Leadership
President & CEO
Ty Sutton
Ty Sutton has more than 20 years of arts administration and management experience, including three years at the Butler Arts Center at Butler University in Indiana. Ty was previously the general manager of the Wagner Noël Performing Arts Center in Midland, Texas, as well as general manager of The Lincoln Center in Fort Collins, Colo. He has held several arts administration positions, including Programming Director at the University of Utah and Audience Services Manager at the Lesher Center for the Arts in Walnut Creek, Calif.
A native of Danville, Calif., in the San Francisco Bay area, Ty earned a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science from the University of Utah and is a graduate of the International Association of Venue Manager’s Venue Management School. He and his wife, Polly Creer Sutton, a retired professional ballerina, have two children.
Senior Staff
DARRELL ABNER Vice President – Facilities
JEREMIAH ASTIN Vice President – Ticketing
LISA JAPS Chief Operating Officer
GARY MINYARD Chief Creative Officer
MAGGIE PARKS Director – Human Resources
SARAH ROBERTSON Vice President – Operations
MIKE ROGERS Chief Development Officer
DAVID SCHRODI Chief Financial Officer
SUE STEVENS Vice President – Marketing & Communications
Board of Trustees
Dayton Live Board members receive no compensation for their terms.
Officers
- CHAIR: DAVE S. DICKERSON President – Midwest Business Development, Miller Valentine Construction
- VICE CHAIR: ERIN R. DAVIS Partner – Taft Law
- PAST CHAIR: CHRIS WYSE President & CEO – Projects Unlimited
- TREASURER: DAVID MCGILLIVARY Director, Taxation – Air Transport Services Group
- SECRETARY: JON HALE Vice President Wealth Management – The Hale Group at Morgan Stanley
- EDIA COMMITTEE CHAIR: TERRA WILLIAMS President & CEO – YWCA Dayton
Members
- MARK BAILEY, JR. Architect – US Air Force
- SALLY BERRY MBA Director & Lecturer – University of Dayton
- DWIGHT DEWBERRY Vice President & Marketing Manager – PNC Organizational Financial Wellness
- KAMNA GUPTA Vice President – Shared Services, Winsupply Inc.
- KURT KNAPKE Vice President, Solution Strategy, Cold Chain – Copeland
- ALBERT LELAND Community Volunteer
- MARLA SCHUSTER NISSAN Attorney/Legal Recruiter – Alan Roberts & Associates
- CASEY OTT Global Commodity Leader – GE Aviation
- RICK PETERS Chief Strategy Officer – Tenet3
- DIANE PLEIMAN President – Premier Physician Network
- RODNEY VEAL Completion Coordinator – Sinclair Community College & Television Host – ThinkTV/CET Connect
Emeritus Society
The Emeritus Society was formed in 2007 to honor the tremendous contributions made by former Trustees of Dayton Live (formerly Victoria Theatre Association) and Art Center Foundation Boards.
The Emeritus Society provides opportunities for former Trustees to reconnect with Dayton Live, meet current staff and Trustees and offers unique experiences to bring old and new friends together.
Members
Michael Allik *
Brian J. Anderson
James G. Anderson
Kent D. Anderson
Larry Anderson *
William S. Anderson
Fred Bartenstein
Suzy Bassani
Bruce P. Bedford
Stave Beinlich
Edward Bentley
John Berry
Richard Berry
Thomas E. Bettcher
Carol A. Blain
John T. Blake
William D. Bloebaum *
P. Irving Bloom*
Vincent Bolling*
Marsha Bonhart
Harry Brecha*
Robert E. Buerger
John D. Bullock
Annye Camara
Terry D. Carder
Robert F. Chelle
Richard E Clemens
George Cooper *
Lynn Cornell
Charles Curran
John Danis
Ginny de la Chappelle
Chauncey Dean *
Robert L. DeMarse*
John C. Duritsch
Karen T. Dunlevey
Robert I. Duplain
Daniel W. Duval
Kathy Emery
Daniel J. Enneking
Anice Ervin
Dr. Mike Ervin
Eric C. Evans
Margo Evans
Charles E. Exley
John W. Ey
Gerald S. Fahringer
John G. Fitzpatrick
Timothy J. Foley
John R. Folkerth
Peter H. Forster
Kelly Franz
Neil Freund
Terry Friesenborg
Manuel Garcia
Norma J. Gaston
Russell Gesme
Larry Glickler
Jack Goldfrank
Don R. Graber
Maribeth Graham
Sally J. Grant
Anne S. Greene *
Jonas J. Gruenberg
Sandy Gunlock
Penny Haddick
Alvin E. Hall
William S. Hann
Dorothy Harbach*
Jeanette Harris
Laura Harrelson
Richard H Harvey
Jon G Hazelton
John W. Herbert *
Wylie B. Hogeman
Cheryl S. Holdraker
Katherine B.
Hollingsworth
Charles f. Horn
Mark V. Hurd
Macy P. Janney*
Dwight T. Johnson
Jim Johnson
Donald Kasle
Ronald Katsuyama
Julie Liss-Katz
Kelly H. Kavanaugh
Robert J. Kegerreis,
Ph.D.*
John Kerwood
Susan Kettering
Virginia W. Kettering *
Dudley Kircher
Leo E. Knight *
Howard Krisher
Cate P. Laden
Howard L. Lance
David Lehman
Valerie Lemmie
Gail Levin
Irv Lieberman
William T. Lincoln
Jeff E. Lobaugh
Geoffrey R. Lorenz
Lester L. Lyles
Paula Macllwaine
Rosalie O. Mainous
Mary Kaye Manchur
Eric Marcus
David S. Marshall*
Michael Martin
Lou Mason
Alice McCollum
Judy McCormick
Mike McCurdy
John M. McCurrach
Pat McDonald
Jerrie McGill*
James McSwiney
Ronald McSwiney
Dale L. Medford
Barbara Miller
James M. Miller
Stephen M. Miller
Vail K. Miller
Donna Moon*
Beth Mooney
Gary Morin
JoAnn Murray
Deborah K. Myers
Robert C. Nevin*
Shirley Nixon
Robert J. Novello
Casey Ott
Sharon Patterson
James O. Payne
Richard Perales
Frank Perez
David Peterson
Jesse Philips*
Rita Price*
Gordon S. Price*
Bernard Rabinowitz
Pete Redding
Eve Rieger*
Burnell R. Roberts
Michael Robinson
Gerry Anne Rocco
Richard M. Roediger
Gayle Rominger
Charles P. Russ
R. Daniel Sadlier
Frederick W. Schantz
William P. Smith
William Schneider
Benjamin Schuster,
MD*
Marian Schuster*
Josephine Schwarz*
Richard Schwartz
Nachum Shamir
Earl Shanks
James Shells
Arthur Shone
Gina Showell
Joan Siebenthaler*
Ira Siegel
Marlene Skilton
Ira Slakter
Rajesh K. Soin
Earl Sterzer*
Raymond Stickel
Phil Stolz
Ginny Strausburg*
Gretchen L.
Strohmeier *
Thomas Suttmiller
Patricia K. Swanke
Stephen A. Swanson
Leonard I. Sweet
Joanne Teegarden*
Sally F. Ten Eyck*
Burdette Thompson*
Cheri Thompson*
J. Bradford Tillson
Tom Towler
Syl Townsend*
Willie F. Walker
Daryl Ward
Lloyd G. Waterhouse
Fred Weber
William S. Weprin
Michael West
Judith Westerbeck
Thomas C. Wetzel
Richard Whistler*
Betsy Whitney
William S. Wolff
Jean Woodhull*
Judy Wyatt
David L. Wyse
Frederick N. Young
Ty Sutton
President & CEO