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
Stephanie Shum
Director of Development
Hope Campbell Gundlah
Marketing & Communications Coordinator
Peter Ruiz
Literary Coordinator
Patrick Starner
Production Manager
Becky Creech
Foundation & Corporate Relations Specialist
Kyle Stoffers
Administrative Associate & Casting
Jessica G. Smith
Box Office Associate
Lawrence Grimm
Director of Education
Sadieh Rifai
Artistic Development Coordinator
Board of Directors
Jane Madden
Board Chair
Lead ESG Partner, Buro Happold
Lawrence Grimm
Vice Chair/Secretary
Actor, Founding Ensemble Member
dado
AROT Ensemble Member, Director, Performer, Professor – Purdue University Northwest
Myron Elliott
AROT Ensemble Member, Costume Designer, Assistant Professor – University of Illinois at Chicago
Kirsten Fitzgerald
AROT Artistic Director, Ensemble Member, Actor
Sean Baloun
Portfolio Manager – Vertex Planning Partners
Hugh Breslin
Managing Director – Wells Fargo Advisors
Monica Byrd
Chief Financial Officer – Family Office
Georgia Casciato
Regent, American College of Healthcare Executives – Metro Chicago/ Georgia Casciato Healthcare Consulting Inc.
Becky Coleman
Partner – Coleman & Associates
Elizabeth Derrico
Principal – Elizabeth Derrico & Associates: Consultants to Law-related Nonprofits
Heidi Graham
Eileen Hirsch
Client Relations Analyst – Private Equity at Holland & Knight LLP
Dozie Ibekwe
Senior Associate – Madison Dearborn Partners
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
Guy Van Swearingen
Actor, Founding Ensemble Member, Chicago Fire Department (Retired)