meet the team

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board of directors

​Amy Kleinman  
Board President

Dan Albert  

Louis Fantasia 
President Emeritus
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Lawrence Grimm
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Sylvi Kuperman

William Loesch*
General Counsel, Goldberg Kohn

Lee May

David Michel

Bonnie Seebold
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Manon Spadaro* 
​Founding Artistic Director​

*ex-officio member

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ADVISORY BOARD

Peter Jacobson
Actor |  Colony, The Americans, House

Alyssa Feinberg Knobel
Councilwoman, Highland Park City Council

Wendy Stark Prey 
Costume Designer, Nonprofit Administration

Joe Weisberg
Writer, Producer | Creator of The Americans

Chana Zelig
Visual Artist

staff

Evelyn Reidy
Director of Communications

Manon Spadaro
Founding Artistic Director
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CYS is fortunate to work with an exceptional group of teaching artists in all three of our programs.  View CYS Teaching Artist bios here.


Jeremy Ohringer
Principal Guest Artist
Former Youth Ensemble Director and Co-Creator

INTERNS

Summer, 2018
Hannah Blau | Artistic Intern
Manchester University

Ryan Borgdorf | Arts Administration
Northwestern University

Erin McCammond-Watts | Artistic Intern
Lawrence University
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Freya Trefonides | Artistic Intern
Columbia College


​Fall/Winter, 2017/'18
Ryan Borgdorf | Arts Administration
Northwestern University

Taylor Feld | Media Design
Northwestern University