Staff & Board of Directors
Meet the People Behind the Scenes at A Red Orchid!
This page features members of our staff and board of directors. Each staff photo links through to an extended biography. Looking for members of A Red Orchid’s Ensemble? Click here.
Staff
Kirsten Fitzgerald
Artistic Director
Travis A. Knight
Associate Artistic Director
Hope Campbell Gundlah
Communications Coordinator
Stephanie Shum
Individual Giving Coordinator
Becky Creech
Foundation & Corporate Relations Coordinator
Reilly Ribeiro
Audience Services Coordinator
Kyle Stoffers
Interim Managing Director
Peter Ruiz
Literary Intern
Sadieh Rifai
Artistic Development Coordinator
Lawrence Grimm
Director of Education
Christa van Baale
Resident Stage Manager
Stephanie Heller
Resident Stage Manager
Board of Directors
Jane Madden
Board Chair
Managing Partner, Global Sustainability & Social Impact – Finn Partners
Georgia Casciato
Vice Chair
Regent, American College of Healthcare Executives – Metro Chicago/ Georgia Casciato Healthcare Consulting Inc.
Hugh Breslin
Treasurer
Managing Director – Wells Fargo Advisors
Lawrence Grimm
Secretary
Actor, Founding Ensemble Member
Dado
Director, Performer, Teacher, Ensemble Member
Myron Elliott-Cisneros
Costume Designer, Teacher, Ensemble Member
Kirsten Fitzgerald (Ex-Officio)
Actor, Artistic Director, Ensemble Member
Marla Forbes
Independent consultant – CBD Marketing
and @Properties
Dozie Ibekwe
Senior Associate – Madison Dearborn Partners
Erika Jackson
Vice President – Strategic Leadership, InSite Realty Advisors
Rebecca Mills
President – W K Mills Consulting, Inc.
Maureen O’Rourke
CFO – Dearborn Capital Management LLC
Erin Roberts
Chief Partnership Officer – The Executives’ Club of Chicago
Michael Shannon
Actor, Founding Ensemble Member
Fred Spreen
Director of Stable Value Investments – New York Life (Midwest Region)
Christian Chadd Taylor
Attorney (Retired) – Kirkland & Ellis LLP
Guy Van Swearingen
Actor, Founding Ensemble Member, Chicago Fire Department (Retired)
Robert Weil
Financial Advisor – The AdvisoryOne Group