Our Board
Our new board helps shape GUILDit to be a leading organization in art entrepreneurialism. We are just getting started (with a path of success already as a grassroots organization) and look forward to even more community support as we grow a prosperous Kansas City arts economy.
Board:
- Rita Berry, Manager, Tiffany J Events Center
- Melissa Dailey-Newman, Private Wealth Advisor, Clearwater Capital Partners
- Alex Gilmore, Attorney, Ferree, Bunn & Ridgway
- Kurt Jackson, Director of Strategy, HCA Healthcare
- Jennifer Lim, Strategic Client Technology Director, Microsoft
- Billie Wilson, Director of Human Resources, Menlo
- Evan Shufflebarger, Vice President, HeartLand LLC
- Susana Bruhn, Executive Director, GUILDit and Visual Artist
Additional Committee Members:
- GK Callahan, Community Arts Specialist, University of Missouri Extension and Visial Artist
- Joseph Johnson, Attorney and Actor, Freelance
- Amy Bagnall, Owner, Rattle Box Marketing
GUILDit Founding Members:
- Susana Bruhn, Executive Director, GUILDit and Visual Artist
- Sean Kelly, Retired Founder of Grand Arts & Current Art Development Diretor, Zahner
- Simon Kuo, Fomer Spint VP & Current Photograher and Biz Consultant
With advice from Nick Carswell of Interurban Arthouse, Paul Tyler of ArtsKC, plus Emily Fetsch and Yas Motoyama of the Ewing Kauffman Foundation.