Current Board Members

Woman Made Gallery is governed by its board of directors which together with staff members conduct regular meetings on the first Thursday of every other month for a total of 10 meetings per year.

Annual elections are held in May and the Board president serves for two years while other board members are elected annually. Board positions are renewable. Board members contribute a minimum annual amount of $250 besides being a regular member in good standing. Board assistance may come also through any other donation and/or funds raised through auction ad sales, donated items, and auction sponsorship. Board members serve each on at least one committee and actively help with fundraising activities. They also participate and attend art openings and other events and actively recruit new members.

Following are the names, positions and brief biographical descriptions of our current board members:

Nicole Gotthelf - President
Nicole has over 20 years of experience in fundraising for non-profits. Currently, she is the Director of Development for the Center for Neighborhood Technology (www.cnt.org). Nicole was elected and served on the City of Madison Common Council for 8 years. She is a member of the Association of Fundraising Professionals' Peer Mentoring Committee. She is the past chairperson of Community Media Workshop. Nicole received her B.A. in Geography from Beloit College. She is fluent in French and Spanish and has lived in France and Latin America.

Wilma Stevens - Vice-President
Wilma Stevens is a former art director, graphic artist and book designer with World Book Publishing. Her own art involves traditional lace making. Wilma has served as President for the Chicago Chapter of NOW. She is a former board member for the Chicago Book Clinic and serves on the WMG board since 2001.

Mary Ruth Coffey - Treasurer

Mary Ruth is a poet, crochet artist, performer, professor of leadership, and human rights advocate. She uses her business and law education and experience to lead organizations whose missions are to end violence against women and to ensure that every individual has the right and the means to fulfill his/her potential. She currently serves as the Executive Director of Connections for the Homeless in Evanston.

Michele Sexton Dorvil - Secretary

Michele Sexton Dorvil is the Assistant Dean of the Liautaud Graduate School of Business at UIC. She has a Master of Nonprofit Administration from the University of Notre Dame and a Bachelor of General Studies from Indiana University. Prior to joining UIC, Michele worked for the University of Notre Dame managing a $5.2 million grant from The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to eradicate Lymphatic Filariasis in Haiti as well as teaching a certificate program in Entrepreneurship. She speaks fluent Creole and conversational French.

Marty Bash
Marty Bash is the retired owner of MKS Composing, a typesetting business she ran for 32 years. Her education includes two years at Mt. Holyoke College in Massachusetts and a B.A. in Art History from Northwestern University. She started volunteering once a week at Woman Made in September of 2004, as well as at the Shedd Aquarium, and joined the WMG Board in April of 2008.

Margo Jeanchild
Margo is the owner of a consulting and coaching business serving non-profits and community service programs. She was a VISTA volunteer before beginning a 20-year career with the Peace Corps where she worked in Kenya, Sri Lanka and China. Margo has been on the WMG board since 1996 and is currently the co-chair of the Auction Committee with Amy Stoeffler and Ann Regan.

Robin Suzanne Malpass
Robin Suzanne Malpass is Agency Principal and Marketing Director at TDSM Agency. She has a B.A. from Northern Illinois University and attended Lewis University. Robin has served on the board of the Business and Professional Women's Club and is a member of the Public Relations Society of America and the American Marketing Association. She is serving on WMG's Marketing Committee and she is an exhibiting artist.

Carmen M. Perez
Carmen M. Perez is an artist, an Adult Educator for Chicago City Colleges, and Vice- President of Stoppert Perez Ltd, an arts and antiques business. Carmen received her B.A in art from Northeastern Illinois University. She exhibits her jewelry, sculpture, and drawings in galleries, art and craft fairs, and expositions, in the U.S and Canada. Her work can be viewed at: www.linealatinaarte.com.

Amy Stoeffler
Amy Stoeffler is an MD OB\GYN practicing general obstetrics and gynecology in North Riverside which is affiliated with Loyola University Medical Center. Amy has worked for the U.S. Peace Corps for seven years in the Philippines and Chicago. She served two terms as WMG's Vice President and continues to successfully chair the auction fundraising committee together with Margo Jeanchild.

Mary C. Strickland
Mary C. Strickland is a Certified Public Accountant with a Bachelor of Science in Accounting and Bachelor of Science in Business Administration from the University of Kansas. Working as a Client Financial Management Specialist at Accenture in Chicago, Mary is also an artist with interest in charcoal drawings. She volunteers at the Cabrini Green Tutoring Program.

Former Board Members

Rhonda Wheatley
Rhonda is an artist who explores language, consciousness, and spirituality in her mixed media paintings. She exhibits her work throughout Chicago and across the US and is represented by FLATFILEgalleries. Also a writer and editor with a marketing/advertising background, Rhonda received her BA in English from Loyola University and an MA in Writing from DePaul University. She joined the board in Nov 2003 and served as board secretary from 2004 to 2006. She resigned in June 2007. We'll miss her participation on the WMG board.

Ann Regan
Ann Regan was Chief Compliance Officer of The Oakmark Funds and Director of Mutual Fund Compliance at Harris Associates L.P., an investment management firm in Chicago. Ann received her M.B.A. from the University of Chicago Graduate School of Business and her law degree from Stanford University. She served with Nicole Gotthelf on the Governance Committee and resigned from the board in October 2006 due to relocation. Ann Regan continues her involvement with WMG by serving on the Advisory Board. We are grateful for her support and outstanding work for the organization.

Roberta Reb Allen
Currently serving as Vice President and Curriculum Director at the American School in Lansing, Illinois, Roberta Reb Allen is also an accomplished artist. She presently works on a series of small watercolors of a young girl at play and her images can be viewed on her webpage: www.robertareballen.womanmade.net. Roberta retired from the WMG board in June of 2005. She was WMG's Board President from 2002 to 2004 and also served as Vice President and Secretary. She has also successfully helped the organization in a variety of other important areas including as Volunteers Coordinator for the annual art auction. We thank Roberta for her most dedicated service to the organization.

Lauren Levato
Lauren is an artist, writer and co-founder of Survivor Circle, an organization helping women heal from sexual trauma through art. She received her A.A. in women's studies and B.A. in writing from Purdue University and wrote, edited, and designed for various news organizations and women's magazines before becoming a freelancer. Lauren served as Secretary of the WMG board and continues to coordinate the poetry readings at Woman Made Gallery. Lauren left the WMG board in June 2005 and we thank her for her great support.

Nancy Koprowski
Chief Operating Officer of The Michelangelo Group, LLC, a media consulting company, whose clients include the Wall Street Journal, The Washington Post, and the United Press International, among others. Music professor at Harold Washington College, in Chicago with a Master's degree in music composition from the American Conservatory of Music, and a graduate diploma in publishing management from George Washington University in Washington D.C. Thank you to Nancy Koprowski for her support of WMG.

Jyotsana Garg
Jyotsana Garg is Director of Operations at CNA Insurance in Chicago. Her educational background includes a B.S. in Chemical Engineering from the University of Virginia and an MBA from Carnegie Mellon University. She is involved with the Community Leadership Program for LCA. Jyotsana joined the WMG board in spring 2005. She served as Secretary through spring 2008 and we are grateful for her sevices.