WCA BOARD

Executive Committee

President
Donna Jackson, Artist, Art Educator, Detroit, MI
president [at] nationalwca.org
President Elect
Sandra Davis, Artist, Washington DC Chapter, Gaithersburg, MD
Past President, VP for Programming
Laura Morrison, Artist, New Hampshire Chapter, Concord, NH
Treasurer/Secretary/Honor AwardsChair/WCA Legacy Initiative
Janice Nesser-Chu, WCA Past President (2010–12), Dean of Liberal Arts, Chair of Humanities,
and Professor at Florissant Valley College, St. Louis, MO
VP Chapter Relations
Alyce Haliday McQueen, Artist, Chicago Chapter, Chicago, IL
VP Communications
Sahiti Bonam, Artist, Philadelphia Chapter, Philadelphia, PA

Regional Vice Chairs

Regional Chair Northeast
Allicette Torres, Visual Artist, Curator, and Arts Writer, New York Chapter,  NY
Regional Co-Chairs Southeast
Judy Segall, Artist, Florida Chapter, FL
Deb Slowey, Artist, Florida Chapter, FL
Regional Chair Midwest
Laurie Talbot Hall, Artist, Curator, and Collector, Member-at-large, Middleton, WI
Regional Chair Southwest
Rona Lesser, Artist, Member-at-large, Houston, TX
Regional Chair Pacific/Northwest
Dellis Frank, Artist, Southern California Chapter, Lomita, CA

Directors

VP Development
Shantay Robinson, Member-at-large, Manassas, VA
VP Special Events
OPEN

Directors (elected through Chapters’ Council)

2022–25
Amanda Banks, Artist, Huntsville, AL
Joyce Wynes, Artist, Davidson, NC
2021–24
Cathy Salser, Artist, CA
Deborah Walmer, Artist, DC
Sandra Mueller, Malibu, CA
2020–23
Pattie Byron, Artist, Colorado Chapter, Pine, CO
T’Alyne, Artist, Lifetime Member, Las Animas County, CO

Honor Awards Selection Committee

Chair: Janice Nesser-Chu

Nominations Committee

Chair: Margo Hobbs

Conference Committee

Chair: Laurie Talbot Hall

Board Appointed Advisor

CAA and the Committee on Women in the Arts Liaison
Rachel Epp Buller, Assistant Professor, Bethel College, Member-at-large, Newton, KS

Staff

Director of Operations
Karin Luner, Saugerties, NY

COMMITTEES

Standing Committees

Honor Awards Selection Committee

Chair: Janice Nesser-Chu
Amalia Mesa-Bains
Meg Duguid
Kat Griefen
Melissa Potter
Susan Fisher Sterling
Ruth Weisberg

Nominations Committee

Chair: Laura Morrison
Dellis Frank
Donna Jackson
Pattie Jordan
Janice Nesser-Chu

Conference Committee

Chair: OPEN

Caucus Chairs

Eco-art Caucus
Interim Chair: Sandra Mueller
International Caucus
OPEN
UN Program Director: Maureen Burns-Bowie
Jewish Women Artists Network (JWAN)
Rona Lesser, Artist, LFT Member & Texas Chapter
Idelle Hammond-Sass, Michigan Chapter
Young Women’s Caucus (YWC)
Victoria Clements, Artist, Chicago Chapter

AD HOC Committees

Art Writers Committee

Chair: Margo Hobbs, WCA Past President (2018–20) Art Historian, Chair &
Professor at Muhlenberg College, Allentown, PA
Allicette Torres
Laura Abrahms
Megan Adams
Chiara Atoyebi
Rachel Epp Butler
Karen Frostig
Stefanie Girard
Michele Jennings
Jennie Klein
Hee Souk Lee
Lark Lo
Marianne McGrath
Rachel Middleman
Sandra Mueller
Kimberly Power
Shantay Robinson
Anne Schwartz
Julia White
Mahnoor Azeem

Communications Committee

Chair: Sahiti Bonam
Alyce Haliday McQueen
Kimberly Hart
Elizabeth F Birky

Exhibitions Committee

Chair: OPEN
Noreen Dean Dresser

Governance Committee
Chair: Janice Nesser-Chu
Laura Morrison

Legacy Committee

Chair: Janice Nesser-Chu
Barbara Wolanin
Marilyn Hayes
Sandra Mueller

Think Tank

Chair: Laura Morrison
Donna Jackson
Sandra Davis
Dellis Frank
Alyce Haliday McQueen
Amanda Banks
Allicette Torres

Membership Committee

Chair: Sandra Davis
Janice Nesser-Chu
Noreen Dean Dresser

Student Clubs

Chair: OPEN

If you are interested joining the board, please check Excel sheet for open positions