Angela Seals
Executive Director
Angela Seals is a creative leader, project manager, public programs designer, and speaker with 20 years of experience working at arts nonprofits. She has worked with the Cultural Office in a variety of roles since 2013. Angela has built a reputation for dynamic and collaborative impact across her career in Colorado Springs and at the Children’s Museum of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh Cultural Trust / Pittsburgh Dance Council, Carnegie Mellon University, and the Corcoran College of Art + Design in Washington, D.C. She was honored with the 2022 Juneteenth Community Award from Pikes Peak Diversity Council and the Women of Impact Award from One Body Ent in 2023.
dylan craddock
Program Manager, creative economy
Dylan Craddock brings this position to life with her strengths in research, community development, and project management. Dylan is a Colorado Springs native whose nonprofit experience and studies in Spanish language & culture have spanned Memphis, Peru, and Argentina. In her most recent role in the community as an El Pomar Fellow since 2021, she worked closely with many regional partners of the Cultural Office, as well as the Forum for Civic Advancement, and the RISE Coalition in Southeast Colorado Springs. Dylan earned her B.A. in International Studies and Spanish from Rhodes College, was a Fulbright Scholar, and is certified in project management through Project Management Institute and Equitable Community Change through Cornell University.
Jonathan Toman
Program Manager, Cultural Promotion & Tourism
Jonathan Toman builds local and tourist arts audiences, and the Pikes Peak region’s visibility as an arts destination, using the marketing, communications, and storytelling platforms of the Cultural Office and its partnerships. To that end, he spearheads the Cultural Office’s flagship cultural promotion & tourism program, Peak Radar – the local creative sector’s most powerful promotional tool. An experienced storyteller and program manager (and Pikes Peak region native), Jonathan enjoys amplifying and illustrating the value of the region’s arts sector…and saying all puns that occur to him.
Melissa O'Rear
Program Manager, education
Melissa O’Rear brings over 20 years’ experience in arts education as a teacher, director and administrator to her role with the Cultural Office. She has worked in public, charter, and private schools and holds a Master’s Degree in Educational Theatre from NYU. A native to Colorado Springs, her work has taken her all over, including Chicago, New York City, Dublin, and London. She is passionate about creating collaborative spaces for students young and old to explore and discover their creative voices. Locally, she has taught at UCCS, School District 11, The Colorado Springs School, and also at multiple theatre and music organizations. Melissa is the founder and Executive Director of Theatre Across Borders, which focuses on arts-integration programs in schools, such as Science to Stage, along with interactive theatre hikes for families.
Becca Day
Office Coordinator
Having grown up in Colorado Springs, Becca Day has professional experience in office administration and communications with several Colorado Springs-based organizations. Over the past decade, Becca has worked in the arts as an abstract painter and exhibited in prominent local galleries, including work as a member of downtown’s newest collective gallery, True North Art Gallery. Becca enjoys being a parent to two young adults and date nights with her husband trying local restaurants and attending First Friday Art Walks!
GRACE ARNOLD
Bee Vradenburg Foundation Intern, Summer 2024
Grace Arnold is a Senior at UCCS (University of Colorado at Colorado Springs) with a major in Art History and a minor in Museum Studies with a current graduation date in December of 2024. She was awarded the Bee Vradenburg Foundation Internship for the summer of 2024 allowing her to work with COPPeR. She is an avid connoisseur of the arts, writing her thesis titled “Banksy: A Comical Genius” on the effects of graffiti and street art in our economic and social world. This is her first time working with a non-profit in the arts. She is grateful to all her colleagues, peers, and professors who have helped her continue to grow in her professional endeavors. When she is not at COPPeR you can find her studying for her classes or hiking in the beautiful city of Colorado Springs.
2024 Board of Directors
Officers
Krithika Prashant, President
Consultant
Communications, Marketing and Public Relations
Scott Levy, Vice President
Executive Director
Green Box Arts
Ryan Trujillo, Treasurer
Deputy Chief of Staff
City of Colorado Springs
Mari Moxley, Secretary
Filmmaker & Social Worker, Moxley Studio
Deputy Director, Youth Documentary Academy
Members
Shannon Dunn
Painter
Holly Flores
Financial Advisor
Wells Fargo Advisors
Rodney Gullatte, Jr.
Chief Executive Officer
Firma IT Solutions & Services
Matthew Hanson
Market President
Alpine Bank
Lynne Hastings
Theatre Actor, Director, Administrator
Kathleen Murphy
Owner & Curator
Art Etc. Gallery and Boutique
Erica Oakley-Courage
Associate VP of Grants
El Pomar Foundation
Michelle Rozell
Director of Heritage Tourism
Cripple Creek
Max Shulman
Theatre Professor & Director of the Heller Center
University of Colorado Colorado Springs (UCCS)
Tara Sevanne Thomas
Director
Bemis School of Art at the Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center at Colorado College
Sara Vaas
Executive Director, CONO
Owner, Dizzy Charlie’s Jazz Pop-Ups
Laurie Wilson
Community Engagement Chief
United States Air Force Academy
