The Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS Board of Trustees voted unanimously October 10 to add eight industry leaders, all with a shared commitment to the lifesaving impact of Broadway Cares.

Joining the board: Kristin Caskey, executive vice president, content and creative at Ambassador Theatre Group; production stage manager Julie DeVore; Tony-winning actor Jonathan Groff; Jason Laks, interim president and general counsel at The Broadway League; production stage manager Johnny Milani; Erik Piecuch, senior vice president, entertainment banking at City National Bank; actor and Black Theatre Coalition co-founder T. Oliver Reid; and Actors’ Equity Association president Brooke Shields.

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“These eight luminaries are essential voices across our industry,” stated Robert E. Wankel, president of the Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS Board of Trustees and chairman and CEO of The Shubert Organization. “Their expertise and unique perspectives will play a critical role in ensuring the continued success and future growth of Broadway Cares’ fundraising and grant-making. The Broadway Cares board is excited and proud to continually bring new, fresh voices to the table.”

Stepping off the board after years of distinguished service are Chris Boneau, Linda Duncombe, Adam Krauthamer, Stephen Lewin, Kate Shindle, and Charlotte St. Martin. The Board and staff also lovingly acknowledged the contributions of former trustees Chita Rivera and Gavin Creel, who both passed away in the last year.

The full list of Board of Trustees members can be found at BroadwayCares.org.

Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS is one of the nation’s leading industry-based, nonprofit AIDS fundraising and grant-making organizations. By drawing upon the talents, resources, and generosity of the American theatre community, since 1988 Broadway Cares has awarded more than $300 million for essential services for people with HIV/AIDS and other critical illnesses across the United States.