Board of Directors

  • Amy Altholz, CPA
      RubinBrown
  • Robin Bell, CPA
       Armanino
  • Willyetta Carter
       UHY Advisors
  • Dan Cohn, Esq.
       Husch Blackwell 
  • Peter Corsale, Esq.
       McCarthy, Leonard & Kaemmerer
  • Susan Hagen, CPA
      Professional Financial Services
  • David S. Kim, Esq.
       Stinson
  • Ryan Klein
       PwC
  • Kara Lambert, Esq.
       Capes Sokol
  • Matthew Minder, Esq.
      Bryan Cave
  • Christian Misner, Esq.
      Donner Applewhite
  • Tim Mooney, Esq.
      Arch Resources
  • Garrett Niksch, CPA
       Emerson
  • Gary A. Pierson, Esq.
      
    Pierson Law
  • Kerry Ryan, Esq.
      Saint Louis University School of Law
  • Rebecca Thomas, CPA
      PwC
  • Jennifer Visintine, Esq.
      Thompson Coburn

Sue Greenberg

Sue Greenberg

Executive Director

vlaa@vlaa.org

Sue Greenberg, Executive Director, joined VLAA in 1986. During the summer, she worked at The Muny from 1982 to 2021, first as a stage manager and then as company manager. Sue also taught legal issues in the arts for Webster University’s Arts Leadership graduate program from 1991 to 2021. She is a graduate of Washington University, where she majored in Art History and Urban Studies. Sue received the Arts and Education Council Champion for the Arts award in 2019, a St. Louis Bar Foundation Spirit of Justice Award in 2017, a Kick-Ass Award in 2012 and a St. Louis Visionary Award in 2008.

Brianna McIntrye

Brianna McIntrye

Associate Director

vlaa@vlaa.org

Brianna McIntyre is a St. Louis-born artist whose practice investigates social and political identities through her critical spatial practice and research. A graduate of the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Brianna’s work is rooted in fiber art and object design while moving in tandem with interior architecture. McIntyre is a board member at Project Fielding, a teacher’s collective in Chicago that teaches woodshop and power tool literacy to femme-identified and gender-variant youth and adults. She is also co-founder of Occupy Vacancy, a public art initiative within the Vandeventer neighborhood, and was the 2023 Wayfinding Fellow at The Luminary. McIntyre studied political science and international development at the University of Maryland – College Park and holds a bachelor’s degree in Fiber and Material Studies and Designed Objects from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. She joined VLAA in 2024.

Shayba Diaz Muhammad

Shayba Diaz Muhammad

Community Engagement Manager

community@vlaa.org

Shayba Diaz Muhammad, part-time Community Engagement Manager, joined VLAA in 2024. She is a working artist who is determined to help other St. Louis area creatives thrive. She founded and ran The Makers Program, which supported Black and Latino artisans by providing professional development, networking, and a pop-up makers mart. The program was funded by the Arts and Education Council’s 2018 stARTup Creative Competition. In 2018, Shayba was also selected for the prestigious Focus St. Louis Emerging Leaders program. She is the owner and designer of Mahnal, a collection of handcrafted contemplative brass jewelry. Her pieces are sold online and at Madwell, 21cHotel Museum, and other retail stores domestically and abroad. Shayba holds a BFA from the Institute of Art in Chicago.

Scott Miller

Scott Miller

Summer Associate Program Director

Scott Miller, an amazing volunteer, has served as our Summer Associate Program Director since 2016. He was an in-house attorney at Anheuser-Busch Companies for more than 19 years before he retired.

Photo Credit: Ceramic cruets by Susan Bostwick