Board of Directors
Administrative Staff
Wendy Norris
Interim Executive Director
executivedirector@gpyo.org
Wendy Norris is a proud GPYO alumna and an experienced nonprofit administrator. Past positions include serving as Associate Director of the Cultural Policy Center at the University of Chicago, where she co-authored studies on arts participation and music. She pursued advanced graduate studies in European cultural history at the University of Chicago, where she specialized in the relationship between politics, cultural identity and arts participation. She graduated magna cum laude from Wellesley College, where she was awarded the Billings Prize for Music Performance. An avid choral singer and oboist, Wendy has studied with Martha Helms, Nelson Gore, Richard Killmer, Daniel Stolper, and Erica Anderson. In the Chicago area, she has played with the Northwest Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Sinfonietta Bel Canto, and the University of Chicago Orchestra.
Interim Executive Director
executivedirector@gpyo.org
Wendy Norris is a proud GPYO alumna and an experienced nonprofit administrator. Past positions include serving as Associate Director of the Cultural Policy Center at the University of Chicago, where she co-authored studies on arts participation and music. She pursued advanced graduate studies in European cultural history at the University of Chicago, where she specialized in the relationship between politics, cultural identity and arts participation. She graduated magna cum laude from Wellesley College, where she was awarded the Billings Prize for Music Performance. An avid choral singer and oboist, Wendy has studied with Martha Helms, Nelson Gore, Richard Killmer, Daniel Stolper, and Erica Anderson. In the Chicago area, she has played with the Northwest Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Sinfonietta Bel Canto, and the University of Chicago Orchestra.