Michalann Hobson
Michalann (Micki) Hobson was a leading proponent of management initiatives designed to examine and challenge long-standing assumptions about arts administration. In addition to her individual projects, she taught a series of Audience Building and Planning Workshops for the Alliance of Resident Theatres/New York, Since 1978, she has worked with over 400 performing arts organizations and museums throughout the United States, Toronto, London, and Budapest. Her commitment to the arts and to Aunt Karen's Farm was deeply moving. We are eternally grateful for all that she accomplished and gave to this world.
Michalann (Micki) Hobson was a leading proponent of management initiatives designed to examine and challenge long-standing assumptions about arts administration. In addition to her individual projects, she taught a series of Audience Building and Planning Workshops for the Alliance of Resident Theatres/New York, Since 1978, she has worked with over 400 performing arts organizations and museums throughout the United States, Toronto, London, and Budapest. Her commitment to the arts and to Aunt Karen's Farm was deeply moving. We are eternally grateful for all that she accomplished and gave to this world.
Robert B. Schlather, Attorney/CPA, Schlather & Birch
Robert B. Schlather began his practice in Cooperstown near Oneonta and Norwich in 1977. As both an attorney and a Certified Public Accountant, Bob brings a wealth of knowledge and experience to the firm’s Trusts & Estates and Taxation practice. Bob graduated cum laude from the University of Notre Dame Law School in 1971. Prior to law school, Bob graduated from St. Vincent College magna cum laude with a B.A. in Accounting. Bob is admitted to practice in New York State and the Northern District of New York. He is a member of the New York State Bar Association and a member and treasurer of the Otsego County Bar Association. He has been advising Aunt Karen as the project has evolved since 1992.
Robert B. Schlather began his practice in Cooperstown near Oneonta and Norwich in 1977. As both an attorney and a Certified Public Accountant, Bob brings a wealth of knowledge and experience to the firm’s Trusts & Estates and Taxation practice. Bob graduated cum laude from the University of Notre Dame Law School in 1971. Prior to law school, Bob graduated from St. Vincent College magna cum laude with a B.A. in Accounting. Bob is admitted to practice in New York State and the Northern District of New York. He is a member of the New York State Bar Association and a member and treasurer of the Otsego County Bar Association. He has been advising Aunt Karen as the project has evolved since 1992.
C. Edward Steele, Vice President and Treasurer
C. Edward (Ed) Steele has lived a varied career in the Theatre that includes an M.A. from the University of Virginia as well as MFA work in theater and a Masters of Education from Mercy College. Mr. Steele began his life in the theater as the Artistic Director of The Little Theater of Charlotte, N.C., then Business Manager of the Chelsea Theater Center in N.Y. followed by a decade as Artistic Director of the Wayside Theater, an Equity house in Virginia. While with the Wayside, Mr. Steele served as a member of several panels for the Virginia Commission for the Arts. Steele left the Wayside and moved back to New York where he worked as a performer in commercials (Who can forget the KFC Santa Claus?) and regional theater (Alabama Shakespeare Festival, Southern Shakespeare, Heritage Repertory, Virginia Museum Theater and others). Steele was a founding member of New York’s Abingdon Theater Company and his play CEDAR CREEK was performed by the company. He also performed off-Broadway for several theaters before and after touring with Julie Harris and Brock Peters in the national tour of DRIVING MISS DAISY. He spent ten years with the Bedford N.Y. School System teaching Theater, Public Speaking and Mythology as well as directing the mainstage theatre program. Mr. Steele has been a member of the Board of Directors at Aunt Karen’s Farm since its inception.
C. Edward (Ed) Steele has lived a varied career in the Theatre that includes an M.A. from the University of Virginia as well as MFA work in theater and a Masters of Education from Mercy College. Mr. Steele began his life in the theater as the Artistic Director of The Little Theater of Charlotte, N.C., then Business Manager of the Chelsea Theater Center in N.Y. followed by a decade as Artistic Director of the Wayside Theater, an Equity house in Virginia. While with the Wayside, Mr. Steele served as a member of several panels for the Virginia Commission for the Arts. Steele left the Wayside and moved back to New York where he worked as a performer in commercials (Who can forget the KFC Santa Claus?) and regional theater (Alabama Shakespeare Festival, Southern Shakespeare, Heritage Repertory, Virginia Museum Theater and others). Steele was a founding member of New York’s Abingdon Theater Company and his play CEDAR CREEK was performed by the company. He also performed off-Broadway for several theaters before and after touring with Julie Harris and Brock Peters in the national tour of DRIVING MISS DAISY. He spent ten years with the Bedford N.Y. School System teaching Theater, Public Speaking and Mythology as well as directing the mainstage theatre program. Mr. Steele has been a member of the Board of Directors at Aunt Karen’s Farm since its inception.
Rosey Strub is Director of Programs for the Thornton Wilder Estate, Manager for playwrights Paula Vogel and Ken Ludwig, and Producer of Paula Vogel’s Bard at the Gate reading series. She has worked in stage production, marketing, development and project management for a range of organizations including the Stage Directors and Choreographers Society, Ars Nova, National Theatre Workshop for the Handicapped, Summer Play Festival (SPF), Soho Rep, Yale University, and The Aristotle University in Thessaloniki, Greece. She has produced the Kurdish Film Festival at NYU's Kevorkian Center and an international human rights and arts festival with Grupo Cultural Yuyachkani and Yale Repertory Theatre. Rosey holds a BFA in Single Honours Drama and Theatre Studies from University of Kent at Canterbury, UK, and an MFA in Theatre Management from Yale School of Drama
Emily Trower-Young is the founder of Em & El Organics, a handcrafted organic skin care company, and a professionally trained wooden boat builder. Born and raised in Manhattan, she has been involved with Aunt Karen's Farm for most of her life and has been working with Northeast American farming communities for over a decade. She sources all of her ingredients from small family businesses and farms, including raw honey and beeswax locally from upstate New York. Emily speaks frequently on business and gender issues, and still builds wooden boats with youth in the South Bronx.
