PROGRAM ASSISTANT

K. R. Fowler, Program Assistant, has worked throughout the art world, wearing many hats as an administrator, curator, preparator, and art devotee. They join ABH after having worked as Assistant Director and then Interim Director of Art at Epiphany Center for the Arts.

FOUNDER & PAST PRESIDENT
PROGRAMMING CHAIR

Audrey Niffenegger is an internationally known author and artist. A founder of the Columbia College Chicago Center for Book and Paper Arts (CCCBPA), she taught printing, creative writing, and visual narrative as a professor in its MFA program for many years.

PRESIDENT & FUNDRAISING CHAIR

Co-founding board member Kenneth Gerleve is a visual artist and designer who has exhibited works in Chicago and New York City. He earned his MFA in Interdisciplinary Book and Paper Arts from CCCBPA.

SECRETARY & MERCH CHAIR

Eileen Madden is an avid artists’ book collector, and a curator of several book arts shows. After taking classes in the CCCBPA community program, she opened a letterpress print shop. She has served on many boards, including the Caxton Club, Transit Residency, and StoryStudio Chicago’s Advisory Board.

TREASURER & FINANCE CHAIR

Eileen Pollard is an accountant for Chicago Women in Trades, a nonprofit organization that trains women for entry into the skilled construction trade unions and enacts policy and advocacy work aimed at changing legislation. She has served as their Board Treasurer for eight years.

Hannah Batsel is an in-demand book artist, writer, and illustrator with an MFA in Printmaking and Book Arts from CCCBPA. Her handmade work can be found in library and museum collections, and her mass-market picture books are found wherever books are sold.

Juliet C. Bond, LCSW, is a master at creating opportunities for growth between and among individuals, first as a Director of Development and now as a therapist. She is the author of plays, children’s books, and a YA series. Her writing guides schools and counselors nationwide. Ms. Bond has received multiple awards for her extensive volunteer leadership.

Melissa Jay Craig is a sculptor, book, and installation artist whose primary medium is handmade paper. For 15 years, she managed exhibitions at CCCBPA and taught in the Interdisciplinary Arts Department’s MFA program. Her work is included in museum, rare book, print and artists’ book collections throughout the United States.

Tom Greensfelder is founder of Greensfelder Design, where he has served clients from cartoonists Nichole Hollander and Lynda Barry to myriad arts organizations. He has taught at SAIC, Loyola University, and the Newberry Library and served on boards including Artists Book Works, CCCBPA, Chicago Calligraphy Collective, and, for 17 years, Teatro Vista (Chicago’s only equity Latino theater company).

Karen Paluzzi Steele is a long time Chicagoan, passionate about supporting the arts with 30+ years of extensive administrative leadership experience, including assessing, designing, training and implementing consistent programs and office procedures. Experience also includes budgeting, managing staff, volunteer management and providing support to board members and the general public. She has worked at Sculpture Chicago, Chicago Humanities Festival, The Honeycomb Project and Chicago Public Schools and served on Boards, including Whitewalls and archi-treasures and as PTA President. Karen enjoys biking, baking, reading and exploring the city with her husband and kids.

Riva Khoshaba Parker is Vice President, Labor & Employment / Litigation for Airlines of America. Previously she was the Chief, Labor Counselor & Litigation for the Office of the Judge Advocate General at the Pentagon. Ms. Parker holds a JD from Yale Law School and a BA from the University of Chicago. She is fluent in Assyrian.

FACILITIES CHAIR

Carol Prieto has been a realtor for over 30 years and has so many real estate “stories,” she could write a book. A trustee at the Evanston Historical Society and the Evanston Art Center for many years, Ms. Prieto continues to work to preserve and encourage the arts and humanities.

Todd Summar is a writer, editor, and marketing professional. His work can be seen in Lady Churchill's Rosebud Wristlet, Literary Hub, the Chicago Review of Books, and elsewhere. He is the founding editor of Goreyesque, a freelance editor, and a former instructor in the English Department at Columbia College Chicago as well as StoryStudio Chicago. He has an MFA in Creative Writing from Columbia College Chicago, and has worked in marketing and PR for over 23 years.