Board of Directors

Anne Jin Soo Preston (ADT Board Chair) For the over 15 years Anne has focused on educational and arts related program administration and project management, grants management, advisory committee consultant, and event management.  She has also worked as curator, designer for desktop/hypermedia publishing, creator of digital and sound/video installation, film reviewer, and community builder for various educational and arts and cultural organizations.  Anne is currently a graduate student in the Master of Professional Studies program in Arts and Cultural Leadership at the University of Minnesota.  Some of her most recent projects include: 2011 Living Green Expo Art Exhibition, Consortium for the Study of the Asias, University of Minnesota, Korean Quarterly, and Emerging Digerati, New Media Series, Minnesota State Arts Board, Media arts/new media Artists Initiative Grants competition, and Still Present Pasts –International Traveling Multimedia Art Exhibition. Her artwork has been featured in group shows and her project Phone Communication, Part 1 was published in Digital Think: An Anthology of New Media Thinkers.

Gary Peterson (ADT Board Vice-Chair) serves as executive director of the Southern Theater in Minneapolis. He has been a part of Minnesota’s arts scene for 30 years, and has managed the James Sewell Ballet, Zorongo Flamenco Dance Theatre, and Zenon Dance Company & School. He is a graduate of the University of Minnesota and resides in Minneapolis.

Robert E. Lynn, CPA, CFP®, MBT
In over a quarter century in “the tax biz”, Bob Lynn has made serving nonprofit organizations, particularly arts organizations, one of his core practice areas. Involved with ADT since its inception, he prepared its application for tax-exempt status, and all of its information returns since. Next fall, he begins his studies at Hamline University School of Law. About his work with the Company, Bob says: “This may just be my own ignorance, but dance seems less involved than other art forms in exploring and confronting its audiences with the suffering caused by institutionalized racism and sexism, and the exploitation of both for oligarchic profit. ADT is breaking new ground, and I’m glad to help.”

Chicago native Ayanna Muata has been living in Minneapolis since 1989. Currently, she works as a library manager at William Mitchell College of Law in St. Paul. A former student of theology and music, Muata sings, plays bass guitar, writes poetry, and spends much of her spare time taking photographs and exploring the vast new world of digital photography.

Kimberly Simon

Lori Young- Williams is a local writer whose focus is on family/family relationships.  She currently works at the University of Minnesota. Lori joined the ADT board as way to give back to the many woman of color who have paved a way as part of her journey.  She has passion for the social justice focus for women of color and enjoys seeing the fruits of their growth through the ADT performances.