Staff and Boards

As the Arts Alliance’s fearless leader, Dianne oversees all facets of the organization’s operations and manages fundraising.

Lisa coordinates Youth Arts programs in partnership with Clackamas County Juvenile Department and Parrott Creek Child and Family Services as well as schools throughout the county.

Sue coordinates our Artist Exhibit Program (AEP), including being a resource for the artists and handling all of our gallery installations.

Elaine is an experienced graphic designer and fine artist photographer with 20 years in corporate communications and international recruitment as well as 30 years in web design and development.

In 2021 she was named “Wilsonville Citizen of the Year,” Rotary “Heart of Gold” which honors her community voluntarism. This includes her membership in the Oregon Society of Artists and Three River Art Guild as well as the Steering team for the Wilsonville Arts, Culture and Heritage Taskforce.

Elaine currently serves as the Vice President & Communications Chair for the Charbonneau Arts Association and the Vice-Chair for our partner organization, Clackamas County Cultural Coalition where she does marketing and web admin. In the past she served as a Voting Member of the Wilsonville Tourism Council and a past Chair of Wilsonville Parks & Recreation.

Since 2015 John has used his Political Science degree from Oregon State University working for Congressman Kurt Schader. He spent five and a half years working as the coastal field representative for the district office. More recently he has been promoted to the Field Director representing Clackamas County, where he nows lives.

While not a practicing artist himself, (though once upon a time he was pretty good on a potter’s wheel) John has been a lifelong supporter of the arts and sees his role on the board as his opportunity to give back to his local arts community. He spends his off time gardening and camping with his wife, Mercedes, and dog, Charlie.

Ted is a lifelong resident of Clackamas County. Professionally he is a Licensed Tax Consultant working with his wife Shari in her tax and accounting practice. Ted started his working career in the nursery industry and still owns a small wholesale nursery selling plants locally in the Portland/Vancouver area. Together Ted and Shari have raised two daughters supporting various artistic endeavors through music, dance and theater.

In his spare time Ted enjoys woodworking, hiking, fishing and exploring his own artistic expression on the guitar. Ted is a member of the Oregon City Rotary club and a long time believer that art and culture is central to a vibrant community. Ted is honored to work with Arts Alliance as a board member.

Susan Schenk is a Wilsonville based mixed media artist. Since retiring from her school administrator position with Portland Public Schools, she has honed her own art skills, creating and exhibiting art, teaching classes and writing how-to articles for national crafter magazines. Her most recent art adventures involve teaching art on a luxury cruise line. She is a member of Elysium Artists and an active member of the Three Rivers Artists Guild in Oregon City.

As a volunteer, she is a docent at the Portland Art Museum and a board member for the Creative Arts Community which organizes an annual adult residential art experience in the Columbia Gorge. As a new member of the CCAA Advisory Board, she hopes to be a catalyst for creating a more visible art community as Wilsonville enjoys phenomenal population growth.

Cyndy has been the managing director of Clackamas Repertory Theatre – a professional theatre company in Oregon City – since it was founded in 2005. Prior to that she worked at the Portland Art Museum in development. She is also an actress and singer, and has performed in plays, musicals, operettas and in film for over 40 years. She holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in theatre from Lewis and Clark College and a Master of Arts degree in liberal studies from Reed College.

William is a long-term resident of Welches, living in and caring for an historic 1920’s fishing lodge along the Salmon River nestled in the shadow of Mt. Hood. He is recently retired as a consultant and member of the faculty at Clackamas Community College where he assisted business and industry in organization development, leadership, training and facilitation. William was also the owner and operator of The Store Natural Foods & Café for 10 years in Welches “back in the day.” Early in his career he served as a School Psychologist and Child Development Specialist. As a teenager William was introduced to the guitar and since then he has continued to play and occasionally perform as a fingerstyle guitar player, singer and song writer.

William is an active globe trotter with his wife and proud father of two grown boys. Now he is interested in supporting the arts & cultural heritage of the Mt. Hood corridor and reconnecting with those far and wide who share his love of the mountain.