Andrés Alcalá  |  Board Member
Andy is the artistic and executive director for CITE, a multicultural school-touring troupe associated with Insight  Out  that performs shows about Bully Prevention, Diversity, Recycling, Energy and Water conservation. Over the past year, he has performed in Metamorphoses at Artists Repertory Theatre, his one-man show Men On The Verge and Clean with Miracle Theatre Company.  In 2006, Andy earned a Drammy Award for Best Actor for his craft in Men On The Verge 2 and recently won a Best Director Drammy Award  for the Insight Out and CITE production of The Yellow Boat.

Andy directed Insight Out's January production The Yellow Boat in collaboration with CITE Educational Theatre and Do Jump! He has also performed with Profile Theatre in the Lisbon Traviata, and in Anonymous Theatre for Theatre Vertigo. He directed Ramona Quimby for the Oregon Children's Theatre in 2005. He has performed in Love! Valour! Compassion!, The Laramie Project, A Question of Mercy, and Touch for Artists Repertory Theatre. Some favorite roles include Richard III and Iago for Southwest Shakespeare in Phoenix and Sedona, Arizona. For the Oregon Shakespeare Festival, he worked for two seasons as an actor playing The Moon in Blood Wedding, Florizal in A Winters, Curio in Twelfth Night, and Friar John in Romeo and Juliet. Last year, and recently again, he had the honor of performing with DO JUMP! as Paolo Lugari in Entusiasmo! He has directed Edward II, Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet, Mid-Summer Nights Dream, Twelfth Night, and Much Ado About Nothing among others. He has received Arizoni awards for his work as an actor and director in Phoenix, as well as Drammy awards for his work as a director and an actor in Portland. Last Fall, he was seen in ONE - The Musical as John, Sid's father, and in the ensemble. 

Matt Caffoni  |  Board Member
Bio to come

Michelle Cheney  |  Board President/Grant Writer
Michelle Cheney has been an enthusiastic supporter of Insight Out for 4 years and was a founding board member.

Michelle received her Master of Business Administration Degree from Portland State University. She works as the Marketing Director and Business Manager of Pacific Pathology Associates and has worked in the medical management field for 14 years, including 10 years at OHSU.

She supports almost every theatre in town as a volunteer usher. In her free time, Michelle enjoys attending theater and dance performances with her husband and playing peek-a-boo with her one-year-old daughter.

Julianna Jaffe  |  Artistic Director
Bio

Nicole Lane  |  Board Treasurer/Marketing & Public Relations Director
Nicole has worked around the U.S., in a variety of professional and volunteer roles. She holds a BA in Technical Journalism from Oregon State University.  After starting in public relations for the Portland Rose Festival, Nicole was a Program Coordinator for the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society in Kansas, doing event coordination, sponsor development, marketing and public relations for this non-profit organization. She also holds a Secondary Social Science credential from Wichita State University and taught junior and senior high school. Nicole’s collaborative start-up experience includes developing a mother/child wellness program, a large organic family co-op and a high school peer mentoring program. She also runs a home-based PR & Marketing business "the Art of Sharing."  Currently, she chooses to work from home, able to be present and involved in the life experiences of her young sons.  Nicole has found her creativity reawakened by her involvements with Insight Out and has been inspired to action in the Arts.

Marcia Lepley  |  Board Secretary / Literary Manager
Marcia has spent the last 24 years in the Portland business community, 10 of those years were spent in retail management. For the last 14 years, Marcia has been an employee of Columbia Sportswear as a Regional Account Manager as well as a Training Facilitator. She is an ardent supporter of the arts, with a focus on theater. She is delighted to be on the Board because it transports her back to her production days at the old Storefront Theatre in Portland.

Carol Riggs - Board Member
Bio to come