Increases size from 7 to 11 people
The Howland Cultural Center in Beacon expanded its board of directors from seven to 11 seats with the addition of four members: Terry Nelson, Lena Rizkallah, Brandy Burre and Elizabeth Barrett.
Nelson is a film and television producer who founded the Beacon Independent Film Festival and served two terms on the City Council; Rizkallah is a financial planner, speaker and storyteller; Burre is an actor and educator at The Foundry Montessori and the Tioronda Learning Center who appeared in the 2014 documentary Actress; and Barrett was vice president of communications and marketing at the West Point Association of Graduates and editor of West Point magazine.
The other board members are Theresa Kraft, Thomas de Villiers, Craig Wolf, Ron Iarossi, Anda Onesa Lieberman, Ronnie Sauers and Jay Strauss.
