Board of Directors

OUR 2025/2026 SEASON BOARD

CY BROWN (President) – Owner, Metal Magic

MEGHAN COX (Vice President) – CEO, Impact Advocacy Group

GARY GEPHART (Treasurer) – Community Volunteer

MOLLY GREENE (Secretary) – Senior Director of Arizona Government Affairs & Public Policies, Salt River Project

ERICA BRINKER (Executive Committee) – Chief Commercial & Sustainability Officer, Chaberton Energy

LINDSAY CULLUM-COLWELL (Executive Committee) – Managing Principal & Creative Director, Cullum Homes

CHRIS NATALE (Executive Committee) – Managing Principal, Diversified Partners CREE

JASON KUSH (Executive Committee, Ex Officio) – Owner, JP Kush Construction and JP Kush & Associates

JAMIE MAYROSE (Executive Committee, Ex Officio) – Partner, Rader Mayrose, LLC

TODD PETERSON (Executive Committee, Ex Officio) – COO, Matsock & Associates

BRANDON SHIPMAN – (Executive Committee) Insurance Executive, Arnold Insurance

MICHAEL BARNARD (Ex-Officio) – Producing Artistic Director, The Phoenix Theatre Company

OLIVER BADGIO – Chief Brand Officer, Prime Steak Concepts

ELIZABETH BERRY – Senior Director of Development Services at Plaza Companies

ALEXIA BERTSATOS – Real Estate Professional, SERHANT

ELENA CÁÑEZ – Community Relations Representative, Arizona Complete Health

ANGELA DeROSA, DO, MBA, CPE (aka Dr. HotFlash) – President and CEO, DRM Integrative Health, LLC & the Hormonal Health Institute, LLC

STEPHANE FITCH – Editor in Chief, Fitch Ink

KERRI GEISLER – Community Volunteer

MICHAEL GIAVANTI – Executive Director, Wells Fargo Advisors

BRIAN P. GUZMAN – Owner, Luxe Realty

CHELSEA HESLA – Partner, Spencer Fane

MARK KOSON – Community Volunteer

KEVIN LOMAN – Co-Founder Hark AG

JOSH NISBET – Managing Partner, Deloitte.

DIANE PETERSEN – Community Volunteer

RYAN PONT – Associate Attorney, Lewis Roca

JANET RICHTER – Community Volunteer (Phoenix Theatre Company Guild President)

JEANNIE SHORT – Principal, Stoneridge Hospice

BETH SILHASEK – Fractional Chief Marketing Officer, Litix Legal

KELLI TONKIN – SVP, Treasury Management Regional Manager, Enterprise Bank

ANNA TOVAR – Community Volunteer

VINCENT VANVLEET (Ex-Officio) – Executive Director, The Phoenix Theatre Company

Members of our Board of Directors contribute to The Phoenix Theatre Company through personal giving, season tickets, and by securing $10,000 each in annual support.

SPIELBERG LIFE TRUSTEES

The Phoenix Theatre Company gratefully acknowledges this group of former board members who have been selected as Spielberg Life Trustees for their exemplary leadership throughout the years.

Leslie Benner

Jennifer Bohnert

Reed Glick

Mike Hansberger

Robert Hopkins

Jamie Hormel

David Howell

Dana Jamison

Patty Johnson

Jason Kush

Melissa Leonesio

Kim Llumiquinga

Jim Manley

Vicki Marce

Jamie Mayrose

Robert Meza

Donny Peper

Todd Peterson

Caleb Reese

Tom Simplot

Michelle Taylor

Wendy Valenzuela

Richard Warren 

Sara Rose Webber