Officers, board members named by Friends of the Mulvane Art Museum, Inc.

A slate of new officers and board members has been named by the Friends of the Mulvane Art Museum, Inc. for fiscal year 2009-10.

Officers elected are: president, Lora Carlson, secretary/treasurer, Title Midwest Holdings, Inc.; vice president and president-elect, David Heit, architect, Schwerdt Design Group; treasurer, John Hutton, attorney, Henson, Clark, Hutton, Mudrick & Grayson, LLP; assistant treasurer, Patricia Hurwitz, community volunteer; corresponding secretary, Katy Franklin, community volunteer; and recording secretary and immediate past president, Dick Carter, executive director, The Carter Group.

New board members are Dan Billen, graphic artist, Jones Huyett Partners; Jeanne Cohorst, president, Mulvane Women’s Board; Carrie Jo Gros, national sales account executive, WIBW Channels; Lynda Miller, adjunct art instructor, Washburn University; Laurie Niehaus, administrative assistant, Capital City Bank; Chris A. Schultz, president/CEO, Schultz Development LLC; and Olivia Simmons, president/CEO, Visit Topeka, Inc.

Board members currently serving also include Mark Boranyak, lobbyist, Capitol Strategies; Marion Cott, founder and former director, Kansas Humanities Council; Phyllis Dvorak, community volunteer; Rick Ellis, director, The Center for Community Service & Service Learning, Washburn University; Patricia Hurwitz, community volunteer; Cindi Morrison, director, Mulvane Art Museum; Carrie Riordan, managing director, member programs, Golf Course Superintendents Association of America; and Joe Scranton, political director.

Honorary members are Jeanne Bertelson, Carol Jory, Richard Ross, Judith Sabatini and Elizabeth Wunder.

The purpose of the Friends of the Mulvane Art Museum, Inc. is to provide services to the community through the Mulvane Art Museum at Washburn University; to foster interest in art and artists through educational means, and to encourage art in everyday life in the community. The Mulvane Art Museum is located on the campus of Washburn University, at 17th and Jewell Streets.