board of directors
SRISA Board of Directors
- Dennis Olsen, M.A., co-founder of
the Santa Reparata Graphic Art centre in Florence in 1970, that in 2000
became the Santa Reparata International School of Art. Mr. Olsen is
President of SRISA, Professor at the University of Texas at San Antonio,
and a practicing artist.
- Meredith Dean M.FA. Senior Lecturer at the University
of Texas at San Antonio, and Vice president of SRISA. A practicing artist
Ms. Dean has taught a variety of courses at Santa Reparata and is responsible
for overseeing all financial operations at the school.
- Linnaus Orme (Chuck) Maurer, M.S. senior systems engineer
at IBM for 20 years, owner and operator of Alternative Ink,
a digital fine arts studiospecializing in the digitizing and color management
of artfor institutions, museums, and cultural organizations. Board member
of BlueStarContemporaryArtCenter for San Antonio Space, and SRISA Board
member since 2001.
- Cyrus Harmon is a co-founder and President and CEO
of Combithera, Inc., a biotechnology company located in San Francisco,
CA. He was the founder and CEO of Neomorphic, Inc. until its acquisition
by Affymetrix, where he served as a VP. He has served as a consultant
to bay area biotechnology and IT companies. SRISA Board Member since
2002.
- Benjamin Fairbank, Ph.D. is Chief Scientist at Sinclair
Service Assessments in San Antonio. Prior to that he was Vice President
of Performance Metrics and Vice President of Operational Technologies.
He has taught periodically in the UTSA Department of Psychology. SRISA
Board member since May 2005.
- James Broderick , M.A. is Professor Emeritus
and former Department Chair of the UTSAArtDepartment. Before coming
to UTSA he was Chair of the ArtDepartment at TexasTechUniversity. Mr.
Broderickis a photographer/printmaker and former president of NASAD
(National Association of School of Art and Design). He has served on
many accreditation teams over the years, and is widely respected
as an arts administrator. SRISA Board member since May 2005
- Paula Owen, M.F.A. is President of the Southwest
School of Art , a non-profit organization with a long history in San
Antonio. She has been instrumental in growing the school and for raising
money for the expansion to adjacent studios. The addition of a
major San Antonio gallery space, printmaking studio, and new papermaking
studio has all happened on her watch. She is a practicing artist.SRISA
Board Member since May 2005.
SRISA Board of Advisors
- Gary Crippin, Ph.D., Director, Bilkent UniversityPreparatory School, Ankara, Turkey. He is former headmaster at International Preparatory Schools in Genova, and Rome, Italy, Caracas, Venezuela, and Myanmar (Burma).
- Ruth Weisberg, M.F.A. is Dean of the School of Fine Arts, at the University of Southern California. She previously served as chair of the school's studio arts department, as well as acting associate dean for the School of Architecture and Fine Arts. She is a practicing artist and has written more than 60 articles, reviews and catalogue essays. She regularly lectures and curates exhibitions, and has taught summer courses and workshops at SRISA over the past 15 years.
- Thomas Kelly, Ph.D. is the Morton B. Knafel Professor of the Humanities at HarvardUniversity. He is an internationally recognized scholar of medieval music and the author of dozens of books and articles. His latest book, First Nights: Five Musical Premieres, YaleUniversity Press, 2000 was named a New York Times "Notable Book of the Year"
- John Nadas, Ph.D. is the Gerhard L. Weinberg Distinguished Professor in the College of Arts and Sciences, at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. He has been a fellow of the HarvardCenter for Italian Renaissance Studies (Florence, Italy, 1987-88) and Visiting Professor at HarvardUniversity during fall 1998. Professor Nádas is presently Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Musicology and a member of the editorial boards of Recercare and the series "Ars Nova: Collana di Riproduzioni Fotografiche delle Fonti Italiane del Tre-Quattrocento”.
- Peggy Badenhausen, is a practicing printmaker and painter in Boston, MA.
- Cynthia Crippin, M.A. teaches mathematics at BilkentUniversity, and BilkentUniversityPreparatory School in Ankara, Turkey. Ms. Crippin is a specialist in computer applications and has served SRISA as consultant for its student database.
- Barry Solomon, DDS. Dr.Solomon is former SRISA Board of Director and the CEO of several companies that operate dental clics in New Mexico and Texas.
- John Worsham, Ph.D. is a clinical psychologist and has been an examiner for the Texas State Board since 1988. He was co-founder of Psy-Pac, a political action committee, andfor 29 years he served on the Goodwill Industries Board in San Antonio, TX, and has also served on the boards of the Mental Health Association and Planned Parenthood, among others.
- Hebron Cutrer is a San Antonio businessman.
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