Hello All,
EST's 38th Marathon of One Act-plays is upon us! How exciting! We look forward to seeing you there. Click here for our New York Times Review.
In keeping up with Equity & Justice Report by RKG (See pages 33- 35) and our goal of Transparency at all levels of the company, you will find our third Board Community Newsletter below.
We are happy to let you know that we have voted in Kelli Lynn as our Interim Treasurer. We would like to thank Denny for his decades of service to our theater. (More To Come) And he will remain on our Board as a director. Kelli Lynn will be acting as our Treasurer until the end of the fiscal year (6/30/23), at which point she will step down as Treasurer and from the pro tem board seat, and return to being an ex officio Board Member as Members Council Co-Chair. Because Kelli Lynn was a non-voting ex officio board member as Members Council Co-Chair in order for her to be elected Treasurer, she was first elected on as a full board member pro tem and then elected Interim Treasurer. Kelli Lynn will still be serving as MC Co-Chair, but will have only one vote as Treasurer, with Sharina Martin continuing to vote on behalf of the MC. We all would like to thank Kelli Lynn for taking on this role while we continue on with our Transition.
We are excited to announce that we have voted in Lou Liberatore as a new Board member. Lou started out as an intern with EST and eventually became a lifetime member and has been a Member Artist (Acting) with us since 2011. He helped create our infamous FIRST BREW, (with Kelli Lynn and Dawn McGee) and he has served as a Members Council Co Chair. Lou currently serves on the Members Council , and he was part of the Transition Team which helped create a new template for hiring that is more equitable, diverse, and inclusive. We are happy to have his insight and experience in the room with us.
We are continuing our search for potential future Board members. To help build out existing skill sets within the current Board membership, we are especially interested in prospective candidates with experience in the following areas: finance and investing, development and fundraising, marketing, operations, human resources, equity/diversity and inclusion, real estate and/or contracting. This is not meant to be an exhaustive list and we welcome your suggestions. Please send any names and contact information of people who you feel would make great future candidates for our company here: Boarddevelopment@ensemblestudiotheatre.org
If you have missed any of our past Community Board Newsletters, please click here to catch up on what is happening at the Board level.
We encourage you to read the selected page numbers that we present to you from our report. If you have any questions regarding this newsletter or any section of the reading materials listed above, please do not hesitate to email us at Boarddevelopment@ensemblestudiotheatre.org and we will get back to you as soon as we can.
*Please note that your questions will be brought to the BDC & Board and together as a whole we will answer any questions you may have*
Sincerely,
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Board of Directors:
Erin Cherry*
G.H. Denniston Jr.*, Chair Emeritus
Ilena George
Robert Isaacson
Bob Jaffe*
Russell G. Jones
Kenneth Mandel*
Dee Dee Perry
Shawn Randall*
Jerry Zaks*, Trustee Emeritus
Janet Zarish*
Officers:
Board Secretary: Eddie Boroevich*
Interim Board Chair: Donna Ward
Interim Treasurer: Kelli Lynn Harrison
Members Council Co-Chairs: Kelli Lynn Harrison* & Sharina Martin*