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
Audrey Billings
Managing Director
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 Specialist
Reilly Ribeiro
Audience Services Manager
Peter Ruiz
Literary Coordinator
Kyle Stoffers
Administrative & Casting Associate
Kathleen Dickinson
Resident Stage Manager
Jessica G. Smith
Box Office Associate
Lawrence Grimm
Director of Education
Sadieh Rifai
Artistic Development Coordinator
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
AROT Ensemble Member, Director, Performer, Professor – Purdue University Northwest
Myron Elliott-Cisneros
AROT Ensemble Member, Costume Designer, Assistant Professor – University of Illinois at Chicago
Kirsten Fitzgerald (Ex-Officio)
AROT Artistic Director, Ensemble Member, Actor
Dozie Ibekwe
Senior Associate – Madison Dearborn Partners
Erika Jackson
Vice President, Strategic Leadership Team – InSite Realty Advisors
Rebecca Mills
President – W K Mills Consulting, Inc.
Marcin Jedrzejewski
Engineering Manager – Conagra Brands
Gloria Lehr
Erin Roberts
Chief Partnership Officer – The Executives’ Club of Chicago
Michael Shannon
Actor, Founding Ensemble Member
Fred Spreen
Corporate Vice President – New York Life Stable Value Investments
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
Associate Board
Chloe Tarnowski
Associate Board Chair
Rebecca Husk
Associate Board Vice Chair
Reilly Ribeiro
Engagement Chair
Paul Martin
Fundraising Chair
Taylor Adams
Sean Baloun
Sydney Hanson
Emiley Kiser
Joel Willison
Hope Campbell Gundlah
Ex-Officio (Staff Liaison)
Stephanie Shum
Ex-Officio (Staff Liaison)