The Cultural Alliance of York County Announces New Board Leadership
York, PA – The Cultural Alliance of York County is pleased to announce the election of new board officers as well as a new Executive Committee at the Board of Directors meeting.
2026 Executive Committee
Bryan Tate, Chair
Allison Meckley, Chair-Elect & Secretary
Jim Fowler, Past-Chair and Fund Development Committee Chair
Justin Mann, Treasurer
Lee King, Allocations Chair
2026 Board of Directors
Andrew Barnes, Board Director
Stephanie Benamor, Board Director
Ophelia Chambliss, Board Director
JT Hand, Board Director
Chad Paules, Board Director
Lissa Richards, Board Director
Mark Sindicich, Board Director
Tiffani Spanlger, Board Director
Chris Velez, Board Director
Elizabeth Ziegelmeier, Board Director
New CAYC Board President, Bryan Tate
Bryan Tate is a people connector, community influencer, and experienced government and nonprofit leader. Bryan was sworn in as Register of Wills & Clerk of Orphans’ Court for York County, Pennsylvania in 2020 and again in 2024. As a philanthropic advisor, he is co-owner and President of Building Unrestricted, LLC, a consulting firm focused on nonprofit charities building a civic endowment to impact their community in perpetuity. A proud Pennsylvania native and a graduate of Temple University, Bryan previously served as Vice President at York County Community Foundation and as Chief of Staff to the Honorable Todd Platts, a former member of the US House of Representatives. Bryan is the board Chair of Cultural Alliance of York County and serves as Master of Ceremonies of Encore, the York County High School Musical Theater Awards. Bryan is a Past President and multiple Paul Harris Fellow of Rotary Club of York, the 25th largest Rotary Club in the world, and served five years as the President of the York Rotary Foundation. He is the President of the Board of the Miss PA Scholarship Foundation and was named by York County Commissioners as the Chairman of the York County Commission for America250PA, the celebration of our Nation’s Semiquincentennial.
New Board Directors starting a three-year term in 2026:
Lissa Richards is President of the Board of Sprocket Mural Works, a public arts organization responsible for more than 100 murals across central Pennsylvania. Through her work with Sprocket, she has supported community-driven mural projects in Harrisburg and York, including the development of the Royal Square Mural Park in downtown York. Professionally, Lissa serves as Senior Director of Digital Experience at WellSpan Health, where she leads teams focused on improving how people experience healthcare through human-centered design. Across both her arts and healthcare work, she believes experiences matter—and that well-designed digital spaces and public art alike can improve people’s daily lives and connection to place.
Elizabeth Zieglmeier is excited to join the Cultural Alliance board and support the arts in York County. A retired banker, she spent thirty years at Deutsche Bank in New York City, working in corporate and hedge fund credit, investment banking, asset management and regulatory affairs. A South Dakota native, Elizabeth is a Wrightsville resident where she and her husband, Leslie, live with their elderly tuxedo cat, Pericles. They have three adult children and a grandson, all of whom live on the east coast. Elizabeth and Les love travel, cooking, reading, gardening and tending their 200-year old house on the Lincoln Highway.
Founded in 1999 to be the backbone of our cultural community, The Cultural Alliance of York County strategically invests in the work of arts organizations, artists, culture bearers and art educators so that imagination and innovation can thrive in York County.
For more information, call the Cultural Alliance at 717-812-9255, visit our website at www.culturalyork.org, visit the Cultural Alliance of York on Facebook, and follow @CulturalYork on Instagram.
