Board and Staff

 

Board of Directors

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Karyn Pettigrew

I believe there is something critical about the role the arts play in helping us to maintain and expand our humanity. It is a language that reaches people where logic and analysis cannot. Cabinet creates work that stimulates at the cellular level. It strikes directly at our curiosity. I serve on the board for these reasons and because of the way that Frank is choosing to be a leader and build the organization; holistically considering the ecosystem of artists, actors, musicians, and collaborators as partners not labor. I believe in the power of ritual and celebration, and of gathering together. I believe in the power of "first times" and how that leads us to growth. The artistry that is CoC offers these things not only for consumption but through the transfer of knowledge. By offering the apprentice program and by collaborating with other Institutions, Cabinet is multiplying the effect by showing the way.

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Donnasue VAN CLEAF

I am believer that The  Arts make up a large part of what makes us human. The ability to create and to enjoy performance, music, fine arts, dance, culinary arts and writing is paramount to being happy, and as the Buddha says: “happiness is the path.”    Cabinet creates such a path, and that is why I want to support and participate in Cabinet’s mission and success. 

Jennifer Malone

Jennifer is a career Arts professional who has been performing, teaching, directing, writing, and making across disciplines for 25 years. She is a veteran Music Director whose imagination and curriculum expertise have helped School of Rock become the thriving and competitive program it is today with over 300 schools worldwide. She is a six-time international School of Rock All-Stars Music Director who has selected, cast, rehearsed and toured with some of the finest young musicians around the world, who hit main stages at Lollapalooza, Riot Fest, and The Rock N Roll Hall of Fame. She has served on content and innovation boards at the corporate level over her many years with the company. Jennifer is a voice teacher who loves coaching students of all levels to perform at their personal best through thoughtful training, biodynamics, and performance prep. As a director, Jennifer challenges players and actors to step out of their comfort zones and develop the skills needed to be free and authentic on stage. She is a regularly performing singer who has shared the stage with Dweezil Zappa, Jeff Tweedy, Jimmy Chamberlin, and Earl Slick. Jennifer holds an M.Phil in Irish Theatre Studies from Trinity College Dublin and a BFA in Acting from Kent State University. She lives in Oak Park with her husband and two kids and spends her free time engaged with community-building, art-making, volunteering, and being punk rock. 

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Frank Maugeri

Founder/Board Member

I serve on Cabinet’s Board because it permits me to collaborate with the keen responsible minds which make up the diverse, dynamic team. I believe Cabinet’s artistic and social mission is socially critical. We must gather, we must celebrate, we must cross differences and we must empower and support others with less than ourselves. And we must find ways to help artists (emerging and accomplished) flourish. They are essential to culture and deserve respectable pay and generous support.

EMERITUS BOARD

  • Bisi Williams

  • Chris Jabin

  • Bonnie Tawse

  • Molly Truglia


STAFF

  • Artistic Director — Frank Maugeri

  • Marketing and Website Director — Don Harder Jr

  • Accountant — Markita Redwell

  • Community Artistic Liaison — Brandon Boler

  • Company Engineer — Milam Smith

TELEPATHIC THINK TANK

This team of rotating advisors assisting Cabinet's leadership with art, culture, diversity and equity integrity of the enterprise.

  • Janet Carl Smith, Retired Commissioner, City of Chicago's Department of Cultural Affairs 

  • Tim Tuten, The Hideout, CIVL Chicago 

  • Eva SIlverman, Terra Foundation

  • Tressa Ferrella

  • Miriam Socoloff, Educator 

  • Nicholas De Genova, Professor and Chair of the Department of Comparative Cultural Studies at the University of Houston

  • Lawrence Kearns, FAIA Founder, TrackerSled, Principal, Wheeler Kearns Architects

  • Claude-Aline Nazaire-Miller, Sandro Studios 

  • Sandro Miller, Sandro Studios 

  • Frank Maugeri, Cabinet of Curiosity