Meet our staff, officers, and trustees.
A committed group of individuals working to support the arts in Huron Valley.
Sioux Trujillo
Executive Director
Sioux Trujillo has devoted her career to community building and art-making. During the last decade, she has led place-based community work throughout Detroit. She is the organizer of Ice Scrapers for Detroit’s annual Noel Night, and also sat on the Americans for the Arts Public Art Network Council (PAN) for 6 years (2009- 2014). more
Ros Smith
Vice-President
Ros has been a member of the HVCA since its inception and a Board Member for most of its existence. His experience in the advertising and marketing industry has been useful in communications and promotions for HVCA. He is a graduate of Milford High School and Michigan State University with a degree in communications. Ros is a lifelong resident of Highland.
Jill Bahm
Trustee
Jill has a broad planning background that includes work in both the public and private sectors. She earned a Master of Urban and Regional Planning and a Bachelor of Arts in Communications/ English from the University of Michigan. She is a certified planner with the American Institute of Certified Planners, and a member of the American Planning Association (APA) and Michigan Association of Planning (MAP). Her interests in community involvement are diverse.
Maggie Dashevich
Office Manager
Maggie holds down the office, and has been doing so for the past several years. If you have a question, she either has the answer or knows where to find it.
Georgia Bingham
Secretary
Eastern Michigan 1972 BSOakland U 1990 MA Elementary Education
Former Novi teacher 30 years, taught – 3 & 4th grades – 5th & 6th grade- Language Arts, Social Studies, Science teacher.
Joined the HVCA Program Committee in 2008 with a passion for bringing music to our community and members through our Classic, Contemporary and Jazz series
Work through grants to keep our “Arts for Life” program alive for our Huron Valley Schools.
Very appreciative of all the community support we get through our “Adopt a Class” program and Holiday Tree raffle.
Gaylord Gill
Trustee
Gaylord is a past president of HVCA and a retired manager of information technology projects, bringing business skills as well as experience in writing grant applications. Active in support of non-profit organizations throughout his adult life, he joined HVCA’s board in 2004 and has served as board president most of the time since then. Gaylord’s personal artistic expression is creating a large model railroad in his basement.
Sharon Drochek
Trustee
More information coming soon.
Denise Forrest
President
Denise Forrest, a past and current president of HVCA, has been a resident of Milford Township since 1982 and has always had a life of public service. In retirement, she continues to serve her local school board and currently serves as its secretary. She’s also an active volunteer with Huron Valley Council for the Arts and leads its gallery team.
She was the union president for the Huron Valley Education Association from 2014-18, after serving 22 years as a paraprofessional and art teacher for HVS. Before that, she was an art teacher for group homes for disabled adults, also in the Huron Valley area.
Diane Woods
Treasurer
Diane joined HVCA over 12 years ago. Her artistic passion is glass, wood and photography. She is retired from Huron Valley Schools and brings an accounting background to HVCA. She is a graduate of Baker College with a degree in Business Administration. She was a volunteer and board member of another non-profit organization, Horses’ Haven, for 14 years. She and her husband, Mark, share a blended family of 6 kids and 8 grandkids.
Karen Wegienek
Trustee
Karen Wegienek holds a Bachelor of Arts from Michigan State University and a degree in commercial photography from Ohio Institute of Photography. As a commercial photographer, Karen focused on photography of artwork for artists. Additionally, she has served on numerous volunteer boards over the decades to further causes close to her heart. Here at HVCA, her work as a glass artist with her extensive volunteer organizational experience come together like the complimentary colors of life.
