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
Kyle Stoffers
Administrative Associate & Casting
Lawrence Grimm
Director of Education
Board of Directors
Jane Madden
Board Chair
Lead ESG Partner, Buro Happold
Lawrence Grimm
Vice Chair/Secretary
Actor, Founding Ensemble Member
Becky Coleman
Treasurer
Partner – Coleman & Associates
dado
AROT Ensemble Member, Director, Performer
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
Monica Byrd
Chief Financial Officer – Family Office
Georgia Casciato
Regent, American College of Healthcare Executives – Metro Chicago/ Georgia Casciato Healthcare Consulting Inc.
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 Executive Partner – The Civic Agency
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)