Board of Trustees

Hartford Art School, Inc. is a tax exempt corporation with the mission of promoting and assisting the Hartford Art School in providing excellence in visual arts education. It does so by advancing academic and program excellence as well as by contributing to the financial support of deserving students who demonstrate merit and/or financial need.

The Board of Trustees and Board of Corporators are responsible for the oversight and management of the Hartford Art School, Inc. endowment and other Hartford Art School, Inc. assets in accordance with donor intent. Trustees and Corporators actively support the Art School financially through their own contributions, by identifying and soliciting other donors, and through the development of and attendance at fundraising events, gallery exhibitions and other special opportunities.

Officers

o   John Wheat 
President and Trustee, Regent

o   Louise McCormick 
Treasurer and Trustee

o   Brent Robertson
 Vice President and Trustee

o   Stanley Fellman 
Vice President and Trustee, Regent

o   Marge Morrissey 
Secretary and Trustee, Regent

Ex Officio Trustees

o   Mary Frey, Interim Dean, HAS

o   Cecilia Calhoun, President Emeritus and Regent

Honorary Trustees

o   Austin Dunham Barney II
 Honorary Trustee and President Emeritus

o   Mrs. Bernhard Kohn Sr. Honorary Trustee and Life Regent

o   Helen Krieble
 Honorary Trustee and President Emeritus

o   Carol LeWitt Honorary Trustee

Members

o   Cecil Adams

o   Duffield Ashmead

o   Ellen Blumberg

o   Janet Bruner

o   Cecilia Calhoun ’76 Regent

o   Emilie de Brigard

o   Patricia DiCosimo ‘69

o   Dr. Stanley Fellman, Vice President & Regent

o   Herman Fonteyne

o   Kathanne Fowler

o   Danuta Gordon

o   Irma Handel

o   Walter Harrison

o   Jane Keller Herzig

o   Walter Kendra

o   William Knight

o   Debbie Koltenuk, Regent

o   Louise McCormick, Treasurer

o   Marge Morrissey, Secretary & Regent

o   Rosalie Roth, Regent

o   Brent Robertson, ’94 Vice President

o   Renée Samuels, Regent

o   Michael Scricco ‘72

o   Jeff Shoham

o   John Wheat, President & Regent

o   Walter Wick

o   John Willis, Faculty representative

o   Natacha Poggio, Faculty representative

o   Katie Linke, Student representative

o   Nicholas Napolentano, Student representative

Corporators

o   Marge Abrams

o   John Alves

o   Austin Barney II

o   Roni Bartolini ‘69

o   Lynn Blau

o   Peter Blum

o   Ellen Blumberg BA’65

o   Diane Brainerd

o   Janet Bruner

o   Karen Byrne

o   Christopher Alcorn Childs

o   Stephan Christiansen

o   Maura Cochran

o   Ann Cope

o   Michele Cook

o   Roberta David

o   Thomas Decker

o   Patricia DiCosimo BFA ‘69

o   Elizabeth di Mauro

o   Mark Dion ‘86

o   Renee Dubin

o   Ruth Ellison

o   Martha Deming Flanders

o   Letty Fonteyne

o   Neal Freuden

o   Betty Friedman

o   Melanie Galen

o   Susan Gregory

o   Irma Handel

o   Walter Harrison, President, University of Hartford

o   Jane Keller Herzig MAEd’81

o   Susan Hight

o   Shep Holcombe

o   John Horak

o   Douglas Hyland

o   Ann Foxen Kenny

o   Deb Kline, BFA 90

o   John Koegel

o   Mrs. Bernhard Kohn Sr., Regent

o   Deborah Koltenuk, Regent

o   Nickolas Kotula

o   Alice Krall

o   Helen Krieble

o   Janice LaMotta

o   Arthur Langlais

o   Richard Malinsky

o   Marcia Reid Marsted

o   Antonie Martin

o   Constance Mindell

o   Lee Moody

o   Marge Morrissey MBA 78

o   John Murphy

o   Janet Peckinpaugh

o   Eileen Pollack

o   Jane Rainwater

o   Nancy Richer

o   Brent Robertson BFA’94

o   Vicki Rosenthal

o   Rosalie Roth, Regent

o   Hadass Rubin

o   Renee Samuels, Regent

o   Lois Siegal

o   Paul Shipman

o   Sonia Shipman

o   Jeffrey Shoham

o   Raimi Slater BFA’94

o   Robert Smith Jr.

o   Lisa Stout

o   Elsa Daspin Suisman

o   Mark Swerdloff

o   Susan Talbot

o   David Trager

o   Sharon Vasquez

o   Judith Wawro

o   Gail Weinstein

o   Dr. Nancy Weinstein

o   Walter Wick

o   William Wondriska

o   Cherra Wyllie

o   Judy Zinn

o   Eleanor Zajac

o   Rosalie Zetoff

o   Kim Zimmermann ‘85