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MATTRESS FACTORY BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Michael J. White, Chairman of the Board and Board Member since June 2006, is Assistant Professor of Surgery for University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine and is an Attending Physician at both Allegheny General Hospital and UPMC Passavant Hospital. He served two years as the President of Medical Staff for Allegheny General Hospital until 2004 and currently sits on their Board of Directors. In addition, Mr. White is a Guest Examiner for the American Board of Plastic Surgery.

Barbara Luderowski is Board President and is the museum’s founding Director. She now shares Co-Directorship with Michael Olijnyk. She is responsible for guiding and refining the museum’s artistic vision and marshalling the resources needed to achieve its goals. She directs capital projects, fundraising activities, policy planning and initiatives, and provides guidance on day-to-day operations.

Michael Olijnyk, Board Member, is Co-Director and was Curator of Exhibitions from 1978 to 2008. He has worked closely with more than 330 artists to implement the museum’s artistic program. He was responsible for all aspects of the residency and exhibition program, artist support during installation, training and supervision of gallery assistants, and maintenance of permanent collection. He serves on both the Education and the Governance Committees.

Scott Bergstein, Vice-Chairman and Board Member since June 2006, is Vice President of Operating Business for Oxford Development Company, and maintains both service and administrative responsibilities. Mr. Bergstein serves as Chief Operating Officer of GVA Oxford, which over the past years has transacted nearly a billion dollars in real estate transactions. Mr. Bergstein holds memberships in the Pennsylvania Bar and the Risk & Insurance Management Society.

Christine Astorino, Board Member since April 2009, is the founder and president of New Dawn Garden Design LLC, a Pittsburgh-based company she founded in March 2006.  Prior to founding New Dawn, Ms. Astorino was a senior principal with Astorino, an architecture, engineering, interior design, design-build firm based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. She began her work there as a landscape architect. In 2002, Ms. Astorino became the Senior Vice-President of Corporate Marketing. Ms. Astorino’s projects can be found throughout the US, Europe, and New Zealand.

Richard Bynum, Board Member since April 2009, is the Chief Operating Officer for PNC's small business banking group.   He is responsible for the sales force operating platform for more than 700 bankers in 13 states. Prior to joining PNC, Richard had a 12-year career as a senior manager for the American Red Cross, which included stints as an operations director for the Kosovo Refugee Operation as well as the September 11th effort in New York.  Richard has an MBA from The Kellogg School of Management at the Northwestern University and an undergraduate degree in Political Science from Florida State University.

David Conrad, Board Member since April 2009, attended The Kiski School, Brown University and Juilliard.  Currently starring in TV’s “Ghost Whisperer.” Films include "Men of Honor," "Return to Paradise," "Crazy" and "Wedding Crashers", David’s on-stage performances include "The Deep Blue Sea” by Terrence Rattigan, "Troilus and Cressida" by Shakespeare, “Arcadia,” “Rosencrantz and Guildenstern,” and "Indian Ink" by Tom Stoppard, "Richard II," "Henry V", "Three Days of Rain" by Richard Greenburg, “Westport Playhouse” directed by Joanne Woodward, "Arcadia" by Stoppard, and, in 2009, "Burn This" by Lanford Wilson.  David has produced and directed two documentaries:  "A Simple Gift" about a Pittsburgh summer camp, and "Tamas: Portrait of a Groucho Marxist" about a Pittsburgh history teacher.

Anuj Dhanda, Immediate Past Chairman of the Board and Board Member since 2003, serves as Chief Information Officer of PNC Bank Corporation. He earned his Ph. D. in management from Rutgers. He is enthusiastically interested in long-term stabilization and building on the museum’s energy and entrepreneurship. He joined the Board in April 2001 and became Chairman of the Board in 2003.

Suzy Davisson-Donahue, Board Member in 2007, is Director for Global Large Accounts at Orange Business Services. Other community board participation includes the western/central Pennsylvania chapter of the Epilepsy Foundation. She is assisting with marketing efforts for the museum and its programs.

Sherry DuCarme, Board Treasurer and Board Member since December 2004, is Senior Vice President of Network Solutions at PNC Financial Services Group. She is responsible for the technology infrastructure for personal computers, client servers, electronic mail, data and voice networks and the Internet in over 900 locations. Prior to joining PNC Bank, she spent 3 years at Bell Laboratories in New Jersey. She obtained a Bachelor of Science Degree in Mathematics at Grove City College in Pennsylvania.

Delanie Jenkins, Board Member since March 2001, is an artist and past participant in the Mattress Factory residency program. She received her BA from the University of Texas at Dallas and M.F.A. from the University of Colorado, Boulder. She is currently Assistant Professor of Studio Art at the University of Pittsburgh and was visiting Professor of Sculpture at the University of Iowa. She serves on the Education Committee for the Mattress Factory.

Ellen Mazo, Board Member since April 2002, is Manager/Public and Government Affairs at Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh. Also a published author, her work focuses on health-related topics. She is a staff stringer for People Magazine, and has taught journalism at the University of Pittsburgh. She is involved with the Factory 500 initiative and serves on the Development Committee.

Khari Mosley, Board Member since August 2005, is currently The Pittsburgh Regional Director of the League of Young Voters, a National Non-Profit Organization based in Harlem New York City. Mr. Mosley has worked on electoral campaigns and public policy projects with City-Councilman Sala Udin, City-Councilman Bill Peduto and State Representative Jake Wheatley, is the elected chairman of Pittsburgh's 22nd Ward Democratic Committee, the National Co-chair of the National Hip-Hop Political Convention and is on the boards of the Central Northside Neighborhood Council, Northside Leadership Conference and ACLU-Pittsburgh Chapter.

Anne Nemer, who joined the Board in April 2005, is the Assistant Dean and Executive Director of the EMBA Worldwide programs of the University of Pittsburgh.  With a B.A. from University of Michigan, Master's in Education from George Washington University and MBA from the University of Pittsburgh, Anne is a committed internationalist who will contribute to the development of international shows, partnerships and recognition of the Mattress Factory.

Marirose Radelet, Board Member since 1994, is a North Side resident, member of the Central Northside Neighborhood Council and serves on the Education Committee for the Mattress Factory. She is a founder of the Central Northside chapter of Reading is FUNdamental and serves on their Board of Directors. As a registered physical therapist and athletic trainer, she is conducting a safety audit and plan and monitors ADA compliance for the Mattress Factory.

Hilary Robinson, Board Member since October 2006, is Stanley and Marcia Gumberg Dean of the College of Fine Arts at Carnegie Mellon University. Before joining the faculty at Carnegie Mellon, she was a member of the faculty at the University of Ulster in Northern Ireland where she was a professor of History and Theory of Art. A trained painter, Robinson has worked as a freelance arts administrator, critic and lecturer. She has published several important works in contemporary art theory including Visibly Female, Feminism-Art-Theory 1968-2000 and Reading Art, Reading Irigaray: the Politics of Art by Women.

Diane Samuels, Board Member since 1993, is a professional artist whose work has been exhibited widely throughout the United States and Europe. She received her MFA from Carnegie Mellon University and has taught at Carnegie Mellon and Slippery Rock University. Recently, Ms. Samuels completed a major commission for the Jewish History Center in New York City. She is on the museum’s Governance and Education Committees.

Robert Sendall, Board Member since October 2006, is a nationally-known Chef, Event Producer, Wedding Coordinator, Consultant and Teacher. He studied with the American Culinary Federation National Apprentice Program and the Greenbriar Culinary Apprentice Program—valedictorian in both, as well as studying with Chef Roger Verg's France School for American Chefs and Apprenticing for Chef Madeleine Kamman. Some of his notable clients have been: H.J. Heinz, the Heinz Family Foundation, the Howard Heinz Endowments, Mr. and Mrs. Henry Hillman, Morgan Stanley, Ms. Sharon Stone, the Ted Lerner Family, and Mrs. Teresa Heinz and Senator John Kerry.

Alice Snyder, Board Member since 1993, Co-chairs the Governance Committee. As founder of Fine Arts Services and a founder of Sweetwater Arts Center, she has been very active in the Pittsburgh art community. She is also a member of the Board of the Old Sewickley Post Office Cultural Center and the Three Rivers Arts Festival.

Elaine Stone, Board Member since May 2004, is a supporter of the arts and has experience in art education. She received her M.A. in art education from Penn State and was adjunct Professor of art education at Clarion University of Pennsylvania. She was also a practicing photographer with a certificate in photography from the Art Institute of Pittsburgh. She serves on the Education Committee.

Robert Strauss, Board Member since June 2006, is Vice President of Marketing for Preservation Technologies. He also serves as President for the Pennsylvania Preservation Consortium and a Member of the Board of Visitors for the School of Information Sciences at the University of Pittsburgh. He has previously served as Board President for the Ampersand Club, Cooperative Preservation Program and the Association of Regional Conservation Centers and has been a Board Member for the Library Binding Institute, Abbey Publications and Heritage Preservation.

Alan Wells, Board Member since November 2009, is the Thomas J Gill III Professor of Pathology and Vice-Chair of the Department of Pathology at the University of Pittsburgh. He is also Professor of Bioengineering and a member of the McGowan Institute for Regenerative Medicine and Cancer Institute. He is also on Staff of the Veterans Administration Medical Center and an Adjunct Professor at Tuskegee University. Dr. Wells, who received his MD from Brown University and DMSc from Karolinska Institutet (Sweden), is Medical Director of the UPMC Clinical Laboratories. He has received numerous international recognitions for his investigations and service.

THANK YOU

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A G Foundation
Alcoa Foundation
Allegheny Regional Asset District
American Eagle Outfitters
Asian Cultural Council
AT&T Foundation
Milton and Sally Avery Arts Foundation
Claude Worthington Benedum Foundation
Benter Foundation
David Bermant Foundation: Color, Light, Motion
British Arts Council
Buhl Foundation
E. Rhodes and Leona B. Carpenter Foundation
Charm Bracelet Project
Columbia Gas Foundation
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Department of Community and Economic Development
Culture Ireland
Mary DeWinter Fund
The Fine Foundation
Fisher Fund
Nina Baldwin Fisher Foundation
Foster Charitable Trust
Foundation for Contemporary Art
Grable Foundation
Elizabeth Firestone Graham Foundation
Eden Hall Foundation
Harpo Foundation
Heinz Endowments
Hillman Foundation, Inc.
William Talbot Hillman Foundation
Roy A. Hunt Foundation
Mary Hillman Jennings Foundation
ifa (Institut fur Auslandsbeziehungen)
Institute for Museum and Library Services
Japan Foundation
Lambda Foundation
Lambent Foundation
MacArthur Foundation
McCune Foundation
McKinney Foundation
Richard King Mellon Foundation
Mellon Financial Corporation Foundation
Bank of New York Mellon
Henry Moore Foundation
Multicultural Arts Initiative
National City Bank Foundation
National Endowment for the Arts
National Endowment for the Humanities
Nimoy Foundation
Lewis A. and Donna M. Patterson Foundation
Pennsylvania Council on the Arts
Pennsylvania Heritage Parks Program
Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission
Pennsylvania Humanities Council
Pittsburgh Foundation
Pittsburgh History and Landmarks Foundation
PNC Bank Foundation
PNC Charitable Trust
Pittsburgh Partnership for Neighborhood Development
QueeQueeg Foundation
The Christopher Reynolds Foundation, Inc.
James and Ida Mae Rich Fund
Donald and Sylvia Robinson Foundation
Rockefeller Foundation
Judith Rothschild Foundation
Juliet Lea Hillman Simonds Foundation
W. P. Snyder III Charitable Fund
Spark Grant of the Sprout Fund
W. L. S. Spencer Foundation
Surdna Foundation
Tides Foundation
Verizon Foundation
Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts
YouthWorks

Sponsors
Acusis
Allegheny General Hospital
Alpern Rosenthal
Amcom Office Systems
AT&T
Audrey Hillman Fisher Foundation
Babst, Calland, Clements and Zomnir
Bayer
Blush Gentlemans Club
Bob Sendall/All in Good Taste Productions
Bossa Nova
Buchanan, Ingersoll and Rooney PC
CGI
Charles L. Hammel III
Charles Spiegel for Men
CIBER, Inc.
Cisco
Clement/Crawford
Computer Associates
Continental Airlines
Consult USA, Inc
Crawford & Ellenbogen LLC
Cameron IT Consulting
Compucom
Dell
The Doucherty Agency
EMC Corporation
First Data Corporation
GAI Consultants, Inc.
Gartner, Inc.
Gateway Financial
Giant Eagle Foundation
Guru.com
Harmonix Music Systems
H Marketing Services
Henderson Brothers
Hewlett-Packard
Hilbish McGee Lighting Design
Howard Hanna Real Estate Services
IBM
iGate Corporation
IKON
J V Chujko
KFMR Katz Ferraro McMurtry P.C.
Krishan and Madhu Aggarwal
KS Kennedy Distinctive Floral, Gifts & Gourmet
Levin Furniture
Logixguru
Luca Paganico
Maher Duessel
Material Science
Mellon Financial Corporation
Mobili Office, LLC
NAI Pittsburgh Commercial
National City Bank
Network Appliance, Inc.
Oh Yeah! Ice Cream & Coffee Co.
Oracle
Orange Business Services
Oxford Development
P.J. Dick Incorporated & Trumbull Corporation
Paula and Marco Cardamone
Pittsburgh Magazine
Pittsburgh Steelers
PNC Bank
Point Park University
Presidio, Inc.
Preservation Technologies
Pyramid Consulting Group, Inc.
Rubinoff Company
Sanjay and Anju Chopra
A Silver Fox Limousine Service
SMARTSolution Technologies, L.P.
Sprint Nextel
Sognatore
Star 100.7
Verizon
Victoria Liu
Wagner Agency
WQED
Xerox Corporation
Yes, We Cater Inc.

Patron Members

Kathleen and Richard Montgomery
Juliet Lea Hillman Simonds

Factory 500 Members

Debra Abell
Kenneth and Dede Acer
Drs. Susan Amara and Geoffrey Murdoch
Ms. Christine Astorino
Barbara Barry
Martin and Judith Berger
Scott Bergstein and Jessica Coup
Albert and Sebrina Bortz
Bruce and Lisa Bowden
Elizabeth Boyle McDonald and Sean McDonald
Ms. Pamela Bryan
Mr. and Mrs. Donald Carter
Mr. and Mrs. Gerald Chait
Mr. David Conrad
Pegi Cunningham
Kathleen Musante Dewalt
Anuj Dhanda
Deborah Dodds
Jack Donahue and Suzy Davisson-Donahue
Sherry DuCarme and Jeff Crummie
Mr. Leslie Dutka
Daniel Fawcett
Frank Golba
Greg and Rebecca Greenleaf
Haldane and Linda Hilbish
R.B. Humphrey
Delanie Jenkins and Andy English
Karey Joensen
Lawrence Kenter
Karey Jo Klusner
Larry Konter and William Shaffer
Jacqui Lazo
Arthur Levine, MD and Ruth Levine
Barbara Luderowski
Nils and Muriel Luderowski
Ellen Mazo
Patrick McArdle and Nancy Reese
Viveca Meyer and Peter BeamanJuliana Morris
Khari Mosley
Gerd and Helen Mueller
Kyle and Maureen Nellis
Anne Marie Nemer
Michael Olijnyk
Douglas and Nancy Ostrow
Mark R. Power
George Pry
John and Marirose Radelet
Nancy Reese
Bernard Reilly
Stephen Robinson
Hilary Robinson
William Robinson and Sharon Semenza
Caryn Rubinoff 
Robert Safran Jr.
Diane Samuels and Henry Reese
Robert Sendall
Duane and Christine Seppi
Mr. Kurt Shaw
Roseanne Silva
Ms. Lea Hillman Simonds
Henry J. Simonds
Dan Skena
Terry Smith
Alice Snyder
William Stayduhar
Elaine Stone and Mitchell Schwartz
Robert Strauss
Paul and Marie Terry
Dr. Alan and Mrs. Martina Wells
Michael White, MD and Rick LeBeau
Bruce Wilder
Jeffrey Williams