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Chris Parthemore has served as the executive Historic American Theatres (LHAT) following 9 years of service.
director of the Sandusky State Theatre for He has shared his knowledge on theater planning, design, and
six years, after having served on its Board of accessibility, and advocates for increased access in all locations
Directors for five years prior. He earned a BE in beyond the minimum code requirements. His passion for
Sport Management and his MBA from Bowling access in the arts has led to multiple speaking engagements at
Green State University. His background includes public gaming national LHAT conferences as well as regional training events
and healthcare administration prior to his career in the arts. He for the Cultural Access Network. Michael holds a Bachelor of
specializes in strategic planning and organizational development. Architecture degree from the New Jersey Institute of Technology
(NJIT), and is a Registered Architect in New Jersey, Pennsylvania,
Maureen M. Patton is the Executive Director of New York, Connecticut, Vermont, Rhode Island, Washington
The Grand 1894 Opera House and oversees its DC, Maryland, West Virginia, Tennessee, Florida, Wisconsin,
administration, programming, and fundraising. Missouri, Indiana, and Colorado. He is a Fellow of the American
Mrs. Patton is a past president of the Board of the Institute of Architects.
League of Historic American Theatres. A frequent
panelist and speaker at arts conferences and an advocate for Kevin Schulz, Regional Sales Manager with Irwin
the historic theatre movement, Mrs. Patton has served as a Seating Company, has two years of experience
management and programming consultant on fifteen theatre servicing performing arts centers and theaters,
projects in four states. During the past eight years, she has schools, sports facilities, and worship centers with
been asked to serve as a lecturer and/or panelist on disaster fixed seating, telescopic bleachers, and platforms.
preparedness and recovery at national, regional and area
conferences. Dee Smolik, Principal of Plymouth Soundings, LLC,
has been the tax credit coordinator for several of
Nick Ronan is the senior director of business LHAT’s member theatres wishing to access the
development at AudienceView in Seattle, benefits of historic and new markets tax credits.
Washington. Dee has closed over $400 million in projects to
date. Dee was a member of the LHAT Board for six years and
served as Treasurer and head of the Audit Committee. She was
also honored by being named a Board Emeritus member for five
Wynn J. Salisch, CCM, CHS, MBKS, has over years.
50 years of experience in the worlds of leisure
entertainment, payment processing, and Ken Stein became the League’s President and
cybersecurity. The Principal and founder of CEO in 2012 following a thorough national
Casablanca Payments, America’s only theatre- search. He is the former Executive Director of
focused payment processing firm, Wynn was awarded the the Austin Theatre Alliance, and more recently,
Electronic Transactions Association’s Certified Payments Vice President at the AT&T Center in Dallas.
Professional designation for knowledge, professionalism, ethics, Upon his hiring, Ken said, “When I left the Paramount and State
and excellence in the payments profession (earned by less than Theatres, it was with a very heavy heart, but I knew I would
1% of the entire payments industry) and is a Partner on the eventually find my way back to the historic theatre movement,
Electronic Crimes Task Force of the United States Secret Service. a cause I am very passionate about.” Many League members are
He’s a graduate of The School of Hotel Administration at Cornell familiar with Stein from his presentations at the Annual League
University, a Certified Concessions Manager of the National Conferences in Cleveland and San Antonio. Stein has worked
Association of Concessionaires, and has overseen operations for with several non-profits over the past 20 years. He began his
over 1,000 stage, screen, and stadium venues worldwide. career in the for-profit sector with Humana Inc. where he spent
five years as Director of Marketing and Public Relations. Since
Michael R. Schnoering, FAIA is a partner at entering the non-profit arena, Stein has raised over $100 million
Mills + Schnoering Architects, LLC in Princeton, for local, regional, and national non-profit organizations. His
NJ. Michael leads the design and management accomplishments with special events and online fundraising have
of many of the firm’s arts, educational, and civic been featured in The Chronicle of Philanthropy, The NonProfit
projects. His work encompasses a wide variety of Times, InternetWeek.com, Business Week Online and Direct
innovative new and adaptive use designs involving public and Marketing News. In 2008, Stein was recognized for his use of
private entertainment, lecture, education, and administrative social media platforms by Fast Company Magazine which listed
spaces. He has guided award-winning renovation projects in him as one of the most influential people on the internet during
theaters on the national stage and completed successful projects the 2008 elections. His writing has been positively reviewed by
at several well-known historic downtown theaters. Michael’s the San Francisco Chronicle, The Washington Post and Atlantic
experience with projects for the arts extends to his volunteer Monthly Magazine. Stein lives in Austin, Texas with his husband
service. He serves on the boards of the New Jersey Theatre and daughter where he serves on the Board for KMFA Classical
Alliance (NJTA), and the Cultural Access Network of NJ (CAN), Radio and continues to volunteer for the Paramount and State.
and recently stepped down as a board member of the League of

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