We are a diverse and versatile group of impassioned change makers and artists. Here at the core of the Creative Alliance you will find a dedicated crew with years of experience over a broad range of disciplines including community building, education, music, performance, film and video, and visual arts.
Outreach Coordinator
A native Nicaraguan, Aldana is the outreach coordinator for the Creative Alliance. She organizes and builds communities through creating art and corralling performances, such as our annual MD Traditions Folklife Festival and Halloween Parade.
Managing Director
Gina recently moved here from Honolulu, Hawaii, where she was Director and Film Curator at Honolulu Museum of Art's Doris Duke Theatre. A former resident of Baltimore for 16 years, she was Manager of Public Programs at the Walters Art Museum and also worked as an editor, photography editor, and writer for The Washington Post Magazine.
Annual Fund Director
In her role as Annual Fund Director, Charlene Conner is happiest when you're happy, and is your go-to person for questions about membership, Art To Dine For soirees, or simply what to wear to the Marquee Ball.
Education Director
Since 2000, Ms DePalma has served as Education Director for the Creative Alliance. She presents literature-based visual and performance arts programs after school and in summer which serves over 1,200 youth annually in Baltimore City. She loves offering arts programming to youth who may not have opportunities to pursue their creative thinking skills. Ms. DePalma received her BA at Marymount College, Tarrytown, NY and her MFA from Maryland Institute College of Art.
Executive Director
Margaret Footner is a co-founder of the Creative Alliance which spawned at Halcyon Gallery at Margaret’s Cafe in 1995. Ms. Footner owned and operated Margaret’s as a café/gallery from 1992-2000 before selling her restaurant to work full time as Executive Director for the Creative Alliance. The Creative Alliance's structure as community-based arts non-profit linked to area businesses and neighborhood organizations is in part the result of Ms. Footner's vision. The priority given the Creative Alliance's education programs is also an area of special interest.
Program Director
Megan Hamilton has been a dynamic leader, programmer and historian in the Baltimore arts community for thirty-two years. Trained as an art historian at Goucher College she went on to graduate studies in art history and theory at University of Maryland, College Park and University of Maryland, Baltimore County. Ms. Hamilton has researched and written about Baltimore’s avant-garde performance art scene.