Wexner Center for the Arts

Wexner Center Leadership Team

Cathy Predmore
Executive Director

Dionne Custer Edwards
Head of Learning and Public Programs

Kathleen Felder
Interim Head of Music Programming

David Filipi
Head of Film

Julieta González
Head of Visual Arts

 

Melanie Mathewes
Head of Advancement

Emily Oilar
Director of Planning and Strategic Project Management

Elena Perantoni
Interim Head of Dance and Theater Programming

Erik Pepple
Interim Head of Marketing and Communications

James Petsche
Executive Assistant

Wexner Center Foundation Board of Trustees

The Wexner Center Foundation Board of Trustees provides oversight for the Wexner Center Foundation and serves in an advisory role to the Wexner Center for the Arts. As an independent, nonprofit affiliate of The Ohio State University, the foundation supports the center’s mission to engage the public with contemporary art, ideas, and creative expression. Trustees help guide the center’s vision and strengthen connections across the university, throughout the region, and with partners and audiences nationally and internationally.

Leslie H. Wexner, Chair of the Board of Trustees

David M. Aronowitz

Rebecca Asmo

Katherine Bauer

Mark Hatcher

John Houston

Paul Judge
President

Alex Shumate
Vice Chair

Nici Workman
Secretary

Ex Officio Trustees

Trevor Brown
Interim Executive Vice President and Provost, The Ohio State University

David Horn
Dean, College of Arts and Sciences, The Ohio State University

Bruce A. Soll
Treasurer
 

Updated: October 29, 2026