Greater Pittsburgh Arts Council Staff
Mia Hooper (she/her)
Chief Operating Officer 412.391.2060 x222 mhooper@pittsburghartscouncil.org Joined the Arts Council in May 2019
Lisa Cunningham (she/her)
Director of Marketing and Communications 412.391.2060 x227 lcunningham@pittsburghartscouncil.org Joined the Arts Council in February 2023
John Watt (he/him)
Manager of Development 412.391.2060 x223 jwatt@pittsburghartscouncil.org Joined the Arts Council in April 2023
Patrick Fisher (he/him)
CEO 412.391.2060 x225 pfisher@pittsburghartscouncil.org Joined the Arts Council in June 2023
Mona Wiley (she/her)
Grantmaking Manager 412.391.2060 x226 mwiley@pittsburghartscouncil.org Joined the Arts Council in January 2024
Greater Pittsburgh Arts Council Board of Directors
Officers
- Beth Bershok, Chair
Chief Marketing Officer, CPA firm Louis Plung & Company - J. Thomas Agnew III, Executive Vice Chair
Co-founder of BOOM Concepts - Monteze Freeland, Secretary
Co-Artistic Director, City Theatre Company - Robert Rak, Treasurer
Director of Finance and Administration, Pittsburgh Opera - Dr. Veronica Morgan-Lee, Immediate Past Board Chair
Director of Fund Development, Hill Dance Academy Theatre - Patrick Fisher
CEO, Greater Pittsburgh Arts Council
At Large
- Rob Hippert
Surety Manager & Account Executive, Henderson Brothers Inc. - Olivia Lammel
Senior Communications Manager, PNC Financial Services Group - Elsa Limbach
Dance Educator and Community Volunteer - Jeanine McCreary
President, The McCreary Group - Nicholas Ng
Banker, JP Morgan Private Bank - Richard Parsakian
Owner, Eons Fashion Antique - Nayli Russo-Long, PharmD, MBA
Founder and CEO, Russo Leadership - Michael E. Sawyer, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of African American Literature & Culture, Director of Graduate Program for Cultural Studies, University of Pittsburgh - Jack Tomayko
President & CEO, The Tomayko Group - Susan Tsu
Bessie F. Anathan University Professor, Carnegie Mellon University