Our Leadership Team

Meet the Board!

Janet M. Allan
President

Sheryl Lamarand
Secretary

Janice Lampert
Vice President

Growing up in a big family, Janice was always playfully making something! She received her BS in Art, from Illinois State University, with a concentration in Visual Communications. Her graphic design experience includes advertising design & layout for various newspapers and magazines, and was the Art Director for Denver Business Magazine before moving to Gaylord with her husband Scott. For 8 years she was Creative Director for Gaylord Golf Mecca/Gaylord Tourism Bureau. Turning to Creative Parenting, while raising three children, she brought her creative perspective to various community boards and committees. Janice treasures connection with others, draws inspiration from Nature, and celebrates the artist within us all.

Carolyn Monarch
Treasurer

Carolyn Monarch studied art and music in elementary school and learned dimensional drawing and worked with mosaics at a church camp. She started making beaded jewelry in 2000 after taking a class at the GACA arts center. This experience encouraged Monarch to continue to hone her technique that she now applies toward creations of her own beadwork. After retiring from the Michigan Air National Guard in 2001, she moved to Gaylord in 2005 and joined GACA and brought some of her own work to display and sell. She utilizes her computer and general technology skills obtained during her military career, as well as, financial experience to support GACA's mission.

Jim Bielecki

Jim Bielecki is a retired State of Michigan DNR Forrester. After retirement, Bielecki, wanted to give back to his community by applying his leadership skills toward endeavors that helped to support his love of photography. He has been a GACA member for more than four years and serves as a board member and the operations committee chair. He is passionate about the arts and believes, “…it is important for the Gaylord area to have organization that encourages individuality and creativity. Be it art, music, theater, etc., all deserve a place in our community and [his] support of GACA helps ensure that.”