Staff, Board, & Committees

  • Nicole Nathan

    Nicole Nathan

    Executive Director

    Nicole has worked with arts and culture organizations throughout the northwest for more than two decades. Trained in curatorial practice and collections care, she has developed a host of exhibitions, contributed to publications, and worked with such institutions as Museum of Contemporary Craft (OR), Museum of Pop Culture (WA), Japanese American Museum of Oregon, and the High Desert Museum (OR). Nicole is a Lake Oswego Chamber Ambassador, and past board member of the Oregon Womens History Consortium and the Multnomah County Cultural Coalition.

  • Norah Crean

    Norah Crean

    Public Art and Collections Manager

    Norah is from Washington DC and has worked in the arts since graduating college. She holds a BA in Art History with focus on Museum and Gallery Practice. Her experience extends from exhibition curation to program management. With a strong focus in community practice, she has worked to integrate visual art at music venues, as well as facilitate large scale murals in San Francisco, CA, where she lived for the past ten years. Norah founded The Midway Artist Studio Residency, which won the 2023 Anthem Small Biz Spotlight award, and has been leading that program since its origin in 2019.

  • Morgan Ritter

    Curator and Programs Manager

    Bio information coming soon.

  • Wendy Riley

    Communications Manager

    Bio information coming soon.

Thank you to our amazing Board and committee members

Board Members

Carey Haladay, Co-President

Melissa Messner, Co-President

Samantha Springer, Vice President

Rachel Rittman, Secretary

Larry Kitchen, Treasurer

Tiffany Minus, Past President

Beverly Aldinger

Bonnie Cartwright

Aaron Fishman

Jim Frank

Patrick Gutierrez

Lynne Naughton

Dave Riback

Elizabeth Sattelberger

Emeritus

Bill Tierney

Pat Vessely

Committee Members

Public Art Committee

Ben Mefford, Co-Chair

Pat Vessely, Co-Chair

Stephen Cohen

Shane Kucera

Bob Liddell

Lauren O’Neill

Nan Robertson

Manjula Bhatia (Alt Member)

Rachel Verdick, City Council Liaison

John Wendland, City Council Liaison

Emeritus

Dave Bower

Gallery Without Walls Committee

Melissa Messner, Chair

Dr. Stacy Geisler

Sara Lea

Amy Lincoln

Leslie Peterson Sapp

Pat Vessely

Terresa White