SANDISFIELD ARTS CENTER
2008-2009 BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Barbara Steen-Elton, President, is an artist and quiltmaker with an MFA from the University of Iowa. Her artwork is primarily drawing in dry pastel and pencil. Elton is on the Sandisfield Arts Center's Program Committee where she is involved with the Gallery Subcommittee.

Jean Atwater-Williams, Vice President, owns and operates BizTech Associates, LLC, a technology consulting firm specializing in helping small businesses and nonprofits utilize computer, Internet and telecommunications technology. She is an active member of the Rotary Club of Farmington, CT and the Farmington Garden Club. She divides her time between her homes in the Berkshires and Farmington. She is on the Sandisfield Art Center's Program Committee.

Eva Blachere, Treasurer, is in business importing French tableware in Winsted, CT. She has served as a corporator for the Winsted Health Center Foundation.

Claudette Baril, Clerk, is a Nurse Practioner in Pine Meadow, CT. Formerly Executive Director of the Susan B. Anthony Project in Torrington, Baril has experience in program development at the grass-roots level and is and is an active volunteer for the Sandisfield Art Center.

Rosy Campbell is a retired elementary school teacher, past president of the Granville Library Club and a former Granville town assessor. Rosy is also a member of the Outdoor Space and Recreation Committee and, as part of that, she was instrumental in getting Granville to adopt the CPA. Rosy is now part of the committee that will oversee the spending of the CPA funds in Granville. In addition, Rosy has served on the Granville Cultural Council for the past five years. She is on the arts center's Development Committee.

Robin Campetti has been living in Sandisfield since the age of five. An advocate for programs and activities for children, Robin serves on the town’s Recreation Committee and the Sandisfield Cultural Council and is a founding member of the Friends of Yanner Park. Robin volunteers for many community events and is employed at Carr Metal Products in Sandisfield. Robin is on the Program Committee.

Nina Carr is Treasurer of the Secretaries, Clerks and Aides Association for the Berkshire Regional School District and is a paraprofessional at the William Cullen Bryant Element School. She is on the Building and Grounds Committee.

Ashley Clark recently earned her MFA at the School of Visual Arts in New York and is involved in coordinating arts center's gallery shows. She is on the Program Committee and is involved with the Gallery Subcommittee.

Bill Cohn is a retired college administrator and history professor. He taught European history at Carnegie-Mellon, was assistant to the president of George Mason University and served as associate dean of the business School at the University of Hartford. For the past 14 years he has taught graduate courses in American Studies at Trinity College.  Cohn produces the July Forum series at the arts center and is on the Program Committee.

Val Coleman is the author of 10 plays and a book of short stories. He taught National Housing Policy at Columbia University and served as director of public information at the New York City Housing Authority. Coleman was press secretary for the Congress of Racial Equality. He chairs the arts center's Building and Grounds Committee.

Susie Crofut is an artist working primarily in watercolors. She is on the board of the Berkshire Natural Resources Council, is a member of the Steering Committee of the Highlands Community Initiative and is actively involved with the Berkshire Taconic Community Center. Susie is chair of the Program Committee.

Antonia Grumbach is a partner in the law firm of Belknap, Webb & Tyler in New York City, specializing in the area of exempt organizations. She is on the boards of Teacher's  College at Columbia University, Milton Academy and Legal Services for Children. Antonia is on the Development Committee.

Rita Kasky retired in December 2006 from her position as Development Director at Gould Farm in Monterey and currently serves on the Farm’s Associate Board. She is also on the board of Community Access to the Arts (CATA) and the Fairview Hospital Gala Committee. She volunteers her time in an advisory capacity for several other nonprofits in Berkshire County and is the SArC Fundraising Board Member.

David LeBeau is an antiques dealer and auctioneer in Sheffield. He has a master's degree in theater design from the Carnegie Institute of Technology and was technical director for off-Broadway theater groups. He serves in the same capacity at the art center and is a member of the Program Committee.

Betsy Polatin is an assistant professor at Boston University’s College of Fine Arts, teaching the Alexander Technique. Betsy has also taught at Tanglewood, Berklee College of Music, The Opera Institute, Sports Medicine Clinics and in yoga and meditation centers in the US and abroad. Betsy taught the Alexander Technique in a SArC workshop this past summer and is on the art center's Program Committee.

June Keener Wink works with her husband, Walter, conducting workshops on nonviolence and peace and integrating nonviolent theory and intellectual insights through creative dance and art. The Winks received the Fellowship of Reconciliation’s Martin Luther King, Jr. Peace Prize in 2006. June is a potter with a studio in Sandisfield and is on the art center’s Program Committee where she is involved with the Workshop Subcommittee.