Annual Member Meeting

Our Annual Member Meeting is taking place on Sunday, September 15! There will be studio updates, Board Member voting, and a community printmaking activity.

As a member-based organization, community participation is essential. Membership meetings are scheduled with agendas ideally determined by member input. This is also a time for studio members to meet the nominees running for Board Membership, both new and those who are up for re-election.

Member Meeting 3-5pm | Agenda: 

• Welcome | 2:45 – 3:15pm
• Business Affairs | 3:15 – 4:00pm
  • Board of Directors Update: Patti Swanson
  • ED Hiring Update: Kristen Campos
  • Staff Update: Yang Pulongbarit-Cuevo
• Board Elections
• Call for Volunteers
• Comments & Questions
• In Memoriam: Patrick Hogan | 4:00 – 4:15pm
• Studio Fun | 4:15 – 5:00pm
  • Snacks & beverages provided
  • Monoprint community activity
  • Chat with your fellow Spudnik members

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The Board Member Ballot:

Amira Hegazy (Returning, Current Secretary)
amiramhegazy@gmail.com
Amira is a multi-disciplinary artist working within artistic, publishing and scholarly practices: her artwork addresses the fragility of memory, and the inevitability of loss; while her research includes investigation of letterforms and how the way we write is related to the politics and ethics of love. She is currently an Adjunct Associate Professor at Columbia College and at the University of Illinois Chicago, as well as a TERRA Foundation Research Fellow at the Design Museum of Chicago. In her free time Amira enjoys live music and good food around the city.

Kristen Campos (New)
kristencampos2717@gmail.com
Kristen is Vice President, Corporate Affairs for Mars Food North America, one of the largest U.S. manufacturers of rice products, and serves as a member of the business’s management team. Kristen is responsible for public relations, public affairs, strategic business communications, consumer care and crisis management to drive the company’s reputation by delivering on its purpose— Better Food Today. A Better World Tomorrow. through a portfolio of iconic brands, like Ben’s Original and Seeds of Change. In her free time, Kristen enjoys practicing Pilates and making meals – often experimenting with new recipes when entertaining friends and family!

Michelle Savoy (New)
savoyworld@gmail.com
Michelle is a dynamic and results-driven media executive with more than 20 years of experience building high-growth digital business units. Over the years, she has held responsibility for sales, training and talent development, revenue growth and digital strategy, operations infrastructure development, and working with underserved audiences. Giving back to the community and integrating mindfulness with business has always been central to her focus, inspiring past positions as a college professor and in management for an arts nonprofit. She is a wife and mother to four children and one canine child “Nash,” a large, lovable Bernadoodle with whom she regularly meditates.

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