Our Staff & Leadership

  • Janet Bloch

    Executive Director

  • Nelsy Marcano

    Education Director

  • Samantha Bean

    Marketing Manager

  • Whitney Bradshaw

    Curator

  • Jessie Sexton

    Marketing Coordinator

  • Leona Marshall

    Operations + Bookkeeping

  • Tim Rounds

    Facility Manager 219.874.4900

  • Naomi Elson

    Directors’ Assistant and Gallery Shop Manager

  • Heidi Jaffee

    Admin Assistant

  • Clare D'Amato

    Directors’ Assistant

  • Susan Pluto

    Database Administrator

Board of Directors

  • Steve DePalma

    President

  • Ish Muhammad Nieves

    Vice-President

  • Bill Peck

    Treasurer

  • Heidi Jaffee

    Secretary

  • LaRonda Campbell

  • Dale Cooper

  • Alexander de Hilster

  • Michael Hackett

  • Betsy Kohn

  • Rod Lubeznik

  • Gigi McCabe-Miele

  • Rose Tejeda

  • Beatrice Vode

  • Melissa Warneke

  • Crystal Williams-French

  • Skyler York

Partnerships

  • 1st Source Bank
  • American Licorice Company
  • Aon
  • Applegate & Company, PC
  • The Barker Welfare Foundation
  • Blue Star Museums
  • BULK Equipment Corp
  • City of Michigan City
  • Current Electric
  • Family Express
  • Gaylord and Dorothy Donnelley Foundation
  • General Insurance Services
  • GreatNews.Life
  • Haas & Associates
  • Harbour Trust Investment Management Company
  • The Herald-Dispatch
  • Horizon Bank
  • Indiana Arts Commission
  • LOK Wishing Tree Foundation
  • McDonald's of LaPorte County
  • Michigan City Paper Box Company
  • MonoSol
  • Museums for All
  • National Endowment for the Arts
  • Nipsco
  • NiSource Charitable Foundation
  • NMK Design Studio
  • Precision Maintenance Solutions
  • Purdue University Northwest
  • Recess Digital Inc.
  • SFC Gallery
  • Shoreline Brewery
  • South Shore CVA
  • South Shore Line
  • Stranco
  • The Times Media Company
  • Unity Foundation of LaPorte County
  • Vibrant Communities
  • WIMS/WHFB Radio