CTF Board of Directors

The CTF Board of Directors, from left to right: Ron Hunting, Vic Linoff, Elaine Adrian, CTF Executive Director Ben Tyler, Richard Warren,  Gene Kadish, (not  pictured) Lee Cooley

Gene Kadish, President,

After spending more time performing on stage than studying when he was attending college at the University   of Chicago, Gene Kadish’s acting career peaked when he took a leave of absence from his law school studies to write and perform a night club comedy act with David Steinberg, culminating in a six month stint on the main stage at The Second City in Chicago.  After moving to Arizona, Gene ran a construction-related family business for seven years, opened his law office, and soon began focusing his practice assisting emerging and established businesses and on real estate matters. Over the years, Gene has served on numerous boards, both for profit and non-profit, as well as on governmental boards and commissions.  These include New Times, Inc., Recovery Innovations, Inc. (formerly Meta Services, Inc., founding Chair), Arizona Historical Advisory Commission, Tempe Sponsorship Review Commission, Downtown Tempe Community, Inc., (founding Executive Director), and Tempe Municipal Arts Commission (founding Chair).

Vic Linoff, Treasurer

Mr. Linoff’s diverse career includes more than 15 years in professional theater as an actor, stage manager and lighting designer; and broadcasting as an on-air personality and program director. For more than three decades Mr. Linoff has served on numerous non-profit boards – e.g.museum, historic preservation, Chamber of Commerce, book and antiques industries. Additionally, he has been received a variety of appointments to public boards including those in public transit, historic preservation, urban planning and public policy.

Ron Hunting, Secretary

Ron has accrued over one hundred theatrical credits over the last 25 years. In 1999 he was a co-founder of the Algonquin Theater Company and served as Artistic Director until 2010. Ron has been nominated by the Arizoni Theater awards of excellence many times and honored to receive a few for his work as a designer, actor, writer, director, and producer. Ron has been in the employ of the U.S. Postal service since 1986 and currently resides in Peoria Arizona with his wife, Athena.

Elaine Adrian

Moved to Cave Creek 26 years ago from Wisconsin were she was owner and manager of a large hardware company, served on many committees for the Wisconsin Retail Hardware Association as well as the National Retail Hardware Association.  Was part of the organizing committee and later a director of Tri City Nation Bank in a north suburb of Milwaukee. After moving to Cave Creek she became involved in various area non-profits and served on the boards of; Foothills Community Foundation, Public Education Partnership, Kiwanis of Carefree and Scully Learning Center.

Richard Warren

Richard Warren has written eleven full-length plays including "Trio with Flute," "How I Came to be Buffalo Bill," "In the Valley of the Sun" and "The Robert Hornblower Show;" and numerous short plays including "Together Alone," "Good Old Weezie," "Time to Get Up" and "Power Play."  He has also adapted three works by legendary playwright Dale Wasserman - "Beggar's Holiday," "Burning in the Night" and "Premiere!"  Richard is a Resident Playwright at Theatre Artists Studio in Phoenix where he has taught its play writing workshop and has led its Writers’ Circle.  He is a member of the Dean's Council for Excellence in Design and the Arts, School of Theatre and Film in the Herberger Institute for Design and the Arts, Arizona State University; and a board member of Phoenix Theatre where he was Resident Playwright and Founding Co-producer of its annual Hormel New Works Festival.  He was also chairman of the City Stage Company of Boston and a board member of Boston's Playwrights' Platform.  Richard was nominated for the 2004 Arizona Governor’s Arts Awards and the 2007 Arts & Business Council of Greater Phoenix's Arts Board Member Award.  He participated in the University of Idaho's 2008 Festival of New Works, Montana Rep's 2009 and 2010 Missoula Colonies and was honored as Phoenix Theatre's 2010 Angel of the Art.  Richard is a member of the Dramatists Guild of America, Inc.  www.rlwdrama.com