meet the team

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BOARD OF DIRECTORS

​Amy Kleinman, President  

Courtney Dolinar-Hikawa

Louis Fantasia

Lawrence Grimm

Sylvi Kuperman

William Loesch

Samuela Noumtcheut

Bonnie Seebold
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Manon Spadaro

Joshua Zambrano

Norma Zambrano

advisory board

Dan Albert
Media Director (retired) | MARC USA

Peter Jacobson
Actor |  Colony, The Americans, House

Alyssa Feinberg Knobel
Councilwoman, Highland Park City Council

Lee May
Major Gifts Officer, Museum of Science and Industry, Chicago

David Michel
Director of College Counseling, The Wheeler School, Providence, RI

Wendy Stark Prey 
Costume Designer, Nonprofit Administration

Joe Weisberg
Writer, Producer | Creator of The Americans

Chana Zelig
Visual Artist, Chicago IL

staff

Manon Spadaro
Founding Artistic Director

Evelyn Reidy
Director of Communications | Artistic Staff [Lead]

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

Meredith Boe
​Development Coordinator

CYS is fortunate to work with an exceptional group of teaching artists in all three of our programs.  View CYS Teaching Artist bios here.
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interns & apprentices

2018/'19
Hannah Blau | Artistic Intern
Manchester University

Ryan Borgdorf | Artistic Apprentice
Northwestern University

Erin McCammond-Watts | Artistic Intern
Lawrence University

Caelan Reeves | Photography & Media Design
Jones College Prep

Freya Trefonides | Artistic Apprentice
University of Illinois at Chicago