Board & Staff

Officers:

Paula Johanson - President

Cacey Tangney - Treasurer

Brenda Komar - Secretary

Directors:

Tammy Baney
Cindy Briggs
Gary Chandler
Richard Gallio
Steve Hultberg
 

Directors:

Joanne Mathews
Gillian Rathbun
Marsha Stout
Aaron Switzer
Rebecca Warner

Cate O'Hagan
Executive Director
541.749.2291

Cate O’Hagan has been the executive director of Arts Central since 1995.  The position is multi-faceted, from managing the former Mirror Pond Gallery, earning  Arts Central the designation of Regional Art Council of the Oregon Arts Commission in 1997, founding the Art Station in 2000, assuming the management of the Artists in Schools program in 2000, to launching VanGo, a mobile art studio project serving rural communities and youth at risk.  The position also oversees the managing the two significant historic facilities that house Arts Central’s education + resource Center, the Goodwillie-Allen-Rademacher House (former gallery location ) and the Art Station, located in Bend’s historic train depot.

O’Hagan graduated with a B.A. in art and acquired a secondary level teaching certificate from Lewis & Clark College in Portland, Oregon.  She has held senior management positions with the Corcoran Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C. and with the Portland Art Association, the Oregon Symphony, and the Oregon Ballet Company in Portland, Oregon.  As an independent contractor of 10 years, she specialized in marketing, public relations and event management.  She is a cellist and visual artist.

She serves on the boards of the Deschutes Cultural Trust, Art in Public Places, is on the editorial board of Cascade Business News and Cascade Arts and Entertainment, serves as the manager for public art programs, and is the lead partner for arts and culture for Bend’s visioning process, Bend 2030.

Debbie Butler
Development Manager
541.633.7242

Heather McNally
Program Manager
541.617.1317

Heather McNally, Arts Central's Program Manager has been with the organization since January 2008. With a B.A. in History and minor in Art History from N. Arizona University, Heather brings with her more than ten years of work in arts administration. Working for museums like the Hammer Museum, Skirball Cultural Center, and most recently the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, Heather brings a diverse arts and culture experience to her work.

In addition to managing the Art Station and developing its programming, Heather administers Arts Central's art education outreach programs VanGo and Artists in Schools, partnering with public schools and non-profit organizations for at-risk youth in our five-county service region.
 

Tracy Alexander
Art Station Manager

541.617.1317 

Tracy Alexander is responsible for the operations of the Art Station and for developing its programming. Tracy also administers Arts Central's art education outreach program VanGo, partnering with non-profit organizations for at-risk youth in our five-county service region.

She has been a Central Oregon resident since she moved to Bend from Hawaii in 1996. She holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Biology from the University of Colorado at Boulder, and has developed a love for public programming through her work experience at the as the family program specialist at the High Desert Museum, as the program and events manager at Working Wonders Children’s Museum, and now as Art Station Manager for Arts Central.