SOUTH SHORE ART CENTER STAFF
Executive Director
Patrice Maye, pmaye@ssac.org
FINANCE & ADMINISTRATION
Operations Director / Webmaster
Liz Townsend, ltownsend@ssac.org
Development / Administrative Coordinator
Cecilia Harries, charries@ssac.org
Administrative Assistant
Amanda Shea, ashea@ssac.org
Receptionist/Docent
Virginia Holloway, info@ssac.org
EDUCATION & PROGRAMS
Education Coordinator
Anthony Pilla, apilla@ssac.org
Programs Associate
Sharon Smith, info@ssac.org
Design / Exhibitions Associate
Pia Bertola, pbertola@ssac.org
BOARD OFFICERS
Sean Cunning, President
Erin Sunday, Vice President
Neelu Johar, Treasurer
Donna Haig Friedman, Secretary
Chris Rifkin, Immediate Past President
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Jim Burke
James Canavan
Christine Cunning
Gordon Fales
Janice Forgays
Donna Haig Friedman
Santiago Hernandez
Richard Horn
Lisa Marder
Kaly Molnar
Frank Neer
Kelly Netishen
David Petty
Mark Tosi
Tracy Windham
BOARD OF ADVISORS
Kimberley Majury Albanese, Kara Bianchi, Tanya Bodell, Bruce Cameron, Lilly Cleveland, Craig Coffey
Kristina Coffey, Nancy Colella, Motoko Deane, Jeannie DeMurias, William Earon, Lauren Farrell, Kate Farrington, Susan Gallagher, Lena Goldberg, Connie Gorfinkle, Ernest Grassey, Barbara Henderson, Andrea Hillier, Christine Hotarek, Victoria Hurley, Judith Kasameyer, Valerie King, Laura Labash, Leslie Lagsdin, Yasmin Landy, Jennifer Lord, Lisa Marder, Tania McCann, Maria Monaco, Elizabeth Naughton, Mary Neville, Stephen Nonack, Beverly Rippel, Sarah Roche, Elise Russo, Barbara Bahr Sheehan,
Philip Hugh Smith, Juliana Tiryaki, Valerie Forte Vitali, Pam Warner, Michael Weymouth, Andrea Williams,
Laurie Wimberly,
SSAC Presidents 1954 – 2021
Thomas Lucas 1954–1957
MacIvor Reddie 1957–1958
Francis M. Robinson 1958–1960
Ben Blake 1960–1963
Christus Murphy 1963–1967
David Kelley 1967–1969
Theodore Macklin 1969–1970
David Walsh 1970–1972
Don Lettis 1972–1973
Robert Guarino 1973–1976
Joseph Burbank 1976–1977
John Holowchuck 1977–1979
Janet Tooker 1979–1980
Ubaldo DiBenedetto 1980– 1983
Sheldon Ripley 1983–1985
Claffy Williams 1985–1987
Shirley Neer 1987–1988
Chris Rifkin 1988–1991
Keith Kretschmer 1991–1993
Ron Rawson 1993–1994
Tom Hamilton 1994–1996
Suzan Redgate 1996–1999
Vcevold Strekalovsky 1999–2001
Nancy Cusack 2001–2004
William Earon 2004–2006
Frank Neer 2006–2008
Jennifer Willms 2008–2010
Elise Russo 2010–2012
Lauren Farrell 2012–2014
William Wenzel 2014–2016
Tanya Bodell 2016–2018
Edward L. Gentry, Jr 2018–2020
Tracy Merrill 2020-2022
Chris Rifkin 2022-2023
Header Images:
Left: 'Mixed Media' by Donna Ingemanson
Right: 'Step Off' by Mary Marley