We’re a team of pie-in-the-sky, free-thinking builder-types who get sh*t done.
We come to projects with fearless creativity, intellectual rigor, global perspective, and high emotional IQ. Our expertise spans all touch-points of digital and real-world execution – marrying storytelling, nonprofit strategy, and social practice art-activism.
Collectively, we have deep connections to a vast network of progressive artists, musicians, activists, and thought leaders from across the United States and beyond.
Thanks to our dynamic team, our work is always more than the sum of its parts.
Leadership & Board Members
![Jacqueline von Edelberg](https://arts4impact.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/10.jpg)
She holds a BA & Ph.D. from the University of Chicago.
![Wayne Meisel](https://arts4impact.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/bw-1.png)
He holds a BA from from Harvard University.
![Robert Goldbaum](https://arts4impact.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/2.jpg)
He holds a BA from Michigan State.
![Lynn Orman Weiss](https://arts4impact.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/bw-3.jpg)
She holds a BA from Northern Illinois University and an MA in Arts and Entertainment from Columbia College.
fellows + support STAFF
![Jay Lopez](https://arts4impact.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/bw-6.jpg)
![Jay Lopez](https://arts4impact.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/Copy-of-bw-1.jpg)
![Rachel Jacoby](https://arts4impact.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/7-1.jpg)
She holds a BA from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and a MPP from the Harvard Kennedy School
![Gloria Parra](https://arts4impact.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Copy-of-bw-1.jpg)
She has graduated from the University of Chicago ’24 with a B.A. in Public Policy and Comparative Human Development and will be continuing at the Harris School to earn an M.A. in Public Policy.
![Sholo Beverly](https://arts4impact.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/11.jpg)
![Kathryn Peters](https://arts4impact.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/KPbioPhotoBWCleanBK-scaled.jpg)
![Ethan Moore](https://arts4impact.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/bw-5.jpg)
He is a BA Candidate in Psychology at the University of Chicago ’26
![Aydin Tariq](https://arts4impact.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/Copy-of-bw-2.jpg)
advisors
![Matt Munro](https://arts4impact.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/bw-4.jpg)
He holds a BA from Miami University and an MBA from the University of Denver.
![Jonathan Plotkin](https://arts4impact.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/bw-8.jpg)
He holds a BA from George Washington University and an
MBA from Northeastern University.
![Susan Schein](https://arts4impact.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/bw-1.jpg)
currently heads Strategically Yours, a consulting practice providing business
insights for creative minds.
She holds a BA from George Washington University.
![Dr. Susan Birne-Stone PhD, LCSW](https://arts4impact.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/Copy-of-bw.jpg)
She holds an Ph.d. from New York University and a MA from Syracuse University.
![Joanne Bernstein](https://arts4impact.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/4.jpg)
Standing Room Only: Marketing Insights for Engaging Performing Arts Audiences and was a professor at Northwestern’s Kellogg Graduate School of Management.
She holds an MBA from Northwestern School of Management, Kellogg, and a BA from the University of Michigan.
![Charlie Allenson](https://arts4impact.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/3.jpg)
He holds a BA from City Colleges of NYC.
![David Allyn](https://arts4impact.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/bw.jpg)
He holds a BA from Brown University and a Ph.D. from Harvard University.
![Andrés Tapia](https://arts4impact.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/2-3.jpg)
He holds a BA from Northwestern University.
![Mark Michaels](https://arts4impact.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/Copy-of-bw-1.jpg)
He holds a Bachelor’s in Religious Studies and a Masters in Public Administration from Temple University.