Board & Advisory

guiding and supporting

The Board of Directors creates policy, provides advice to our staff and helps to ensure Studio 180’s organizational and financial health.

Artistic Director, Mark McGrinder, and Board Chair, Matthew Emek, at the Opening Night party for A Public Display of Affection.
Studio 180 Theatre’s Director of Development, Byron Abalos, and Board member, Patty Jarvis, attending the Kennedy Road Charitable Gaming Association’s Volunteer Appreciation Event at RAMA Gaming House.

Our Advisory Council also supports the company’s growth by lending their endorsement, offering their personal and professional expertise, and helping to identify potential opportunities for partnership and growth.

Our Board of Directors and Advisory Council members come from diverse personal and professional backgrounds, but all share a passion for theatre that matters.

Board of Directors

MATTHEW EMEK, Chair
Managing Broker, North Group

PATTY JARVIS, Vice Chair
Independent Consultant

MICHAEL WILSONTreasurer
Manager, Finance, Scripted Content,
Entertainment One

JANELLE HUTCHISON, Secretary
Writer, Independent Artist,
Former Tisch/NYU Administrator

NEVILLE AUSTIN
Former Lawyer and Theatre Aficionado

MICHELLE COLLIER
Director of Human Resources

HELEN FISCH
Former Partner, Coffey, Fisch & Associates,
Management Consultants

TONY KIM
Chartered Financial Analyst, CPA

JORDY MERKUR
Theatre Director and Producer

DR. MARK RAPOPORT
Professor, Department of Psychiatry
Program Director, Geriatric Psychiatry
Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto

SOPHIE VLAHAKIS
Lawyer

RENÉE WONG
Arts Administrator, Theatre Artist

Advisory Council

RICHARD ARCHBOLD
COLLEEN BLAKE
GWEN HARVEY
ALLEN MACINNIS
NADA RISTICH
DAVID STAINES
NOREEN TAYLOR
ELEANOR WACHTEL
HELEN ZUKERMAN