Our Staff
Lisa Baylis Gonzalez
Executive Director
lbaylis@chelseacenterforthearts.org
Lisa Baylis Gonzalez moved to Chelsea in 2009, began volunteering for the Chelsea Center for the Arts in the summer of 2010, and joined its Board of Directors in January of 2011. Now serving as Interim Executive Director, Lisa comes to the CCA with over 20 years of experience in arts and culture organizations, including at the J. Paul Getty Museum, the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, The Minneapolis Institute of Arts, Wayne State University, and the Flint Institute of Arts. She did her undergraduate work in the history of art at the University of Michigan, graduate work in the art history at the USC, and received her MBA degree from the UCLA. Lisa has been a peer reviewer for the American Association of Museums, Michigan Council for Arts and Cultural Affairs, and Institute for Museum and Library Services. She has conducted management and program consultations nationwide, and participated as a leadership volunteer for a wide variety of organizations and associations.
Lisa Hinz-Johnson
Director of Music
lisahinzjohnson@gmail.com
Lisa Hinz-Johnson is the Co-founder of CCA, as well as its Director of Music. She received her BM degree from Viterbo University and a MM degree in voice from the University of Michigan. Lisa has taught voice in private and college settings for over 25 years and her voice students are consistently placed in the country's top colleges and universities. She was a multiple award winner at the Metropolitan Opera Auditions, as well as a 6-time first-place winner of the National Association of Teachers of Singing auditions. She specializes in addressing the diverse needs of all singers in her private voice studio, with students ranging from true beginners to professionals.
Learn more about Lisa on our music faculty page
Sue Whitmarsh
External Relations Manager and Director of Programming, Literary Arts
Originally from Poole, England, Sue moved to Chelsea in 2006. She became involved with CCA shortly after that when her daughter, Rosie, began taking music lessons. Sue has been involved on a number of CCA's major fund raising events since 2008 when she was asked to co-chair the Annual Spring Breakfast. She then joined the Board of Directors in January 2009, serving as Board Secretary, until she stepped down at the end of 2010 in order to join the staff. Sue brings with her many years of experience in marketing and fund raising, as well as a personal interest in the literary arts - a branch of the arts in which CCA is actively working to develop. Sue worked for Nicola's Books for several years, and has also taken Creative Writing classes with The Chelsea Writer's Workshop and at Washtenaw Community College. She has three children: Samuel (13), Rosanna (11) and Eleanor(8).
swhitmarsh@chelseacenterforthearts.org
Stefanie Dever
Office Manager
Stefanie Dever is the Office Manager for Chelsea Center for the Arts. Stefanie has been a part of the Chelsea community since 2002, and has played an active role in a variety of Chelsea organizations, including as a parent in the Chelsea School District, local Girl Scout Troops and an editor on the Things To Do In Chelsea website. Stefanie’s role at CCA is to greet visitors and answer questions, manage registrations/billing and office administration.
sdever@chelseacenterforthearts.org
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