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Arts and Education Council announced that Caren Vredenburgh has been elected new board chair.
Vredenburgh, a former senior director of creative services at Caleres, has served on the board for seven years.
“We are thrilled to welcome Caren as our new board chair. Under her leadership and with these new board members, the Arts and Education Council is positioned to continue supporting more than 70 arts organizations through diverse grants and programming, while developing exciting new initiatives,” said Cynthia A. Prost, Arts and Education Council president and CEO.
The nonprofit also announced several new board members: Jeffrey D. Carter, M.D., and anesthesiologist in Des Peres, affiliated with Missouri Baptist Medical Center; Naretha Hopson, founder and executive director of Ever-Appropriate Etiquette Institute, Janet Newcomb, director of client service at Kennedy Capital Management Inc., and Solomon Thurman, Jr., an artist, researcher and teacher.
“On behalf of the Arts and Education Council, I’m pleased to welcome these four individuals to the board of directors. Their leadership, expertise and passion for the arts in our community will be valuable as we work to keep art happening across the St. Louis region,” Vredenburgh said.
Newly-elected Young Friends of the Arts President Alexandra Schenk, marketing director at Capes Sokol, also joined the board as an ex officio member.
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