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The Morrison-Shearer Foundation Trustees

Tain Balfour*
Former educator; niece of Helen Balfour Morrison

Susan Bodine Boléa*     
Licensed Marriage & Family Therapist; former dancer, Sybil Shearer Company

Shayne Bullen             
Former educator and high school administrator; former dancer, Sybil Shearer Company; currently a Cabi business owner

Lizzie Leopold
Dance and Performance Studies Scholar
Assistant Professor, School of the Art Institute of Chicago

Toby Nicholson*
Former dance and drama teacher; former dancer, Sybil Shearer Company; currently a director of children’s theater

Sarah Rigdon
Retired accountant and business woman; currently a volunteer with The Nature Conservancy

Christopher J. Rutt 
Former Dance Division Coordinator, New Trier Township High School

Brian M Schaeffer  
Financial planner; volunteer with the Boy Scouts of America

Alida Szabo
Prior position with Chicago Shakespeare Theater; currently an arts management consultant

Mary Sue Wheeler*
Retired educator; former dancer, Sybil Shearer Company; currently a child behavior consultant

*Founding Trustees  

The Morrison-Shearer Foundation Staff

Scott Lundius
Executive Director, Morrison-Shearer Foundation