Ryan Stopera is a photographer, filmmaker, producer, and consultant based in Minneapolis. A self-taught artist, Ryan began his career working with individuals experiencing homelessness, children and families, and foster care youth, as well as in program development and affordable housing development. He began documenting protests in Minneapolis in the early 2000s, and since then his photos and films have helped elevate narratives not seen in the mainstream media and catalyzed his passion for documentary and narrative storytelling. Ryan is inspired by collaborating with artists to create intentional work, build authentic connections, and hold space for challenging conversations to move hearts and minds towards cultural and social change.

Glyn Northington (elected 2026) retired in 2023 after seven years at Propel Nonprofits as the Senior Program Director, and over 40 years working in the nonprofit and philanthropic sectors. His work at Propel was committed to supporting the nonprofit sector in Minnesota, including leaders facing new and unpredictable circumstances, while striving toward creating an equitable and just sector.

Glyn is the current Board Chair of Theater Latté Da and past board chair of Grantmakers in the Arts. He was a founder (along with Eleanor Savage and others) of the Racial Equity Funders Collaborative. Before his work with Propel Nonprofits, he was Senior Group Manager of Community Relations at Target, Director of Marketing and Communications at Minnesota Opera, and Marketing Manager at Guthrie Theater. Prior to moving to the Twin Cities, Glyn was a college professor at Loras College and Stephens College. He received his master’s degree in business administration and bachelor’s degree in journalism from the University of Missouri-Columbia.

As an executive leader, Glyn is known for his relationship management in philanthropy, reputation management, branding, and marketing. By combining expertise in planning and execution with collaboration and partnerships, he has provided key leadership in both for-profit and nonprofit organizations.

Moira Brennan (elected 2026) is the Director of Performance and Public Programs at the Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago, where she works to integrate the visual and performing arts, curates local, national, and international performance works for MCA stage, and oversees public programs including film screenings, roundtables, and parties!

From 2002 to 2023 she was the director of the MAP Fund, a national artist-services and funding agency that provides support for contemporary performing artists of all abilities and backgrounds, whose work challenges canon and convention. Under Moira, the MAP Fund redistributed $23 million to more than one thousand performance projects in every region of the United States and internationally. At MAP she also co-designed, with David Sheingold, the Scaffolding for Practicing Artist (SPA) program, which established a new model for highly tailored, horizontal one-to-one artist support practices and has now served more than 300 artists in performance, literature, filmmaking, and multi-genre practices. Under her direction, the MAP Fund was one of seven national arts organizations that, in 2020, formed Artist Relief, raising and distributing $25 million to artists impacted by the COVID pandemic.

Over her career, Moira has spoken widely on the complex interplay between creativity, art, power, and money in contemporary culture and philanthropy. A former editor at Ms. magazine, Moira has written about arts and social justice for a variety of publications. She is the former board chair of Movement Research, currently serves on the board of UnionDocs, and is a founding member of the Arts for Living Circle at Abrons Art Center.