Staff
Samuel Buggeln, Artistic & Executive Director (he/him) [email]
Gigi MacTaggart, General Manager [email]
Jen Pearcy-Edwards, Education & Development Manager (she/her) [email]
Rosa Maassen, Production & Events Manager [email]
Abigail Jensen, Marketing Manager (she/her) [email]
Mustafaa Ali, Community Outreach Coordinator
Kate Laux, Art Hive Facilitator
Amber Roy, Art Hive Facilitator
Board of Directors
Brett Bossard, Treasurer
Executive Director, Alumni & Family Engagement, Ithaca College
Samuel Buggeln (ex-officio)
Artistic and Executive Director
Laura Lewis
Former Mayor, City of Ithaca, NY
Terry Plater
Visual Artist
Nick Salvato, President
Professor, Department of Performing and Media Arts, Cornell University
Stephen Yale-Loehr
Retired Professor of Immigration Law, Cornell University
Advisory Board
Greg Carlson
Lecturer, Binghamton University Department of Neuroscience;
Former Board Treasurer, Cherry Arts
Jessica Casey
Physician, WellBeing Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine;
Former Board President, Hangar Theater
Renate Ferro
Artist; Visiting Associate Professor Emeritus Cornell University, Department of Art;
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Emily Sanders Hopkins
Writer, editor and illustrator, New Yorker cartoonist
Laura Lewis
Former Mayor, City of Ithaca, NY
Jonathan Meth (London)
Founder and Curator, The Fence international theater network
Tim Murray
Professor Emeritus of Comparative Literature and Literatures of English at Cornell; Chair of the Board of Directors, Humanities New York;
Deputy Supervisor, Town of Caroline
Jim Nicola (NYC)
Artistic Director emeritus, New York Theater Workshop
Terry Plater
Visual Artist
Donald Spector
Professor and Chair of Physics, Hobart and William Smith College
Scott Whitham
Principal, Whitham Planning and Design
Lesley Williamson
Executive Director, Constance Saltonstall Foundation for the Arts
Arts Partners Board
Amy Cohen
Director, Circus Culture and Hupstate Circus
Lily Gershon
Director, LilyPad Puppet Theater
Jay Leeming
Performance Storyteller
AJ Sage
Artistic Director, House of Ithaqua theater company
Jim Self
Artistic Producer, June Dance at the Cherry Arts
Work-Study Students
The Cherry Arts partners with Cornell University and Ithaca College to provide work-study opportunities for college students!
Get hands-on experience with a company creating local, international, and mutlidiscplinary art and get paid! Offering opportunities in:
- design and technology
- marketing and social media
- stage and production management
- box office and hospitality
This opportunity is only available to students who qualify for federal work-study funding. Interested in working with us this season? Please email us at info@thecherry.org.