Shari Sapp Chair Expand Shari Sapp, a San Diego native, graduated with a BS in Finance from the University of Colorado Boulder. She worked in New York City as a lending officer for Creditanstalt and in London as a research associate for Alta Berkeley Associates, a venture capital firm. Shari has served as a board member for a variety of organizations, among them Jack Taylor School (UK), Rancho Santa Fe Education Foundation, Torrey Pines High School Foundation, Rancho Santa Fe Women’s Fund, Torrey Pines Christian Church, and Miracle League of San Diego. Shari is a current trustee of Pacific Ridge School, board member of the Chancellor’s Parent Leadership Society at the University of Colorado Boulder and a member of the Stanford Humanities and Science Advisory Council. Three of Shari’s four children participated in Chickenshed UK in the late 90’s and Shari served on the Gala committee for many years during that time.
Vikki Heywood CBE Expand In 2012 The Stage Newspaper rated Heywood one of the top four most influential people in the British theatre industry. In 2012 Queen’s Birthday honours she was awarded a CBE for services to drama. Vikki has been the Chair of Mountview Drama Academy since 2013 and a Non-Executive Director National Theatre of Great Britain and Chairman National Theatre Productions Ltd since 2018.
Elaine Finkletaub President of American Friends of Chickenshed Expand Elaine’s two children were both raised as active members of the Chickenshed community from the age of six months old. Elaine herself is a lifelong supporter of the arts and has been a regular volunteer at Chickenshed in London among her other philanthropic activities. An avid health and fitness enthusiast, she is certified as a fitness instructor and personal trainer, in various physical and mental disciplines, upon which she built a successful UK private practice. In summer 2016, to support her husband’s appointment of CDO at the New York Public Library, Elaine and the family relocated New York City.
Jo Collins MBE Co-founder of Chickenshed Expand Jo Collins MBE co-founded Chickenshed 45 years ago along with her best friend Mary Ward MBE .
Kimberly Culmone Expand As Senior Vice President, Global Head of Design at Mattel, Kim sets the creative vision for fashion doll brands including Barbie. She is committed to keeping the brands she leads innovative and reflective of the world kid’s see around them. Throughout her 20-year tenure at the company, Kim has maintained a creative process that emphasizes purpose-driven, human-centric design. In 2015, she championed the most ethnically diverse Barbie Fashionistas line in the brand’s history. In 2016 the introduction of three new body types - curvy, tall and petite - generated 5 billion media impressions worldwide. This bold product reinvention led to a TIME cover, was named one of the “Top 25 Inventions of 2016” by the magazine and received the coveted “Doll of the Year Award” from the Toy Industry Association. Now the most diverse doll brand in the world, the 2019 Barbie line includes dolls that utilize a wheelchair and a doll with a prosthetic limb. Adding dolls with physical disabilities to the line is the latest example of manifesting the brand’s purpose to inspire limitless protentional through play. Kim resides in West Hollywood, California, and is originally from New Orleans, Louisiana. She is passionate about the advancement of women and girls, supports the arts and LGBTQ+ organizations in her community and serves on the board of directors for the Wright Institute Los Angeles, a mental health non-profit.
Matthew Rose Treasurer and Deputy Co-Chair of Chickenshed Theatre Trust; Treasurer of Chickenshed Property Company; Treasurer of American Friends of Chickenshed Expand Matthew is a Chartered Accountant who is Vice-President - Tax at Seadrill Management Ltd. Matthew and his wife Francesca have been constant and strong supporters of Chickenshed, having their two children in our children’s and youth theatre since 2005, with one now having become a BTEC student. The whole family has been massive ambassadors of the work of Chickenshed, and Francesca - a qualified Speech and Language Therapist - has been a volunteer (sometimes paid) Voice Consultant and coach to Chickenshed for several years. Matthew has been a Director & Treasurer of Chicken Shed Property Company since August 2012. He is also Director/Treasurer of Chickenshed Theatre Trust (since November 2011) & Director/Treasurer of American Friends of Chickenshed since 2013, and a member of our Finance Committee. Matthew gives us many hours of his time & expertise with all finance-related issues.
Nathalie Ginvert Expand Nathalie is a Chickenshed UK parent and volunteer who has been involved with Chickenshednyc since its inception. She has a background in television production and as an event coordinator.