Board of Directors
OUR 2026/2027 SEASON BOARD
MEGHAN COX (President) – CEO, Impact Advocacy Group
BETH SILHASEK – (Vice President) Fractional Chief Marketing Officer, Litix Legal
GARY GEPHART (Treasurer) – Community Volunteer
MOLLY GREENE (Secretary) – Senior Director of Arizona Government Affairs & Public Policies, Salt River Project
LINDSAY CULLUM-COLWELL (Executive Committee) – Managing Principal & Creative Director, Cullum Homes
JOSH NISBET – (Executive Committee) Managing Partner, Deloitte.
JEFF RICH – (Executive Committee) Of Counsel, Rose Law Group, PC
BRANDON SHIPMAN – (Executive Committee) Insurance Executive, Arnold Insurance
SONNY SONNENSTEIN – (Executive Committee) Chief Information Officer
Western Alliance Bank
OLIVER BADGIO – Chief Brand Officer, Prime Steak Concepts
MICHAEL BARNARD (Ex-Officio) – Producing Artistic Director, The Phoenix Theatre Company
LESLIE BENNER– Community Volunteer- (Phoenix Theatre Company Guild President)
ELIZABETH BERRY – Senior Director of Development Services at Plaza Companies
ALEXIA BERTSATOS – Real Estate Professional, SERHANT
ELENA CÁÑEZ – Community Relations Representative, Arizona Complete Health
MAX CHAN – CIO, Avnet Inc.
RICHARD CHARD – Community Volunteer
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
BRIAN P. GUZMAN – Owner, Luxe Realty
CHELSEA HESLA – Partner, Spencer Fane
MARK KOSON – Community Volunteer
CHRIS NATALE – Managing Principal, Diversified Commercial Capital
DIANE PETERSEN – Community Volunteer
DARLENE RICHERT – Founder & CEO, Avery Lane
VINCENT VANVLEET (Ex-Officio) – Executive Director, The Phoenix Theatre Company
NICK VERDERAME – Partner, Plattner Verderame PC
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
Cy Brown
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