Board & Leadership

Emily Kohring, Executive Director, is a theatre artist, educator and administrator with more than two decades of experience in arts...

Luisa Otero-Prada is a visual artist who serves as Coordinator of the Bread and Roses Youth Initiative. Her medium is...

Sherrie Hall serves as Chair of the Bread and Roses board. She is the owner of Workers Rights Law Firm,...

Mary Barber, a SLU graduate, has focused her volunteer efforts toward voter registration and turnout. Other focuses include arts organizations...

Renee Coleman serves on the Governance Committee of the Bread and Roses board, bringing years of executive management and non-profit...

Shannon Duffy has spent his life in the labor and social justice movement. For more than a decade, he has...

Gwen Moore serves as Co-Chair of the Bread and Roses Missouri Advisory Council. Gwen is the Curator of Urban Landscape...

Michael Paplanus has been an active member of the Workers Theater since 2016. He has performed for thousands in Workers’...

Shelton Solafleur holds the distinction as the board member who is both a Workers’ Theater actor and Youth Initiative teaching...

Laura Stefacek is employed at Rosenthal, Packman & Co. as a certified public accountant with 20+ years of experience. Laura...

Joan Suarez, Director Emeritus, serves as Co-Chair of Bread and Roses’ Council of Advisors. A life-long activist and organizer, Joan...

Roseann Weiss is a creative advisor and strategist about the intersections of art and community, working independently as ART+. She...

Bronwen Zwirner worked as a labor educator and union representative for more than twenty years, in St. Louis, Chicago and...