board + officers

Helen Frederick

Helen Frederick is the founder of Pyramid Atlantic Art Center, Silver Spring, MD and is a distinguished print, paper, book arts and electronic media artist. As founder of Pyramid Atlantic in 1981, she has been responsible for the development of the organization into an internationally recognized arts center, organizing cultural exchange programs, exhibitions and creating print media publications that are represented in museums around the world. She is also a professor in the Department of Art & Visual Technology at George Mason University.

Richard Kamenitzer

Richard Kamenitzer is the Program Director for the Master of Arts in Arts Management at George Mason University He is also the principal at SUCCESSION -- a management consulting firm for non-profits in the arts. He serves as Chairperson of the Board of Trustees of the Paul Public Charter School in Washington, DC and is a Board member of the Fairfax County Arts Council (VA).

Greg Kearley

Greg Kearley is one of the co-owners of Project 4 -- an up and coming gallery with an emphasis on emerging artists. He is also one of the principals in the award-winning DC architectural firm Inscape Studio.

George Koch

George Koch is a painter, founder of A. Salon, Ltd., board member of the Cultural Development Corporation, founding board member of the Cultural Alliance of Greater Washington, Commissioner of the DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities, and Board Chair of Artomatic.

Harold Linton

Harold Linton is the Chair of the Department of Art & Visual Technology at George Mason University. He is also a successful author of fourteen books on architecture, design, drawing, and color. Several of his published works have become adopted texts at universities and programs in higher education throughout the country and in Europe.

Mary McCain

Mary McCain is the Senior VP of TechVision21 and the founder of Means for Dreams. Prior to affiliating with TechVision21, she served as Director of the Commission on Technology and Adult Learning (2000-2001), a joint initiative of the National Governors' Association and the American Society for Training & Development (ASTD). Previously, she worked for US Senator Ernest F. Hollings (D-SC).

Paul So

Paul So is the founder of the Hamiltonian Gallery and the Hamiltonian Artists. He is also a painter, art collector, entrepreneur, and a physics professor at George Mason University.

Dale Ihnken

Dale Ihnken is a successful painter and one of the founders of the non-profit Current Gallery which not only provided a venue for young artists but also inexpensive high quality art to downtown Baltimore. In 2006 Current Gallery was voted "Best Gallery in Baltimore" by the Baltimore City Paper. Dale Ihnken completed his MFA at Pratt Institute in NYC and previously he has designed shows at the Phoenix Studios (art studio) in Peoria, Illinois and the DUMBO art expo (artist collective) in Brooklyn, New York.