Board of Directors

SEMAC is governed by a Board of Directors who represent each of the eleven counties in southeastern Minnesota - Dodge, Fillmore, Freeborn, Goodhue, Houston, Mower, Olmsted, Rice, Steele, Wabasha, and Winona Counties, plus up to four at-large members - and have demonstrated strong involvement in support of arts endeavors.  The current makeup of the Board of Directors is as follows.

County	Director	Description
Dodge	open	nominations accepted
Fillmore	Paula Michel	Secretary, Harmony Arts Board, Harmony
Freeborn	Teresa Kauffmann	photographer and public information officer, City of Albert Lea
Goodhue	Deborah Wasmund	Board Vice President; mosaic artist, coordinates the Fall Festival of the Arts, Red Wing
Houston	Drue Fergison	musicologist with dance and literary expertise, rural Houston County
Mower	Connie Nelson	retired choral music teacher, Austin
Olmsted	Steven Schmidt	General Manager, City of Rochester Music Department
Rice	Ryan Heinritz	executive director, Paradise Center for the Arts, Faribault
Steele	Scott Roberts	visual artist, former business director, Owatonna Arts Center, Owatonna
Wabasha	open	nominations accepted
Winona	open	nominations accepted
At-Large	Daved Driscoll	Artistic Director, Northland Words/Words Players Theatre, Chatfield
At-Large	Hal Cropp	Board President; Executive Director, Commonweal Theatre Company, Lanesboro
At-Large	Judy Saye-Willis	Board Treasurer; fiber artist, former director of Faribault Art Center, Northfield