Madeleine Fitzgerald is an art museum educator in the Dallas/Fort Worth area. In the fall of 2018, she became the Manager of Public Programs at the Amon Carter Museum of American Art.

A Texas native, Madeleine received her Bachelor of Arts in Art History from Trinity University in San Antonio in 2009, where she also completed a two-year internship with the Registrar department at the San Antonio Museum of Art. Madeleine earned her Master’s degree in Art History with an Art Museum Education certificate from the University of North Texas in 2013. She specializes in twentieth and twenty-first century art with a focus on post-war American art. While attending graduate school, she was the Treasurer of UNT's Art History Society. Following graduate school, Madeleine was the 2013-2014 McDermott Graduate Student Intern for Public Programming at the Dallas Museum of Art before becoming the Education Coordinator for Programming at the DMA from 2014-2018.

Colleen Borsh is an artist and educator. She holds a BFA and a MAE from Texas Tech University. Colleen has over 15 years of teaching experience in museums, classrooms and informal learning spaces. 

As a teaching artist, Colleen celebrates the magic of being in front of artworks with others. With community learning partners such as the Amon Carter Museum of American Art, Dallas Museum of Art, Irving Arts Center, Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth and the Warehouse Dallas Art Foundation she designs flexible programs that promote conversation, self-expression and play. 

Colleen creates colorful illustrations that can be found at Mosaic Makers Collective and in pop-up events in the community.

Rachelle Ficke is a seasoned fundraising strategist with over a decade of experience in nonprofit and higher education development. Rachelle’s career is centered around aligning donor philanthropic interest with non-profit initiatives that make an impact in the community. She is enthusiastic about helping non-profit organizations understand how to leverage their strengths and uncover opportunities for streamlining processes and enhancing impact.

Rachelle currently serves as Senior Director at CCS Fundraising, a strategic fundraising consulting firm. Previously, Rachelle served as Assistant Director of Prospect Research at Southern Methodist University, where she led a team of researchers focused on strategic prospect identification and pipeline development. She also held advancement roles at The University of Texas at Arlington and the Nasher Sculpture Center, where she honed her expertise in data-driven fundraising and donor engagement.

Rachelle holds an MBA from SMU with a focus on strategy and entrepreneurship, and a BA in political science from UT Arlington. She currently serves as Director-at-Large for APRA North Texas in addition to her involvement with Texas Vignette. Based in Dallas, she enjoys early morning trips to the Arboretum, thrifting, and cooking with friends.

Danielle Naylor is an art museum educator, programmer, and administrator living and working in the DFW. She currently works as the Director of Operations at The Cedars Union, where she manages the organization’s daily operations and oversees its programs and artist-related communications. With a passion for building connections between people and art, Naylor is an experienced educator in both museum and gallery settings, teaching young children to adults. For over 10 years, she has worked throughout the US creating educational and interpretive material and managing education departments in addition to teaching. In October 2017, she assisted in the opening of The Museum of Street Culture. Naylor received her MA in Art Education, with a focus on Museum Education, in 2016 from the University of North Texas. She received a BA in Art History from UNT in 2013.

Victoria Brill is an artist and arts professional based in Dallas, TX. Her studio practice turns the lens of figurative painting inward, using the self-portrait to explore identity as an evolving, layered experience. Her paintings function as sites of negotiation—between versions of the self and the forces that shape them—reflecting a sustained interest in how we come to understand the human experience.

Brill holds a BA in Visual and Performing Arts with a minor in Art History from the University of Texas at Dallas. Her work has been featured in Hommage Magazine and PaperCity Magazine, and has been exhibited across Dallas/Fort Worth, including Pencil on Paper Gallery, 400h Gallery, and the Texas Vignette Art Fair (2022–2024). In 2018, she received the Clare Hart DeGolyer Memorial Fund Award from the Dallas Museum of Art and has recently completed her residence at The Cedars Union artist-in-residence, participating in its fourth cohort and inaugural Printmaking Micro-Residency.

In addition to her studio practice, Brill has worked across education, programming, and public engagement at arts institutions including Dallas Contemporary, the Performing Arts Center of Fort Worth, and the Dallas Center for Photography. Since 2023, she has served as Assistant Director at Erin Cluley Gallery. Brill serves on the board of the Emergency Artist Support League (EASL) and is a member of the Contemporary Art Dealers of Dallas. Through her ongoing involvement with local creative organizations, she remains committed to supporting artists and fostering community within the Dallas arts landscape.

Mari Ramirez currently works at the Dallas Symphony Orchestra as Manager of Advancement Operations & Analytics, where she is adding to her seven years of database management experience. Previously, she has supervised and enhanced operations at the Nasher Sculpture Center and Dallas Museum of Art.

She received both her BBA’s in International Business Spanish and Marketing from the University of Texas at Arlington in 2018. With a passion for art and the desire to connect with those inspired by art, she is thankful for the opportunity to communicate creatively and to be surrounded by a group of amazing and empowering women.

Mari rejoined the board in 2022, after returning from a side quest of teaching English for the community of Madrid. She enjoys playing soccer, documenting memories (via writing and photography) and dancing. You can find her daydreaming in Arlington – growing her garden and making her house a home. 

Mandy Engleman is a graphic designer and educator with over 20 years of experience in the design field, primarily in art and science museums. She has created and managed the in-house design teams at the Dallas Museum of Art and Perot Museum of Nature and Science. She’s currently partner/co-owner of Boldface Studio, a certified woman-owned small business specializing in museum and nonprofit graphic and environmental design. For the past fifteen years she has also taught college courses specializing in graphic design, typography, and portfolio development and currently teaches for the VisCom department at the TAMUC Dallas campus and SMU.

 Mandy has a BFA in design communications from Texas A&M University—Commerce and has a wide range of experience in brand development, print, publications, exhibition and environmental design, and creative/art direction. She is lover of all things typographic, colorful, and mid-century and is a softie for dogs and nephews. She lives in Plano with her dog Jojo.

Becca Winti is a graphic designer with nearly 20 years of experience. She worked for the Dallas Museum of Art in-house design team for over twelve years and served as Director of Creative Services for three years. For the past nine years Becca has co-owned Boldface Studio, a design studio specializing in museum and nonprofit design and has worked with clients such as the Amon Carter Museum of American Art, Kimbell Art Museum, San Antonio Museum of Art, Meadows Museum at SMU, Two x Two for AIDS and Art, and The Warehouse.

 Becca has a BFA in design communications from Texas Tech University and has a wide range of experience in brand development, print, publications, exhibition and environmental design, and creative/art direction. Becca is an avid gardener and lives in Plano with her husband JT, son Everett, and dogs Crosby and Luna.