Leadership
Executive Director: Troy DeShano
Troy DeShano serves as Executive Director of the Northwest Michigan Arts & Culture Network.
A practicing visual artist with more than 25 years of nonprofit leadership experience, Troy has spent his career building partnerships, developing programs, and investing in communities throughout Northern Michigan.
Board of Directors
Amy Gillard, President
Executive Director, Harbor Springs Festival of the Book
Julie Hay, Vice President
Managing Partner, HKM, LLC
Tyler Palsrok, Treasurer
General Manager, Image360 Traverse City
Becky Childs, Secretary
Director of Community Engagement, Traverse City Philharmonic
Sam Charnes
Interlochen Center for the Arts
Chad Lindsey
Executive Director, City Opera House
Mi Stanley
Rotary Charities
Whitney Waara
Traverse City Tourism
Staff
Troy DeShano, Executive Director
Maria Klimaszewski, Administrative Assistant